Arnold Schwarzenegger

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

139

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-07-30 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Thal, Styria, Austria

Also Known As

  • Arnold 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

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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.

Known For

The Terminator
7.7%

The Terminator

Oct 26, 1984

Terminator Genisys
5.9%

Terminator Genisys

Jun 23, 2015

Predator
7.5%

Predator

Jun 12, 1987

The Expendables
6.2%

The Expendables

Aug 3, 2010

The Expendables 2
6.3%

The Expendables 2

Aug 8, 2012

Total Recall
7.3%

Total Recall

Jun 1, 1990

Escape Plan
6.7%

Escape Plan

Oct 9, 2013

Terminator: Dark Fate
6.5%

Terminator: Dark Fate

Oct 23, 2019

Batman & Robin
4.3%

Batman & Robin

Jun 20, 1997

The Expendables 3
6.2%

The Expendables 3

Aug 7, 2014

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Acting

The Howard Stern Interview (2006) as Himself
Triplets as Julius Benedict
Breakout as Terry Reynolds
Commando: Retribution as John Matrix
Untitled Arnold Schwarzenegger/Danny DeVito movie
Taming The Beast – The Emptiness Within as Self
The Original Action Hero as Self
The Man with the Bag as Santa
Kung Fury 2 as The President
Dolph as Self
Outrider
2024
Agent State Farm as Agent State Farm
2023
Arnold as Self
2023
FUBAR as Luke Brunner
2023
McGREGOR FOREVER as Self
2022
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées as Self (archive footage)
2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
Little Demon as Game Show Host (voice)
2021
Stallone: Frank, That Is as Self
2020
Whose Vote Counts, Explained as Self
2020
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
2019
The Movies That Made Us as Self (Archival Footage)
2019
Terminator: Dark Fate as T-800 / Carl
2019
The Game Changers as Himself
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
A Riddle of Steel: The Definitive History of Conan the Barbarian as Self (archive footage)
2019
The Family as Self (archive footage)
2018
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2017
Conor McGregor: Notorious as Himself
2017
Born Strong as Himself
2017
Killing Gunther as Robert "Gunther" Bendik
2017
OBJECTified as Self
2017
Generation Iron 2 as Himself
2017
Aftermath as Roman Melnyk
2016
Race for the White House as Self (archive footage)
2015
Jay Leno's Garage as Self
2015
Dare2Dream: The Flex Wheeler Story as Himself
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015
Terminator Genisys as Guardian / The Terminator
2015
Maggie as Wade Vogel
2015
WWE Hall of Fame 2015 as Himself
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
2014
The Expendables 3 as Trench
2014
Sabotage as John 'Breacher' Wharton
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2013
Escape Plan as Emil Rottmayer
2013
Generation Iron as Himself
2013
The Last Stand as Sheriff Ray Owens
2012
Arnold's Blueprint as Himself
2012
The Expendables 2 as Trench
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
2012
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009 as Self (archive footage)
2010
Gerrymandering as Himself
2010
Epic Rap Battles of History as himself
2010
The Expendables as Trench (uncredited)
2010
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self (archive footage)
2009
The Jay Leno Show as Self
2007
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens as Self
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self (archive footage)
2006
...So Goes the Nation as Self (archive footage)
2006
Arnold - Made in Britain as Self (archive footage)
2006
Web Junk 20
2006
Al Franken: God Spoke as Self
2005
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room as Himself
2005
Bio. as Self
2004
The Celebrity Apprentice
2004
The Celebrity Apprentice as Self - Host
2004
The Apprentice as Self
2003
Christmas in Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2003
The Rundown as Bar Patron (uncredited)
2003
Two and a Half Men as Lieutenant Wagner
2003
Anderson Cooper 360°
2003
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines as The Terminator
2003
Celebrities Uncensored as Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2002
Liberty's Kids
2002
Collateral Damage as Gordy Brewer
2002
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron' as Himself
2001
Dirty Harry: The Original as Self - Actor
2001
Anthony Quinn: The Final Words as Himself
2000
The 6th Day as Adam Gibson
1999
End of Days as Jericho Cane
1999
WWE SmackDown as Himself
1998
The Magic Hour as Self
1997
The View as Self
1997
Batman & Robin as Dr. Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze
1997
Taff as self
1996
Jingle All the Way as Howard Langston
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Eraser as U.S. Marshal John 'The Eraser' Kruger
1996
A Century of Science Fiction as Self
1994
Junior as Dr. Alex Hesse
1994
True Lies as Harry Tasker
1993
Last Action Hero as Jack Slater / Himself
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Explosiv - Das Magazin as self
1991
Terminator 2: Judgment Day as The Terminator
1991
Schwarzenegger's Superstars of Muscle as Himself
1991
Hallo, wie geht's as Self
1990
Kindergarten Cop as John Kimble
1990
Stars 90 as self
1990
Total Recall as Douglas Quaid / Hauser
1989
Tales from the Crypt as X-Con (uncredited)
1988
Twins as Julius Benedict
1988
Red Heat as Ivan Danko
1988
Schwarzenegger: Total Rebuild as Himself
1987
The Running Man as Ben Richards
1987
Predator as Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer
1986
American Masters as Self
1986
Raw Deal as Mark Kaminski / Joseph P. Brenner
1985
Commando as John Matrix
1985
Red Sonja as Kalidor
1984
The Terminator as The Terminator
1984
Conan the Destroyer as Conan
1983
Harty as Self
1982
Conan the Barbarian as Conan
1982
Na sowas! as Self
1982
Champs-Elysées as Self
1982
The Making of 'Superman II' as Self
1981
Entertainment Tonight as Self (archive footage)
1981
Wetten, dass..? as Self
1980
The Comeback as Himself
1977
The San Pedro Beach Bums
1977
Auf los geht's los as Self
1976
Stay Hungry as Joe Santo
1974
Dinah! as Self
1972
The Streets of San Francisco as Josef Schmidt
1971
V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
1970
Hercules in New York as Hercules
1968
60 Minutes as Self
1968
Österreich-Bild as Self
1966
Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1953
The Oscars as Self - Presenter
1948
Bambi Awards as Self
1947
Meet the Press

Creator

Crew

1994
Beretta's Island as Thanks

Directing

Production

2023
FUBAR as Executive Producer
2021
Stan Lee's Superhero Kindergarten as Executive Producer
2019
The Game Changers as Executive Producer
2019
Iron Mask as Producer
2017
Killing Gunther as Executive Producer
2017
Aftermath as Producer
2015
Maggie as Producer
2014
Years of Living Dangerously as Executive Producer
2000
The 6th Day as Producer
1993
Last Action Hero as Executive Producer
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