Movies
The Avengers
2012
⭐ 8.1
as Security Guard
Alien
1979
⭐ 8.2
as Brett
The Godfather Part II
1974
⭐ 8.6
as F.B.I. Man #1
The Green Mile
1999
⭐ 8.5
as Toot-Toot
Rango
2011
⭐ 6.9
as Balthazar (voice)
Anger Management
2003
⭐ 6.2
as Blind Man (uncredited)
Christine
1983
⭐ 6.9
as Rudolph Junkins
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998
⭐ 7.2
as Judge
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1992
⭐ 7.4
as Carl Rodd
Escape from New York
1981
⭐ 7.0
as Harold 'Brain' Helman
The Animal
2001
⭐ 5.2
as Hunter (uncredited)
Wild at Heart
1990
⭐ 7.0
as Johnnie Farragut
Paris, Texas
1984
⭐ 8.1
as Travis
The Last Stand
2013
⭐ 6.1
as Mr. Parson
Red Dawn
1984
⭐ 6.3
as Mr. Eckert
Seven Psychopaths
2012
⭐ 6.8
as Man in Hat
Down Periscope
1996
⭐ 6.4
as Lt. Howard
Cool Hand Luke
1967
⭐ 7.7
as Tramp
Kelly's Heroes
1970
⭐ 7.4
as Pvt. Willard
The Straight Story
1999
⭐ 7.7
as Lyle
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988
⭐ 7.2
as Paulus
Inland Empire
2006
⭐ 7.0
as Freddie Howard
You, Me and Dupree
2006
⭐ 5.6
as Curly (uncredited)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
⭐ 7.2
as Luke
The Pledge
2001
⭐ 6.6
as Floyd Cage
How the West Was Won
1962
⭐ 7.0
as Gant Henchman
Pretty in Pink
1986
⭐ 6.7
as Jack Walsh
Alpha Dog
2006
⭐ 6.7
as Cosmo Gadabeeti
Fire Down Below
1997
⭐ 5.7
as Cotton Harry
Straight Time
1978
⭐ 7.1
as Jerry Schue
Fishtail
2014
⭐ 4.5
as Narrator
Repo Man
1984
⭐ 6.6
as Bud
Farewell, My Lovely
1975
⭐ 6.7
as Billy Rolfe
Cruise Control
1992
⭐ 5.5
Private Benjamin
1980
⭐ 6.0
as Sgt. Jim Ballard
A Civil Action
1998
⭐ 6.5
as Land Watcher (uncredited)
One from the Heart
1982
⭐ 5.9
as Moe
The Wrong Man
1956
⭐ 7.1
as Department of Corrections Employee (uncredited)
Mr. North
1988
⭐ 5.3
as Henry Simmons
She's So Lovely
1997
⭐ 5.9
as Tony 'Shorty' Russo
Young Doctors in Love
1982
⭐ 5.3
as Dr. Oliver Ludwig
This Must Be the Place
2011
⭐ 7.0
as Robert Plath
The Man Who Cried
2000
⭐ 6.1
as Felix Perlman
The Care Bears Movie
1985
⭐ 6.3
as Brave Heart Lion (singing voice)
UFOria
1984
⭐ 5.5
as Brother Bud Sanders
Lucky
2017
⭐ 7.3
as Lucky
Never Talk to Strangers
1995
⭐ 5.4
as Max Cheski
Zandy's Bride
1974
⭐ 6.4
as Songer
The French as Seen by…
1988
⭐ 6.9
as (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")
The Mighty
1998
⭐ 7.2
as Grim
Day of the Evil Gun
1968
⭐ 6.2
as Sergeant Parker
The Fortune
1975
⭐ 5.4
as Prisoner in Holding Cell (uncredited)
Twister
1989
⭐ 5.6
as Cleveland
Ride in the Whirlwind
1966
⭐ 6.2
as Blind Dick
The Big Bounce
2004
⭐ 5.0
as Bob Rogers, Sr.
