Arnold Schwarzenegger

Date of Birth

30 July 1947 , Thal, Styria, Austria

Birth Name

Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger

Nicknames

Arnie
Austrian Oak
Conan the Republican
Styrian Oak
The Governator
The Running Man
Conan the Governor
The Machine

Height

6' 2" (1.88 m)

Arnold Schwarzenegger is an Austrian/American actor, politician and businessman

who started his career out as a weight-lifter. Born July 30, 1947 in Thal, Styria,
Austria, and Schwarzenegger with a keen interest in physical fitness and seemingly
indomitable drive, parlayed his notoriety as a five-time Mr. Universe and seven-time
Mr. Olympia champion to turn himself into a Hollywood movie star and public
personality. After a series of false starts as the dumb-beefcake in several poor films
Schwarzenegger got his big break in the title role of director John Milius's Conan the
Barbarian (1982). Several sequels followed but the actor wisely played against the
heroic type to take the eponymous villain role in The Terminator (1984) with director
'James Cameron' and making the line, "I'll be back" a catch-phrase of the mid-80s.
Schwarzenegger solidified his place as an action hero in films
like Predator (1987), Total Recall (1990), _Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1992)_
and True Lies (1994), but proved to have wider range than anyone expected by
pulling off comedic roles too, which he did in Twins (1988), Kindergarten Cop (1990),
and others. In April, 1986 he married TV correspondent, Maria Shriver (a relation to

the Kennedy political dynasty) and the couple had 4 children. Eventually a string of
less-than-successfully received pictures, such as Jingle All the
Way (1996),Eraser (1996), End of Days (1999), The 6th Day (2000), and Collateral
Damage (2002) proved that the "Austrian Oak," as he had been nicknamed during
his weight-lifting years, could be felled.