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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger is best known for his bodybuilding physique and infamous tag lines such as ‘hasta la vista, baby’ and ‘I’ll be back.’ He was born on 30 July 1947 in a small Austrian village.
Famous for his muscles, Schwarzenegger began weight-training at 15, and by the age of 22 he was awarded Mr Universe. He went on to win the Mr. Olympia contest a total of seven times.
In September 1968 Schwarzenegger moved to America in the hope of becoming a movie star. His first taste of acting finally came in the 1970s film Hercules In New York. He was credited as "Arnold Strong," and his accent was so thick that his lines were dubbed after production.
In 1976 he was awarded a Golden Globe for New Male Star of the Year for his role in Stay Hungry. On his early acting career Schwarzenegger has said: "It was very difficult for me in the beginning – I was told by agents and casting people that my body was 'too weird,' that I had a funny accent, and that my name was too long. You name it, and they told me I had to change it.”
Schwarzenegger's breakthrough came in 1982, playing the title role in Conan The Barbarian, which was a box-office hit. In 1984 his action man status was cemented by playing the lead role in James Cameron's science-fiction thriller The Terminator. This was followed by main roles in Commando, The Running Man and Predator.
As well as playing the action man, Schwarzenegger has been the funny guy in comedies such as Twins, Kindergarten Cop and Junior.
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Schwarzenegger joins in Polanski debate -
3 October 2009
-Roman Polanski should not receive special treatment because of his status as a movie director, according to Arnold Schwarzenegger.-
-The Terminator star has become the latest celebrity to join the debate over the legendary filmmaker as he battles extradition to the U.S. to fa
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Schwarzenegger's 'brief scene' in new Terminator movie -
26 April 2009
-Arnold Schwarzenegger has confirmed he will appear in the new Terminator movie - but he won't be filming a single scene.-
-The action star-turned-California governor prompted speculation he would return to the franchise last year (08), when he was photographed on the set of T
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Schwarzenegger to honour True Lies co-star Curtis -
17 April 2009
-Arnold Schwarzenegger will recognise the charitable contributions of his close friend and True Lies co-star Jamie Lee Curtis when he presents her with an award in May (09).-
-The actor-turned-California governor played Curtis' secret agent husband in the 1994 action movie.-
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Arnold Schwarzenegger - filmography
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Stephen Fry - In America - BLU-RAY Version
(2 discs)
(2007)
Starring: Stephen Fry, Stephen King, George Bush
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Britain's best-loved comic genius Stephen Fry turns his celebrated wit and insight to unearthing the real America as he travels across the continent in his black taxicab. Stephen's account of his adventures is filled with his unique humour, insight and warmth in this beautifully shot BBC1 series.
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Stephen Fry - In America
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Stephen Fry, Stephen King, George Bush
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Britain's best-loved comic genius Stephen Fry turns his celebrated wit and insight to unearthing the real America as he travels across the continent in his black taxicab. Stephen's account of his adventures is filled with his unique humour, insight and warmth in this beautifully shot BBC1 series.
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Collateral Damage
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elias Koteas, John Turturro
Director: Andrew Davis
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Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as a lone Los Angeles fireman whose wife and child are killed by a terrorist bomb in this eerily prescient action drama. Vowing revenge against the Columbian guerilla leader who set the bomb, Gordy Brewer (Schwarzenegger) heads down to Central America where he is soon ..read more »
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The 6th Day
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Rapaport, Michael Rooker
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
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In the not-too-distant future, when pets can be cloned after they die and 'virtual girlfriends' can be installed and programmed, Adam Gibson (Arnold Schwarzenegger) works as a helicopter tour pilot. On his birthday he comes home to discover an identical version of himself--an illegal human clone--..read more »
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End Of Days
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Pollak
Director: Peter Hyams
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END OF DAYS is the blood-soaked story of a 20-year-old girl (Robin Tunney) who has nightmares about a mysterious man. Security guard Jericho (Arnold Schwarzenegger) finds himself caught up in the situation when he discovers that Satan (Gabriel Byrne) is roaming the streets of New York City, trying ..read more »
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Batman And Robin
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Uma Thurman
Director: Joel Schumacher
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The Caped Crusader returns to battle the abominable Mr. Freeze and green-thumbed Poison Ivy. To save his ailing wife, Dr. Victor Fries turns to a life of crime after a hideous accident makes him unable to tolerate even moderate temperatures, while Dr. Pamela Isley falls victim to mutated plant DNA ..read more »
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Eraser
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: James Caan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vanessa Williams
Director: Charles Russell
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A lone-wolf marshal for the elite Federal Witness Protection Program, an "eraser," struggles to protect a beautiful, whistle-blowing former employee of a large, corrupt defense contractor. Along the way, the agent's own loyalty to his country is called into question in this action-filled thriller. ..read more »
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58%
from 9,087 members
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Jingle All The Way
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson
Director: Brian Levant
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Turbo Man action dolls are the christmas craze- in the spirit of real life Tickle-Me-Almo. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad mug shamelessly through this holiday slapstick about two guilt-wracked fathers racing around Minneapolis on Christmas Eve trying to buy their sons a sold-out Turbo Man.
