Born: 30 July 1947
Birthplace: Graz, Austria
Occupation: Politician, Actor, Author, Director, Restaurateur
Sign: Sun in Leo, Moon in Capricorn
Relations: Father: Gustav (policeman); mother: Aurelia; brother: Meinhard (champion boxer); wife: Maria Shriver (TV journalist); kids: Katherine Eunice, Christina Maria Aurelia, Patrick, Christopher Sargent Shriver; famous in-laws: The Kennedys
Education: University of Wisconsin, B.A. in business, economics

  Hulk-like actor best known for his roles in sci-fi action/thrillers and his muscular body. Schwarzenegger immigrated to the United States in 1968 after winning several European body-building championships. Arnold Schwarzenegger won the Mr. Universe title five times and Mr. Olympia seven times. He first came to Hollywood's attention in the documentary Pumping Iron (1977) and starred in Conan the Barbarian (1982), The Terminator (1984), its sequel, Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), the third chapter of the trilogy Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), Eraser (1996), Predator, Twins, End of Days, The 6th Day, Collateral Damage and many more. In 2003 he was voted Governor of the State of California, thus moving his career from sport to cinema to politics.

 

Facts about Arnold Schwarzenegger:

Despite being paid $30 million for reprising his role in the TERMINATOR franchise, he has seen his bankability outside of sequels diminish during his time at Willima Morris Agency. His 1999 picture END OF DAYS managed $209 million worldwide; 2000's THE 6TH DAY slipped to $116 million worldwide, and Warner Bros.' COLLATERAL DAMAGE, eked out just more than $81 million -- with a negative cost estimated at $85 million, according to Nielsen EDI figures.

(October 1997) Ranked #20 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.

(27 September 1997) Fourth child, a boy, born.

(April 1997) Undergoes heart surgery correct a congenital heart valve condition.

Many of his films have his characters doing feats of strength to match his muscular look, eg Commando (1985) where he is first seen in the film carrying a whole tree trunk on his shoulder.

Called by the Guinness Book of World Records, "the most perfectly developed man in the history of the world."

Noted fan of cigar smoking.

His voice in "Hercules in New York" was dubbed.

Was part-owner of the Planet Hollywood chain. He owns Schatzi restaurants together with his wife.

Father of four children.

Objects against his wife wearing trousers.

He reprised his Terminator 2 character, the T-800, for the theme park attraction T2-3D, a short film filmed in a new 3-D process that makes the film really appear to jump out at you.

His production company is 'Oak Productions'.

(1983) Became a US citizen.

His wife Maria Shriver is one of the Kennedy nieces.

(1979) Graduated from University of Wisconsin-Superior with a major in international marketing of fitness and business administration.

Sold his Planet Hollywood stock off and is no longer a part owner of the chain (2000)

The football stadium in Graz (his home town) is named after him.

Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis TRUE LIES (1994) was attacked by Arab Americans for its depiction of Middle Easterners as homicidal, religious zealots. The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee was one of four groups to hold a protest at a Washington theater when the action film opened; a boycott of the movie was called, as well as a ban of its distribution in 54 Arab and Muslim countries. Despite the boycott and the intense controversy, the film was one of the top money-makers of 1994, earning more than $150 million.

 

Personal quotes

"I was always interested in proportion and perfection. When I was fifteen, I took off my clothes and looked in the mirror. When I stared at myself naked, I realized that to be perfectly proportioned I would need twenty-inch arms to match the rest of me."
- Arnold Schwarzenegger

"My body is like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I don't think about it, I just have it."
— Arnold Schwarzenegger

"I was always interested in proportion and perfection. When I was fifteen, I took off my clothes and looked in the mirror. When I stared at myself naked, I realized that to be perfectly proportioned I would need twenty-inch arms to match the rest of me."
- Arnold Schwarzenegger

"There's so little time to do all the things I want to do that I can't see any reason to get bogged down in sequels." - to Starlog magazine in 1991, explaining his reluctance to do sequels to most of his successful films from the '80s.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger

"Everything I have ever done in my life has always stayed. I've just added to it...But I will not change. Because when you are successful and you change, you are an idiot."
- Arnold Schwarzenegger