When Arnold Schwarzenegger says “I’ll be back,” he really means it. Over the past five decades, the famous Austrian has done almost everything. Before Hollywood, he carved out his own legacy in the bodybuilding world, competing and winning most of his competitions. After retiring from the weights, Schwarzenegger fought beasts and chased after fugitives in a plethora of iconic acting roles. Some would say his most famous role, however, was serving as the governor of California from 2003 to 2011. Talk about having range! 

At 75 years old, the man shows no sign of stopping. With his first-ever TV series, FUBAR, which premiered on May 25, and three-part docuseries Arnold premiering on June 7, it’s about to be the “Summer of Arnold.” Practice your best Schwarzenegger impersonation, and revisit some of his most memorable roles currently streaming on Netflix. 

Arnold 

Coming to Netflix on June 7, this three-part limited docuseries, featuring intimate interviews with Schwarzenegger himself, dives into three key chapters of his life: the athlete, the actor and the American. Throughout his long time in the public eye, Schwarzenegger has remained a household name by reinventing himself and his career. With his distinct Austrian accent and iconic physique, he’s starred in some of Hollywood’s most memorable roles. But, as the docuseries reveals, his most distinguishing traits almost prevented him from stepping in front of a camera. 

In Arnold, Schwarzenegger recalls his very first acting role in Hercules in New York as the eponymous hero. “I had never taken an acting lesson before. They replaced my voice — I couldn’t speak English purely,” he said. “They told me, ‘Americans want to hear their idols talk like John Wayne, not you.’” Fifty-four years later, Schwarzenegger’s acting career is still going strong. Now, people are trying to impersonate the famous accent that he was told wouldn’t land him any roles. 

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FUBAR 

Schwarzenegger makes his TV series debut, streaming now, as Luke Brunner, a veteran CIA operative on the cusp of retirement. Before he can clock out for good, Luke is sent on one last undercover mission: to save another operative who just so happens to be his daughter, Emma (Monica Barbaro). The father and daughter duo must navigate tough family dynamics as they team up with a crew of secret agents (Fortune Feimster, Travis Van Winkle, Aparna Brielle, Milan Carter). 

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The Game Changers 

In this health and wellness documentary, UFC fighter James Wilks travels the world on a mission to find the optimal diet for human performance and health. To learn more about plant-based diets, protein and strength, Wilks meets with visionary scientists and top athletes, including Schwarzenegger.

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The Last Stand 

After a long career as a narcotics officer in LA, Ray Owens (Schwarzenegger) moves to the sleepy border town of Sommerton Junction, Arizona, where he hopes to live a quiet life as the town sheriff. Not all is peaceful when a crime lord escapes FBI custody and speeds toward Ray’s town to wreak further havoc. Leading an inexperienced team of deputies, Ray must take matters into his own hands and capture the fugitive. 

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Last Action Hero 

Following the death of his father, 10-year-old Danny Madigan (Austin O’Brien) finds comfort in watching action movies at his local theater. One day, Danny receives a golden ticket to attend an advanced screening of his favorite action franchise about the daring LA cop Jack Slater (Schwarzenegger). The ticket stub transports Danny into the world of the movie screen, where he accompanies Slater as a sidekick. When the film’s villain, Benedict (Charles Dance), gets ahold of the golden ticket and enters the real world, Danny and Slater must chase after him and stop his evil schemes.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

In this sequel to The Terminator, John, the son of Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) is the key to civilization surviving a robot takeover. In order to prevent this from happening, a villainous T-1000 Terminator (Robert Patrick) is sent back in time to kill a young John (Edward Furlong), but the T-800 Terminator (Schwarzenegger) also time travels to protect the boy and his mom from their assailant. 

The Terminator birthed Schwarzenegger’s famous line, “I’ll be back” — but that was never written in the original script. In the Arnold docuseries, director James Cameron reveals, “The line is ‘I’ll come back.’ It wasn’t meant to be a big moment at all.” Instead, Schwarzenegger went against the script and changed the line to make it sound more robotic. The result? An iconic line that is still quoted to this day.

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Kindergarten Cop

Class is in session for LAPD detective John Kimble (Schwarzenegger) when he goes undercover as a substitute teacher in a kindergarten classroom. While going on high- speed chases after 5-year-olds, Kimble is determined to apprehend a drug lord by locating witnesses who might be able to put the criminal behind bars for murder. 

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Twins 

Fraternal twin brothers Julius (Schwarzenegger) and Vincent (Danny DeVito) are products of a secret genetic experiment and separated at birth. Vincent grows up to become a street hustler in LA, while Julius is raised by a scientist and remains naive about the world. When Julius learns about his birth mother and long-lost twin, he travels to the city of angels hoping to reunite with his family. 

Director Ivan Reitman was skeptical about Schwarzenegger acting in a comedy. After all, the actor had already cemented himself as a leading action star. But Schwarzenegger was determined to work with Reitman some day. “He spoke very well and his intelligence and humor came through,” Reitman says in Arnold, while recalling a time he ran into Schwarzenegger in Aspen. “Later on, Danny DeVito and I were at some Disney Studio screening — and something about seeing those two guys within a week of each other put that idea in my head that they might be the perfect couple in a movie.”

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Conan the Destroyer 

A new adventure awaits Schwarzenegger’s Conan when the scheming Queen Taramis of Shadizar (Sarah Douglas) sends the warrior on a quest to find a mystical horn. He refuses at first, but she promises to bring his love back from the dead as a reward. In order to locate the horn, Conan must accompany Princess Jehnna (Olivia d’Abo), the only person destined to restore the prized treasure. Danger and deception lie at every turn of Conan’s journey as he makes new allies and fights even more beasts.  

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Conan the Barbarian 

Get ready to pull out your swords in this epic sorcery film. Conan (Schwarzenegger), an enslaved orphan seeking vengeance for the death of his parents, grows up to become a strong gladiator and is eventually freed — but his journey is only beginning. Determined to find his father’s stolen sword, the warrior embarks on a grueling adventure during the Hyborian Age to take back what’s rightfully his. 

As Schwarzenegger reveals in the Arnold docuseries, he was almost booted from the titular role because producer Dino De Laurentiis didn’t think he could pull off such a challenge. To prove him wrong, Schwarzenegger performed all his own stunts. It took countless hours of samurai sword training, horseback riding lessons and literal bloodshed to prepare for the film. “Eventually, Dino De Laurentiis came to the set. He comes up the steps right up to me, and he says, ‘Schwarzenegger, you’re Conan,’ ” the actor says.

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