Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, model, businessman and politician who served as the 38th Governor of California (2003–2011). Schwarzenegger began weight training at 15. He was awarded the title of Mr. Universe at age 20 and went on to win the Mr. Olympia contest a total of seven times. Schwarzenegger has remained a prominent presence in the sport of bodybuilding and has written several books and numerous articles on the sport. Schwarzenegger gained worldwide fame as a Hollywood action film icon, noted for his lead roles in such films as Conan the Barbarian, The Terminator, Commando and Predator. He was nicknamed the "Austrian Oak" and the "Styrian Oak" in his bodybuilding days, "Arnie" during his acting career and more recently the "Governator" (a portmanteau of "Governor" and "Terminator"). Arnold has starred in many films. Most notably are the following... Hercules in New York as Hercules (1970) Stay Hungry as Joe Santo (1976) Pumping Iron as himself (1977) The Villain as Handsome Stranger (1979) The Jayne Mansfield Story as Mickey Hargitay (1980) Conan the Barbarian as Conan (1982) Conan the Destroyer as Conan (1984) The Terminator as The Terminator/T-800 Model 101 (1984) Red Sonja as Kalidor (1985) Commando as John Matrix (1985) Raw Deal as Mark Kaminsky, a.k.a. Joseph P. Brenner (1986) Predator as Major Alan "Dutch" Schaeffer (1987) The Running Man as Ben Richards (1987) Red Heat as Captain Ivan Danko (1988) Twins as Julius Benedict (1988) Total Recall as Douglas Quaid/Hauser (1990) Kindergarten Cop as Detective John Kimble (1990) Terminator 2: Judgment Day as The Terminator/T-800 Model 101 (1991) Last Action Hero as Jack Slater / Himself (1993) True Lies as Harry Tasker (1994) Junior as Dr. Alex Hesse (1994) Eraser as U.S. Marshal John Kruger (1996) Jingle All the Way as Howard Langston (1996) Batman and Robin as Mr. Freeze (1997) End of Days as Jericho Cane (1999) The 6th Day as Adam Gibson / Adam Gibson Clone (2000) Collateral Damage as Gordy Brewer (2002) Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines as The Terminator/T-850 Model 101 (2003) Around the World in 80 Days as Prince Hapi (2004) The Expendables as Trench (2010) The Expendables 2 as Trench (2012) The Last Stand as Sheriff Ray Owens (2013) Escape Plan as Rottmayer (2013) Sabotage as John 'Breacher' Wharton (2014) The Expendables 3 as Trench (2014) Maggie as Wade Vogel (2015) Terminator Genisys as The Terminator/T-800 Model 101/ The Guardian (2015) Aftermath as Roman Melnik (2017) Killing Gunther as Gunther (2017) Journey to China: The Mystery of Iron Mask (2017) Triplets as Julius Benedict (2018) The Expendables 4 as Trench (2018) Terminator 6 as The Terminator/T-800 Model 101 (2019)
Movie | Kung Fury 2 | The President | 2025 |
Movie | Taming The Beast | Self | 2025 |
Movie | Dolph | Self | 2025 |
Movie | Jackie Chan: Down to Earth | Self | 2025 |
Movie | Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons | Self | 2024-04-23 |
Movie | The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2023-05-22 |
Movie | Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King | Self (archive footage) | 2023-03-17 |
Series | Arnold | Self | 2023-06-07 |
Movie | KURZ | Self | 2023-09-08 |
Series | FUBAR | Luke Brunner | 2023-05-25 |
Movie | Sly | Self | 2023-09-16 |
Movie | Expend4bles | Trench | 2023-09-15 |
Movie | Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend | Self (archive footage) | 2022-11-13 |
Movie | Stallone: Frank, That Is | Self | 2021-01-19 |
Series | Stan Lee's Superhero Kindergarten | Arnold Armstrong / Captain Fantastic (voice) | 2021-04-23 |
Movie | I Am Greta | Self | 2020-10-16 |
Movie | VOMO: Vote or Miss Out | Self | 2020-09-14 |
Series | Whose Vote Counts, Explained | 2020-09-28 | |
Movie | Terminator: Dark Fate | T-800 / Carl | 2019-10-23 |
Movie | The Game Changers | Self | 2019-09-16 |
Movie | Iron Mask | James Hook | 2019-08-16 |
Movie | Sword-and-Sandal | Self (archive footage) | 2019-04-14 |
Movie | A Riddle of Steel: The Definitive History of Conan the Barbarian | Self (archive footage) | 2019-08-31 |
Movie | The Great Satan | 2018-06-12 | |
Movie | Andre the Giant | Self | 2018-04-10 |
Movie | LA DA Story | Self (archive footage) | 2018-01-01 |
