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Arnold Schwarzenegger Facts

Name: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Nickname: The Austrian Oak

Born: July 30, 1947

Birthplace: Tahl, Graz, Austria

Residence: California, USA

Height: 6' 2"

Arms: 22"

Chest: 57"

Waist: 34"

Thighs: 28,5"

Calves: 20"

Off Season Weight: 260 lbs

Competition Weight: 235 lbs

Best Known As:

Terminator movies and governor of California

Arnold Schwarzenegger Biography

Great bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger went on to become one of Hollywood's biggest stars and then the governor of California. Nicknamed "The Austrian Oak," he started pumping iron when he was a teenager and in 1965 won the Mr. Europe Junior title. He went on to win five Mr. Universe titles (both amateur and professional) and was named Mr. Olympia seven times (1970-75 and 1980). After a few small roles in the movies, he appeared in the documentary Pumping Iron (1977) and played a bodybuilder in the movie Stay Hungry (1976), and his natural charisma led to more movies and recognition. He starred in the hit movie Conan The Barbarian in 1982 and was suddenly a movie star. He had another big hit in 1984, starring in James Cameron's The Terminator. During the 1980s he was a top box office draw, mostly appearing in action films, but also adding comedy to his repertoire. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) was even more successful than the first movie, and Schwarzenegger became one of the highest paid actors in show business. During the 1990s Schwarzenegger continued to make big-budget thrillers and earned a reputation for being a crack businessman and a conservative Republican. He reprised the Terminator role in 2003's Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. In August 2003, Schwarzenegger announced on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno that he would run for governor of California in a special October recall election. He won the recall on 7 October 2003, replacing Gray Davis as governor.

Schwarzenegger's term runs through 2007... He is married to television broadcaster and Kennedy family member Maria Shriver. They have four children: Katherine Eunice (b. 1989), Christina Maria Aurelia (b. 1991), Patrick Arnold (b. 1993) and Christopher Sargent Shriver (b. 1997)... Schwarzenegger became a U.S. citizen in 1983... One of his movies, The Last Action Hero (1993), is often mentioned as a famous Hollywood flop...

Arnold Schwarzenegger Filmography

Actor:

Terminator 3/Hard to Kill (2005)

WMD: The Murderous Reign of Saddam Hussein (2004)

Around the World in 80 Days (2004)

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)

Collateral Damage (2002)

The 6th Day (2000)

End of Days (1999)

Batman & Robin (1997)

Jingle All the Way (1996)

Eraser (1996)

Junior (1994)

True Lies (1994)

Beretta's Island (1993)

The Last Action Hero (1993)

Dave (1993)

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Kindergarten Cop (1990)

Total Recall (1990)

Twins (1989)

Red Heat (1988)

Running Man (1987)

Predator (1987)

Raw Deal (1986)

Commando (1985)

Red Sonja (1985)

Conan the Destroyer (1984)

The Terminator (1984)

Conan the Barbarian (1982)

The Jayne Mansfield Story (1980)

The Villain (1979)

Stay Hungry (1976)

The Long Goodbye (1973)

Hercules in New York (1970)

True Lies 2

Awards & Nominations:

Blockbuster Awards

Year : 2000

Category : Favorite Actor

For : End of Days

Nominated

Blockbuster Awards

Year : 1998

Category : World Artist Award

Won

ShoWest Convention

Year : 1997

Category : Humanitarian Award

Won

MTV Movie Award

Year : 1997

Category : Best Action Sequence

For : Eraser

Nominated

Bambi Awards

Year : 1996

Won

Golden Apple

Year : 1996

Category : Male Star of the Year

Won

Golden Camera

Year : 1996

Won

Golden Globe

Year : 1995

Category : Best Actor

For : Junior

Nominated

MTV Movie Award

Year : 1995

Category : Best Kiss

For : True Lies

Nominated

ShoWest Convention

Year : 1993

Category : International Star of the Decade

Won

MTV Movie Award

Year : 1992

Category : Best Actor

For : Terminator 2

Won

ShoWest Convention

Year : 1985

Category : International Star of the Year

Won

Golden Globe

Year : 1977

Category : Best Acting Debut

For : Stay Hungry

Won

Blockbuster Awards 1998

Category : Favorite Supporting Actor

For : Batman & Robin

Nominated

MTV Movie Award 1995

Category : Best Dance Sequence

For : True Lies

Nominated

Bodybuilding Titles Won:

1966 Mr. Europe

1967 NABBA Mr. Universe

1968 IFBB Mr. Universe (Tall)

1968 NABBA Pro Mr. Universe

1969 IFBB Mr. Europe

1969 IFBB Mr. International

1969 IFBB Mr. Universe

1969 NABBA Pro Mr. Universe

1970 AAU Mr. World

1970 NABBA Pro Mr. Universe

1970 IFBB Mr. Olympia

1971 IFBB Mr. Olympia

1972 IFBB Mr. Olympia

1973 IFBB Mr. Olympia

1974 IFBB Mr. Olympia

1975 IFBB Mr. Olympia

1980 IFBB Mr. Olympia

Quotes:

"Bodybuilders party a lot, and once, in (A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia) Gold's - the gym in (Click link for more info and facts about Venice, California) Venice, California, where all the top guys train - there was a black girl who came out naked. Everybody jumped on her and took her upstairs, where we all got together." — promoting bodybuilding in a 1977 interview with Oui magazine

"I'll be back." — his (A phrase that has become a catchword) catch phrase as an actor; it or some variation appears in many of his movies

"Everything I have — my career, my success, my family — I owe to America." — At the (Click link for more info and facts about 2004 Republican National Convention) 2004 Republican National Convention, August 31, 2004

"Hasta la vista, Baby" — (Click link for more info and facts about Terminator 2: Judgment Day) Terminator 2: Judgment Day

"I propose that a teacher's pay be tied to merit, not tenure. And I propose that a teacher's employment be tied to performance, not just showing up." January 5, 2005

"It is as satisfying to me as coming is — you know, as having sex with a woman and coming. So can you believe how much I am in heaven?. I am, like, getting the feeling of coming in the gym. I'm getting the feeling of coming at home. I'm getting the feeling of coming backstage when I pump up. When I pose out in front of 5.000 people I get the same feeling. So I'm coming day and night." — regarding the feeling associated with bodybuilding, from the movie (Click link for more info and facts about Pumping Iron) Pumping Iron.

"They cannot have the guts to come out there in front of you and say 'I don't want to represent you. I want to represent those special interests: the unions, the trade lawyers' … I call them girlie men. They should get back to the table, and they should finish the budget." — delivered to a rally of supporters, regarding an impass with state Democratic lawmakers which prevented the passing of the state budget on time, July 17, 2004

Schwarzenegger's Bodybuilding career

Arnold Schwarzenegger first gained fame as a (Someone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature) bodybuilder. His well-developed physique earned him the (A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)) moniker "The Austrian Oak" and won him the titles of Junior Mr. Europe, Mr. World, (Click link for more info and facts about Mr. Universe) Mr. Universe (five times) and (Click link for more info and facts about Mr. Olympia) Mr. Olympia (seven times). The seven wins at Mr. Olympia was a record set in 1980, cementing him as a legend of the sport. The record would remain until (Click link for more info and facts about Lee Haney) Lee Haney won his eighth straight Olympia in 1991. Schwarzenegger is considered among the most important figures in the history of bodybuilding, and his legacy is commemorated in the (Click link for more info and facts about Arnold Classic) Arnold Classic annual bodybuilding competition.

Schwarzenegger has admitted to using performance-enhancing (Any of a group of synthetic steroid hormones used to stimulate muscle and bone growth; more than 100 have been developed and each requires a prescription to be used legally in the United States; sometimes used illicitly by athletes to increase their stren) anabolic steroids, writing in 1977 that "[steroids] were helpful to me in maintaining muscle size while on a strict diet in preparation for a contest. I did not use them for muscle growth, but rather for muscle maintenance when cutting up." However, some bodybuilders who used the same steroid cocktails as Schwarzenegger in the (The decade from 1970 to 1979) 1970s dispute the notion that they were used merely for "muscle maintenance." Even Schwarzenegger has called the drugs "tissue building." (*) In 1999, Schwarzenegger sued Willi Heepe, a German doctor who publicly predicted an early death for the bodybuilder based on a link between steroid use and later heart problems. Because the doctor had never examined him personally, Schwarzenegger collected a (Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria) DM20,000 (US (Click link for more info and facts about $) $12,000) libel judgement against him in a German court. In 1999 Schwarzenegger also sued and settled with Globe Magazine, a U.S. tabloid which had made similar predictions about the bodybuilder's future health. As late as 1996, a year before open heart surgery to replace an aortic valve, Schwarzenegger publicly defended his use of anabolic steroids during his bodybuilding career.

