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Born in Graz, Austria, in 1947. Arnie defied his father, who wanted him to be a footballer, to take up bodybuilding and by 1968 had won the sinister-sounding Junior Mr Europe title. In America he won numerous contests including Mr World, Mr Universe and Mr Olympia before giving up bodybuilding to star in a film about bodybuilding, Pumping Iron (1977). From there he played the lead in two Conan films and followed them with The Terminator (1984). Somehow, Arnie then became the world's biggest movie star, and he proceeded to make a series of hugely successful blockbusters, mixing in light comedies in the 90s. A staunch Republican, it has been suggested that he might one day run for office.
