Veteran actor Michael Madsen, who performed Toni Cipriani in Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto III and was recognized for his work in quite a few Quentin Tarantino movies, has handed away. He died at this time, July, 3, and was 67.
Madsen was discovered unresponsive at his Malibu residence and was pronounced useless at 8:25 AM PT, a spokesperson for the LA County Sheriff’s Division informed The Hollywood Reporter. His rep Liz Rodriguez informed the positioning, “We perceive Michael had a cardiac arrest.”
On the earth of video video games, Madsen is understood for enjoying the mobster Cipriani in GTA III. Danny Mastrogiorgio portrayed him in GTA Liberty Metropolis Tales. He additionally had roles in True Crime: Streets of LA, Driver 3, Dishonored, Dishonored 2, and most lately Crime Boss: Rockay Metropolis in 2023.
Madsen started performing within the ’80s and has almost 350 acting credits on his IMDB page. He appeared in The Pure, Thelma & Louise, Free Willy, Donnie Brasco, and the James Bond film Die One other Day. He is additionally recognized for his starring function in Tarantino’s Reservoir Canine and his appearances in quite a few different movies from the film director, together with The Hateful Eight and the Kill Invoice sequence.
“Within the final two years Michael Madsen has been doing a little unbelievable work with impartial movie together with upcoming function movies Resurrection Street, Concessions and Cookbook for Southern Housewives, and was actually wanting ahead to this subsequent chapter in his life,” managers Susan Ferris and Ron Smith, and publicist Liz Rodriguez, mentioned in an announcement to NBC LA. “Michael was additionally getting ready to launch a brand new ebook known as Tears For My Father: Outlaw Ideas and Poems, at present being edited.”
Madsen was born in Chicago and joined the Steppenwolf Theatre Firm. Certainly one of his first outstanding film roles was in 1983’s sci-fi movie WarGames.
“Michael Madsen was one among Hollywood’s most iconic actors, who might be missed by many,” his representatives mentioned.
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