biography
| name: |
Schwarzenegger, Arnold
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pronunciation:
[shwaw(r)tseneger]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1947– )
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| biography:
| US film actor, born near Graz, SE Austria. He took up body-building at the age of 14, winning several Mr Universe and Mr Olympia titles, then starred in a body-building documentary, Pumping Iron (1977). He had various small film roles before he was cast in Stay Hungry (1976), for which he received a Golden Globe as best newcomer. In the 1980s he became established as the leading figure in a new genre of muscular action films, beginning with Conan the Barbarian (1982) and Conan the Destroyer (1984), which became increasingly technological and violent with The Terminator (1984) and Total Recall (1990). Later films include the comedy Twins (1988), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Last Action Hero (1992), Batman and Robin (1997), End of Days (1999), and Collateral Damage (2002). He became an American citizen in 1983. |
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