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Steve McQueen

Actor | * 03/24/1930 († 50, 11/07/1980) | Beech Grove, IN
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Terrence Stephen 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 ()
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Terrence Stephen 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 during the 1960s and 1970s. McQueen received an Academy Award nomination for his role in The Sand Pebbles. His other popular films include The Cincinnati Kid, Love with the Proper Stranger, The Thomas Crown Affair, Bullitt, The Getaway, and Papillon, as well as the all-star ensemble films The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, and The Towering Inferno.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Action

Known for these Movies & Shows

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape. ...

Papillon

PG

1973 | 3.9/5 | 2h 31min
Crime, Drama
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The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder ...

The Great Escape

NR

1963 | 4.0/5 | 2h 53min
Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller, War
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Young businessman, Thomas Crown is bored and decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job. However, Crown is soon betrayed yet cannot blow his cover ...

The Thomas Crown Affair

PG

1968 | 3.5/5 | 1h 42min
Crime, Drama, Romance / Love, Thriller
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Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch o ...

Bullitt

PG

1968 | 3.6/5 | 1h 53min
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Awards & Nominations for Steve McQueen

National Defense Service Medal Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame Academy Award for Best Actor
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Movies with Steve McQueen as Actor(47)

as Himself (Archival Footage)2021 Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie
as Self (archive footage)2020 Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity
as Archive Footage2020 Jay Sebring....Cutting to the Truth
as Himself (archive footage)2015 Steve McQueen: Desert Racer
as Himself (Archival Footage/ Audio)2015 Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
as Himself (archive footage)2014 I Am Steve McQueen
2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as Himself - Interviewee (archive footage)2005 Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
as himself2005 Dust to Glory
as Self (archive footage)2004 Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Himself (archive footage)2002 The Kid Stays in the Picture
as Self (archive footage)1993 The Curse of the Dragon
as himself1984 Bruce Lee: The Legend
as Tom Horn1980 Tom Horn
as Ralph "Papa" Thorson1980 The Hunter
as Dr. Thomas Stockmann1978 An Enemy of the People
as Dirt-Bike Rider (uncredited)1976 Dixie Dynamite
as Chief O'Hallorhan1974 The Towering Inferno
as himself1973 The Magnificent Rebel
as Henri "Papillon" Charriere1973 Papillon
as Junior Bonner1972 Junior Bonner
as Doc McCoy1972 The Getaway
as Michael Delaney1971 Le Mans
as himself1971 On Any Sunday
as Boon Hogganbeck1969 The Reivers
as Lt. Frank Bullitt1968 Bullitt
as himself1968 'Bullitt': Steve McQueen's Commitment to Reality
as Thomas Crown1968 The Thomas Crown Affair
as Max Sand1966 Nevada Smith
as Jake Holman1966 The Sand Pebbles
as himself1965 The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle
as Eric Stoner ("The Cincinnati Kid")1965 The Cincinnati Kid
as Henry Thomas1965 Baby the Rain Must Fall
as Rocky Papasano1963 Love with the Proper Stranger
as Hilts 'The Cooler King'1963 The Great Escape
as Eustis Clay1963 Soldier in the Rain
as John Reese1962 Hell Is for Heroes
as Capt. Buzz Rickson1962 The War Lover
as Lt. Ferguson 'Fergie' Howard1961 The Honeymoon Machine
as Vin1960 The Magnificent Seven
as Bill Ringa1959 Never So Few
as George Fowler1959 The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery
as Martin Cabell1958 Never Love a Stranger
as Steve Andrews1958 The Blob
as Joseph Gordon1957 The Defender (Studio One)
as Fidel1956 Somebody Up There Likes Me
as Young Man Trying to Ring the Bell1953 Girl on the Run

TV Shows/Series with Steve McQueen as Actor(7)

1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive
1957 Trackdown
1956 West Point
1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Gambler1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1954 Climax!
as Joseph Gordon1948 Studio One

Movies with Steve McQueen as Crew(3)

Production/Executive Producer1980 Tom Horn
Production/Executive Producer1978 An Enemy of the People
Production/Producer1971 On Any Sunday

Born: Monday, 03/24 1930 (March) in Beech Grove, IN
Died: Friday, 11/07 1980 (November) in Ciudad Juárez (aged: 50)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, Boys Republic, Actors Studio, HB Studio
Spouses (current/former): Ali MacGraw, Neile Adams, Barbara Minty
Children: Chad McQueen, Terry Leslie McQueen
Father: William McQueen
Mother: Julia Crawford
Related to: Steven R. McQueen
Other names for Steve McQueen (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Terrence Stephen McQueen"
"Stephen McQueen"
"Steven McQueen"
"Terrence Steven McQueen"
"Steve McQueen (Schauspieler)"
Steve McQueen frequently works together with these people:
Alfred Hitchcock (7x, Crew)
John Sturges (7x, Crew)
James Coburn (6x, Actor)
Robert Vaughn (6x, Actor)
Robert E. Relyea (6x, Crew)
Constance Ford (6x, Actress)
Ben Johnson (5x, Actor)
Frank Sinatra (5x, Actor)
Emile LaVigne (5x, Crew)
Norman Jewison (5x, Crew)
Elmer Bernstein (5x, Crew)
Katherine Haber (5x, Cast)

Other people with this name: Steve McQueen (GB)

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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2025, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/16/2023