Movie | Conor McGregor: Notorious | Self | 2017-11-03 |
Movie | T2: Reprogramming The Terminator | Self | 2017-11-23 |
Movie | Aftermath | Roman Melnyk | 2017-02-28 |
Movie | Generation Iron 2 | Self | 2017-05-12 |
Movie | Born Strong | Self | 2017-11-03 |
Movie | Workers Con | Self - Former CA Governor (archive footage) | 2017-11-01 |
Movie | 80’s Blockbusters: When Hollywood Played Tough | 2017-10-04 | |
Movie | Killing Gunther | Robert "Gunther" Bendik | 2017-09-22 |
Movie | Wonders of the Sea 3D | Narrator (voice) | 2017-12-21 |
Movie | David Blaine: Beyond Magic | Self | 2016-11-16 |
Movie | SS VS AS | Himself | 2016-03-13 |
Movie | Arnie's 50 Greatest Ever Stunts | Self - Presenter | 2016-04-23 |
Movie | Anything Is Possible | (voice) | 2015-03-28 |
Series | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Himself | 2015-03-23 |
Movie | Terminator Genisys | Guardian / The Terminator | 2015-06-23 |
Series | Terminator Genisys: The YouTube Chronicles | Terminator | 2015-06-22 |
Movie | Dare2Dream: The Flex Wheeler Story | Self | 2015-09-15 |
Movie | Maggie | Wade Vogel | 2015-05-08 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania 31 | Self (archive footage) | 2015-03-29 |
Movie | WWE Hall of Fame 2015 | Self | 2015-03-28 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Himself | 2014-02-17 |
Movie | The Making of The Expendables 3 | Self | 2014-11-25 |
Movie | The Expendables 3 | Trench | 2014-08-07 |
Movie | Sabotage | John 'Breacher' Wharton | 2014-03-28 |
Movie | The Last Stand | Sheriff Ray Owens | 2013-01-12 |
Movie | Propaganda | Self (archive footage) | 2013-02-14 |
Movie | Generation Iron | Self | 2013-09-20 |
Movie | Milius | Self | 2013-03-09 |
Movie | WWE Hall Of Fame 2013 | Self | 2013-04-09 |
Movie | Escape Plan | Emil Rottmayer | 2013-10-09 |
Movie | WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009 | Self (archive footage) | 2012-01-03 |
Movie | The Expendables 2 | Trench | 2012-08-08 |
Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
Movie | Arnold's Blueprint | Self | 2012-09-26 |
Movie | Dreamland: The Land of Dreams | Himself (Archive footage) | 2011-07-08 |
Movie | Reagan | Self (archive footage) | 2011-02-07 |
Movie | Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-04 |
Movie | Gerrymandering | Self | 2010-10-15 |
Movie | Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' | Self | 2010-11-14 |
Movie | The Expendables | Trench (uncredited) | 2010-08-03 |
Movie | Right America: Feeling Wronged | Self | 2009-02-15 |
Movie | Terminator Salvation | T-800 (Full CGI) | 2009-05-20 |
Movie | Bigger Stronger Faster* | Self | 2008-05-30 |
Movie | Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens | Self | 2007-05-19 |
Movie | Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition | Self (archive footage) | 2006-01-31 |
Movie | ...So Goes the Nation | Self (archive footage) | 2006-10-04 |
Movie | Running with Arnold | Self | 2006-10-01 |
Series | Web Junk 20 | Unknown | 2006-01-13 |
Movie | Al Franken: God Spoke | Self | 2006-01-01 |
Movie | Pursuit of Equality | Self | 2005-04-24 |
Movie | Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room | Self | 2005-04-22 |
Movie | The Kid & I | Arnold | 2005-12-02 |
Movie | Bio. | Self | 2005-03-01 |
Movie | Manolito Espinberg: une vie de cinéma | Conan (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2005-01-12 |
Series | The Celebrity Apprentice | Self - Host | 2004-01-08 |
Series | The Apprentice | Self | 2004-01-08 |
Movie | Around the World in 80 Days | Prince Hapi | 2004-06-16 |
Series | Anderson Cooper 360° | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Series | Celebrities Uncensored | Unknown | 2003-06-04 |
Movie | Christmas in Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2003-11-13 |
Movie | The Rundown | Bar Patron (uncredited) | 2003-09-26 |
Movie | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | The Terminator | 2003-07-02 |
Movie | Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron' | Self | 2002-01-01 |
Series | Liberty's Kids | Unknown | 2002-09-02 |
Movie | "STARdate" with Ralf Moeller! | Self | 2002-08-09 |
Movie | Collateral Damage | Gordy Brewer | 2002-02-06 |
Movie | Iron and Beyond | Self (uncredited) | 2002-11-15 |
