Most Americans got their first glimpse of this soon-to-be action star in the bodybuilding documentary Pumping Iron 76'. Although his thick accent and limited acting experience hindered him in his early 1980s acting roles in Conan the Barbarian and The Terminator, a string of successful action films including Commando, Predator, Total Recall and True Lies made him one of the most popular movie stars in the world.

Credits include: Million Dollar Baby, Knocked Up, Tropic Thunder, Almost Famous and How to Train Your Dragon

Credits include: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Bride of Re-Animator, Fubar, The Godson and Anni 90

Credits include: Okja, The 100, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Survival of the Dead and Regression

Credits include: Meet the Spartans, Friday the 13th, The Last Ship, Fubar and Asylum

Credits include: The Last of Us, Terminator: Dark Fate, Temple Grandin, Freeheld and Fubar

Credits include: Top Gun: Maverick, A Complete Unknown, Fubar, The Cathedral and The Good Cop

Credits include: Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, Yes Day, Fubar, Chick Fight and Sex Appeal

Credits include: Fubar, Take Your Daughter to Work Day, Stole Train, Honeyplot and Armed & Dane-gerous

Credits include: Fractured, Take Your Daughter to Work Day, The Magic of Lemon Drops, Shoot Your Shot and Bad Romance: The Vicky White Story