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Steve McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an American actor who had an extensive career in film and television.^[1] Popularly known as the "King of Cool",^[2] McQueen's screen persona was that of portraying cool, reticent antihero roles, which appealed strongly to the masses. This led him to cement his status as one of the most famous celebrities in Hollywood during the counterculture of the 1960s.^[3]

After making his debut appearing in an uncredited role in the crime drama Girl on the Run (1953),^[4] McQueen featured in the Paul Newman starrer Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), in which he played the uncredited role of Fidel, a member of the protagonist's gang.^[6] In 1958, he appeared in the science fiction filmThe Blob, which was his first film as a lead actor. It proved to be commercially successful at the box office, grossing $4 million ($42,000,000 in 2022) against a budget of $110,