A Biography Of Arnold Schwarzenegger
One who must have met Arnold in his childhood must have imagined that this boy is one of the sparkling Diamonds of near future. He set a perfect example of overcoming all hurdles in life and reaching a place where everyone dreams of reaching some day.
Born on 30th of July 1947 near Graz in Austria, Schwarzenegger has touched skies with his achievement in his lifetime. Arnold started with bodybuilding when he was very young about 15 as he wanted to win over Mr. Universe title. Overcoming many hardships he finally won it at the age of 20 in 1967. After this he won many titles making him known to many eyes all over the word. This served him a perfect launchpad to become a great Actor in Hollywood. He started with small roles and finally made it big with a series of big blockbusters to his name. Later he joined politics and ruled over many important posts and became popular here too.
PERSONAL LIFE
Born in Austria Arnold's father Gustav was a police commandant and mother Aurelia a Housewife. He was the youngest in his family having only one elder brother Meinhard. Arnold's childhood was not as pleasant as many lucky ones have. Although a commandant's son Arnold had to face struggle quite a lot for even basic needs as his house lacked many modern amenities. It is heard that his father was more biased towards his elder son and so never encouraged Arnold. Schwarzenegger once said "It was a very tight upbringing at home". Although he was close to his mother and was in touch with her till her last breath. Later he married Maria Owings Shriver daughter of R. Sargent and Eunice Kennedy Shirver.
PROFESSIONAL LIFE
Bodybuilding-With his dream to capture his dream of being Mr. Universe he trained really hard in his own gym at his house basement as he couldn't afford huge bills then. Later Mr. Kurt a former Mr. Austria offered him to train in the Athletic union in Graz. His dedication and devotion soon born him fruits as he won the Mr. Universe title in 1967. He won many big bodybuilding titles in the subsequent years and emerged a shining star in worlds eyes. In 1977 he retired from sport of bodybuilding.
Due to his immense popularity in bodybuilding he became favourite in eyes of many. Even Arnold favoured acting and finally made in it when he played a role of Hercules in 1970 released "Hercules in New York". After that in "The long Goodbye". Acting in small roles he won Golden Globe Award for his performance in "Stay Hungry" in 1976. Later he made into many successful films- Commando(1985), Raw Deal(1986), The Running Msn(1987), Red Heat(1988) and Predator(1987) and many other Hit ones. He had a brief foray in direction as well. His acting career came to peak as title character in 1991s "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" which was declared as highest grossing film in that year. He was named as "International Star of the decade". He did many popular films after this like True Lies, Junior etc. He did many comedy movies and was known for his humorous side. In 2003 he made reappearance in his title character "Terminator 3: Rise of Machines" which made whooping $150 million.
Schwarzenegger had great interest in politics. He was elected as Governor of California twice. Besides he is also known to be a good businessman and investor. In short Schwarzenegger has proved too be an all rounder in all phases of life and is one of the most favourites in Hollywood inspite of all hardships with his perseverance and patience.
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