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.
Predator
(Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer)
The Terminator
(Terminator)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
(The Terminator)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
(The Terminator)
Total Recall
(Douglas Quaid / Hauser)
The Running Man
(Ben Richards)
Batman & Robin
(Dr. Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze)
Raw Deal
(Mark Kaminski / Joseph P. Brenner)
The Comeback
(Self)
Commando
(John Matrix)
Stay Hungry
(Joe Santo)
Hercules in New York
(Hercules)
Dolph: Fights Worth Fighting
(Self)
Junior
(Dr. Alex Hesse)
The 6th Day
(Adam Gibson)
Twins
(Julius Benedict)
Eraser
(U.S. Marshal John 'The Eraser' Kruger)
Jingle All the Way
(Howard Langston)
Last Action Hero
(Jack Slater / Self)
End of Days
(Jericho Cane)
Red Heat
(Ivan Danko)
Conan the Destroyer
(Conan)
Red Sonja
(Kalidor)
Conan the Barbarian
(Conan)
Collateral Damage
(Gordy Brewer)
Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
(Self)
True Lies
(Harry Tasker)
Breakout
(Terry Reynolds)
...So Goes the Nation
(Self (archive footage))
The Last Stand
(Sheriff Ray Owens)
The Expendables 2
(Trench)
Arnold: Made in Britain
(Self (archive footage))
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
((archive footage))
Terminator Genisys
(Guardian / The Terminator)
Escape Plan
(Emil Rottmayer)
Commando: Retribution
(John Matrix)
Sabotage
(John 'Breacher' Wharton)
The Expendables 3
(Trench)
Arnold's Blueprint
(Self)
Bio.
(Self)
Generation Iron
(Self)
Al Franken: God Spoke
(Self)
The Expendables
(Trench (uncredited))
Gerrymandering
(Self)
Taming The Beast
(Self)
Maggie
(Wade Vogel)
The Original Action Hero
(Self)
WWE Hall of Fame 2015
(Self)
The Man with the Bag
(Santa)
Iron Mask
(James Hook)
Manolito Espinberg: une vie de cinéma
(Conan (archive footage) (uncredited))
Around the World in 80 Days
(Prince Hapi)
Dr. Dolittle 2
(White Wolf (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited))
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
(Self)
Imagining 'Total Recall'
(Self)
Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator'
(Self)
Iron and Beyond
(Self (uncredited))
Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co
(Self (archive footage))
The Making of 'Terminator 2 3D'
(Self)
The Power of the Market
(Self)
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
(Self - Presenter)
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero
(Self)
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
(Self)
The Making of the Terminator
(Self)
The Making of 'The Terminator': A Retrospective
(Self)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
(Self)
Beretta's Island
(Arnold Schwarzenegger (uncredited))
Arnold: The Man Behind the Muscle
(Self (archive footage))
T2: More Than Meets the Eye
(Self)
Lincoln
(John G. Nicolay (voice))
The Long Goodbye
(Hood in Augustine's Office (uncredited))
Dave
(Arnold Schwarzenegger)
James Bond: The First 21 Years
(Self)
Party in Rio
(Self - Host)
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
Return Engagement
(Self)
This Is America
(Bodybuilder at Gold's Gym (uncredited))
Christmas in Connecticut
(Man in Chair in Front of Media Truck (uncredited))
Feed
(Self)
Milius
(Self)
The Making of The Expendables 3
(Self)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
(Self (archive footage))
Pumping Iron
(Self)
Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King
(Self (archive footage))
The Jayne Mansfield Story
(Mickey Hargitay)
Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
(Rico)
The Villain
(Handsome Stranger)
Scavenger Hunt
(Lars)
Andre the Giant
(Self)
Bigger Stronger Faster*
(Self)
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
(Self)
I Am Greta
(Self)
Jerry Brown: The Disrupter
(Self)
WWE Hall Of Fame 2013
(Self)
Revenge of the Electric Car
(Self)
KURZ
(Self)
Bruno Sammartino
(Self)
LA DA Story
(Self (archive footage))
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
(Self)
Ultimate Reality
((archive footage))
Workers Con
(Self - Former CA Governor (archive footage))
Arnie's 50 Greatest Ever Stunts
(Self - Presenter)
Wonders of the Sea 3D
(Narrator (voice))
Reagan
(Self (archive footage))
Right America: Feeling Wronged
(Self)
Running with Arnold
(Self)
Arnold Schwarzenegger – The Art of Bodybuilding
(Self)
WWE WrestleMania 31
(Self (archive footage))
VOMO: Vote or Miss Out
(Self)
Total Recall(ed)
(Self)
Sword-and-Sandal
(Self (archive footage))
Anything Is Possible
((voice))
Global Warming: Our Searing Earth
(Self)
David Blaine: Beyond Magic
(Self)
Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition
(Self (archive footage))
The Kid & I
(Arnold)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
(Self)
Pursuit of Equality
(Self)
"STARdate" with Ralf Moeller!
