Meet The New Arnold
Filed under: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Many a moon ago, before he was Governator of the great state of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger was just a mega-built actor who was made famous in the 1982 classic Conan the Barbarian.
In this new age of movie-making where no one can seem to come up with an original idea, a revamp of the old Arnold flick is on the rise, and the new star is shockingly familiar.
Meet 41-year-old Austrian actor Roland Kickinger, the new face of Conan the Barbarian. It's rather uncanny how much he looks like Schwarzenegger, but they have so much more in common than just physique.
They both were bodybuilders turned actors, they both starred in a version of Terminator (Roland was just in Terminator Salvation), and "actually played a Conan-era version of Schwarzenegger in See Arnold Run, the 2005 A&E biopic about the actor-turned-politician."
As soon as someone gets to talk to this guy they have to ask Mini-Arnie if he has political aspirations too. If he answers yes, then, we would have to conclude he is a clone. Then, we need to find out who cloned him and ask for a R-Patz edition ASAP!
[Images via WENN.]
hahahhaha
ughh, another day another remake. CAN'T WAIT!
Roland also played the Schwartenegger lookalike lifeguard on Howard Stern and Tim Stack's Son of the Beach!
Roland Kickinger was on "Son of the Beach"
lol, i love the way you think. *_*
Am I the only person in the world who isn't turned on by Robert Pattinson's huge eyebrows, dirty hair, and general slack jawed look? We get that you like him, P-Hil, but shut UP already! This article isn't even about him!!!
Achtung!
I will obey
the masterdaddy.
ouch.
Its Chip Rommel from Son of the Beach!!!
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Will Roland Kickinger become Governator of California in a few years? He couldn't do any WORSE job than Arnie's doing in ruining what was once a wonderful State to live in.
Hopefully, Mr. Kickinger can pronounce "California" better than Mr. Ham-and-Egger.
Actually the 1977 doc Pumping Iron made him a famous. Please get your facts straight one of these days.
Sorry, I can't imagine Roland Kickinger being anyone else than Chip Rommel on Son of the Beach.
On Conan the Barbarian he will still be Chip Rommel to me.
All white people don't' look alike Perez.
Oh, come now. Johnny Carson was not known for having "non-famous" people on his show and I watched Arnold and his barely-able-to-speak-English-self many times on Carson during the '70's. It is truly the American Dream for this man. He just can't be President.
Uh, this guy has been around a while…… I saw him before (while back) and he pops up here & there —and when I first saw him, I remember thinking, "This is Schwarzenegger's TWIN! I wonder when we'll hear about him (being Arnolds twin)" And, had been waiting for his (this) announcement for a while—-NOW it's here–I mean…..HERE–this media site? LOL
I wanna see him in a Speedo . . . .
I just want to thank Arnold for raising the renewal of our car registration in CA. OMG. It's nuts.
Does he dye his hair like Arnold?
Roland is a "diehard republican", he tows the conservative line, except when he's running around in a speedo. No, we don't need another Austrian running a state into the ground!