Arnold Schwarzenegger

 Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger, born July 30, 1947 is an Austrian-American actor as well as a film producer and businessman. He served as the 38th governor of California from 2003 until. Time magazine named Schwarzenegger one of the 100 most influential people on the planet between 2004 and 2007.Schwarzenegger began lifting weights at age 15 and was able to claim the Mr. Universe title at age 20 and subsequently was awarded the Mr. Olympia title seven times. The man is widely regarded to be among the most influential bodybuilders ever. 5 Arnold Sports Festival, considered as the second-most significant bodybuilding event following Mr. Olympia, is named for Arnold. Six of his appearances were in the 1977 documentary on bodybuilding Pumping Iron. Schwarzenegger, who had retired from bodybuilding, made his debut as a Hollywood action actor with Conan the Barbarian (1982) that was a box office hit and an sequel was released in 1984. He played the title character of Terminator in 1984's science fiction film Terminator. His other successful action films included Commando (1985), The Running Man (1987), Predator (1987), Red Heat (1988), Total Recall (1990), and True Lies (1994), along with comedy films like Twins (1988), Kindergarten Cop (1990), Junior (1994) and Jingle All the Way (1996). The actor is also the creator of the production company for films, Oak Productions. 9] As a Republican candidate, Schwarzenegger was first elected on October 7, 2003 in a special recall election to succeed Governor Gray Davis. He was elected with 48.6% of the vote, 17 points ahead of Democrat runner-up Cruz Bustamante. On November 17, he was officially sworn into office to complete Davis the term. He was also re-elected to the California governorship in 2006 with a higher vote share of 55.9 percent. [10] He completed his governorship in 2011, and returned to acting. Schwarzenegger was popularly referred to as the "Austrian Oak" when he was bodybuilder as well as "Arnie" also referred to as 'Schwarzy' throughout his acting career. He was also known as "the Governator" which is a portmanteau of "Governor" & "Terminator" during his political career. In 1986, he married Maria Shriver (a niece of President John F. Kennedy). After he admitted he had a child in 1997 with his housemaid, he and Maria divorced. Their divorce was finally finalized in 2021.