Arnold Schwarzenegger Age, Height, Weight: Arnold Schwarzenegger, officially known as Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger, is an Austrian-American actor.
He is also a businessman, filmmaker, investor, retired professional bodybuilder, and politician who served as the 38th Governor of California between 2003 and 2011.
Arnold Schwarzenegger developed a passion for acting at a young age and gradually became one of the most sought-after actors during his career.
He started weightlifting at the age of 15 and won the Mr. Universe title at the age of 20. He went on to win the Mr. Olympia title seven times.
Schwarzenegger is widely considered one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time and has written numerous books and articles on bodybuilding.
The Arnold Sports Festival, considered the second largest bodybuilding event after Mr. Olympia, is named after him.
He moved from bodybuilding to theater and landed a role in “Hercules” in New York. His second film appearance was as a mafia hitman in “The Long Goodbye.”
Schwarzenegger played an important role in the film “Stay Hungry”, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor.
He gained worldwide fame as a Hollywood action star thanks to his role in the sword and sorcery epic; Conan the Barbarian.
After playing the title character in The Terminator, he starred in the sequels; Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Terminator Genisys and Terminator: Dark Fate.
His other famous films include; Commando, The Running Man, Predator, Red Heat, Total Recall and True Lies, Last Action Hero, Eraser, Aftermath, Red Heat, Pumping Iron, just to name a few.
He has also appeared in a number of comedies, including Twins, Kindergarten Cop, Junior, and Jingle All the Way. He is the founder of the film production company Oak Productions.
In politics, Schwarzenegger was a Republican and was first elected on October 7, 2003, in a special election to succeed then-Governor Gray Davis.
He was sworn in on November 17, 2003, to serve the remainder of Davis’ term and was re-elected to a full term as governor in the 2006 California gubernatorial election.
Time Magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2004 and 2007. In 2011, Schwarzenegger completed his term as governor and returned to office.
During his bodybuilding years he was nicknamed “Austrian Oak”, during his acting career “Arnie” or “Schwarzy” and during his political career “the governor”.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger celebrated his 75th birthday on July 30, 2022. He was born on July 30, 1947 in Thal, Austria. Schwarzenegger will be 76 years old in July this year.
Arnold Schwarzenegger height and weight
Arnold Schwarzenegger is 1.88 m tall and weighs about 105 kg.