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57%
from 4,005 members
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Junior
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny De Vito, Emma Thompson
Director: Ivan Reitman
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Arnold Schwarzenegger as a pregnant man? The Terminator with cramps and morning sickness? That was all the teasing audiences needed to flock to this 1994 farce, which reunited Arnold with his director and co-star from Twins, Ivan Reitman and Danny De Vito. Reitman had also directed the Austrian ..read more »
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51%
from 5,955 members
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True Lies
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bill Paxton
Director: James Cameron
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Super-secret-agent Harry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has a wife (Jamie Lee Curtis) who thinks he's just a boring salesman--so she has an affair with a salesman who claims he's a secret agent. This confusion mushrooms into a global crisis as Tasker and his wife are caught in the middle of a ..read more »
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Last Action Hero
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney
Director: John McTiernan
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A Schwarzenegger double-bill.THE 6TH DAY: In the not-too-distant future, when pets can be cloned after they die and "virtual girlfriends" can be installed and programmed, Adam Gibson (Arnold Schwarzenegger) works as a helicopter tour pilot. On his birthday he comes home to discover an identical ..read more »
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Superstars Of Muscle - Schwarzenegger
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Arnold Schwarzenegger fronts this focus on the big names and even bigger bodies of bodybuilding. In profiling the likes of Lee Haney, Bob Paris and Tom Platz, Schwarzenegger finds himself looking frail by comparison.
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Kindergarten Cop
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, Linda Hunt
Director: Ivan Reitman
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To trap an elusive criminal a veteran cop is forced to go undercover as a kindergarten teacher. But it's not all playtime and naps as he wrangles with the precocious tots and wins the affections of a beautiful young teacher. This charming film is one of Schwarzenegger's best efforts, filled with ..read more »
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Total Recall
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside
Director: Paul Verhoeven
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Arnold Schwarzenegger is perfectly cast as Quaid, a 2084 construction worker haunted by dreams of Mars in this crowd-pleasing science fiction spectacle. Against the wishes of his sexy blonde wife (Sharon Stone), Quaid goes to Rekall, a company that implants artificial memories, so he can remember ..read more »
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Twins
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chloe Webb, Danny De Vito
Director: Ivan Reitman
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Twin brothers--hardly identical--are separated at birth. As the result of a genetic experiment gone awry, the brothers could not be more different, both physically and emotionally. Raised in a sheltered environment away on a desert island, giant Julius (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has developed into a ..read more »
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Red Heat
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Belushi, Peter Boyle
Director: Walter Hill
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After scoring a hit with the Eddie Murphy-Nick Nolte cop thriller 48 Hours, director Walter Hill returned to the buddy formula with this half-ridiculous, half-invigorating action flick about humourless Russian cop Ivan Danko (Arnold Schwarzenegger). He follows a drug dealer from Moscow to Chicago, ..read more »
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Predator
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Duke, Elpidia Carrillo
Director: John McTiernan
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In the remote jungle of a Central American country, an elite group of commandos led by Major Dutch Schaeffer (Arnold Schwarzenegger), embarks on a CIA mission to clear out a guerrilla stronghold and rescue the remaining hostages. However, the hunters become the hunted when a highly intelligent, ..read more »
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Raw Deal
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ed Lauter, Kathryn Harrold
Director: John Irvin
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A Chicago Mafia is violently doing away with witness who were to incriminate them in court. Schwarzenegger is the ex-FBI agent enlisted to slip into the nefarious organisation. Violence and bloodshed ensue, as Schwarzenegger delivers his own brand of justice!
