Wild Cat

A brooding loner who operates entirely on his own terms.

Michael Madsen is famous for his solitary, intensely private nature and deeply idiosyncratic career choices — turning down mainstream roles to pursue darker, more personal projects. Like the wild-cat, he is fiercely independent, comfort-loving yet unpredictable, and exudes a dangerous, aloof charisma that keeps people at arm's length. His poetry writing, his volatile screen persona in films like Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill, and his reputation for being difficult but magnetic all point to the creative, guarded, self-directed wild-cat.