Arnold Schwarzenegger Profile, Age, Height, Weight, Family, Biography & More

Arnold Schwarzenegger, born July 30 1947, is an Austrian-American actor, former bodybuilder, producer, businessman, and former politician who served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 to 2011. In 2021, he is the most recent Republican Governor of California.

Schwarzenegger started lifting weights at the age of 15 and won the Mr. Universe title at age 20, subsequently winning the Mr. Olympia competition seven times. he remains a leading figure in bodybuilding and has written many books and articles on the subject. The Arnold Sports Festival, considered the second bodybuilding event after Mr. Olympia, is named after him.

After retiring from bodybuilding, Schwarzenegger gained worldwide fame as a Hollywood action movie star. Having previously starred in bodybuilding documentary Pumping Iron (1977), his groundbreaking film was Epic of Sword and Witchcraft Conan the Barbarian (1982), a box office success that culminated in a 1984 sequel. He then appeared as the title character in the critically and commercially successful sci-fi film The Terminator (1984), he is the founder of the film production company Oak Productions.

Schwarzenegger was nicknamed the “Austrian Oak” during his bodybuilding days, “Arnie” or “Schwarzy” during his acting career, and “The Governator” during his political career. He married Maria Shriver, a niece of President John F. Kennedy, in 1986. They separated in 2011 after admitting to having a child with their housekeeper in 1997, and their divorce was finalized in 2017.

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