Growing up in a small, isolated village in Austria, he turned to bodybuilding as his ticket to a better life. Prior to that he served a mandatory one year in the Austrian military (beginning in 1965). After conquering the world as arguably the greatest bodybuilder who ever lived, he went to America to make his name in motion pictures...See full bio »
2004-201260 Minutes
(TV series documentary)
Himself (segment "Arnold")
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Himself - Governor, California (segment "Running Dry")
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Himself - Governor, California (segment "Schwarzenegger")
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[on bodybuilding] It needed fresh blood.
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Trivia:
Was attached to do another film adaptation of the pulp hero Doc Savage (after the failed 1975 film) in the late 1990s, but the project never got off the ground.
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Trademark:
Many of his films have his characters doing feats of strength to match his muscular look, e.g.
Commando where he is first seen in the film carrying a whole tree trunk on his shoulder.
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