Steve McQueen was perfectly cast as Eric “The Kid” Stoner in The Cincinnati Kid, a story of gambling in New Orleans that acted as the perfect vehicle for his calm and unshakable cool-guy persona.

Steve McQueen was a real person. But you wouldn't know it by the way the actor has been transformed into a two-dimensional King of Cool by pop culture. GALLERY: Snapshots from Steve McQueen's life.

Steve McQueen collaborated with his wife Bianca Stigter to make “Occupied City,” a four-hour documentary that brings Amsterdam’s World War II history into the present day.