Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold 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
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- 2024 · Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons as Self
- 2023 · Sly as Self
- 2022 · Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Jerry Brown: The Disrupter as Self
- 2021 · Stallone: Frank, That Is as Self
- 2020 · Whose Vote Counts, Explained as Self
- 2020 · Whose Vote Counts, Explained as
- 2019 · A Riddle of Steel: The Definitive History of Conan the Barbarian as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Sword-and-Sandal as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Andre the Giant as Self
- 2018 · LA DA Story as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Wonders of the Sea 3D as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · T2: Reprogramming The Terminator as Self
- 2017 · Born Strong as Himself
- 2017 · OBJECTified as Self
- 2017 · Generation Iron 2 as Self
- 2016 · David Blaine: Beyond Magic as Self
- 2015 · Terminator Genisys: The YouTube Chronicles as Terminator
- 2015 · WWE WrestleMania 31 as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · Anything Is Possible as (voice)
- 2014 · The Making of The Expendables 3 as Self
- 2013 · Generation Iron as Self
- 2013 · Milius as Self
- 2013 · Propaganda as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2012 · WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009 as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 · Revenge of the Electric Car as Self
- 2011 · Reagan as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' as Self
- 2009 · Right America: Feeling Wronged as Self
- 2008 · Bigger Stronger Faster* as Self
- 2007 · Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens as Self
- 2002 · Iron and Beyond as Self (uncredited)
- 2002 · Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron' as Himself
- 2001 · Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator' as Self
- 2000 · The Making of 'Terminator 2 3D' as Self
- 2000 · Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' as Self
- 1999 · Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero as Self
- 1996 · A Century of Science Fiction as Self
- 1995 · Sinatra: 80 Years My Way as Self - Presenter
- 1995 · The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self
- 1994 · Beretta's Island as Arnold Schwarzenegger (uncredited)
- 1993 · T2: More Than Meets the Eye as Self
- 1992 · Christmas in Connecticut as Man in Chair in Front of Media Truck (uncredited)
- 1992 · The Making of 'The Terminator': A Retrospective as Self
- 1991 · The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' as Self
- 1980 · The Jayne Mansfield Story as Mickey Hargitay
- 1979 · Scavenger Hunt as Lars
- 1977 · This Is America as Bodybuilder at Gold's Gym (uncredited)
- 1977 · Pumping Iron as Self
- 1976 · Stay Hungry as Joe Santo
- 1974 · Happy Anniversary and Goodbye as Rico
- 1968 · Österreich-Bild as Self
- Future · Kung Fury 2 as The President
- Future · Outrider as
- 2006 · Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition as Self (archive footage)
- Future · The Man with the Bag as Santa
- 2023 · KURZ as Self
- 2023 · Arnold as Self
- 2023 · FUBAR as Luke Brunner
- 2023 · The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2023 · McGREGOR FOREVER as Self
- 2023 · Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Il était une fois Champs-Élysées as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as
- 2022 · Little Demon as Game Show Host (voice)
- 2021 · Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy as Self
- 2021 · Stan Lee's Superhero Kindergarten as Arnold Armstrong / Captain Fantastic (voice)
- 2021 · Total Recall(ed) as Self
- 2020 · I Am Greta as Self
- 2020 · VOMO: Vote or Miss Out as Self
- 2020 · Arnold Schwarzenegger – The Art of Bodybuilding as Self
- 2019 · The Movies That Made Us as Self (Archival Footage)
- 2019 · Bruno Sammartino as Self
- 2019 · Terminator: Dark Fate as T-800 / Carl
- 2019 · The Game Changers as Himself
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Iron Mask as James Hook
- 2019 · The Family as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction as Self
- 2017 · Conor McGregor: Notorious as Himself
- 2017 · Workers Con as Self - Former CA Governor (archive footage)
