
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Acting
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (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.
TV Shows(74)

Hårde muller og stramme baller
Himself
2025

Secret Level
King Aelstrom (voice)
2024

Kiwis große Partynacht
Self
2023

Arnold
Self
2023

FUBAR
Luke Brunner
2023

McGREGOR FOREVER
Self
2023

The Family Stallone
Self
2023

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage)
2022

Killer Sally
Self - Champion Bodybuilder & Actor (archive footage)
2022

Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
Self
2022

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022

Little Demon
Game Show Host (voice)
2022

Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Self
2021

Stan Lee's Superhero Kindergarten
Arnold Armstrong / Captain Fantastic (voice)
2021

Whose Vote Counts, Explained
2020

The Movies That Made Us
Self (archive footage)
2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019

The Family
Self (archive footage)
2019

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Self
2018

OBJECTified
Self
2017

10 самых...
Self (archive footage)
2016

Race for the White House
Self (archive footage)
2016

Jay Leno's Garage
Self
2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015

Terminator Genisys: The YouTube Chronicles
Terminator
2015

The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
2015

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014

Epic Rap Battles of History
Self
2010

The Jay Leno Show
Self
2009

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009

The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Web Junk 20
2006

The Howard Stern Interview
Self
2006

The Celebrity Apprentice
2004

Two and a Half Men
Lieutenant Wagner
2003

Anderson Cooper 360°
2003

Celebrities Uncensored
Self
2003

Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003

Liberty's Kids
2002

WWE Friday Night SmackDown
Self
1999

The Magic Hour
Self
1998

The View
Self
1997

Taff
self
1997

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992

Explosiv - Das Magazin
self
1992
Hallo, wie geht's
Self
1991

Stars 90
Self
1990

Tales from the Crypt
X-Con (uncredited) (segment "The Switch")
1989

Sacrée Soirée
Self
1987

Biography
Self
1987

American Masters
Self
1986
Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
Harty
Self
1983
Na sowas!
Self
1982

Champs-Elysées
Self
1982

Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981

Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981

The San Pedro Beach Bums
1977

Auf los geht's los
Self
1977

Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975

Dinah!
Self
1974

The Streets of San Francisco
Josef Schmidt
1972
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
1971

60 Minutes
Self
1968

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962

The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962

The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961

The Oscars
Self
1953

Bambi
Self
1948

Meet the Press
Self
1947
Movies(163)

Taming The Beast
Self
2026

Nobody Here: The Story of Vaporwave
Self (archive footage)
2026

Dolph: Unbreakable
Self
2025

Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
Self
2024

Sly
Self
2023

KURZ
Self
2023

The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023

Jean-Claude Van Damme: Karate King
Self (archive footage)
2023

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Self (archive footage)
2022

Jerry Brown: The Disrupter
Self
2022

Morceaux de Cannes
2021

Total Recall(ed)
Self
2021

Stallone: Frank, That Is
Self
2021

I Am Greta
Self
2020

VOMO: Vote or Miss Out
Self
2020

Arnold Schwarzenegger – The Art of Bodybuilding
Self
2020

Bruno Sammartino
Self
2019

Terminator: Dark Fate
T-800 / Carl
2019

The Game Changers
Self
2019

A Riddle of Steel: The Definitive History of Conan the Barbarian
Self (archive footage)
2019

Iron Mask
James Hook
2019

Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2019

Andre the Giant
Self
2018

LA DA Story
Self (archive footage)
2018

Wonders of the Sea
Narrator (voice)
2017

T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
Self
2017

Conor McGregor: Notorious
Self
2017

Born Strong
Self
2017

Workers Con
Self - Former CA Governor (archive footage)
2017

Killing Gunther
Robert "Gunther" Bendik
2017

Generation Iron 2
Self
2017

Aftermath
Roman Melnyk
2017

I Am Not Your Negro
Self
2017

David Blaine: Beyond Magic
Self
2016
Arnie's 50 Greatest Ever Stunts
Self - Presenter
2016

Bill Nye's Global Meltdown
Self
2016

Arnold Schwarzenegger's Guide to Blowing Sh*T Up
Arnold Schwarzenegger
2015

Dare2Dream: The Flex Wheeler Story
Self
2015

Terminator Genisys
Guardian / The Terminator
2015

Maggie
Wade Vogel
2015

WWE WrestleMania 31
Self (archive footage)
2015

WWE Hall of Fame 2015
Self
2015

Anything Is Possible
(voice)
2015

The Making of The Expendables 3
Self
2014

The Expendables 3
Trench
2014

Sabotage
John "Breacher" Wharton
2014

Escape Plan
Emil Rottmayer
2013

Generation Iron
Self
2013

WWE Hall Of Fame 2013
Self
2013

Milius
Self
2013

The Last Stand
Sheriff Ray Owens
2013

Arnold's Blueprint
Self
2012

The Expendables 2
Trench
2012

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012

WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
Self (archive footage)
2012

