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.

Filmography

• Icons Unearthed: Arnold Schwarzenegger
• 2026The Man with the Bag — Santa
• 2025Avatar: A New Era - Special Edition of 20/20 — The Terminator (archive footage)
• Secret Level — King Aelstrom (voice)
• FUBAR — Luke Brunner, Executive Producer
• Little Demon — Game Show Host (voice)
• Stan Lee's Superhero Kindergarten — Arnold Armstrong / Captain Fantastic (voice), Executive Producer, Creator
• 2019Iron Mask — James Hook, Producer
• 2019Terminator: Dark Fate — T-800 / Carl
• 2019The Game Changers — Self, Executive Producer
• 2017Aftermath — Roman Melnyk, Producer
• 2017Killing Gunther — Robert "Gunther" Bendik, Executive Producer
• 2017Wonders of the Sea — Narrator (voice)
• 2015Anything Is Possible — (voice)
• 2015Arnold Schwarzenegger's Guide to Blowing Sh*T Up — Arnold Schwarzenegger
• 2015Maggie — Wade Vogel, Producer
• 2015Terminator Genisys — Guardian / The Terminator
• Terminator Genisys: The YouTube Chronicles — Terminator
• 2014Sabotage — John "Breacher" Wharton
• 2014Strong-Thing — Strong-Thing
• 2014The Expendables 3 — Trench
• Years of Living Dangerously — Executive Producer
• 2013Escape Plan — Emil Rottmayer
• 2013The Last Stand — Sheriff Ray Owens
• 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen — (archive footage)
• 2012The Expendables 2 — Trench
• 2010The Expendables — Trench (uncredited)
• 2009Kambakkht Ishq — Thanks
• 2007Ultimate Reality — (archive footage)
• Web Junk 20
• 2005Manolito Espinberg: une vie de cinéma — Conan (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2005The Kid & I — Arnold
• 2004Around the World in 80 Days — Prince Hapi
• 2004How Arnold Won the West
• Anderson Cooper 360°
• 2003Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines — The Terminator
• 2003The Rundown — Bar Patron (uncredited)
• Two and a Half Men — Lieutenant Wagner
• 2003WEAKEND — Adam Gibson (Archive)
• 2002Collateral Damage — Gordy Brewer
• Liberty's Kids
• 2001Dr. Dolittle 2 — White Wolf (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
• 2000The 6th Day — Adam Gibson, Producer
• 1999End of Days — Jericho Cane
• 1997Batman & Robin — Mr. Freeze / Dr. Victor Fries
• 1996Cigars!: The New Rage! — Self, Thanks
• E! True Hollywood Story
• 1996Eraser — Eraser
• 1996Jingle All the Way — Howard Langston
• 1996Terminator: Battle Across Time — The Terminator
• 1994Beretta's Island — Arnold Schwarzenegger (uncredited), Thanks
• 1994Junior — Dr. Alex Hesse
• 1994True Lies — Harry
• 1993Dave — Arnold Schwarzenegger
• 1993Last Action Hero — Jack Slater / Self, Executive Producer
• 1992Christmas in Connecticut — Man in Chair in Front of Media Truck (uncredited), Director
• 1992Lincoln — John G. Nicolay (voice)
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• 1991Terminator 2: Judgment Day — The Terminator
• 1990Kindergarten Cop — Kimble
• 1990Total Recall — Quaid
• Tales from the Crypt — X-Con (uncredited) (segment "The Switch"), Director
• 1988Red Heat — Ivan Danko
• 1988Twins — Julius Benedict
• 1987Predator — Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer
• 1987The Running Man — Ben Richards
• 1986Raw Deal — Mark Kaminski / Joseph P. Brenner
• 1985Commando — John Matrix
• 1985Red Sonja — Kalidor
• 1984Conan the Destroyer — Conan
• 1984The Terminator — Terminator
• 1982Conan the Barbarian — Conan
• 1980The Jayne Mansfield Story — Mickey Hargitay
• 1979Scavenger Hunt — Lars
• 1979The Villain — Handsome Stranger
• 1977Playboy's Playmate Party
• The San Pedro Beach Bums
• 1977This Is America — Bodybuilder at Gold's Gym (uncredited)
• 1976Stay Hungry — Joe Santo
• 1974Happy Anniversary and Goodbye — Rico
• 1973The Long Goodbye — Hood in Augustine's Office (uncredited)
• The Streets of San Francisco — Josef Schmidt
• 1970Hercules in New York — Hercules
• Breakout — Terry Reynolds
• King Conan — Conan
• Kung Fury 2 — The President
• The Kellys

Appearances as themselves (166)

