Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger 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.
TBAKung Fury 2 as The President
TBAJackie Chan: Down to Earth as Self
TBAThe Man with the Bag as Santa
TBAThe Original Action Hero as Self
TBATaming The Beast as Self
TBACommando: Retribution as John Matrix
TBABreakout as Terry Reynolds
TBADolph: Fights Worth Fighting as Self
2024Secret Level (1 Episode) as King Aelstrom (voice)
2024Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons as Self
2023Kiwis große Partynacht (1 Episode) as Self
2023Sly as Self
2023KURZ as Self
2023Arnold (3 Episodes) as Self
2023FUBAR (16 Episodes) as Luke Brunner
2023The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023McGREGOR FOREVER (1 Episode) as Self
2023The Family Stallone (1 Episode) as Self
2023Jean-Claude van Damme: Karate King as Self (archive footage)
2022Il était une fois Champs-Élysées (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)
2022Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend as Self (archive footage)
2022Jerry Brown: The Disrupter as Self
2022Killer Sally (1 Episode) as Self - Champion Bodybuilder & Actor (archive footage)
2022Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? (1 Episode) as Self
2022Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Self – Actor and climate activist
2022Little Demon (1 Episode) as Game Show Host (voice)
2021Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy (9 Episodes) as Self
2021Stan Lee's Superhero Kindergarten (26 Episodes) as Arnold Armstrong / Captain Fantastic (voice)
2021Total Recall(ed) as Self
2021Stallone: Frank, That Is as Self
2020I Am Greta as Self
2020Whose Vote Counts, Explained (3, 2 Episode) as Unknown, Self
2020VOMO: Vote or Miss Out as Self
2020Arnold Schwarzenegger – The Art of Bodybuilding as Self
2019The Movies That Made Us (1 Episode) as Self (Archival Footage)
2019Bruno Sammartino as Self
2019Terminator: Dark Fate as T-800 / Carl
2019The Game Changers as Self
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show (1 Episode) as Self
2019A Riddle of Steel: The Definitive History of Conan the Barbarian as Self (archive footage)
2019Iron Mask as James Hook
2019The Family (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)
2019Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2018James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (2 Episodes) as Self
2018Andre the Giant as Self
2018LA DA Story as Self (archive footage)
2017Wonders of the Sea 3D as Narrator (voice)
2017T2: Reprogramming The Terminator as Self
2017Conor McGregor: Notorious as Self
2017Born Strong as Self
2017Workers Con as Self - Former CA Governor (archive footage)
2017Killing Gunther as Robert "Gunther" Bendik
2017OBJECTified (1 Episode) as Self
2017Generation Iron 2 as Self
2017Aftermath as Roman Melnyk
2016David Blaine: Beyond Magic as Self
2016Arnie's 50 Greatest Ever Stunts as Self - Presenter
2016Race for the White House (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)
2015Jay Leno's Garage (2 Episodes) as Self
2015Arnold Schwarzenegger's Guide to Blowing Sh*T Up as Unknown
2015Dare2Dream: The Flex Wheeler Story as Self
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2 Episodes) as Self
2015Terminator Genisys as Guardian / The Terminator
2015Terminator Genisys: The YouTube Chronicles (3 Episodes) as Terminator
2015Maggie as Wade Vogel
2015WWE WrestleMania 31 as Self (archive footage)
2015WWE Hall of Fame 2015 as Self
2015Anything Is Possible as (voice)
2015The Late Late Show with James Corden (3 Episodes) as Self
2014Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (1 Episode) as Self
2014The Making of The Expendables 3 as Self
2014The Expendables 3 as Trench
2014Sabotage as John 'Breacher' Wharton
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2 Episodes) as Self
2013Escape Plan as Emil Rottmayer
2013Generation Iron as Self
2013WWE Hall Of Fame 2013 as Self
2013Milius as Self
2013Propaganda as Self (archive footage)
2013The Last Stand as Sheriff Ray Owens
2012Arnold's Blueprint as Self
2012The Expendables 2 as Trench
2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
2012WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009 as Self (archive footage)
2011Revenge of the Electric Car as Self
2011Reagan as Self (archive footage)
2010Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' as Self
2010Gerrymandering as Self
2010Epic Rap Battles of History (1 Episode) as Self
2010The Expendables as Trench (uncredited)
2009The Jay Leno Show (1 Episode) as Self
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2009Right America: Feeling Wronged as Self
2008Bigger Stronger Faster* as Self
2007Ultimate Reality as (archive footage)
2007Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens as Self
2007Global Warming: Our Searing Earth as Self
2007The Graham Norton Show (4 Episodes) as Self
2006...So Goes the Nation as Self (archive footage)
2006Running with Arnold as Self
2006Arnold: Made in Britain as Self (archive footage)
2006Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition as Self (archive footage)
2006Web Junk 20 (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2006The Howard Stern Interview (1 Episode) as Self
2006Al Franken: God Spoke as Self
2005The Kid & I as Arnold
2005Pursuit of Equality as Self
2005Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room as Self
2005Bio. as Self
2005Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self
2005Manolito Espinberg: une vie de cinéma as Conan (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004Around the World in 80 Days as Prince Hapi
2004The Celebrity Apprentice (1, 8 Episode) as Unknown, Self - Host
