Arnold Schwarzenegger Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles

Arnold Schwarzenegger (b. 1947), won several international body-building titles (including Mr. Olympia), billing himself immodestly but fairly accurately as "The Austrian Oak". A millionaire before the age of 22, Schwarzenegger decided to try acting - and became hugely successful at it. With his Conan movies (two), the actor established himself as an action star. He went on to star as the murderous android title character in three The Terminator films. As Danny De Vito's unlikely pacifistic sibling in Twins (1988), Schwarzenegger received the praise of critics who noted his "unsuspected" comic expertise. In Kindergarten Cop (1991), Schwarzenegger played a hard-bitten police detective who found his true life's calling as a schoolteacher. In a special recall election in 2003, Republican Schwarzenegger replaced Democrat Gray Davis as Governor of California. After four ballot initiatives he supported were soundly defeated in 2004, Schwarzenegger moved to the political center, fashioned some bipartisan agreements with the state legislature, and easily won reelection in 2006. He is married to JFK's niece, Maria Shriver.