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Born July 18, 1938 (age 88) • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Notable Works “Basic Instinct” • “Black Book” • “Elle” • “Flesh+Blood” • “Hollow Man” • “RoboCop” • “Showgirls” • “Soldier of Orange” • “Starship Troopers” • “The Fourth Man” • “Total Recall” • “Turkish Delight”

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Arnold Schwarzenegger as Douglas Quaid grimaces in pain while strapped to a futuristic machine, with a technician operating controls, in a scene from the film Total Recall (1990).
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