Patrick Arnold Shriver Schwarzenegger (born September 18, 1993) is an American actor, businessman, investor, and entrepreneur. He is the son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver.

Patrick Schwarzenegger
Schwarzenegger in 2012
Born	Patrick Arnold Shriver Schwarzenegger (1993-09-18) September 18, 1993 (age 29) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Citizenship	American Austrian
Education	Brentwood School
Alma mater	University of Southern California
Occupation	Model actor entrepreneur
Years active	2006–present
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Parents	Arnold Schwarzenegger Maria Shriver
Relatives	See Schwarzenegger family and Kennedy family

Early life and family

Schwarzenegger was born at Providence St John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California and raised in Los Angeles, California. He is the eldest son of Maria Shriver, a journalist and author who is a member of the Kennedy family, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, an Austrian-born bodybuilder, actor, and former Governor of California.[1] Schwarzenegger has two elder sisters, Katherine and Christina,[2] a younger brother, Christopher,[3] and a younger paternal half-brother, Joseph.[4][5] His maternal grandparents were activist Eunice Kennedy Shriver and diplomat and politician Sargent Shriver.

Schwarzenegger holds dual Austrian-American citizenship, speaks English and German, regularly visits Austria and maintains a strong connection to his father's native country.[6] His cousin, also named Patrick Schwarzenegger, lost his father (Arnold's brother) in a car accident in 1971 and is now an attorney.

Ancestry

Acting career

At the age of ten, Schwarzenegger had a small role in the film The Benchwarmers. Throughout his childhood, he practiced acting with his father, and through his young adult years, he studied theater at USC while taking acting classes weekly at Nancy Banks Studio.[7] At age 15 he started a clothing line.[8]

Patrick is also signed with LA Models, which had plans to push him for Ralph Lauren and Armani ad campaigns.[9] He has stated that he hopes to raise awareness of his clothing company by taking on high-profile modeling jobs.[8]

Schwarzenegger had supporting roles in 2012's Stuck in Love, 2013's Grown Ups 2 and 2015's Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse. His first leading role was opposite Bella Thorne in 2018's Midnight Sun, a romantic drama about a teenage girl with a rare medical condition, which went on to gross over 27 million dollars worldwide.[10] His performance in the 2019 horror Daniel Isn't Real was praised as "excellent"[11] and played with "a playful intensity similar to his father"[12] and "a restraint unusual in actors his age".[13] In 2020, Schwarzenegger worked opposite Academy Award winner Michael Shannon in Echo Boomers,^{[citation needed]} then in 2021, went to star in Netflix's comedy-drama coming-of-age film Moxie.[14]

Personal life

While studying at Brentwood High School, Schwarzenegger took private acting lessons with Nancy Banks.[15] In 2012, he matriculated at the University of Southern California, and graduated from the USC Marshall School of Business with a minor in Cinematic Arts in May 2016.[16] He was part of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.[15]

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

See also

• Kennedy family tree

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Patrick Schwarzenegger.

• Patrick Schwarzenegger at IMDb

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