Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen

Known for
Acting
Born
March 24, 1930
Died
November 7, 1980 (aged 50)
Birthplace
Beech Grove, Indiana, USA

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.

Known For

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Filmography

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Autopsy: The Last Hours of Steve McQueen poster

Autopsy: The Last Hours of Steve McQueen

Movie · as Self (Archive)

2026
Man on the Run poster

Man on the Run

Movie · as Hilts 'The Cooler King' (archive footage) (uncredited)

2025
Passion & Poetry: Getaway in Texas poster

Passion & Poetry: Getaway in Texas

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie poster

Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story poster

A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story

Movie · as Self (archival footage)

2017
Steve McQueen: American Icon poster

Steve McQueen: American Icon

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2015
The Emperor's New Clothes poster

The Emperor's New Clothes

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2015
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans poster

Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2015
Steve McQueen: Desert Racer poster

Steve McQueen: Desert Racer

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2014
I Am Steve McQueen poster

I Am Steve McQueen

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2012
I Am

I Am

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool poster

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2005
Dust to Glory poster

Dust to Glory

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade poster

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2001
On Any Sunday: Motocross, Malcolm & More poster

On Any Sunday: Motocross, Malcolm & More

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2001
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee poster

The Unbeatable Bruce Lee

Movie

2000
On Any Sunday: Revisited poster

On Any Sunday: Revisited

Movie

1998
'Bullitt': Steve McQueen's Commitment to Reality poster

'Bullitt': Steve McQueen's Commitment to Reality

Movie · as Self

1998
Steve McQueen: The King of Cool

Steve McQueen: The King of Cool

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1995
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King poster

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1990
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge poster

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1990
Death In Hollywood poster

Death In Hollywood

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1988
Hello Actors Studio poster

Hello Actors Studio

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1987
Creepy Classics poster

Creepy Classics

Movie · as Steve Andrews - (archive footage)

1980
Tom Horn poster

Tom Horn

Movie · as Tom Horn

1980
The Hunter poster

The Hunter

Movie · as Ralph "Papa" Thorson

1978
An Enemy of the People poster

An Enemy of the People

Movie · as Dr. Thomas Stockmann

1977
Superstunt

Superstunt

Movie · as Self (voice)

1976
Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth poster

Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1976
Dixie Dynamite poster

Dixie Dynamite

Movie · as Dirt-Bike Rider

1974
The Towering Inferno poster

The Towering Inferno

Movie · as Chief O'Hallorhan

1974
Spécial cinéma poster

Spécial cinéma

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

1973
Papillon poster

Papillon

Movie · as Henri "Papillon" Charriere

1973
The Magnificent Rebel poster

The Magnificent Rebel

Movie · as Self

1972
The Getaway poster

The Getaway

Movie · as Carter "Doc" McCoy

1972
Junior Bonner poster

Junior Bonner

Movie · as Junior Bonner

1971
Le Mans poster

Le Mans

Movie · as Michael Delaney

1971
On Any Sunday poster

On Any Sunday

Movie · as Self

1969
The Reivers poster

The Reivers

Movie · as Boon Hogganbeck

1968
The Thomas Crown Affair poster

The Thomas Crown Affair

Movie · as Thomas Crown

1968
Bullitt poster

Bullitt

Movie · as Lt. Frank Bullitt

1967
Mondo Hollywood poster

Mondo Hollywood

Movie

1966
Nevada Smith poster

Nevada Smith

Movie · as Max Sand

1966
The Sand Pebbles poster

The Sand Pebbles

Movie · as Jake Holman

1965
The Cincinnati Kid poster

The Cincinnati Kid

Movie · as Eric Stoner ("The Cincinnati Kid")

1965
Baby the Rain Must Fall poster

Baby the Rain Must Fall

Movie · as Henry Thomas

1965
The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle poster

The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle

Movie · as Self

1963
The Great Escape poster

The Great Escape

Movie · as Hilts 'The Cooler King'

1963
Love with the Proper Stranger poster

Love with the Proper Stranger

Movie · as Rocky Papasano

1963
Soldier in the Rain poster

Soldier in the Rain

Movie · as Eustis Clay

1962
Hell Is for Heroes poster

Hell Is for Heroes

Movie · as Pvt. John Reese

1962
The War Lover poster

The War Lover

Movie · as Capt. Buzz Rickson

1961
The Honeymoon Machine poster

The Honeymoon Machine

Movie · as Lt. Ferguson 'Fergie' Howard

1961
The Dick Powell Show poster

The Dick Powell Show

TV · as Self - Host (uncredited), Self - Guest Host · 1 ep

1960
The Magnificent Seven poster

The Magnificent Seven

Movie · as Vin

1959
Never So Few poster

Never So Few

Movie · as Corp. Bill Ringa

1959
The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery poster

The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery

Movie · as George Fowler

1958
The Blob poster

The Blob

Movie · as Steve Andrews

1958
Never Love a Stranger poster

Never Love a Stranger

Movie · as Martin Cabell

1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive poster

Wanted: Dead or Alive

TV · as Josh Randall · 94 eps

1957
The Defender (Studio One) poster

The Defender (Studio One)

Movie · as Joseph Gordon

1957
Trackdown poster

Trackdown

TV · as Josh Randall, Wes & Mal Cody · 1 ep

1957
Tales of Wells Fargo poster

Tales of Wells Fargo

TV · as Bill Longley · 1 ep

1956
Somebody Up There Likes Me poster

Somebody Up There Likes Me

Movie · as Fidel (uncredited)

1956
West Point poster

West Point

TV · as Rick · 1 ep

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Gambler, Bill Everett · 1 ep

1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour poster

The 20th Century Fox Hour

TV · as Kinsella · 1 ep

1955
Playwrights '56

Playwrights '56

TV · 1 ep

1954
Climax! poster

Climax!

TV · as Henry Reeves / Anthony Reeves · 1 ep

1953
Girl on the Run poster

Girl on the Run

Movie · as Young Man Trying to Ring the Bell

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1953
The United States Steel Hour poster

The United States Steel Hour

TV · as Bushy · 1 ep

1952
Family Affair poster

Family Affair

Movie · as Freddie

1951
Goodyear Television Playhouse poster

Goodyear Television Playhouse

TV · 1 ep

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self - Mystery Guest · 1 ep

1950
The Bob Hope Show poster

The Bob Hope Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1950
Armstrong Circle Theatre poster

Armstrong Circle Theatre

TV · as bit role (uncredited) · 1 ep

1948
Studio One poster

Studio One

TV · as Joseph Gordon · 2 eps

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps