Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an American actor, bodybuilder, entrepreneur, politician, governor, terminator, a vivid example of the embodiment of the "American dream". Schwarzenegger's home country is Austria, where he was born and lived before moving to the United States in 1966. During his acting career, he starred in many films, some of them, despite their decent age, are popular now.
The first films with Schwarzenegger
The very first feature film in which Schwarzenegger starred was Hercules in New York, released in 1969. This film is notable only for the fact that it was the first in Arnold's acting career, otherwise it is a cheap adventure craft that tells about the adventures of the mythical hero Hercules in the world of people.
When organizing the filming of Hercules in New York, coach Joe Weider recommended the young Arnold Schwarzenegger to the creators of the picture. Joe deceived the creators, saying that Arnold brilliantly played Hamlet in London.
After Hercules, there was one cameo in The Long Goodbye in 1973 and the TV movie Happy Anniversary or Goodbye in 1974.
In April 1975, the film Stay Hungry was released, for the role in which Schwarzenegger won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Actor. The film itself is a passing action movie and is interesting, again, only by the fact that a very young Arnold is present in it.
Between 1976 and 1982, he made cameo appearances in the series Streets of San Francisco and The Beach Bums of San Pedro and the low-budget action films The Vulture and The Scoundrel. In 1980 he starred in The Story of Jane Mansfield, where he plays Mickey Harjitei, who won the title of Mr. Universe in 1956.
In 1982, the movie "Conan the Barbarian" was released, which brought Schwarzenegger worldwide fame, and the filmmakers grossed $ 68 million and the Saturn Award in 8 nominations.
In 1984, a sequel to the fantasy saga about the adventures of a young barbarian named Conan appeared. The new film was titled "Conan the Destroyer", starring the increasingly popular Arnold.
Terminator is an iconic film in Schwarzenegger's film career
In the same 1984, "The Terminator" was released, filmed by the future creator of "Titanic" and "Avatar" directed by James Cameron. Terminator is played by Schwarzenegger, a role that includes only 17 sentences elevated Arnold to world stars. After the premiere of the film, the word "terminator" became a household word, and the famous phrase I'll be back was included in the list of the most famous movie quotes.
At first, Cameron believed that the Terminator should look like a regular person, so as not to stand out in the crowd. So this role was written for Lance Henriksen.
Filmography of the actor to the present day
After Terminator, films with Arnold Schwarzenegger began to appear like mushrooms after a good rain. In the period from 1984 to 2004, the actor's filmography was replenished with 27 films, including: "Red Sonja", "Commando", "No Compromise", "Predator", "Running Man", "Red Heat", "Gemini "," Tales from the Crypt "," Total Recall "," Kindergarten Policeman "," Terminator 2: Judgment Day "," Christmas in Connecticut "," The Last Movie Hero "," True Lies "," Junior "," Beretta Island ", Terminator 2 3-D: Battle Through Time, The Eraser, Christmas Present, Batman & Robin, End of the World, Day Six, Reparations, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, "The Treasure of the Amazon", "Around the World in 80 Days."
After taking office as Governor of California, Schwarzenegger took a break from his film career and did not act in films between 2004 and 2010.
In 2010, he first appeared after the break in the action movie "The Expendables", in a cameo role. In "The Expendables 2" Schwarzenegger already plays one of the main roles. In 2013, the premiere of the action movie with the self-explanatory title "Return of the Hero" took place. This was followed by the film "Escape Plan", in which the main roles are played by the legends of action films and video salons of the 90s, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
At the moment it is also known that films are being shot: "Sabotage", "The Expendables 3", "Maggie". In the near future: "Terminator: Origins", "Triplets", "The Legend of Conan".
