Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an American movie actor and one of the most popular and highly-successful box-office superstars of the 1960s and 1970s. With penetrating slate-blue eyes, unconventional and craggy good-looks, he had a rugged machismo presence. Sometimes flashing an insolent smirk, he projected a tenaciously undaunted and captivating on-screen persona that also extended into his off-screen life. In the process, he gained wide acclaim for his memorable portrayals of brashly determined, bold and introverted loners. He was nicknamed ?The King of Cool?, for his steely-cool demeanour, smoldering moodiness and a dynamic sense of raw nonchalance whenever he encountered danger in his films. McQueen was also a combative and archetypal ?difficult movie star? who didn?t like directors or producers giving him a hard time. In retaliation, he irritated them, and would only work if paid his astronomical asking salary (although it was later revealed that he secretly gave away a lot of his money to charity and needy causes). McQueen was also paranoid about people taking advantage of him which led to difficulties in his personal relationships. He used his celebrity to have relationships with as many women as possible when he reached his peak in the late 1960s when sex, drugs, and rock and roll were also becoming a significant part of youth culture. However, he was fiercely loyal to his male friends.

Filmography

• Girl on the Run (1953)
• Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
• Never Love a Stranger (1958)
• The Blob (1958)
• The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959)
• Never So Few (1959)
• The Magnificent Seven (1960)
• The Honeymoon Machine (1961)
• Hell Is for Heroes (1962)
• The War Lover (1962)
• The Great Escape (1963)
• Soldier in the Rain (1963)
• Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
• Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965)
• The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
• Nevada Smith (1966)
• The Sand Pebbles (1966)
• Think Twentieth (1967) (short subject)
• ' (1968) (short subject)
• The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
• Bullitt (1968)
• The Reivers (1969)
• Le Mans (1971)
• On Any Sunday (1971) (documentary)
• Junior Bonner (1972)
• The Getaway (1972)
• The Life and Legend of Bruce Lee (1973) (documentary)
• Papillon (1973)
• The Towering Inferno (1974)
• Dixie Dynamite (1976) (Cameo)
• Bruce Lee, the Legend (1977) (documentary)
• An Enemy of the People (1978) (also executive producer)
• Tom Horn (1980) (also executive producer)
• The Hunter (1980)