Arnold Schwarzenegger was born on July 30, 1947 in a little town called Graz, in Austria. During his childhood Schwarzenegger was encouraged by his father to become involved in athletics. At the age of 15 he started weightlifting and after 5 years he won the Mr. Universe competition. All in all he has won 13 bodybuilding titles. His actors career began in 1977 in his role in the Pumping Iron, a documentary about the Mr. Universe competition, which revealed his natural presence in front of the camera. Director Bob Rafaelson saw his talent and offered him in a key role in Stay Hungry. In 1978, Arnold moved to full-time acting and made his breakthrough role in Conan the Barbarian, the comic-book super hero. The film grossed over 100 million dollars worldwide and as a result became a popular sequel, Conan the Destroyer. In 1984 James Cameron's futuristic thriller The Terminator was a huge hit and it was cited by Time Magazine as one of the year's Ten Best Films. The success of The Terminator put Schwarzenegger at the front rank of Hollywood stars. Over the next few years, he became known as an action hero mostly because of the success of a series of action adventure films like Commando, Raw Deal, Predator, The Running Man and Red Heat. In 1988, Schwarzenegger wanted to try a role as a comic actor and the result was Twins, in which Schwarzenegger starred with Danny DeVito. The film's great success led to another comedy, Junior. .
In 1990, Schwarzenegger did a nice role in the futuristic action-thriller Total Recall. One of the greatest commercial success" has been Terminator 2: Judgement Day, which earned more than 506 million dollars worldwide. After that Schwarzenegger has done a set of good and some bad movies too. His latest movie is Terminator 3: Rise of the machines, which has been said to be the most expensive movie ever made. Scwarzenegger's political career started in 1990 when president George W.
