Arnold Schwarzenegger
Acting
🎂 1947-07-30
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian and American actor, businessman, former politician, and former professional bodybuilder, known for his roles in high-profile action films. He served as the 38th governor of California from 2003 to 2011. Schwarzenegger began lifting weights at age 15 and won the Mr. Universe title at age 20 and, subsequently, the Mr. Olympia title seven times. He is tied with Phil Heath for the joint-second number of all-time Mr. Olympia wins, behind Ronnie Coleman and Lee Haney, who are joint-first with eight wins each. Nicknamed the "Austrian Oak" in his bodybuilding days, he is regarded as one of the greatest bodybuilders ever. He has written books and articles about bodybuilding, including the autobiographical Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder (1977) and The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding (1998). The Arnold Sports Festival, the second-most prestigious bodybuilding event after Mr. Olympia, is named after him. He appeared in the bodybuilding documentary Pumping Iron (1977), which set him on his way to a film career. After retiring from bodybuilding, Schwarzenegger gained worldwide fame as a Hollywood action star with his breakthrough in the sword and sorcery epic Conan the Barbarian (1982), a box-office success with a sequel in 1984. After playing the title character in the science fiction film The Terminator (1984), he starred in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and three other sequels. His other successful action films included Commando (1985), The Running Man (1987), Predator (1987), Total Recall(1990), and True Lies (1994), in addition to comedy films such as Twins (1988), Kindergarten Cop (1990) and Jingle All the Way (1996). At the height of his career, Schwarzenegger was known for his rivalry with Sylvester Stallone. He is the founder of the film production company Oak Productions. As a registered member of the Republican Party, Schwarzenegger chaired the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports during most of the George H. W. Bush administration. In 2003, he was elected governor of California in a special recall election to replace Gray Davis, the governor at the time. He received 48.6 per cent of the vote, 17 points ahead of the runner-up, Cruz Bustamante of the Democratic Party. He was sworn in on November 17 to serve the remainder of Davis' term. He was reelected in the 2006 gubernatorial election with an increased vote share of 55.9 per cent to serve a full term. In 2011, he reached his term limit as governor and returned to acting.
Cast credits(228)
Lieutenant Wagner
2003
Self
2014
Self
2007
Self
1962
Self
2019
Self - Guest
2009
Self
1968
Self
1961
Self
2015
King Aelstrom (voice)
2024
Self
2015
Self
2014
Self
1997
The Terminator
1991
Terminator
1984
Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer
1987
X-Con (uncredited) (segment "The Switch")
1989
Self
1982
1992
Self
1981
Self
1999
Luke Brunner
2023
T-800 / Carl
2019
Self
2003
self
1997
Trench
2014
Trench (uncredited)
2010
Dr. Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze
1997
Guardian / The Terminator
2015
The Terminator
2003
Douglas Quaid / Hauser
1990
Self
1986
2022
Self – Actor and climate activist
2022
Self
1953
Josef Schmidt
1972
Self
1987
Trench
2012
Self
1984
Self
1962
Self
1948
Self
1974
Emil Rottmayer
2013
Self
1990
Harry Tasker
1994
1947
Self
2010
2003
James Hook
2019
Ben Richards
1987
Self (Archival Footage)
2019
Jack Slater / Self
1993
Julius Benedict
1988
2004
Self - Host
2004
Conan
1982
John Matrix
1985
Self
1982
Sheriff Ray Owens
2013
U.S. Marshal John 'The Eraser' Kruger
1996
Conan
1984
Self
2015
Ivan Danko
1988
Self
2009
self
1992
Adam Gibson
2000
Howard Langston
1996
Bar Patron (uncredited)
2003
Prince Hapi
2004
Self
2022
Wade Vogel
2015
Jericho Cane
1999
Gordy Brewer
2002
Self (archive footage)
1981
Self
1981
Dr. Alex Hesse
1994
2002
Self (archive footage)
2019
John 'Breacher' Wharton
2014
Self (archive footage)
2022
White Wolf (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
2001
Terminator
2015
Self
1971
Kalidor
1985
Self
1977
Hood in Augustine's Office (uncredited)
1973
Roman Melnyk
2017
Mark Kaminski / Joseph P. Brenner
1986
Arnold Schwarzenegger
1993
Self
2018
Self
2022
Self
2008
Joe Santo
1976
John Kimble
1990
Self
2023
Self
2023
Hercules
1970
Robert "Gunther" Bendik
2017
Self
1987
Self
2017
Self
1998
Mickey Hargitay
1980
Self
2007
Self (archive footage)
2019
Self
2023
Handsome Stranger
1979
Self (archive footage)
2023
Self (archive footage)
2013
Self
2021
Self
1983
Self
2005
Self
2017
Self (archive footage)
2015
Self
2017
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2012
Self
2020
Self
1983
2020
Self
2020
1977
Game Show Host (voice)
2022
Self
2010
Santa
Self
2024
Self
2006
Self
2019
Self (archive footage)
2022
Self
1977
Self
2013
Self
1995
Self
2018
Self
2014
Self
2005
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
Self
1996
The President
Lars
1979
Self
2015
Arnold
2005
Self (archive footage)
2003
Self (archive footage)
2016
Self - Presenter
1995
Self
2023
2006
Self
1987
Self - Champion Bodybuilder & Actor (archive footage)
2022
Self
Self (archive footage)
2012
Narrator (voice)
2017
Self
2016
Man in Chair in Front of Media Truck (uncredited)
1992
John G. Nicolay (voice)
1992
Self (archive footage)
2019
Self
2011
Self
Self (archive footage)
2006
Arnold Armstrong / Captain Fantastic (voice)
2021
Self
2021
Self
1983
Self
2020
Arnold Schwarzenegger (uncredited)
1994
Self
2022
Self
2013
1996
Self - Host
1983
Self
2017
Self
2000
Self
2002
Self
1992
Self (archive footage)
2011
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2019
Self
Self
Self
1998
Self
2005
Self
1999
Self
2017
Self
2005
Self - Former CA Governor (archive footage)
2017
Self
2006
Self
2002
Self
1980
Self
2023
Bodybuilder at Gold's Gym (uncredited)
1977
Self
2010
Self
1983
Self
2001
Self (archive footage)
2000
Self
2015
Rico
1974
Self
1988
Self (archive footage)
2006
Self
2006
Self
2009
Self - Actor
2001
Conan (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
Self
1968
Self
1993
Self
1991
Self (uncredited)
2002
Self
2000
Self
1992
Self
2020
Self
2023
Self
1980
Self
1991
(voice)
2015
Self
2001
Self (archive footage)
2018
Self
2003
Self
1982
Terry Reynolds
Self
2001
Self (archive footage)
2006
Self (archive footage)
1994
Self
2013
John Matrix
The Terminator
1996
Self
1985
Self
2012
Self
2019
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2007
Self - Presenter
2016
Self - Host
2003
Self
2007
2015
Self
2021
Self
1991
