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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 ens…
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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.
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Steve McQueen's Filmography
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Man on the Run
as Hilts 'The Cooler King' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Passion & Poetry: Getaway in Texas
as Self (archive footage)
Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie
as Self (archive footage)
A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story
as Self (archival footage)
Steve McQueen: American Icon
as Self (archive footage)
Steve McQueen: Desert Racer
as Self (archive footage)
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
as Self (archive footage)
The Emperor's New Clothes
as Self (archive footage)
I Am Steve McQueen
as Self (archive footage)
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
as Self (archive footage)
Dust to Glory
as Self (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
On Any Sunday: Motocross, Malcolm & More
as Self (archive footage)
On Any Sunday: Revisited
'Bullitt': Steve McQueen's Commitment to Reality
as Self
No Poster
Steve McQueen: The King of Cool
as Self (archive footage)
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
as Self (archive footage)
Death In Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
as Self (archive footage)
Hello Actors Studio
as Self (archive footage)
Creepy Classics
as Steve Andrews - (archive footage)
The Hunter
as Ralph "Papa" Thorson
Tom Horn
as Tom Horn
An Enemy of the People
as Dr. Thomas Stockmann
No Poster
Superstunt
as Self (voice)
Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth
as Self (archive footage)
Dixie Dynamite
as Dirt-Bike Rider
The Towering Inferno
as Chief O'Hallorhan
Papillon
as Henri "Papillon" Charriere
The Magnificent Rebel
as Self
The Getaway
as Carter "Doc" McCoy
Junior Bonner
as Junior Bonner
On Any Sunday
as Self
Le Mans
as Michael Delaney
The Reivers
as Boon Hogganbeck
Bullitt
as Lt. Frank Bullitt
The Thomas Crown Affair
as Thomas Crown
Mondo Hollywood
The Sand Pebbles
as Jake Holman
Nevada Smith
as Max Sand
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
Love with the Proper Stranger
as Rocky Papasano
Soldier in the Rain
as Eustis Clay
The Great Escape
as Hilts 'The Cooler King'
The War Lover
as Capt. Buzz Rickson
Hell Is for Heroes
as Pvt. John Reese
The Honeymoon Machine
as Lt. Ferguson 'Fergie' Howard
The Magnificent Seven
as Vin
Never So Few
as Corp. Bill Ringa
The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery
as George Fowler
The Blob
as Steve Andrews
Never Love a Stranger
as Martin Cabell
The Defender (Studio One)
as Joseph Gordon
Somebody Up There Likes Me
as Fidel (uncredited)
Girl on the Run
as Young Man Trying to Ring the Bell
Family Affair
as Freddie
Autopsy: The Last Hours of Steve McQueen
as Self (Archive)