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Commando
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dan Hedaya, Rae Dawn Chong
Director: Mark L. Lester
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An old adversary tries to force John Matrix out of retirement by kidnapping his young daughter. And now a private army, Hoods and Punks, stand in his way... But when the pressure is on, Matrix gets much angrier, and much tougher...
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Red Sonja
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Brigitte Nielsen, Sandahl Bergman
Director: Richard Fleischer
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The peaceful life of Sonja (Brigitte Nielsen) is shattered when her parents are killed by Queen Greden, who rules by terror and carries a talisman with which she can annihilate the planet. Sonja sets out to avenge her parent's death and is granted extraordinary powers by a mysterious vision. But ..read more »
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The Terminator
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield
Director: James Cameron
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James Cameron's THE TERMINATOR is one of the tightest, tensest sci-fi films ever made and a landmark in the genre. In the year 2029, battles rage between the superintelligent machines that rule the world and the last vestiges of humanity. In late-20th-century Los Angeles, Sarah Connor (Linda ..read more »
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Conan The Destroyer
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Mako
Director: Richard Fleischer
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Following CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Arnold Schwarzenegger returns as Robert E. Howard's warrior hero in action director Richard Fleischer's CONAN THE DESTROYER. First seen praying at a shrine, Conan and his sidekick, Malak (Tracey Walter), are inveigled by Queen Taramis (Sarah Douglas) into joining ..read more »
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Hercules In New York
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Taina Elg, James Karen
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
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Arnold Schwarzenegger plays the Greek mythological hero Hercules who's been banished to New York City by his father Zeus as punishment for restless behavior. There he faces hilarious confrontations with a host of characters, including swindling wrestling promoters and dangerous mobsters. Features ..read more »
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Conan The Barbarian
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cassandra Gaviola, Sven-Ole Thorsen
Director: John Milius
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Years after the brutal murder of his parents, Conan the Barbarian (Arnold Schwarzenegger) sets out on a perilous quest for vengeance on the evil Thulsa Doom (James Earl Jones). With his trusted companions, Conan has a series of marvelous adventures which culminate in a face-off against Thulsa Doom. ..read more »
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Cactus Jack
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Ann-Margret, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Director: Hal Needham
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Stuntman-turned-director Hal Needham (CANNONBALL RUN), fashioned this intricately staged slapstick Western after Road Runner cartoons. Cowboy Handsome Stranger (Arnold Schwarzeneggar) is escorting Charming Jones (Ann-Margret) to obtain a large amount of money from her father. However, they don't ..read more »
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Pumping Iron
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou Ferrigno
Director: George Butler, Robert Fiore, Dave McVeigh
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This bodybuilding documentary from 1977 charts a 28 year old Arnold Schwarzenegger's attempt to be hailed Mr Olympia for an incredible sixth time. A big box-office success, PUMPING IRON inspired scores of men (and women) to look at their own bodies and in some way emulate Arnold's incredible ..read more »
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Stay Hungry
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Sally Field, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Director: Bob Rafelson
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A wealthy young man agrees to help shady developers buy up a health club whose site they want to develop. But he falls for the receptionist and decides to double-cross the developers.
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The Long Goodbye
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Elliott Gould, Sterling Hayden, Jim Bouton
Director: Robert Altman
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Director Robert Altman, famous for his ability to turn any genre inside out, takes aim at film noir with this evocative adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel. Altman's Philip Marlowe (Elliott Gould) is a relatively unsuccessful private eye living and working in 1970s Los Angeles. Stepping into the ..read more »
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Pumping Iron
to Watch Now
(1977)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou Ferrigno
Director: George Butler
Certificate: 
Run time: 82 minutes
In 1977, a small independent documentary shone a light on the world of professional bodybuilding, becoming a huge critical and commercial success and in the process launching one man's multi-million dollar career. Pumping Ironstars five-time Mr. Olympia Arnold Schwarzenegger, as he competes for his ..read more »
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An enjoyable couple of hours. 13 July 2008
...Sci-fi actioner set in the year 2084 in which Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a construction worker who discovers that his memory has been erased and that he had a secret life on Mars t...
Arnie's Best 20 September 2003