(Schwarzenegger was born with a (Click link for more info and facts about bicuspid aortic valve) bicuspid aortic valve; a normal (A semilunar valve between the left ventricle and the aorta; prevents blood from flowing from the aorta back into the heart) aortic valve is (Click link for more info and facts about tricuspid) tricuspid.) According to a spokesman, Schwarzenegger has not used anabolic steroids since 1990 when they were made illegal.(*) In bodybuilder slang, steroids are sometimes called "Arnolds".

Schwarzenegger has remained a prominent face in the bodybuilding sport long after his retirement, in part due to his ownership of gyms and fitness magazines. He has presided over numerous contests and awards shows. For many years he wrote a monthly column for the bodybuilding magazines Muscle & Fitness and Flex. Shortly after being elected Governor, he was appointed executive (A person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)) editor of both magazines in a largely symbolic capacity. The magazines agreed to donate $250,000 a year to the Governor's various physical fitness initiatives. The magazine MuscleMag International has a monthly two page article on him and refers to him as "The King".

Schwarzenegger's first political appointment was to the (Click link for more info and facts about President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports) President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, on which he served from 1990 to 1993. He was nominated by (Vice President under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924)) George H.W. Bush, who called him "Conan the Republican".

Arnold's Political career

Schwarzenegger is a (A tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas) Republican, unusual among the often heavily (Click link for more info and facts about Democratic) Democratic (The film industry of the United States) Hollywood community. He describes himself as fiscally conservative and socially moderate. Schwarzenegger backed Republican President (40th President of the United States (1911-)) Ronald Reagan, whose footsteps he's following--movie star turned politician--while Reagan was in office, but chastised fellow Republicans during the impeachment of (42nd President of the United States (1946-)) Bill Clinton. Sensing an opportunity to affect the outcome of the (Click link for more info and facts about 2004 Presidential race) 2004 Presidential race, Schwarzenegger campaigned in (A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region) Ohio for Republican (43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)) George W. Bush in the closing days of the campaign.

In an interview on October 29, 2002, with MSNBC's (Click link for more info and facts about Chris Matthews) Chris Matthews at (Click link for more info and facts about Chapman University) Chapman University, Schwarzenegger explained why he is a Republican:

Well, I think because a lot of people don't know why I'm a Republican, I came first of all from a socialistic country which is Austria and when I came over here in 1968 with the (Click link for more info and facts about presidential elections) presidential elections coming up in November, I came over in October, I heard a lot of the press conferences from both of the candidates (Click link for more info and facts about Humphrey) Humphrey and (Vice President under Eisenhower and 37th President of the United States; resigned after the Watergate scandal in 1974 (1913-1994)) Nixon, and Humphrey was talking about more government is the solution, protectionism, and everything he said about government involvement sounded to me more like (Click link for more info and facts about Austrian socialism) Austrian socialism.

Then when I heard Nixon talk about it, he said open up the borders, the consumers should be represented there ultimately and strengthen the military and get the government off our backs. I said to myself, what is this guy's party affiliation? I didn't know anything at that point. So I asked my friend, what is Nixon? He's a Republican. And I said, I am a Republican. That's how I became a Republican.

It had been known since the (The decade from 1990 to 1999) 1990s that Schwarzenegger was interested in public office; this was jokingly referenced in a (Click link for more info and facts about Sylvester Stallone) Sylvester Stallone film, (Click link for more info and facts about Demolition Man) Demolition Man, where a future America passed a constitutional amendment to allow foreign-born Americans like Schwarzenegger to become (The chief executive of a republic) President.

Regarding a run for public office, in 1999, he told Talk magazine that "I think about it many times." He said, "The possibility is there because I feel it inside. I feel there are a lot of people standing still and not doing enough. And there's a vacuum."