Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen is the name of two notable figures in film.
The American actor (1930–1980) epitomized cool masculinity in action films like *Bullitt* and *The Great Escape*, known for performing his own stunts.
The British director (b. 1969) won an Academy Award for *12 Years a Slave*.
Context usually clarifies which is meant.
Bold mass flight from captivity
- Le MansFrench endurance race locale
- leading manPrincipal male actor
- antiheroMorally ambiguous main character
- HollywoodAmerican film industry center
Bullitt · filmography · drama · method acting · characterization · performance · screen presence · box-office
French endurance race locale
- motorsportMotorized vehicle racing
- PorscheGerman luxury automaker
- FerrariItalian luxury automaker
- car chaseHigh-speed vehicular pursuit
Bullitt · motorcycle · speed · Mustang · endurance · Sebring · Baja · driver
Impossible to disturb
- suaveSmoothly refined in manner
- composedCalm and self-possessed
- nonchalantCalmly unconcerned
- aloofEmotionally withdrawn, uninviting
poised · detached · slick · debonair · understated · self-assured · collected · imperturbable
Rejects prevailing social standards
- maverickIndependent-minded rule-breaker
- defiantOpenly resisting control
- antiauthoritarianOpposing concentrated power
- renegadeDeserter of a cause
iconoclast · contrarian · outsider · loner · brooding · troubled · reform school · runaway
The Great Escape
Bold mass flight from captivity
- Le MansFrench endurance race locale
- leading manPrincipal male actor
- antiheroMorally ambiguous main character
Bullitt · Hollywood · filmography · drama · method acting · characterization · performance · screen presence · box-office · biopic
Le Mans
French endurance race locale
- motorsportMotorized vehicle racing
- PorscheGerman luxury automaker
- FerrariItalian luxury automaker
Bullitt · car chase · motorcycle · speed · Mustang · endurance · Sebring · Baja · driver · gearhead
unflappable
Impossible to disturb
- suaveSmoothly refined in manner
- composedCalm and self-possessed
- nonchalantCalmly unconcerned
aloof · poised · detached · slick · debonair · understated · self-assured · collected · imperturbable · stoic
nonconformist
Rejects prevailing social standards
- maverickIndependent-minded rule-breaker
- defiantOpenly resisting control
- antiauthoritarianOpposing concentrated power
renegade · iconoclast · contrarian · outsider · loner · brooding · troubled · reform school · runaway · independent
- British ArtBritish painters, Tate, David Hockney, Tate Gallery, Francis Bacon
- British FilmBFI, British comedy, Alfred Hitchcock, Danny Boyle, Christopher Nolan
- Video Artvideo installation, video installations, video projection, video projections, video loop
- Late IconsMarilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, John Lennon, Audrey Hepburn
- Screen LegendsHumphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn
- Sixties IconsBeatles, JFK, Marilyn Monroe, Bob Dylan, Jackie Kennedy
Steve McQueenRock Hudson
Liberace · Truman Capote · Richard Simmons · Montgomery Clift
Steve McQueenRichard Burton
Taylor's frequent costar
Al Pacino · Laurence Olivier · Orson Welles · William Shatner · Peter O'Toole
Steve McQueenPat Boone
Bob Hope · Andy Griffith · Dick Van Dyke · Ned Flanders · Mr. Rogers