Arnold Schwarzenegger was an actor in action films.
Arnold Schwarzenegger . Schwarzenegger subsequently reprised the Terminator character in the franchise 's later installments : Terminator 2 : Judgment Day ( 1991 ) , Terminator 3 : Rise of the Machines ( 2003 ) , and Terminator Genisys ( 2015 ) . Conan the Barbarian is a 1982 American low fantasy adventure film directed and co-written by John Milius . Predator is a 1987 American science-fiction action film directed by John McTiernan . Terminator Genisys is a 2015 American science fiction action film directed by Alan Taylor and written by Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier . The Terminator is a 1984 American science-fiction action film directed by James Cameron .