Recently, it was announced that Michael Madsen had passed away at the age of 67, and even if his name isn’t a super recognizable one, he did play integral roles in a large number of classic movies. Perhaps he’s not a household name because he was rarely the lead actor in the sorts of films he starred in, but he was an accomplished character actor, so his face – and screen presence – did ultimately prove more recognizable than his name might’ve been. If you know him from one source, it’s probably the filmography of Quentin Tarantino, since two of Madsen’s greatest films were directed by Tarantino (more on those in a bit), and two of his more recent high-profile roles were also in Tarantino films; namely, The Hateful Eight and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.