Celebrity of the week: Arnold Schwarzenegger
'I'll be back'
Does the sentence ring a bell?
Like something you've heard innnn 'The Terminator' or Judgement Day or Commando or The running man'😁
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger
Born on the 30th July, 1947, Schwarzenegger is an Austrian American actor, retired profesional body builder and former politician who served as the 38th governor of California from 2003-2011 as a Republican.
He began lifting weights at age 15, won the Mr. Universe title at 20(he was the youngest person that won the title at that time )
before winning the Mr. Olympia contest seven times.
He gained worldwide fame as a Hollywood action film icon.
His breakthrough film was Conan the Barbarian (1982)
He appeared as the title character in James Cameron's The Terminator (1984) and subsequently played similar characters in the sequel films;
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
Terminator 3: Rise of the machines (2003)
Terminator Genisys (2015)
Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
He also starred in other films like Commando, Running Man, Predator, Total Recall, True lies, Twins, Kindergarten cop among others.
Schwarzenegger appeared in Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables 2 (2012) and The Expendables 3 (2014).
Arnold Schwarzenegger is known for adding humor to his character.
Some of his popular lines are;
1.
Consider that a divorce!” [After shooting his fake wife Sharon Stone in the head - Total Recall
What a pain in the neck.” [After strangling Sub-Zero with barbed wire - The Running Man]
Stick around.” [After pinning a man to a tree with a knife - Predator]
You're a funny guy Sully, I like you. That's why I'm going to kill you last.” [Commando]
"I
lied"
(After not killing Sully last - Commando)
Awards
1. Seven-time Mr Olympia Winner
2. Four-time Mr Universe Winner
3. 1977 Golden Globe Award Winner
Among others.
Arnold Schwarzenegger in Politics.
As a Republican candidate, he was first elected on October 7, 2003 in a special recall election to replace then governor Gray Davis.
He was sworn in on November 17th to serve the remainder of Davis' term. He was then re-elected in the 2006 California gubernatorial election to serve a full term as a governor.
Arnold was married to Maria Shriver in 1986. They separated in 2011 after he admitted to having fathered an illegitimate child.
Their divorce was finalized in 2017.
They have four kids.
Recently, the 73 year old Terminator actor had a new aortic valve implanted in his heart at Cleveland clinic. Earlier he underwent heart surgery in 2018 to replace a pulmonary valve that was originally put in place in 1997.
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| Arnold Schwarzenegger after surgery |
He posted some photos of himself standing in front of a few monuments in Cleveland.
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