Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger ( born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian American (United States) bodybuilder, actor, businessman, and politician (Politics of the United States), currently serving as the 38th (List of Governors of California) Governor (Governor of California) of the state of California.

Schwarzenegger began weight-training at fifteen. He was awarded the title of Mr. Universe at age 22 and went on to win the Mr. Olympia contest a total of seven times. Schwarzenegger has remained a prominent face in the bodybuilding sport long after his retirement, and has written several books and numerous articles on the sport.

Schwarzenegger gained worldwide fame as a Hollywood action film icon, noted for his lead role in such films as Conan the Barbarian (Conan the Barbarian (film)) and The Terminator. He was nicknamed the "Austrian Oak" and the "Styrian Oak" in his bodybuilding days, "Arnold Strong" and "Arnie" during his acting career, and more recently the "Governator" (a portmanteau (Portmanteau word) of Governor and the Terminator (Terminator (character)), one of his film roles).

As a Republican (Republican Party (United States)), he was first elected on October 7, 2003, in a special recall election (California recall election, 2003) to replace then-Governor Gray Davis. Schwarzenegger was sworn in on November 17, 2003, to serve the remainder of Daviss term. Schwarzenegger was then re-elected on November 7, 2006, in Californias 2006 gubernatorial election (California gubernatorial election, 2006), to serve a full term as governor, defeating Democrat (Democratic Party (United States)) Phil Angelides, who was California State Treasurer at the time. Schwarzenegger was sworn in for a second term on January 5, 2007. In May 2004 and 2007, he was named as one of the Time 100 people who help shape the world.

Schwarzenegger is married to Maria Shriver and has four children.