Movie | Dr. Dolittle 2 | White Wolf (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) | 2001-06-22 |
Movie | Dirty Harry: The Original | Self - Actor | 2001-11-20 |
Movie | Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator' | Self | 2001-03-19 |
Movie | Anthony Quinn: The Final Words | Self | 2001-01-01 |
Movie | Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' | Self | 2000-05-30 |
Movie | The 6th Day | Adam Gibson | 2000-11-17 |
Movie | The Making of 'Terminator 2 3D' | Self | 2000-08-29 |
Movie | Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co | Self (archive footage) | 2000-01-01 |
Series | WWE SmackDown | Himself | 1999-04-29 |
Movie | Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero | Self | 1999-11-09 |
Movie | End of Days | Jericho Cane | 1999-11-24 |
Series | The Magic Hour | Unknown | 1998-06-08 |
Movie | Junket Whore | Self | 1998-10-12 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Batman & Robin | Dr. Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze | 1997-06-20 |
Movie | Jingle All the Way | Howard Langston | 1996-11-21 |
Movie | A Century of Science Fiction | Self | 1996-01-01 |
Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
Movie | Eraser | U.S. Marshal John 'The Eraser' Kruger | 1996-06-21 |
Movie | Sinatra: 80 Years My Way | Self - Presenter | 1995-12-14 |
Movie | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | 1995-06-05 |
Movie | Beretta's Island | Arnold Schwarzenegger (uncredited) | 1994-05-05 |
Movie | Junior | Dr. Alex Hesse | 1994-11-22 |
Movie | True Lies | Harry Tasker | 1994-07-15 |
Movie | Dave | Arnold Schwarzenegger | 1993-05-07 |
Movie | Last Action Hero | Jack Slater / Self | 1993-06-18 |
Movie | The Making of 'The Terminator': A Retrospective | Self | 1992-01-01 |
Movie | Feed | Self | 1992-10-01 |
Movie | Lincoln | John G. Nicolay (voice) | 1992-12-26 |
Movie | Christmas in Connecticut | Man in Chair in Front of Media Truck (uncredited) | 1992-12-22 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | Encino Man | The Terminator (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1992-05-22 |
Movie | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | The Terminator | 1991-07-03 |
Movie | Total Recall | Douglas Quaid / Hauser | 1990-06-01 |
Movie | Kindergarten Cop | John Kimble | 1990-12-21 |
Movie | The Power of the Market | Self | 1990-01-01 |
Series | Tales from the Crypt | X-Con (uncredited) | 1989-06-10 |
Movie | Schwarzenegger: Total Rebuild | Self | 1988-03-01 |
Movie | Twins | Julius Benedict | 1988-12-09 |
Movie | Red Heat | Ivan Danko | 1988-06-17 |
Movie | Predator | Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer | 1987-06-12 |
Movie | The Running Man | Ben Richards | 1987-11-13 |
Movie | Raw Deal | Mark Kaminski / Joseph P. Brenner | 1986-06-06 |
Movie | Red Sonja | Kalidor | 1985-04-09 |
Movie | Commando | John Matrix | 1985-10-03 |
Movie | The Making of the Terminator | Self | 1985-01-01 |
Movie | The Terminator | Terminator | 1984-10-26 |
Movie | Conan the Destroyer | Conan | 1984-06-29 |
Series | Harty | Unknown | 1983-09-20 |
Movie | James Bond: The First 21 Years | Self | 1983-05-27 |
Movie | Return Engagement | Self | 1983-07-09 |
Movie | Party in Rio | Self - Host | 1983-01-01 |
Movie | Conan the Barbarian | Conan | 1982-04-02 |
Movie | The Making of 'Superman II' | Self | 1982-01-01 |
Series | Wetten, dass..? | Unknown | 1981-02-14 |
Movie | The Jayne Mansfield Story | Mickey Hargitay | 1980-10-29 |
Movie | The Comeback | Self | 1980-05-12 |
Movie | The Villain | Handsome Stranger | 1979-07-26 |
Movie | Scavenger Hunt | Lars | 1979-12-21 |
Movie | This Is America | Bodybuilder at Gold's Gym (uncredited) | 1977-05-01 |
Movie | Pumping Iron | Self | 1977-01-18 |
Series | The San Pedro Beach Bums | Unknown | 1977-09-19 |
Movie | Stay Hungry | Joe Santo | 1976-04-23 |
Movie | Happy Anniversary and Goodbye | Rico | 1974-11-19 |
Movie | The Long Goodbye | Hood in Augustine's Office (uncredited) | 1973-03-08 |
Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
Series | V.I.P. Schaukel | Unknown | 1971-05-09 |
Movie | Hercules in New York | Hercules | 1970-02-23 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
Series | Meet the Press | Unknown | 1947-11-06 |