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quickly followed by further futuristic/surreal action films such as ''Predator'' and ''Total Recall''. | quickly followed by further futuristic/surreal action films such as ''Predator'' and ''Total Recall''. In 1990, he began eschewing the bright lights of Hollywood for spin city politics following his appointment as chairman of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness under President George H. W. Bush. | ||
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Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger
[July 30, 1947- ][German: aʁnɔlt ʃvaʁtsn̩ˌʔɛɡɐ][related: Predator]
Commonly known as "The Governator" - an Austrian-born actor and bodybuilder and the 38th Governor of California. Born in 1947 in Thal, Styria to Aurelia and Gustav Schwarzenegger [1], Arnold began lifting weights at age 15 becoming quickly obsessed with the practice [2], seeing it as his "ticket to America". Upon his arrival in California, Arnold trained exclusively at Gold's Gym, becoming close with Superstar Billy Graham and Ric Drasin, both fairly well-known professional wrestlers. In 1970, Schwarzenegger captured the Mr. Olympia title, a feat he would repeat seven times in succession - his training funded in part by a series of photoshoots for After Dark, a gay men's magazine. He later admittedly to regular steroid use throughout the 1970's, a habit he reportedly ended upon finding Transcendental Meditation (TM) in 1977. Arnold began his acting career in 1970 with Hercules in New York, a poorly received film in which Schwarzenegger's unintelligible english dialogue had to be replaced via overdub in post production. James Cameron's dystopian sci-fi feminist manifesto The Terminator (1984) marked Schwarzenegger's ascent into superstardom - success that was quickly followed by further futuristic/surreal action films such as Predator and Total Recall. In 1990, he began eschewing the bright lights of Hollywood for spin city politics following his appointment as chairman of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness under President George H. W. Bush.
- ↑ Gustav was a vocal member of the Nazi party and verbally and physically abusive for fear from the unfounded suspicion that Arnold was not his biological child.
- ↑ Arnold was absent from both his brother's and father's funerals so as to not disrupt his training regimen. He was also declared AWOL from a mandatory stint in the Austrian while attending a string bodybuilding competitions, thus risking jail time and jeopardizing a possible return to his home country.