2003Christmas in Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2003The Rundown as Bar Patron (uncredited)
2003Two and a Half Men (1 Episode) as Lieutenant Wagner
2003Anderson Cooper 360° (1 Episode) as Unknown
2003Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines as The Terminator
2003Celebrities Uncensored (1 Episode) as Self
2003AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains as Self - Host
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! (3 Episodes) as Self
2002Iron and Beyond as Self (uncredited)
2002Liberty's Kids (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2002"STARdate" with Ralf Moeller! as Self
2002Collateral Damage as Gordy Brewer
2002Raw Iron: The Making of 'Pumping Iron' as Self
2001Dirty Harry: The Original as Self - Actor
2001Dr. Dolittle 2 as White Wolf (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
2001Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator' as Self
2001Imagining 'Total Recall' as Self
2001Anthony Quinn: The Final Words as Self
2000The 6th Day as Adam Gibson
2000The Making of 'Terminator 2 3D' as Self
2000Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' as Self
2000Kino kolossal - Herkules, Maciste & Co as Self (archive footage)
1999End of Days as Jericho Cane
1999Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero as Self
1999WWE SmackDown (1 Episode) as Self
1998Junket Whore as Self
1998The Magic Hour (1 Episode) as Self
1997The View (1 Episode) as Self
1997Batman & Robin as Dr. Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze
1997Taff (1 Episode) as self
1996Jingle All the Way as Howard Langston
1996E! True Hollywood Story (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1996Eraser as U.S. Marshal John 'The Eraser' Kruger
1996T2 3-D: Battle Across Time as The Terminator
1996A Century of Science Fiction as Self
1995Sinatra: 80 Years My Way as Self - Presenter
1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self
1994Junior as Dr. Alex Hesse
1994True Lies as Harry Tasker
1994Beretta's Island as Arnold Schwarzenegger (uncredited)
1994Arnold: The Man Behind the Muscle as Self (archive footage)
1993Last Action Hero as Jack Slater / Self
1993Dave as Arnold Schwarzenegger
1993T2: More Than Meets the Eye as Self
1992Lincoln as John G. Nicolay (voice)
1992Christmas in Connecticut as Man in Chair in Front of Media Truck (uncredited)
1992Feed as Self
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (9 Episodes) as Unknown
1992Explosiv - Das Magazin (1 Episode) as self
1992The Making of 'The Terminator': A Retrospective as Self
1991The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' as Self
1991Terminator 2: Judgment Day as The Terminator
1991Schwarzenegger's Superstars of Muscle as Self
1991Hallo, wie geht's (1 Episode) as Self
1990Kindergarten Cop as John Kimble
1990Stars 90 (1 Episode) as Self
1990Total Recall as Douglas Quaid / Hauser
1990The Power of the Market as Self
1989Tales from the Crypt (1 Episode) as X-Con (uncredited) (segment "The Switch")
1988Twins as Julius Benedict
1988Red Heat as Ivan Danko
1988Schwarzenegger: Total Rebuild as Self
1987The Running Man as Ben Richards
1987Sacrée soirée (1 Episode) as Self
1987Predator as Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer
1987Superstars and their Moms as Self
1987Biography (1 Episode) as Self
1986American Masters (1 Episode) as Self
1986Raw Deal as Mark Kaminski / Joseph P. Brenner
1985Commando as John Matrix
1985Red Sonja as Kalidor
1985The Making of the Terminator as Self
1984The Terminator as Terminator
1984Conan the Destroyer as Conan
1984Goldene Kamera Verleihung (2 Episodes) as Self
1983Harty (1 Episode) as Self
1983The Making of 'Superman II' as Self
1983Return Engagement as Self
1983James Bond: The First 21 Years as Self
1983Party in Rio as Self - Host
1982Body by Garret as Self
1982Conan the Barbarian as Conan
1982Na sowas! (1 Episode) as Self
1982Champs-Elysées (1 Episode) as Self
1981Entertainment Tonight (1, 1 Episode) as Self (archive footage), Self
1981Wetten, dass..? (3 Episodes) as Self
1980The Jayne Mansfield Story as Mickey Hargitay
1980The Comeback as Self
1979Scavenger Hunt as Lars
1979The Villain as Handsome Stranger
1977The San Pedro Beach Bums (1 Episode) as Unknown
1977This Is America as Bodybuilder at Gold's Gym (uncredited)
1977Auf los geht's los (1 Episode) as Self
1977Pumping Iron as Self
1976Stay Hungry as Joe Santo
1974Happy Anniversary and Goodbye as Rico
1974Dinah! (1 Episode) as Self
1973The Long Goodbye as Hood in Augustine's Office (uncredited)
1972The Streets of San Francisco (1 Episode) as Josef Schmidt
1971V.I.P. Schaukel (1 Episode) as Self
1970Hercules in New York as Hercules
196860 Minutes (1 Episode) as Self
1968Österreich-Bild (1 Episode) as Self
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (3 Episodes) as Self
1962The Merv Griffin Show (1 Episode) as Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show (2 Episodes) as Self
1953The Oscars (4 Episodes) as Self
1948Bambi-Verleihung (2 Episodes) as Self
1947Meet the Press (1 Episode) as Unknown
2023FUBAR (16 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2021Stan Lee's Superhero Kindergarten (26 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2019The Game Changers ... Executive Producer
2019Iron Mask ... Producer
2017Killing Gunther ... Executive Producer
2017Aftermath ... Producer
2015Maggie ... Producer
2014Years of Living Dangerously (17 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2000The 6th Day ... Producer
1993Last Action Hero ... Executive Producer
2021Stan Lee's Superhero Kindergarten ... Creator
1994Beretta's Island ... Thanks
1992Christmas in Connecticut ... Director
1990Tales from the Crypt Volume 3 ... Director
1989Tales from the Crypt (1 Episode) ... Director