Arnold Schwarzenegger

In April 1986, he married Maria Shriver, who is a journalist and the niece of US President John F. Kennedy. The couple is blessed with four children Katherine Eunice Schwarzenegger, Christina Maria Aurelia Schwarzenegger, Patrick Arnold Shriver Schwarzenegger and Christopher Sargent Shriver Schwarzenegger.

The actor allegedly had an extra marital affair with his housekeeper Mildred Patricia Baena and has a son with her named Joseph. This was a reason behind the rift in his relationship with his wife, and she eventually, filed a divorce.

He was born on 30th July, 1947, to Gustav Schwarzenegger who was an Austrian Police chief and Aurelia, in Thal, Austria. He had a brother Meinhard and his father was unfair towards Arnold and meted out preferential treatment towards his brother.

He was active in sports like soccer and while preparing himself for soccer he developed an interest in body-building. During the 1960s, he won a few weightlifting and powerlifting competitions.

In 1967, he earned the ‘Mr. Universe’ title when he was only twenty years old, thus, becoming the youngest individual to win this title. The following year, he again won the Mr. Universe title.

In 1970, he competed in the Mr. Olympia contest and won the contest when he was only twenty-three years old. He created a record of being the youngest person to earn this title.

In 1970s, he stepped into Hollywood and began his career with the film ‘Hercules in New York’, and then, he worked in the film ‘The Long Goodbye’.

During the period 1971-75, he emerged as the winner of Mr. Olympia contest and in 1975, he declared his intention to withdraw from professional body-building.

In 1976, his film ‘Stay Hungry’ was released in which his acting got appreciated and he also won an award for this film.

His role in the ‘The Terminator’ where he played the protagonist has been much acclaimed and he starred in its sequels ‘Terminator 2: Judgement Day’ and ‘Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines’ and both these sequels turned out to be high grossing movies. He has played his role so well that he has been cast in all the sequels of the movie including the fifth sequel ‘Terminator Genisys’ which is schedule to be released in July 2015.