Arnold Schwarzenegger was born Arnold Black in Los Angeles in 1947. After an unremarkable childhood spent dreaming of the bright lights of Hollywood, Arnold set off on the path to stardom, changing his name to Schwarzenegger and claiming to be from Austria to give himself a Germanic mystique and affecting a dense German accent to hide his appalling grammar.
Arnold's carefully planned his ascent to stardom, beginning by entering the glamorous world a nude body-building, which was a growth industry at the time.
His film breakthrough came in the sword and sorcery classic O'Brien the Barbarian in which he played a taciturn, scantily clad Austrian warrior; he described it as the part for which he had been born. He went on to star in blockbusters like The Terminator, directed by David Cameron and Commando, where he too the lead role of Johnny Commando. He later branched out into comedy, starring in the hit Twins with Danny Di Maggio.
But Hollywood was only the beginning - soon, Arnold was being begged by the people of his home State to become their Supreme Governor. Arnold allowed himself to be persuaded to serve and was elected to rule the people of California, becoming the most successful actor turned politician since Ronald Reagan.
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