(Self)
Sly
(Self)
Christmas in Hollywood
(Self (archive footage))
Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
(Self)
Propaganda
(Self (archive footage))
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
(Self)
Aftermath
(Roman Melnyk)
Junket Whore
(Self)
Jackie Chan: Down to Earth
(Self)
Killing Gunther
(Robert "Gunther" Bendik)
Dreamland: The Land of Dreams
(Himself (Archive footage))
Anthony Quinn: The Final Words
(Self)
The Making of 'Superman II'
(Self)
Conor McGregor: Notorious
(Self)
Terminator: Dark Fate
(T-800 / Carl)
Born Strong
(Self)
Kung Fury 2
(The President)
Kindergarten Cop
(John Kimble)
Generation Iron 2
(Self)
The Game Changers
(Self)
A Century of Science Fiction
(Self)
A Riddle of Steel: The Definitive History of Conan the Barbarian
(Self (archive footage))
Dare2Dream: The Flex Wheeler Story
(Self)
Dirty Harry: The Original
(Self - Actor)
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
(Self (archive footage))
Schwarzenegger: Total Rebuild
(Self)
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
(Self)
The Rundown
(Bar Patron (uncredited))
Stallone: Frank, That Is
(Self)
Schwarzenegger's Superstars of Muscle
(Self)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
(Self (archive footage))
Terminator Salvation
(T-800 (Full CGI))
Arnold Schwarzenegger's Guide to Blowing Sh*T Up
Arnold Pranks Fans as the Terminator
Tales from the Crypt
(X-Con (uncredited))
The View
(Self)
Two and a Half Men
(Lieutenant Wagner)
The Streets of San Francisco
(Josef Schmidt)
E! True Hollywood Story
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Web Junk 20
Anderson Cooper 360°
The Celebrity Apprentice
Meet the Press
60 Minutes
(Self)
The Jay Leno Show
(Self)
Celebrities Uncensored
(Self)
The Magic Hour
(Self)
Liberty's Kids
Harty
(Self)
The San Pedro Beach Bums
Little Demon
(Game Show Host (voice))
The Oscars
(Self - Presenter)
Arnold
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Apprentice
(Self)
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Entertainment Tonight
(Self (archive footage))
Wetten, dass..?
(Self)
WWE SmackDown
(Self)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
(Self)
The Mike Douglas Show
(Self)
Hallo, wie geht's
(Self)
The Movies That Made Us
(Self (Archival Footage))
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(Self)
The Celebrity Apprentice
(Self - Host)
Dinah!
(Self)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(Self)
McGREGOR FOREVER
(Self)
The Howard Stern Interview (2006)
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(Self)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(Self)
V.I.P. Schaukel
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(Self)
Na sowas!
(Self)
OBJECTified
(Self)
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
(Self)
Bambi Awards
(Self)
Stan Lee's Superhero Kindergarten
(Arnold Armstrong / Captain Fantastic (voice))
Terminator Genisys: The YouTube Chronicles
(Terminator)
Auf los geht's los
(Self)
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
(Self)
Entertainment Tonight
(Self)
Outrider
Jay Leno's Garage
(Self)
Champs-Elysées
(Self)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
(Self (archive footage))
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
The Family
(Self (archive footage))
FUBAR
(Luke Brunner)
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
(Self)
Epic Rap Battles of History
(Self)
American Masters
(Self)
Österreich-Bild
(Self)
Kiwis große Partynacht
(Self)
Stars 90
(self)
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
(Self)
Explosiv - Das Magazin
(self)
Race for the White House
(Self (archive footage))
Taff
(self)
Aftermath
(Producer)
Last Action Hero
(Executive Producer)
Christmas in Connecticut
(Director)
The 6th Day
(Producer)
Maggie
(Producer)
Iron Mask
(Producer)
Tales from the Crypt Volume 3
(Director)
The Game Changers
(Executive Producer)
Killing Gunther
(Executive Producer)
Beretta's Island
(Thanks)
Tales from the Crypt
(Director)
Stan Lee's Superhero Kindergarten
(Executive Producer)
FUBAR
(Executive Producer)
Years of Living Dangerously
(Executive Producer)
Stan Lee's Superhero Kindergarten
(Creator)