- 2017 · Killing Gunther as Robert "Gunther" Bendik
- 2017 · Aftermath as Roman Melnyk
- 2016 · Arnie's 50 Greatest Ever Stunts as Self - Presenter
- 2016 · Race for the White House as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · Jay Leno's Garage as Self
- 2015 · Dare2Dream: The Flex Wheeler Story as Self
- 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 as
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · Escape Plan as Emil Rottmayer
- 2013 · WWE Hall Of Fame 2013 as Self
- 2013 · The Last Stand as Sheriff Ray Owens
- 2012 · Arnold's Blueprint as Himself
- 2012 · The Expendables 2 as Trench
- 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 · Ultimate Reality as (archive footage)
- 2007 · Global Warming: Our Searing Earth as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · ...So Goes the Nation as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 · Running with Arnold as Self
- 2006 · Arnold: Made in Britain as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 · Web Junk 20 as
- 2006 · The Howard Stern Interview (2006) as Himself
- 2006 · Al Franken: God Spoke as Self
- 2005 · Pursuit of Equality as Self
- 2005 · Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self
- 2005 · Bio. as Self
- 2005 · Manolito Espinberg: une vie de cinéma as Conan (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2003 · Christmas in Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · Celebrities Uncensored as Self
- 2002 · "STARdate" with Ralf Moeller! as Himself
- 2001 · Dirty Harry: The Original as Self - Actor
- 2001 · Imagining 'Total Recall' as Self
- 1990 · The Power of the Market as Self
- 1983 · Party in Rio as Self - Host
- 1982 · The Making of 'Superman II' as Self
- Future · Taming The Beast – The Emptiness Within as Self
- 2005 · The Kid & I as Arnold
- 2005 · Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room as Himself
- 2004 · Around the World in 80 Days as Prince Hapi
- 2004 · The Celebrity Apprentice as
- 2004 · The Celebrity Apprentice as Self - Host
- 2004 · The Apprentice as Self
- 2003 · The Rundown as Bar Patron (uncredited)
- 2003 · Two and a Half Men as Lieutenant Wagner
- 2003 · Anderson Cooper 360° as
- 2003 · Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines as The Terminator
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Liberty's Kids as
- 2002 · Collateral Damage as Gordy Brewer
- 2001 · Dr. Dolittle 2 as White Wolf (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- 2001 · Anthony Quinn: The Final Words as Himself
- 2000 · The 6th Day as Adam Gibson
- 2000 · Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co as Self (archive footage)
- 1999 · End of Days as Jericho Cane
- 1999 · WWE SmackDown as Himself
- 1998 · Junket Whore as Self
- 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 as
- 1996 · Eraser as U.S. Marshal John 'The Eraser' Kruger
- 1994 · Junior as Dr. Alex Hesse
- 1994 · True Lies as Harry Tasker
- 1994 · Arnold: The Man Behind the Muscle as Self (archive footage)
- 1993 · Last Action Hero as Jack Slater / Himself
- 1993 · Dave as Arnold Schwarzenegger
- 1992 · Lincoln as John G. Nicolay (voice)
- 1992 · Feed as Self
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1992 · Explosiv - Das Magazin as self
- 1991 · Terminator 2: Judgment Day as The Terminator
- 1991 · Hallo, wie geht's as Self
- 1991 · Schwarzenegger's Superstars of Muscle as Himself
- 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
- 1985 · The Making of the Terminator as Self
- 1984 · The Terminator as The Terminator
- 1984 · Conan the Destroyer as Conan
- 1983 · Harty as Self
- 1983 · Return Engagement as Self
- 1983 · James Bond: The First 21 Years as Self
- 1982 · Conan the Barbarian as Conan
- 1982 · Na sowas! as Self
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self (archive footage)
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1980 · The Comeback as Himself
- 1979 · The Villain as Handsome Stranger
- 1977 · The San Pedro Beach Bums as
- 1977 · Auf los geht's los as Self
- 1974 · Dinah! as Self
- 1973 · The Long Goodbye as Hood in Augustine's Office (uncredited)
- 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
- 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 as
- Future · Dolph as Self
- Future · The Original Action Hero as Self
- Future · Commando: Retribution as John Matrix
- Future · Breakout as Terry Reynolds