You know Michael Madsen as a bad ass. The bad guy with the raspy voice who is ten times cooler than any one person should be. He hacked off a cop’s ear in Reservoir Dogs. He chased after Alec Baldwin in The Getaway. He’s causing trouble in Kill Bill. And ironically, the man himself is…

In the span of just one year, Michael Madsen went from an orca-sympathizing father in Free Willy to an ear-chopping lunatic in Reservoir Dogs. He disappeared into each role, and we say that with high praise. How many other actors could pull off such a transition? The list is short. The easy-to-talk-to, free-wheeling Madsen admits…

By IFQ Critic Todd Konrad IFQ Magazine recently spoke with actor Michael Madsen regarding a film that is both near and dear to his heart, Mark Mahon’s directorial debut Strength and Honour, which is an Official Selection for the 32nd Cairo International Film Festival. The film, which stars Madsen as an ex-boxer living in Ireland…

He has more than 100 screen credits and has had rave reviews for his poetry… yet he is still best known as the psychotic lobe-lopper from Reservoir Dogs. Sanjiv Bhattacharya talks to Michael Madsen about his two dogs, his three wives, his five sons and how Quentin Tarantino (who else?) is set to breathe life…