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.
| 2024 | TMZ presents: Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons as Self |
| 2024 | Agent State Farm as Agent State Farm |
| 2023 | Sly as Self |
| 2023 | KURZ as Self |
| 2023 | The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2023 | Jean-Claude Van Damme, coup sur coup as Self (archive footage) |
| 2022 | Clint Eastwood, la dernière légende as Self (archive footage) |
| 2022 | Jerry Brown: The Disrupter as Self |
| 2021 | Total Recall(ed) as Self |
| 2021 | Stallone: Frank, That Is as Self |
| 2020 | Greta as Self |
| 2020 | VOMO: Vote or Miss Out as Self |
| 2020 | Arnold Schwarzenegger – The Art of Bodybuilding as Self |
| 2019 | Bruno Sammartino, La Mia Mama as Self |
| 2019 | Terminatör: Kara Kader as T-800 / Carl |
| 2019 | The Game Changers as Himself |
| 2019 | A Riddle of Steel: The Definitive History of Conan the Barbarian as Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Çin'e Yolculuk: Demir Maskenin Gizemi as James Hook |
| 2019 | Gladiateur, glaive et fantasmes 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 | Conor McGregor: Dövüşçü as Himself |
| 2017 | Doğuştan Güçlü as Himself |
| 2017 | Workers Con as Self - Former CA Governor (archive footage) |
| 2017 | Killing Gunther as Robert "Gunther" Bendik |
| 2017 | Demir Nesil 2 as Himself |
| 2017 | Akıbet as Roman Melnyk |
| 2016 | David Blaine: Beyond Magic as Self |
| 2016 | Arnie's 50 Greatest Ever Stunts as Self - Presenter |
| 2015 | Dare2Dream: The Flex Wheeler Story as Himself |
| 2015 | Terminatör: Genisys as Guardian / The Terminator |
| 2015 | Maggie as Wade Vogel |
| 2015 | WWE WrestleMania 31 as Self (archive footage) |
| 2015 | Anything Is Possible: The Man, the Movement and the Legacy as (voice) |
| 2015 | WWE Hall of Fame 2015 as Himself |
| 2014 | The Making of The Expendables 3 as Self |
| 2014 | Cehennem Melekleri 3 as Trench |
| 2014 | Sabotaj as John 'Breacher' Wharton |
| 2013 | Kaçış Planı as Emil Rottmayer |
| 2013 | Generation Iron as Himself |
| 2013 | WWE Hall Of Fame 2013 as Self |
| 2013 | Milius as Self |
| 2013 | Geçit Yok as Sheriff Ray Owens |
| 2012 | Arnold's Blueprint as Himself |
| 2012 | Cehennem Melekleri 2 as Trench |
| 2012 | Son Kurgu: Bayanlar ve Baylar 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 |
| 2010 | Gerrymandering as Himself |
| 2010 | Cehennem Melekleri as Trench (uncredited) |
| 2010 | Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self (archive footage) |
| 2009 | Right America: Feeling Wronged as Self |
| 2008 | Bigger Stronger Faster* as Self |
| 2007 | Ultimate Reality as (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens as Self |
| 2007 | Global Warming: Our Searing Earth 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 | Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition as Self (archive footage) |
| 2006 | Al Franken: God Spoke as Self |
| 2005 | The Kid & I as Arnold |
| 2005 | Pursuit of Equality as Self |
| 2005 | Enron: Odadaki Hoş Adamlar as Himself |
| 2005 | Bio. as Self |
| 2005 | Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self |
| 2005 | Manolito Espinberg: une vie de cinéma as Conan (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2004 | 80 Günde Devr-i Alem as Prince Hapi |
| 2003 | Christmas in Hollywood as Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | The Rundown as Bar Patron (uncredited) |
| 2003 | Terminatör 3: Makinelerin Yükselişi as The Terminator |
| 2002 | Iron and Beyond as Self (uncredited) |
| 2002 | "STARdate" mit Ralf Moeller! as Himself |
| 2002 | Ölümüne takip as Gordy Brewer |
| 2002 | Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron' as Himself |
| 2001 | Dirty Harry: The Original as Self - Actor |
| 2001 | Dr. Dolittle 2 as White Wolf (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) |
| 2001 | Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator' as Self |
| 2001 | Anthony Quinn: The Final Words as Himself |
| 2001 | Imagining 'Total Recall' as Self |
| 2000 | Altıncı Gün as Adam Gibson |
| 2000 | The Making of 'Terminator 2 3D' as Self |
| 2000 | Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' as Self |
| 2000 | Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co as Self (archive footage) |
| 1999 | Şeytanın Günü as Jericho Cane |
| 1999 | Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero as Self |
| 1997 | Batman ve Robin as Dr. Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze |
| 1996 | Babam Söz Verdi as Howard Langston |
| 1996 | Silici as U.S. Marshal John 'The Eraser' Kruger |
| 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 | Ufaklık as Dr. Alex Hesse |
| 1994 | Gerçek Yalanlar as Harry Tasker |
| 1994 | Beretta's Island as Arnold Schwarzenegger (uncredited) |
| 1994 | Arnold: The Man Behind the Muscle as Self (archive footage) |
| 1993 | Son Kahraman as Jack Slater / Himself |
| 1993 | Dave as Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| 1993 | T2: More Than Meets the Eye as Self |
| 1992 | Lincoln as John G. Nicolay (voice) |
| 1992 | Feed 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 | Terminatör 2: Mahşer Günü as The Terminator |
| 1991 | Schwarzenegger's Superstars of Muscle as Himself |
| 1991 | The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' as Self |
| 1990 | Anaokulu Polisi as John Kimble |
| 1990 | Gerçeğe Çağrı as Douglas Quaid / Hauser |
| 1990 | The Power of the Market as Self |
| 1988 | İkizler as Julius Benedict |
| 1988 | Danko as Ivan Danko |
| 1988 | Schwarzenegger: Total Rebuild as Himself |
| 1987 | Koşan Adam as Ben Richards |
| 1987 | Av as Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer |
| 1986 | Koruyucu as Mark Kaminski / Joseph P. Brenner |
| 1985 | Komando as John Matrix |
| 1985 | Kızıl Sonja as Kalidor |
| 1985 | The Making of the Terminator as Self |
| 1984 | Terminatör as The Terminator |
| 1984 | Conan 2 : Savaşçı Conan as Conan |
| 1983 | Return Engagement as Self |
| 1983 | James Bond: The First 21 Years as Self |
| 1983 | Party in Rio as Self - Host |
| 1982 | Barbar Conan as Conan |
| 1982 | The Making of 'Superman II' as Self |
| 1980 | The Jayne Mansfield Story as Mickey Hargitay |
| 1980 | The Comeback as Himself |
| 1979 | Scavenger Hunt as Lars |
| 1979 | The Villain as Handsome Stranger |
| 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 |
| 1973 | Uzun Veda as Hood in Augustine's Office (uncredited) |
| 1970 | Hercules in New York as Hercules |
| Breakout as Terry Reynolds |
| Commando: Retribution as John Matrix |
| Dolph as Self |
| Kung Fury 2 as The President |
| Taming The Beast – The Emptiness Within as Self |
| The Man with the Bag as Santa |
| The Original Action Hero as Self |
| Untitled Arnold Schwarzenegger/Danny DeVito movie |
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