Revenge of the Electric Car
Self
2011

Reagan
Self (archive footage)
2011

Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
Self
2010

Gerrymandering
Self
2010

The Expendables
Trench (uncredited)
2010

Right America: Feeling Wronged
Self
2009

Bigger Stronger Faster*
Self
2008

Ultimate Reality
(archive footage)
2007

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Self
2007

Global Warming: Our Searing Earth
Self
2007

...So Goes the Nation
Self (archive footage)
2006

Running with Arnold
Self
2006

Arnold: Made in Britain
Self (archive footage)
2006

Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition
Self (archive footage)
2006

Al Franken: God Spoke
Self
2006
Lemon Demon: The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
Terminator
2005

The Kid & I
Arnold
2005

Pursuit of Equality
Self
2005

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Self
2005

Bio.
Self
2005

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2005

Manolito Espinberg: une vie de cinéma
Conan (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005

Around the World in 80 Days
Prince Hapi
2004

How Arnold Won the West
2004

Christmas in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2003

WEAKEND
Adam Gibson (Archive)
2003

The Rundown
Bar Patron (uncredited)
2003

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
The Terminator
2003
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains
Self - Host
2003

Iron and Beyond
Self (uncredited)
2002

"STARdate" with Ralf Moeller!
Self
2002

Collateral Damage
Gordy Brewer
2002

Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron'
Self
2002

Dirty Harry: The Original
Self - Actor
2001

Dr. Dolittle 2
White Wolf (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
2001

Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator'
Self
2001

Imagining 'Total Recall'
Self
2001

Anthony Quinn: The Final Words
Self
2001

If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'
Self
2000

The 6th Day
Adam Gibson
2000

The Making of 'Terminator 2 3D'
Self
2000

Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
Self
2000

Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co
Self (archive footage)
2000

End of Days
Jericho Cane
1999
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero
Self
1999
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
Self
1999

Junket Whore
Self
1998
Sauna Report Germany - The Naked Joy of Sweating
Self (archive footage)
1998

Batman & Robin
Dr. Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze
1997

Jingle All the Way
Howard Langston
1996

Eraser
U.S. Marshal John 'The Eraser' Kruger
1996

A Century of Science Fiction
Self
1996

Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Self - Presenter
1995

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
1995

Junior
Dr. Alex Hesse
1994

True Lies
Harry
1994

Beretta's Island
Arnold Schwarzenegger (uncredited)
1994

Arnold: The Man Behind the Muscle
Self (archive footage)
1994

Last Action Hero
Jack Slater / Self
1993

Dave
Arnold Schwarzenegger
1993

T2: More Than Meets the Eye
Self
1993
Lincoln
John G. Nicolay (voice)
1992

Christmas in Connecticut
Man in Chair in Front of Media Truck (uncredited)
1992

Feed
Self
1992

The Making of 'The Terminator': A Retrospective
Self
1992

The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
Self
1991

Terminator 2: Judgment Day
The Terminator
1991

Schwarzenegger's Superstars of Muscle
Self
1991

Kindergarten Cop
John Kimble
1990

Total Recall
Douglas Quaid / Hauser
1990

Twins
Julius Benedict
1988

Red Heat
Ivan Danko
1988

Schwarzenegger: Total Rebuild
Self
1988

The Running Man
Ben Richards
1987

Predator
Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer
1987

Superstars and their Moms
Self
1987

Raw Deal
Mark Kaminski / Joseph P. Brenner
1986

Commando
John Matrix
1985

Red Sonja
Kalidor
1985

The Making of the Terminator
Self
1985

The Terminator
Terminator
1984

Conan the Destroyer
Conan
1984

The Making of 'Superman II'
Self
1983

Return Engagement
Self
1983

James Bond: The First 21 Years
Self
1983

Party in Rio
Self - Host
1983

Body by Garret
Self
1982

Conan the Barbarian
Conan
1982

The Jayne Mansfield Story
Mickey Hargitay
1980

The Comeback
Self
1980

The Power of the Market
Self
1980

Scavenger Hunt
Lars
1979

The Villain
Handsome Stranger
1979

Playboy's Playmate Party
1977

This Is America
Bodybuilder at Gold's Gym (uncredited)
1977

Pumping Iron
Self
1977

Stay Hungry
Joe Santo
1976

Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
Rico
1974

The Long Goodbye
Hood in Augustine's Office (uncredited)
1973

Hercules in New York
Hercules
1970
Breakout
Terry Reynolds
Commando: Retribution
John Matrix
The Original Action Hero
Self
The Man with the Bag
Santa
Jackie Chan: Down to Earth
Self

Kung Fury 2
The President
King Conan
Conan
The Kelly’s