Lynch 2
2007
⭐ 6.0
as Self
The Missouri Breaks
1976
⭐ 6.5
as Calvin
A Time for Killing
1967
⭐ 4.8
as Sgt. Dan Way
Dillinger
1973
⭐ 6.6
as Homer Van Meter
One Magic Christmas
1985
⭐ 5.9
as Gideon
Two-Lane Blacktop
1971
⭐ 7.0
as Oklahoma Hitchhiker
Pork Chop Hill
1959
⭐ 6.7
as BAR Soldier (uncredited)
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979
⭐ 5.2
as C.W. Douglas
Death Watch
1980
⭐ 6.4
as Vincent Ferriman
The Short Films of David Lynch
2002
⭐ 5.8
as Self
I Want to Live
1983
⭐ 4.8
as Emmett Perkins
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960
⭐ 5.9
as Slave Catcher
The Wendell Baker Story
2005
⭐ 5.1
as Skip Summers
Alien Autopsy
2006
⭐ 5.7
as Harvey
Athena
2010
⭐ 0.0
as Bill
The Proud Rebel
1958
⭐ 6.0
as Jeb Burleigh
One Hundred and One Nights
1995
⭐ 6.1
as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
Dream a Little Dream
1989
⭐ 5.8
as Ike Baker
Against the Wall
1994
⭐ 6.2
as Hal
Wise Blood
1979
⭐ 6.4
as Asa Hawks
Char·ac·ter
2012
⭐ 4.0
as Self
Slam Dance
1987
⭐ 4.9
as Det. Benjamin Smiley
Man Trouble
1992
⭐ 4.9
as Redmond Layls
The Fourth War
1990
⭐ 5.3
as Gen. Hackworth
Win, Place or Steal
1975
⭐ 8.0
as Jack
Blue Tiger
1994
⭐ 5.1
as Smith
Sonny
2002
⭐ 5.2
as Henry
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988
⭐ 7.7
as Self - Audience Member
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
2019
⭐ 7.6
as Self (archive footage)
The Rose
1979
⭐ 6.7
as Billy Ray
Being Michael Madsen
2007
⭐ 5.8
as Self
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
2013
⭐ 6.9
as Self
Fool for Love
1985
⭐ 5.7
as Old Man
Rancho Deluxe
1975
⭐ 5.3
as Curt
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
⭐ 8.0
as Self
Revolt at Fort Laramie
1957
⭐ 6.6
as Rinty
A Dog's Best Friend
1959
⭐ 6.2
as Roy Janney
Dig!
2004
⭐ 6.8
as Self
The Man from the Diners' Club
1963
⭐ 5.8
as Beatnik (uncredited)
The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones
1966
⭐ 8.0
as Jelly
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
1975
⭐ 6.3
as Billy Winston
Where the Lilies Bloom
1974
⭐ 5.9
as Kiser Pease
The Cowboy and the Frenchman
1988
⭐ 6.0
as Slim
Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle
1987
⭐ 6.4
as Rip Van Winkle
The Open Road
2009
⭐ 5.2
as Amon
Ballad of the Nightingale
1999
⭐ 4.2
as Jean-Paul
Stars & Bars
1988
⭐ 4.4
as Loomis Gage
92 in the Shade
1975
⭐ 5.8
as Carter
9 Full Moons
2013
⭐ 4.0
as Dimitri
Ginostra
2003
⭐ 4.4
as Del Piero
The Oldest Living Graduate
1980
⭐ 4.0
as Mike
Cisco Pike
1972
⭐ 5.6
as Jesse Dupre
Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'
1990
⭐ 0.0
as Self
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
⭐ 6.8
as Self
The Jayhawkers!
1959
⭐ 6.1
as Deputy Smallwood
The Good Life
2007
⭐ 6.5
as Gus
The Intruders
1970
⭐ 5.0
as Whit Dykstra (as Dean Stanton)
Walking the Mile
2014
⭐ 5.0
as Self (archive footage)
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006
⭐ 7.2
as Self
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
2022
⭐ 4.8
as Self
Playback
1996
⭐ 5.6
as Ernie Fontenot
The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond
1975
⭐ 7.0
as President Warren G. Harding
Frank and Ava
2018
⭐ 5.2
as Sheriff Lloyd
Cockfighter
1974
⭐ 6.1
as Jack Burke
The Mini-Skirt Mob
1968
⭐ 4.8
as Spook
Cry for Me, Billy
1972
⭐ 4.8
as Luke Todd
The Ransom of Red Chief
1975
⭐ 0.0
as Sam
The Beast Within: Making Alien
2003
⭐ 8.2
as Self
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
1999
⭐ 6.8
as Self
The Bear
1984
⭐ 7.1
as Coach Thomas
Bukowski: Born Into This
2003
⭐ 6.8
as Self
Sinatra! Eternity
2025
⭐ 0.0
as Sherif Lloyd
Tomahawk Trail
1957
⭐ 6.0
as Pvt. Miller
The Black Marble
1980
⭐ 4.8
as Philo Skinner
Harry Zen Stanton
2006
⭐ 0.0
as Himself
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020
⭐ 7.7
as Self (archive footage)
Chrystal
2004
⭐ 5.6
as Pa Da
Monster Maker
1989
⭐ 6.7
as Chancey Bellow
Warren Oates: Across the Border
1993
⭐ 6.5
as Self
Sick of it All
2017
⭐ 2.0
as Harry The News Reporter
Renaldo and Clara
1978
⭐ 7.9
as Lafkezio
Hero's Island
1962
⭐ 5.6
as Dixey Gates
Payoff
1991
⭐ 4.2
as Hook
Hunter Goes to Hollywood
2003
⭐ 7.5
as Himself
Lanton Mills
1969
⭐ 8.0
as Lanton
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
1990
⭐ 8.0
as Self
Midnight Blue
1997
⭐ 5.3
as Eric
Sand
2000
⭐ 3.5
as Leo
Rebel Rousers
1970
⭐ 4.1
as Randolph Halverson
Hostages
1992
⭐ 6.1
as Frank Reed
The Hostage
1967
⭐ 5.2
as Eddie (as Dean Stanton)
Carlos Spills the Beans
2014
⭐ 0.0
as Rhino
On Holiday
2010
⭐ 2.7
as Josh the Roommate's Dad
