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Clayton Davis The Austrian-born actor, producer, former bodybuilder and governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of the most successful box office stars in history. With over 50 credits grossing more than $4 billion worldwide, Schwarzenegger ranks among the top 40 highest-grossing stars of all time.To celebrate his 75th birthday, Variety ranks his 10 best film performances.With a career that began by playing a “special agent” infiltrating a gym in “Stay Hungry” (1976) and a spotlight in the documentary feature classic “Pumping Iron” (1977), Schwarzenegger went on to become one of the most influential and classic action stars of his generation.His breakout role came with the epic adaptation “Conan the Barbarian” (1982), directed by John Milius and co-written by Oscar-winner Oliver Stone.

The Terminator is one of the most beloved film franchises of all time, but is there a new entry in the series on the way? Read on to find out.The classic sci-fi/action movies began with James Cameron’s original The Terminator in 1984, which introduced the world of Skynet, an artificial intelligence that has initiated a nuclear apocalypse.Arnold Schwarzenegger’s titular cyborg assassin travels from the future on a mission to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) to prevent her from giving birth to the future leader of the human resistance, John Connor.Cameron, who had only previously directed 1982’s Piranha II: The Spawning, co-wrote the film with Gale Anne Hurd, and based it on a fever dream he experienced. Made for a modest $6.4million (£5.1million), it was a major box office success, grossing $78million (£62million).Its success led to 1991’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day, often regarded as one of the greatest sequels of all time.

For fans of the “Terminator” franchise, the second film in the series is widely considered to be the best, in which Arnold Schwarzenegger’s killing-machine cyborg is programmed to protect John Connor, not kill him.

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If anyone knows there’s not fate but what we make, it’s John Connor.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorThomas Dekker has been acting since he was six years old. Now 34, he’s best known for playing Zach on “Heroes” and John Connor on the short-lived “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.”But the spotlight unexpectedly became much brighter in 2017 when former “Heroes” co-executive producer and writer Bryan Fuller outed Dekker during a speech at Outfest.

The Terminator movie has been auctioned off for $32,500 (£23,913).The James Cameron classic sci-fi movie which sees Arnold Schwarzenegger star as a cyborg sent back in time to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), was sold off at the online auction ComicConnect.The virtually mint condition copy of the 1984 movie boasted quality gradings between nine and 10 out of 10 for every inspection category aside from the physical tape’s corners and edges, which still produced an admirable seven out of 10.It sold within three days of being put up for auction.The film, which kickstarted Cameron’s career, was made with a modest $6.4million (£4.7million) budget but went on to gross $78.3million (£57.6million) at the box office.It went on to spawn several sequels including Terminator 2, Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines, Terminator Salvation, Terminator Genisys, and the most recent movie Terminator: Dark Fate.Meanwhile, Cameron previously said that he came up with the idea for Terminator 2 character John Connor while he was on ecstasy.Connor, who is 10 years old in the sequel, is the son of Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese. He was mentioned in the first Terminator movie but only made his first appearance on screen in the second film.“I remember sitting there once, high on E, writing notes for ‘Terminator,’ and I was struck by Sting’s song, that ‘I hope the Russians love their children too’,” he said, referring to the musician’s 1985 song ‘Russians’.“And I thought, ‘You know what? The idea of a nuclear war is just so antithetical to life itself.’ That’s where the kid came from.”Schwarzenegger meanwhile, recently made an appearance as Zeus for an advert during the Super Bowl alongside, Salma Hayek.

Terminator 2 character John Connor while he was on ecstasy.Connor, who is 10 years old in the sequel, is the son of Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese.