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Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzennegger was born on July 30, 1947 in a little town called Graz,
in the Styria province, of Austria. During his early childhood in Graz, Austria,
Schwarzenegger was encouraged by his father to become involved in athletics.
Schwarzenegger means black plowman in Deutsch. At age 15 he discovered
weightlifting, which led to the title of Mr. Universe at age 20, followed by an
unprecedented 13-world bodybuilding titles. His motion picture career began in
1977 with his role in the critically acclaimed Pumping Iron, a feature-length
documentary about the Mr. Universe competition, which revealed his engaging
natural presence before the camera. Director Bob Rafaelson immediately cast him
in a key role opposite Sally Field and Jeff Bridges in Stay Hungry. His
performance garnered winning reviews and a Golden Globe Award as "Best
Newcomer in Films." In 1978, Arnold put aside his mantle as Mr. Universe to
pursue acting full-time. He starred with Kirk Douglas and Ann-Margret in the
romantic action-comedy Western, The Villain, and took the part of Mickey
Hargitay in the television movie The Jayne Mansfield Story. Schwarzenegger made
his breakthrough role in director John Milius' Conan the Barbarian, the
comic-book super hero of the mystical Dark Ages. The film grossed over $100
million worldwide, spawned a popular sequel, Conan the Destroyer, and earned
Schwarzenegger a devoted following. In 1983, soon after becoming a naturalized
citizen, Schwarzenegger took a chance on a low-budget independent film by an
unknown director. James Cameron's futuristic thriller The Terminator was a
runaway hit at the box office and was cited by Time Magazine as "one of the
year's Ten Best Films." The success of The Terminator placed Schwarzenegger
at the front rank of Hollywood stars. Over the next few years, he became
virtually synonymous with the phrase "action hero," largely due to the
phenomenal success of a series of crowd-pleasing action adventure films:
Commando, Raw Deal, Predator, The Running Man and Red Heat. In 1988,
Schwarzenegger realized yet another of his goals as a film star when he
approached Ivan Reitman to showcase Arnold's previously untapped talents as a
comic actor. The result was Twins, in which Schwarzenegger starred with Danny
DeVito. The film's triumphant success paved the way for the trio's reunion with
Junior. In 1990, Schwarzenegger delivered a "one-two punch" with the
futuristic action-thriller Total Recall, followed that Christma...

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