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American actor Michael Madsen, who appeared in dozens of films including Reservoir Dogs and Thelma & Louise, has died at age 67.
Madsen was found unresponsive in his home in Malibu, California, on Thursday and pronounced dead, Los Angeles police said.
He is believed to have died of natural causes and authorities do not suspect any foul play was involved. Madsen’s manager Ron Smith said cardiac arrest was the apparent cause.
Born in Chicago, Madsen’s career spanned more than 300 credits stretching back to the early 1980s, many in low-budget films.
But his most memorable screen moment may have been the sadistic torture of a captured police officer — while dancing to Stealers Wheel’s Stuck in the Middle with You — as Mr Blonde in Quentin Tarantino’s 1992 film Reservoir Dogs.

He became a frequent collaborator with Tarantino, featuring in the Kill Bill series and The Hateful Eight.

Quentin Tarantino and Michael Madsen standing next to each other. Madsen has his arm around Tarantino's shoulder.

Michael Madsen (seen right) participated in numerous Quentin Tarantino movies, such as Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill. Source: Getty / Nicholas Hunt

In a statement, his managers and publicist said Madsen had been doing “some incredible work with independent film” in recent years and was “looking forward to this next chapter in his life”.

It was also mentioned that he “was a truly iconic figure in Hollywood, and his absence will be felt by many”.

‘I got lucky’

During a handprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre in November 2020, Madsen reflected on his first visit to Hollywood in the early 1980s.
“I got out and I walked around and I looked and I wondered if there were someday, some way that that was going to be a part of me. And I didn’t know because I didn’t know what I was going to do at that point with myself,” he said.
“I could have been a bricklayer. I could have been an architect. I could have been a garbage man. I could have been nothing. But I got lucky. I got lucky as an actor.”

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