Terminator, Governor, Philanderer. In the real world and on film,
has been larger than life. He is our greatest action hero - no matter what Stallone has to say about it - and brought us out to the movies throughout his career to see what latest adventure he had gotten himself into. Good guy or bad guy he's come up against many kinds of foes: aliens, humans, robots, and sassy dressed super heroes. Here we rank the top 10 greatest to ever face off against Arnold.
#10 - Myron Larabee played by Sinbad in "Jingle All the Way" (1996)
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As many tragedies of the past have taught us, you don't want to cross the mailman. But that doesn't stop Arnold from tangling with one in "Jingle All The Way." And to make matters worse, that mailman is played by Sinbad. As two dads on a mad, Christmas Eve hunt for the toy of the season, everything that could possibly go wrong does as the men go through hell and back on the night before the birthday of their heavenly savior. We'll dispense with telling you who winds up with the toy, because in true holiday film fashion, it's the Christmas Spirit that wins in the end. Thank God. (Photo Credit:
20th Century Fox/Photofest)
#9 - Batman & Robin played by George Clooney and Chris O'Donnell in "Batman & Robin" (1997)
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They've vanquished so many foes, you'd think the evildoers would get the message and just stop trying, or at least find another city to imperil. But as Mr. Freeze, Arnold joined the ranks of past A-List baddies to give it a shot of his own. The aid of a toxic villainess nor a gargantuan, silent type would help much either. Batman & Robin prevailed and iced out his threat. But Arnold should take comfort in knowing as ridiculous as he looked in his overblown costume, it was nothing compared to the Dynamic Duo's blush-inducing nippled and bulged rubber suits. (Photo Credit:
Warner Bros./Photofest)
#8 - Cullen Crisp, Sr. played by Richard Tyson in "Kindergarten Cop" (1990)
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The last time we saw Richard Tyson, he was tormenting a feeble Casey Siemaszko as the high school bully from hell in the underrated "Three O'Clock High." Though "Kindergarten Cop" sees his prey regress significantly in academic placement, his adversary, one Arnold Schwarzenegger, has been upgraded infinitely. This is a delightful family comedy with only splashes of murder and savagery. But with Schwarzenegger playing a hardened cop softened by the nobility of teaching, what else would we expect? (Photo Credit: Universal Pictures)
#7 - Bennett played by Vernon Wells in "Commando" (1985)
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Schwarzenegger has lots of foes in "Commando" and although the one we've singled out isn't the highest ranking among them, he's betrayed Arnold's John Matrix (yes, John Matrix) the worst and is the last to be killed (in the most spectacular of fashion.) Australian Vernon Wez has menaced an impressive list of protagonists that includes Mad Max, the dweebs from "Weird Science," the Power Rangers, and MacGyver! But in this 1985 action thriller he might fare the worst, whether it be suffering the impalement of a steam pipe to his chest or Arnold's resultant quip that follows. (Photo Credit:
20th Century-Fox/Photofest)
#6 - Thulsa Doom played by James Earl Jones in "Conan the Barbarian" (1982)
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When two individuals, last names Barbarian and Doom, do battle, some serious stuff is about to go down. (Though when your share your first name with an also-ran comedian, that gets to be a bit more confusing.) In "Conan the Barbarian" it's Arnold vs. James Earl Jones, and it is on. As Thulsa Doom, Jones is a worthy opponent and what he lacks in equitable strength, he makes up in simple wizardry. He can hypnotize, turn himself into a snake, or use one as a motherscratching arrow! But Conan isn't able to survive a Wheel of Pain or Tree of Woe (we believe the Shed of General Despondency was cut from an early draft of the film) for nothin'. He's a fighter, a Barbarian for cripes sake!, and Thulsa Doom will ultimately fall at the hand of Conan's family sword. (It's the scantily clad women who repeatedly fall for his family jewels, but that's a different article entirely.) (Photo Credit:
Universal Pictures/Photofest)
#5 - Vilos Cohaagen played by Ronny Cox in "Total Recall" (1990)
