Biography
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American actor, film producer, businessman, former bodybuilder and politician who served as the 38th governor of California (2003-2011). As of 2022, he is the most recent Republican governor of California. Time magazine named Schwarzenegger one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2004 and 2007. He also served as Chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (1990-1993).
He began weight training at 15. He was awarded the title of Mr. Universe at age 20 and went on to win the Mr. Olympia contest a total of seven times. He appeared in the bodybuilding documentary Pumping Iron (1977). The Arnold Sports Festival, considered the second-most important bodybuilding event after Mr. Olympia, is named after him. He has remained a prominent presence in the sport of bodybuilding and has written several books and numerous articles on the sport.
He wanted to move from bodybuilding into acting, finally achieving it when he played the title role in Hercules in New York (1970). Credited under the stage name "Arnold Strong", his accent in the film was so thick that his lines were dubbed after production. His second film role was as a mob hitman in The Long Goodbye (1973), followed by a more significant part in the film Stay Hungry (1976), for which he won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor.
In 1977, he appeared in an episode of the ABC sitcom The San Pedro Beach Bums and the ABC police procedural The Streets of San Francisco. He auditioned for the title role of The Incredible Hulk, but did not win the role because of his height. He appeared in the 1979 comedy The Villain. In 1980, he starred in a biographical film of the 1950s actress Jayne Mansfield as her husband, Mickey Hargitay.
He gained worldwide fame as a Hollywood action star with his breakthrough starring role in the epic Conan the Barbarian (1982) and its sequel in 1984. After playing the title role in the sci-fi action film The Terminator (1984), he starred in its' sequels Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machine's (2003), Terminator Genisys (2015), and Terminator: Dark Fate (2019). His other action films include Commando (1985), The Running Man (1987), Predator (1987), Red Heat (1988), Total Recall (1990), and True Lies (1994). His comedy films include Twins (1988), Kindergarten Cop (1990), Junior (1994), and Jingle All the Way (1996).
After leaving the governor's office, he resumed his acting career. He starred in The Expendables 2 (2012), The Last Stand (2013), his first leading role in 10 years, Escape Plan (2013), Sabotage (2014) and returned as Trench Mauser in The Expendables 3 (2014). He then starred in the Terminator sequels Terminator Genisys (2015) and Terminator: Dark Fate (2019). He was slated to reprise his role as Conan in The Legend of Conan, later renamed Conan the Conqueror; however, in April 2017, producer Chris Morgan stated that Universal had dropped the project, although there was a possibility of a TV show.
He was nicknamed the "Austrian Oak" and the "Styrian Oak" in his bodybuilding days, "Arnie" and "Schwarz" during his acting career and the "Governator" (a portmanteau of "Governor" and "Terminator"). He is the founder of the film production company Oak Productions.
Filmography
all 189
Movies 121
self 115
TV Shows 68
Producer 3
Director 3
Voice 1
Agent State Farm (2024)
Sly (2023)
Arnold (2023)
FUBAR (2023)
McGREGOR FOREVER (2023)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées (2022)
Jerry Brown: The Disrupter (2022)
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (2022)
Little Demon (2022)
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? (2022)
BMW: Zeus & Hera (2022)
Stan Lee's Superhero Kindergarten (2021)
Stallone: Frank, That Is (2021)
I Am Greta (2020)
Whose Vote Counts, Explained (2020)
Arnold Schwarzenegger – The Art of Bodybuilding (2020)
The Movies That Made Us (2019)
Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
The Game Changers (2019)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
A Riddle of Steel: The Definitive History of Conan the Barbarian (2019)
Iron Mask (2019)
The Family (2019)
Building Arnold Schwarzenegger (2019)
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (2018)
Andre the Giant (2018)
Wonders of the Sea 3D (2017)
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator (2017)
Conor McGregor: Notorious (2017)
Born Strong (2017)
Killing Gunther (2017)
OBJECTified (2017)
Die Arnold Schwarzenegger Story (2017)
Generation Iron 2 (2017)
Aftermath (2017)
David Blaine: Beyond Magic (2016)
SS VS AS (2016)
Race for the White House (2016)
Bill Nye's Global Meltdown (2016)
Jay Leno's Garage (2015)
Dare2Dream: The Flex Wheeler Story (2015)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Terminator Genisys (2015)
Terminator Genisys: The YouTube Chronicles (2015)
Maggie (2015)
WWE Hall of Fame 2015 (2015)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
The Expendables 3 (2014)
Years of Living Dangerously (2014)
Sabotage (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Escape Plan (2013)
Generation Iron (2013)
WWE Hall Of Fame 2013 (2013)
The Last Stand (2013)
Arnold's Blueprint (2012)
