Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (/ˈʃwɔːrtsənɛɡər/ SHWORT-sə-neg-ər, Austrian German:[ˈarnɔlt ˈaːlɔʏs ˈʃvartsn̩ˌɛɡɐ]; born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian and American actor, businessman, former politician, and former professional bodybuilder, known for his roles in high-profile action films. He served as the 38th governor of California from 2003 to 2011.
Schwarzenegger began lifting weights at age 15 and won the Mr. Universe title at age 20 and, subsequently, the Mr. Olympia title seven times. He is tied with Phil Heath for the joint-second number of all-time Mr. Olympia wins, behind Ronnie Coleman and Lee Haney, who are joint-first with eight wins each. Nicknamed the "Austrian Oak" in his bodybuilding days, he is regarded as one of the greatest bodybuilders ever. He has written books and articles about bodybuilding, including the autobiographical Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder (1977) and The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding (1998). The Arnold Sports Festival, the second-most prestigious bodybuilding event after Mr. Olympia, is named after him. He appeared in the bodybuilding documentary Pumping Iron (1977), which set him on his way to a film career.
After retiring from bodybuilding, Schwarzenegger gained worldwide fame as a Hollywood action star with his breakthrough in the sword and sorcery epic Conan the Barbarian (1982), a box-office success with a sequel in 1984. After playing the title character in the science fiction film The Terminator (1984), he starred in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and three other sequels. His other successful action films included Commando (1985), The Running Man (1987), Predator (1987), Total Recall(1990), and True Lies (1994), in addition to comedy films such as Twins (1988), Kindergarten Cop (1990) and Jingle All the Way (1996). At the height of his career, Schwarzenegger was known for his rivalry with Sylvester Stallone. He is the founder of the film production company Oak Productions.
As a registered member of the Republican Party, Schwarzenegger chaired the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports during most of the George H. W. Bush administration. In 2003, he was elected governor of California in a special recall election to replace Gray Davis, the governor at the time. He received 48.6 per cent of the vote, 17 points ahead of the runner-up, Cruz Bustamante of the Democratic Party. He was sworn in on November 17 to serve the remainder of Davis' term. He was reelected in the 2006 gubernatorial election with an increased vote share of 55.9 per cent to serve a full term. In 2011, he reached his term limit as governor and returned to acting.
| 2025 | The Man with the Bag as Santa |
| 2024 | Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons as Self |
| 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 Self |
| 2019 | A Riddle of Steel: The Definitive History of Conan the Barbarian as Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Demir Maske as James Hook |
| 2019 | Gladiateur, glaive et fantasmes as Self - Actor (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 Self |
| 2017 | Doğuştan Güçlü as Self |
| 2017 | Workers Con as Self - Former CA Governor (archive footage) |
| 2017 | Killing Gunther as Robert "Gunther" Bendik |
| 2017 | Generation Iron 2 as Self |
| 2017 | İntikam as Roman Melnyk |
| 2016 | David Blaine: Beyond Magic as Self |
| 2016 | Arnie's 50 Greatest Ever Stunts as Self - Presenter |
| 2015 | Arnold Schwarzenegger's Guide to Blowing Sh*T Up |
| 2015 | Dare2Dream: The Flex Wheeler Story as Self |
| 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 Self |
| 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 Self |
| 2013 | WWE Hall Of Fame 2013 as Self |
| 2013 | Milius as Self |
| 2013 | Propaganda as Self (archive footage) |
| 2013 | Geçit Yok as Sheriff Ray Owens |
| 2012 | Arnold's Blueprint as Self |
| 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 Self |
| 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 Self |
| 2005 | Bio. as Self |
| 2005 | Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self |
| 2005 | Manolito Espinberg: une vie de cinéma as Conan (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2004 | If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator' |
| 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 Self |
| 2002 | Ölümüne Takip as Gordy Brewer |
| 2002 | Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron' as Self |
| 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 Self |
| 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 |
| 1998 | Junket Whore 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 | T2 3-D: Battle Across Time as The Terminator |
| 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 | Baretta'nın Adası as Arnold Schwarzenegger (uncredited) |
| 1994 | Arnold: The Man Behind the Muscle as Self (archive footage) |
| 1993 | Son Kahraman as Jack Slater / Self |
| 1993 | Bir Günlük Başkan as Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| 1993 | T2: More Than Meets the Eye as Self |
| 1992 | Lincoln as John G. Nicolay (voice) |
| 1992 | Christmas in Connecticut as Man in Chair in Front of Media Truck (uncredited) |
| 1992 | Feed as Self |
| 1992 | The Making of 'The Terminator': A Retrospective as Self |
| 1991 | The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' as Self |
| 1991 | Terminatör 2: Mahşer Günü as The Terminator |
| 1991 | Schwarzenegger's Superstars of Muscle 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 | Kızıl Alev as Ivan Danko |
| 1988 | Schwarzenegger: Total Rebuild as Self |
| 1987 | Ölüme Karşı Koşan as Ben Richards |
| 1987 | Av as Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer |
| 1987 | Superstars and their Moms as Self |
| 1986 | Koruyucu as Mark Kaminski / Joseph P. Brenner |
| 1985 | Komando as John Matrix |
| 1985 | Kızıl Prenses as Kalidor |
| 1985 | The Making of the Terminator as Self |
| 1984 | Terminatör as Terminator |
| 1984 | Conan II as Conan |
| 1983 | Return Engagement as Self |
| 1983 | James Bond: The First 21 Years as Self |
| 1983 | Party in Rio as Self - Host |
| 1982 | Body by Garret as Self |
| 1982 | Conan as Conan |
| 1982 | The Making of 'Superman II' as Self |
| 1980 | The Jayne Mansfield Story as Mickey Hargitay |
| 1980 | The Comeback as Self |
| 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: Fights Worth Fighting as Self |
| Jackie Chan: Down to Earth as Self |
| Kung Fury 2 as The President |
| Taming The Beast as Self |
| The Original Action Hero as Self |
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