Steve McQueen
Born: 1930-03-24 in Beech Grove, Indiana, USA
Died: 1980-11-07
Known For: Acting
Biography
Terrence Stephen "Steve" McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an American actor. His antihero persona, emphasized during the height of the counterculture of the 1960s, made him a top box-office draw for his films of the late 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. He was nicknamed the "King of Cool" and used the alias Harvey Mushman in motor races. McQueen received an Academy Award nomination for his role in The Sand Pebbles (1966). His other popular films include Love With the Proper Stranger (1963), The Cincinnati Kid (1965), Nevada Smith (1966), The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), Bullitt (1968), Le Mans (1971), The Getaway (1972), and Papillon (1973). In addition, he starred in the all-star ensemble films The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Great Escape (1963), and The Towering Inferno (1974). In 1974, McQueen became the highest-paid movie star in the world, although he did not act in film for another four years. He was combative with directors and producers, but his popularity placed him in high demand and enabled him to command the largest salaries.
Filmography
2026
- Man on the Run as Hilts 'The Cooler King' (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
- Passion & Poetry: Getaway in Texas as Self (archive footage)
2023
- i and i ... (Executive Producer)
2021
- Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie as Self (archive footage)
2020
- A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story as Self (archival footage)
2017
- Steve McQueen: American Icon as Self (archive footage)
2015
- Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans as Self (archive footage)
- The Emperor's New Clothes as Self (archive footage)
- Steve McQueen: Desert Racer as Self (archive footage)
2014
- I Am Steve McQueen as Self (archive footage)
2012
- I Am as Self
2005
- Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool as Self (archive footage)
- Dust to Glory as Self (archive footage)
2004
- Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self (archive footage)
2001
- The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
- On Any Sunday: Motocross, Malcolm & More as Self (archive footage)
1998
- Steve McQueen: The King of Cool as Self (archive footage)
- 'Bullitt': Steve McQueen's Commitment to Reality as Self
1995
- Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King as Self (archive footage)
1990
- Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge as Self (archive footage)
- Death In Hollywood
1988
- Hello Actors Studio as Self (archive footage)
1987
- Creepy Classics as Steve Andrews - (archive footage)
1980
- The Hunter as Ralph "Papa" Thorson
- Tom Horn as Tom Horn
1978
- An Enemy of the People as Dr. Thomas Stockmann
1977
- Superstunt as Self (voice)
1976
- Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth as Self (archive footage)
- Dixie Dynamite as Dirt-Bike Rider
1974
- Spécial cinéma as Self (archive footage)
- The Towering Inferno as Chief O'Hallorhan
1973
- Papillon as Henri "Papillon" Charriere
- The Magnificent Rebel as Self
1972
- The Getaway as Carter "Doc" McCoy
- Junior Bonner as Junior Bonner
1971
- Le Mans as Michael Delaney
- On Any Sunday as Self
1970
- Adam at Six A.M. ... (Executive Producer)
1969
- The Reivers as Boon Hogganbeck
1968
- Bullitt as Lt. Frank Bullitt
- The Thomas Crown Affair as Thomas Crown
1967
1966
- The Sand Pebbles as Jake Holman
- Nevada Smith as Max Sand
1965
- The Cincinnati Kid as Eric Stoner ("The Cincinnati Kid")
- Baby the Rain Must Fall as Henry Thomas
- The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle as Self
1963
- The Great Escape as Hilts 'The Cooler King'
- Love with the Proper Stranger as Rocky Papasano
- Soldier in the Rain as Eustis Clay
1962
- Hell Is for Heroes as Pvt. John Reese
- The War Lover as Capt. Buzz Rickson
1961
- The Dick Powell Show as Self - Host (uncredited)
- The Honeymoon Machine as Lt. Ferguson 'Fergie' Howard
1960
- The Magnificent Seven as Vin
1959
- Never So Few as Corp. Bill Ringa
- The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery as George Fowler
1958
- Wanted: Dead or Alive as Josh Randall
- The Blob as Steve Andrews
- Never Love a Stranger as Martin Cabell
1957
- Trackdown as Josh Randall
- Tales of Wells Fargo as Bill Longley
- The Defender (Studio One) as Joseph Gordon
1956
- West Point as Rick
- Somebody Up There Likes Me as Fidel (uncredited)
1955
- The 20th Century Fox Hour as Kinsella
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Gambler
- Playwrights '56
1954
- Climax! as Henry Reeves / Anthony Reeves
1953
- The Oscars as Self
- The United States Steel Hour as Bushy
- Girl on the Run as Young Man Trying to Ring the Bell
1952
- Family Affair as Freddie
1950
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- The Bob Hope Show as Self
- Armstrong Circle Theatre as bit role (uncredited)
1948
- Studio One as Joseph Gordon
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self