The Expendables 2 (2012)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009 (2012)
Dreamland: The Land of Dreams (2011)
Gerrymandering (2010)
Epic Rap Battles of History (2010)
Die Stille der Unschuld (2010)
The Expendables (2010)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
The Jay Leno Show (2009)
Right America: Feeling Wronged (2009)
The Burning Season (2008)
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens (2007)
Global Warming: Our Searing Earth (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
...So Goes the Nation (2006)
Arnold - Made in Britain (2006)
Web Junk 20 (2006)
Al Franken: God Spoke (2006)
Pursuit of Equality (2005)
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)
AC/DC: Family Jewels (2005)
Bio. (2005)
Retrosexual: The '80s (2004)
Rated 'R': Republicans in Hollywood (2004)
How Arnold Won the West (2004)
Pimp My Ride (2004)
The Apprentice (2004)
The Celebrity Apprentice (2004)
Christmas in Hollywood (2003)
The Rundown (2003)
Two and a Half Men (2003)
Anderson Cooper 360° (2003)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Celebrities Uncensored (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
Liberty's Kids (2002)
Collateral Damage (2002)
Rip Van Marlowe (2002)
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron' (2002)
Dirty Harry: The Original (2001)
Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator' (2001)
Anthony Quinn: The Final Words (2001)
Imagining 'Total Recall' (2001)
The 6th Day (2000)
The Making of 'Terminator 2 3D' (2000)
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' (2000)
End of Days (1999)
WWE SmackDown (1999)
The Magic Hour (1998)
The View (1997)
Batman & Robin (1997)
Taff (1997)
Stand Tall (1997)
Jingle All the Way (1996)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
Eraser (1996)
A Century of Science Fiction (1996)
Junior (1994)
True Lies (1994)
Beretta's Island (1994)
Last Action Hero (1993)
T2: More Than Meets the Eye (1993)
Lincoln (1992)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Christmas in Connecticut (1992)
Explosiv - Das Magazin (1992)
The Making of 'The Terminator': A Retrospective (1992)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' (1991)
Hallo, wie geht's (1991)
Schwarzenegger's Superstars of Muscle (1991)
Kindergarten Cop (1990)
Stars 90 (1990)
Tales from the Crypt Volume 3 (1990)
Total Recall (1990)
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
Twins (1988)
Red Heat (1988)
Schwarzenegger: Total Rebuild (1988)
The Running Man (1987)
Predator (1987)
American Masters (1986)
Raw Deal (1986)
Commando (1985)
Red Sonja (1985)
The Making of the Terminator (1985)
The Terminator (1984)
Conan the Destroyer (1984)
Harty (1983)
Party in Rio (1983)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Na sowas! (1982)
Champs-Elysées (1982)
The Making of 'Superman II' (1982)
Entertainment Tonight (1981)
Wetten, dass..? (1981)
The Jayne Mansfield Story (1980)
The Comeback (1980)
The Villain (1979)
All Star Secrets (1979)
The San Pedro Beach Bums (1977)
Auf los geht's los (1977)
Pumping Iron (1977)
Stay Hungry (1976)
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye (1974)
Dinah! (1974)
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
V.I.P. Schaukel (1971)
Hercules in New York (1970)
60 Minutes (1968)
Österreich-Bild (1968)
Goldene Kamera Verleihung (1966)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
The Oscars (1953)
Bambi Awards (1948)
Meet the Press (1947)
Arnold Schwarzenegger The Early Years
Dolph
The Man with the Bag
Outrider
Breakout
The Howard Stern Interview (2006)
The Original Action Hero
Taming The Beast – The Emptiness Within
A Stuntman for All Seasons: A Tribute to Bennie Dobbins
Kung Fury 2
Commando: Retribution
Untitled Arnold Schwarzenegger/Danny DeVito movie
Triplets
East Meets West: "Red Heat" and the Kings of Carolco
Naked Hollywood
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1947-07-30 (76 years old)
Birth NameArnold Alois Schwarzenegger
Birth PlaceThal, Austria
ReligionCatholicism
Height1.88-meter
RelationshipsMaria Shriver (1986-04-26 - 2021-01-01)
ChildrenKatherine Schwarzenegger, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Christopher Schwarzenegger, Christina Schwarzenegger, Joseph Baena
FatherGustav Schwarzenegger
MotherAurelia Schwarzenegger
SiblingsMeinhard Schwarzenegger
RelativesPatrick M. Knapp Schwarzenegger
CitizenshipsUnited States of America, Austria
ResidencesThal, Austria, Brentwood, United States of America
Also Known AsArnold Strong, Arnie Schwarzenegger , Арнольд Шварценеггер, アーノルド・シュワルツェネッガー, 阿諾舒華辛力加, Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger, 阿诺德·施瓦辛格, Arnold
AwardsGreat Immigrants, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance, Inkpot Award, Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor, Golden Apple Award, DIVA – Deutscher Entertainment Preis, Bavarian TV Awards, Bambi Award, Taurus World Stunt Awards, Goldene Kamera, Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, WWE Hall of Fame, American Cinematheque Award, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Grand Gold Decoration of Styria, Great Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
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