Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger

He was born on July 30, 1947, son of Gustav Schwarzenegger, head of the Austrian police and Aurelia, in Thal, Austria. He had a brother Meinhard and his father was unfair to Arnold and gave preferential treatment to his brother.

He was active in sports like football and, while preparing for football, he developed an interest in bodybuilding. In the 60s he won some weight lifting and weight lifting competitions.

In 1967, the "Mr. Title of the Universe when he was only twenty years old, thus becoming the youngest person to win this title." The following year, he again won the title of Mr. Universe.

In 1970, he participated in Mr. Olympia's race and won the race when he was only twenty-three. He created a record of being the youngest person to win this title.

In 1970, he entered Hollywood and began his career with the film "Hercules in New York", and then, he worked on the film "The Long Goodbye".

During the period 1971-75, he emerged as the winner of the Mr. Olympia contest and in 1975 declared his intention to withdraw from professional bodybuilding.

In 1976 he released his film "Stay Hungry" in which his performance was appreciated and he also won a prize for this film.

He worked in the film "Pumping Iron" in 1977. In the same year, he also participated in an episode of the comedy "The San Pedro Beach Bums".

In 1979, he starred in the film "The Villain", and the following year, he appeared in the biopic "The Jayne Mansfield Story" as husband of actress Jayne Mansfield, Mickey Hargitay.


In 1980 he again took part in the Mr. Olympia competition and won too. In the end, he officially retired from professional bodybuilding.

In 1982 he got his first big hit when his film "Conan the Barbarian" was released. Then he worked on the sequel to this film called "Conan the Destroyer".

He also played a comic role in the 1988 film "Twins". This was followed by his film 'Total Recall', which was a great commercial success.

During the period 1990-93, he presided over the "Presidential Council on Physical Fitness and Sport" and was then president of the "California Governor's Council for Physical Fitness and Sport". He was also the ambassador of the "Red Cross", which is an international humanitarian movement.

In 1991, this actor was the protagonist of "Terminator 2: Judgment Day", which was a great success and became the biggest commercial success of that year.

He worked on the film 'True Lies' in 1994, and in the same year he worked on the film 'Junior', which earned him a nomination for the 'Golden Globe Award'.

In the 1990s he worked on other films such as "Eraser", "Jingle All The Way", "Batman & Robin". After this, he took some free time to recover from a back injury. He reappears in the movie "End of Days", which was an action fantasy thriller.


In 2002, he starred in "The Sixth Day" and then starred in "Collateral Damage", but none of these films had a financial success.

He played the lead role in the 2003 film "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines", and marked the return of this actor to the celebrity, as it was a huge success and earned about $ 150 million in the United States.

The same year, he claimed to challenge the election of the "California recall of 2003" for the California Governor's office. He was elected governor of California on October 7 of the same year and remained in office for the next eight years, which included re-election in office.

In 2004 he made a special appearance in the film "The Rundown" and then in another cameo in "Around the World in 80 Days". The following year, he appeared in the movie "The Kid & I".

He lent his voice to the character of Baron von Steuben in an episode of the TV series 'Liberty's Kids' called 'Valley Forge'. He also worked with actor Sylvester Stallone in the film "The Expendables" in a special appearance.

In 2011, after completing his second term as Governor of California, he decided to return to Hollywood. The same year, he founded the NGO called "R20 Regions of Climate Action".

During the period 2012-14, he worked on many films such as "The Expendables 2", "The Last Stand", "Escape Plan", "Sabotage", "The Expendables 3".


In 2012 his autobiography "Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story" was published.
His next films are the sequel to "The Legend of Conan" and "Terminator Genisys", the fifth film in the series.

His role in "The Terminator" in which he played the lead role was acclaimed and starred in his sequels "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" and "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" and both sequels turned out to be great success.

Awards and results

In 1977 he won his first "Golden Globe Award" for the film "Stay Hungry" as "New Evil Star of the Year".
In 1993, he received the title of "International Star of the Decade" from the "National Association of Theater Owners".

This talented actor has been included in the "Hollywood Walk of Fame" and in the "WWE Hall of Fame"