Growing up in a small, isolated village in Austria, he turned to bodybuilding as his ticket to a better life. Prior to that he served a mandatory one year in the Austrian military (beginning in 1965). After conquering the world as arguably the greatest bodybuilder who ever lived, he went to America to make his name in motion pictures. A succession of over-the-top action films made him an international box office star. After his long, and successful movie career, he ran in the California recall. He is now the Governor of California, yet another celebrity to be elected to the position.

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Film Career

In 1970, Arnold Schwarzenegger was known as the World's Strongest Man.
He had long planned to move from bodybuilding into acting.His frist film
was as the role of Hercules in Hercules in New York (1970).

Schwarzenegger has discussed his early struggles in developing his acting career. "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. Basically everywhere I turned I was told that I had no chance."


Schwarzenegger drew wide attention and boosted his profile in body-building film Pumping Iron (1977), elements of which were dramatized. In 1991, Schwarzenegger purchased the rights to the film, its outtakes, and associated still photography.




As an actor, he is best-known as the title character of director James Cameron influential science fiction film The Terminator (1984) and its sequels.As a Hollywood superstar, he made a number of successful films: Commando (1985), Raw Deal (1986), The Running Man (1987), Red Heat (1988) and Predator (1987).Total Recall (1990), at that time the most expensive film ever, netted Schwarzenegger $10 million and 15% of the gross, and was a widely praised, thought-provoking science-fiction script.



Schwarzenegger's critical and commercial high-water mark was the sequel to his 1984 hit The Terminator titled Terminator 2: Judgment Day in 1991 which was one of the highest grossing film of the year and surpassed the original film's success.

In 2003 he reprized his most famous role in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines which was the long-awaited sequel to the 1991 film, which went on to earn over $150 million domestically. Schwarzenegger has stated in many interviews he never regrets doing a role and he feels really bad when he turns down a role. There are however conflicting reports that Schwarzenegger will be starring in the next Terminator installment—Terminator 4. However, it is currently widely reported that Schwarzenegger will have a brief role in Terminator 4.
The Top 5 Films of Arnold Are:

1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
A decade after Sarah Connor destroyed the original Terminator, a shape-shifting cyborg is sent back from the future to kill her son before he can grow up to lead the resistance. This time, the Terminator is sent back to protect her.

2. Terminator (1984)
An unstoppable killing machine is sent from the future to kill Sarah Connor and her unconceived son, John Connor, the future leader of the human resistance. Sarah can rely only on Reese, a soldier sent from the future to protect her from the seemingly indestructible Terminator and save humanity.
3. Total Recall (1990)
Set in the year 2084, a man goes to Mars via a memory implant and discovers the truth about himself as an unexpected and harrowing series of events unfold.
4. True Lies (1994)




When a secret agent learns of his wife's extra-marital affair, he decides to give her a lesson in spy games, which backfires when the couple is kidnapped and stuck in the middle of an international terrorist crisis.




5. Pumping Iron (1973)
This documentary film about the world of bodybuilding helped spawn the career of future Hollywood action hero and six-time Mr. Olympia Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Early life

Arnold Schwarzenegger was born in Thal, Austria, His parents were the local police chief Gustav Schwarzenegger (1907–1972), and his wife, the former Aurelia Jadrny (1922–1998). It was a Roman Catholic family who attended Church every Sunday. Schwarzenegger has said his father had “no patience for listening or understanding your problems…there was a wall; a real wall.” Schwarzenegger had a good relationship with his mother and kept in touch with her until her death. At school, Schwarzenegger was apparently "in the middle" but stood out for his "cheerful, good-humoured and exuberant" character.
Money was a problem in the household; Schwarzenegger has recalled that one of the highlights of his youth was when the family bought a refrigerator.
As a boy, Schwarzenegger played many sports—heavily influenced by his father.
He picked up his first "barbell" in 1960 when his soccer coach took his team to a local gym. At the age of 15 Schwarzenegger chose body-building over a career as a soccer player and at 17, officially started his competitive career.During a speech he said: "My own plan formed when I was 14 years old. My father had wanted me to be a police officer like he was. My mother wanted me to go to trade school." In 1961 Schwarzenegger met former Mr. Austria Kurt Marnul who invited him to train at the gym in Graz (is the second-largest city in Austria). He was so dedicated as a youngster that he was known to break into the local gym on weekends, when it was usually closed, so that he could train. "It would make me sick to miss a workout … I knew I couldn't look at myself in the mirror the next morning if I didn't do it."

Early adulthood

Schwarzenegger served in the Austrian army in 1965 to fulfill the one year of service required of all 18-year-old Austrian males at the time. He won the Junior Mr. Europe contest in 1965. Schwarzenegger went AWOL(Absent Without (Official) Leave) during basic training so he could compete in the competition and spent a week in an army jail: "Participating in the competition meant so much to me that I didn't carefully think through the consequences. When I got to Stuttgart (City of Europe), I was all confused. I forgot my posing routine, I had to borrow posing trunks, but still I won!"