ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER [1947]
Arnold Schwarzenegger began
his caree r with bodybuilding, winning the Junior Mr Europe. He won impressive
bodybuilding titles like Mr Universe, Mr World, and Mr Olympia. In 1968, he came to the US
and established himself as a bodybuilder as well as a businessman. He graduated from the
University of Wisconsin-Superior with a major in international marketing of fitness and
business administration.
In 1977, he played a
supporting role in the movie Stay Hungry and bagged a Golden Globe for the Best
Newcomer. A documentary film Pumping Iron and then a break in Conan the
Barbarian, the sword-and-sorcery movie, which grossed $100 million worldwide,
established him as a major box-office attraction. With The Terminator, the genre of
futuristic action films sprang into action, and so did Arnold’s career.
He has also supported the
Republican cause in US politics. He was the Chairman of Physical Fitness for the White
House by the President’s Council, a post which he held from 1990 to 1993. He has
political aspirations and is exploring the possibilities of being a Governor of
California.
Married to a broadcast
journalist Maria Shriver, niece of John F Kennedy, he leads a merry life with wife and
four children at Pacific Palisades, California.
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