The most famous actor, seriously engaged in bodybuilding, without a doubt, is Arnold Schwarzenegger. The biography of this man is replete with curious facts. About when he was born, where he grew up and how he became famous, read below.
Arnold Schwarzenegger Biography
His parents, Gustav and Aurelia, married in 1945. He was born on 07/30/1947 in the Austrian village of Tal (near the city of Graz). Arnold had an older brother, whose name was Meinhard. The family was Catholic and strictly adhered to religious rules.
As the biography of Arnold Schwarzenegger tells us, the boy did not get along very well with his parents. They lived poorly. Gustav wanted his son to succeed in football. Until the age of 14, Arnold even attended the section. However, once he firmly decided that he wanted to be not a football player, but a bodybuilder. He signed up for a local gym and went there every day, even on weekends. His family did not like it, the discord intensified.
An unofficial biography of Arnold Schwarzenegger reports that when in 1971 his older brother died while driving a car (under the influence of alcoholic intoxication), the young man did not attend his funeral. In addition, it is alleged that in 1972, Schwarzenegger did not take his father on his last journey.
However, despite strong disagreements with his family, by the age of sixteen the young man had already achieved success in the field of bodybuilding. Then he made his debut at one of the competitions, in which he took second place.
When Arnold celebrated his coming of age, he was drafted into the army. Once he went AWOL in order to participate in the next bodybuilding contest. Schwarzenegger easily took first place, however, having returned to the military unit, he spent a week in a punishment cell - as a punishment.
After the army, Arnold leaves for Munich. As a soldier, he continued training. Therefore, by 1966, he gained a lot of muscle mass. As the biography of Arnold Schwarzenegger tells us, in the first weeks after the army he had nowhere to live. However, he got a coach in a fitness center. There he not only worked, but also lived the first time. Soon he manages to rent an apartment.
Two years later, Schwarzenegger leaves for America. Until the early seventies he lives illegally - violates the conditions of his visa. By then, he had already been awarded the title “Mr. Universe” at the London competition. At 23, he becomes "Mr. Olympia." Actively engaged in bodybuilding and participating in competitions, Schwarzenegger in 1981 receives American citizenship.
Since 1969, Arnold begins to try himself on the acting path. He played a lot of roles, but often he had to lose weight for this (to look more natural) and spend all day reading dialogs to overcome the German accent. Success came to Schwarzenegger as an actor in 1982 - it was then that the famous "Conan the Barbarian" came out. However, the most famous for him bring 1 and 2 parts of the "Terminator".
Among other things, today Schwarzenegger is a successful businessman, and in the past - a politician. From 1986 to 2011, he was married to John Kennedy's niece, Maria Shriver.
This is the biography of Arnold Schwarzenegger - a famous actor and bodybuilder.