• America Who Are You? — Self (archive footage)
• 2026Nobody Here: The Story of Vaporwave — Self (archive footage)
• 2026Taming the Beast — Self
• 2026The Hollywood Rabbi — Himself
• 2025Dolph: Unbreakable — Self
• Hårde muller og stramme baller — Himself
• 2025Untold: The Liver King — Self (archive footage)
• 2024Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons — Self
• Arnold — Self
• 2023Jean-Claude Van Damme: Karate King — Self (archive footage)
• 2023KURZ — Self
• Kiwis große Partynacht — Self
• McGREGOR FOREVER — Self
• 2023Sly — Self
• The Family Stallone — Self
• 2023The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2022Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend — Self (archive footage)
• Il était une fois Champs-Élysées — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Jerry Brown: The Disrupter — Self
• Killer Sally — Self - Champion Bodybuilder & Actor (archive footage)
• Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg — Self – Actor and climate activist
• Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? — Self
• Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy — Self
• 2021Morceaux de Cannes — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Stallone: Frank, That Is — Self
• 2021Total Recall(ed) — Self
• 2020Arnold Schwarzenegger – The Art of Bodybuilding — Self
• 2020I Am Greta — Self
• 2020VOMO: Vote or Miss Out — Self
• Whose Vote Counts, Explained — Self
• 2019A Riddle of Steel: The Definitive History of Conan the Barbarian — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Bruno Sammartino — Self
• 2019Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic — Self - Actor (archive footage)
• The Family — Self (archive footage)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Movies That Made Us — Self (archive footage)
• 2018Andre the Giant — Self
• James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction — Self
• 2018LA DA Story — Self (archive footage)
• 2017Born Strong — Self
• 2017Conor McGregor: Notorious — Self
• 2017Generation Iron 2 — Self
• 2017I Am Not Your Negro — Self (archive footage)
• OBJECTified — Self
• 2017T2: Reprogramming The Terminator — Self
• 2017Workers Con — Self - Former CA Governor (archive footage)
• 10 самых... — Self (archive footage)
• 2016Arnie's 50 Greatest Ever Stunts — Self - Presenter
• 2016Bill Nye's Global Meltdown — Self
• 2016David Blaine: Beyond Magic — Self
• Race for the White House — Self (archive footage)
• 2015Dare2Dream: The Flex Wheeler Story — Self
• 2015Eddie: Strongman — Self
• Jay Leno's Garage — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• 2015WWE Hall of Fame 2015 — Self
• 2015WWE WrestleMania 31 — Self (archive footage)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• 2014The Making of The Expendables 3 — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 2013Generation Iron — Self
• 2013Milius — Self
• 2013WWE Hall Of Fame 2013 — Self
• 2012Arnold's Blueprint — Self
• 2012WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009 — Self (archive footage)
• 2011Reagan — Self (archive footage)
• 2011Revenge of the Electric Car — Self
• Epic Rap Battles of History — Self
• 2010Gerrymandering — Self
• 2010Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' — Self
• 2009Right America: Feeling Wronged — Self
• The Jay Leno Show — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2008Bigger Stronger Faster* — Self
• 2007Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens — Self
• 2007Global Warming: Our Searing Earth — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• 2006...So Goes the Nation — Self (archive footage)
• 2006Al Franken: God Spoke — Self
• 2006Arnold: Made in Britain — Self (archive footage)
• 2006Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition — Self (archive footage)
• 2006Running with Arnold — Self
• The Howard Stern Interview — Self
• 2005Bio. — Self
• 2005Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room — Self
• 2005Nos Bastidores de Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• 2005Pursuit of Equality — Self
• 2004A Stuntman for All Seasons: A Tribute to Bennie Dobbins — Self (archive)
• 2004East Meets West: "Red Heat" and the Kings of Carolco — Self (archive)
• The Celebrity Apprentice — Self - Host
• 2003AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains — Self - Host
• Celebrities Uncensored — Self
• 2003Christmas from Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• 2002"STARdate" with Ralf Moeller! — Self
• 2002Iron and Beyond — Self (uncredited)
• 2002Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron' — Self
• 2001Anthony Quinn: The Final Words — Self
• 2001Dirty Harry: The Original — Self - Actor
• 2001Imagining 'Total Recall' — Self
• 2001Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator' — Self
• 2000Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' — Self
• 2000If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator' — Self
• 2000Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co — Self (archive footage)
• 2000The Making of 'Terminator 2 3D' — Self
• 1999Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero — Self
• 1999Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity — Self
• WWE Friday Night SmackDown — Self
• 1998Junket Whore — Self
• 1998Sauna Report Germany - The Naked Joy of Sweating — Self (archive footage)
• The Magic Hour — Self
• Taff — self
• The View — Self
• 1996A Century of Science Fiction — Self
• 1995Sinatra: 80 Years My Way — Self - Presenter
• 1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies — Self
• 1994A Century of Cinema — Self
• 1994Arnold: The Man Behind the Muscle — Self (archive footage)
• 1993T2: More Than Meets the Eye — Self
• Explosiv - Das Magazin — self
• 1992Feed — Self
• 1992The Making of 'The Terminator': A Retrospective — Self
• Hallo, wie geht's — Self
• 1991Schwarzenegger's Superstars of Muscle — Self
• 1991The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' — Self
• Stars 90 — Self
• Wild & Crazy Kids — Self
• 1988Schwarzenegger: Total Rebuild — Self
• Biography — Self
• Sacrée soirée — Self
• 1987Superstars and their Moms — Self
• American Masters — Self
• 1985The Making of the Terminator — Self
• Goldene Kamera — Self
• Harty — Self
• 1983James Bond: The First 21 Years — Self
• 1983Party in Rio — Self - Host
• 1983Return Engagement — Self
• 1983The Making of 'Superman II' — Self
• 1982Body by Garret — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self
• Na sowas! — Self
• Entertainment Tonight — Self
• Wetten, dass..? — Self
• 1980The Comeback — Self
• 1980The Power of the Market — Self
• Auf los geht's los — Self
• 1977Pumping Iron — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self (uncredited)
• Dinah! — Self
• Film '72 — Self
• V.I.P. Schaukel — Self
• 60 Minutes — Self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self, Self - Guest
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• Bambi — Self
• Meet the Press — Self
• Jackie Chan: Down to Earth — Self
• Predator: The Unseen Arnold — Self
• The Original Action Hero — Self