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Giving the Koch Brothers a run for their money as a dictatorial businessman poisoning the planet's atmosphere for profit, Ronny Cox's Vilos Cohaagen has Mars right under his thumb as an evil air purveyor in "Total Recall." A botched memory implant has given Arnold enough of an existential crisis trying to figure out if he is Quaid, a salt of the Earth construction worker on the third rock from the sun or Hauser, a former, high level Cohaagen crony turned rebel leader on the fourth. But now he has to contend with this villain in gentleman's clothing who's in hot pursuit. In the end, Arnold slays all the goons sent to stop his Mars mission, then finally blasts Cox into a fatal breath of foul air. (Photo Credit: via Youtube)
#4 - Lou Ferrigno played by Himself in "Pumping Iron" (1977)
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If The Terminator took on The Hulk, who'd win? In a sense, that question was answered by 1977's groundbreaking documentary "Pumping Iron," America's first real introduction to Schwarzenegger and his competitor, Lou Ferrigno, as they both vie for the professional bodybuilding title of Mr. Olympia. Here, Arnold is as engaging and charming as he is vein and self-absorbed. His strategy to retain his Mr. Olympia title for the sixth consecutive year - before a planned retirement announcement - does not just include weight training and posing. He can also easily get into his opponents' heads psychologically and make them falter. We see this happen firsthand to Ferrigno, whose mild manner and sweet nature is no match for Arnold's focused intimidation. Arnold wins the title yet embraces Ferrigno afterwards as an old friend; a snake charmer and a snake all rolled up into one jacked Austrian package. (Photo Credit: via Blogspot)
#3 - Damon Killian played by Richard Dawson in "The Running Man" (1987)
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To play the maniacal host of a dystopian future's favorite game show, the makers of "The Running Man" chose the beloved host of one of the real world's favorite game shows of the past. This proved to be the number one answer. Though Richard Dawson brought much delight to "The Match Game" and "Family Feud" television audiences, no one could have imagined how amazing his performance would be on the big screen as evil emcee Damon Killian. Indisputably Schwarzenegger's greatest human film foe, Killian was one of those rare villains that you actually almost wanted to see succeed in his dastardly plans. And though he was inevitably defeated in the end, along the way he did deliver the best damn retort ever to Arnold's notorious catchphrase. (Photo Credit:
TriStar Pictures/Photofest)
#2 - T-1000 played by Robert Patrick in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991)
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In an attempt to soften his image, Arnold chose to play the hero in this 1991 sequel dressed up as the previous installment's unrelenting assassin. His Terminator opponent here is played by Robert Patrick, a seemingly ordinary-looking man whose cold stare could surprisingly scare the bejesus out of the likes of Michael Myers or even Donald Trump. The terrorizing force of the future has updated Arnold's hulking tank of a cyborg with Patrick's shape-shifting poly-alloy monster who is fast, furious, and can turn his hands into sharp objects faster than you can say "I'll be back." But with the assist of two humans, Arnold manages to reign victorious over this foe only leaving a modest pile of bodies, totaled vehicles of all stripes, and exploded buildings behind in the effort. (Photo Credit: Photofest)
#1 - The Predator played by Kevin Peter Hall in "Predator" (1987)
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In 1987, we learned that it is not just rich dentists who hunt for sport. They can come from other worlds too and particularly enjoy preying on big bodybuilder types in the jungle. In "Predator" this adversarial alien life form can shoot amputating laser blasts from it's uniform, stab with razor-sharp claws from its hands, threaten with spikey mandibles, cloak itself invisible, and laugh maniacally like villains have done since they first started tying damsels to train tracks. This is no candy-loving E.T. The dreadlocked dread gives Arnold a serious run for his money after eliminating his friends one by one. A science fiction slasher film, like the great "Alien" before it, "Predator" is pure action with a foe of pure evil. And out of all this entries above, Arnold Schwarzenegger's greatest film foe of all time. (Photo Credit:
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation/Photofest )
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