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Acting

Steve McQueen

Career: Active from 1952 to 1980, busiest in 1958 and 1963 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles: 26
top three billing

Average score: 66/100

Highest rated: The Great Escape
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 38 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Steve McQueen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.5, average 5.4
Uncanny
1.2, average 2.5
Fantasy
0.5, average 1.7
Absurdist Humor
1.0, average 2.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 5
Character Study 4
Moral Ambiguity 4
Historical Drama 4
Social Commentary 2
Coming-of-Age 2
Family Drama 2
1960s 2
Psychological Tension 2
Intense Rivalry 2
Psychological Warfare 2
Melancholy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

47

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

2 titles · average score 76

Man on the Run

76

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

i and i

Executive Producer

1980s

3 titles · average score 58

Creepy Classics

as Steve Andrews - (archive footage)

The Hunter

52

as Ralph "Papa" Thorson

Tom Horn

65

as Tom Horn

1970s

8 titles · average score 66

An Enemy of the People

62

as Dr. Thomas Stockmann

Dixie Dynamite

43

as Dirt-Bike Rider

The Towering Inferno

70

as Chief O'Hallorhan

Papillon

73

as Henri "Papillon" Charriere

The Getaway

72

as Carter "Doc" McCoy

Junior Bonner

77

as Junior Bonner

Le Mans

66

as Michael Delaney

On Any Sunday

68

Producer, Stunt Driver

1960s

14 titles · average score 70

The Reivers

59

as Boon Hogganbeck

Bullitt

82

as Lt. Frank Bullitt

The Thomas Crown Affair

68

as Thomas Crown

The Sand Pebbles

81

as Jake Holman

Nevada Smith

58

as Max Sand

The Cincinnati Kid

75

as Eric Stoner ("The Cincinnati Kid")

Baby the Rain Must Fall

57

as Henry Thomas

The Great Escape

87

as Hilts 'The Cooler King'

Love with the Proper Stranger

78

as Rocky Papasano

Hell Is for Heroes

68

as Pvt. John Reese

The War Lover

57

as Capt. Buzz Rickson

The Magnificent Seven

80

as Vin

1950s

19 titles · average score 62

The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery

59

as George Fowler

Never So Few

44

as Corp. Bill Ringa

Wanted: Dead or Alive

50

TV show · as Josh Randall

The Blob

60

as Steve Andrews

Never Love a Stranger

46

as Martin Cabell

The Defender (Studio One)

as Joseph Gordon

Tales of Wells Fargo

75

TV show · as Bill Longley

Trackdown

73

TV show · as Josh Randall / Wes & Mal Cody

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

86

TV show · as Gambler / Bill Everett

The 20th Century Fox Hour

65

TV show · as Kinsella

Climax!

51

TV show · as Henry Reeves / Anthony Reeves

Armstrong Circle Theatre

TV show · as bit role (uncredited)

1940s

1 title · average score 65

Studio One

65

TV show · as Joseph Gordon