Roland Kickinger: the filmography of the actor

Roland Kickinger is not so famous in the acting environment, as in the sports. Bodybuilder, fitness coach, the owner of the 4th dan on karate, Roland is still in excellent sporting form, despite the fact that he is almost 50 years old. He continues to act in films and give advice to the left and right about how to achieve tremendous success in working on his own body. As Roland - a native Austrian - found himself in the United States, and what did he do before getting into the cult action movie Terminator 4?

Roland Kickinger: height, weight

Kikinder was born on March 30. According to the sign of the zodiac, Roland Aries, which explains his obstinacy, as well as his determination.

The future star of the Terminator was born in 1968 (the year of the Monkey) in Vienna.

The growth of Kickinger is 193 cm. At the same time, the competitive weight is 136 kg.

Childhood of the future star of bodybuilding

It seems that the sports future of Kickinger was predetermined from childhood. The mother gave the boy at the age of 4 to the gymnasium, where Roland trained several times a week, mastering acrobatics and increasing his flexibility. Then, at the insistence of his mother, Kikinder joined the ballet school.

It is difficult to call ballet lessons a boy's dream. However, Roland responds with gratitude to the decision of the mother. After all, it was the flexibility and endurance, which he developed, engaged in ballet, that helped him to become a famous bodybuilder later. In addition, stretching was useful to the actor when he began to master martial arts.

But it was later, and at the age of 15 the young man suffered from being too lanky and senile. The little boy immediately realized that only strength training could help him. Therefore, Roland asked for classes in one of the small gyms, which was near the house. Since the teenager had nothing to pay for the training, he paid with cleaning.

Having put all his efforts and stubbornness, Kickinger achieved that the mass of his body began to grow. His mother was pleased with the sports achievements of his son, but his father was not happy with the fact that his son spends all his spare time for some dubious bodybuilding activities - football, in his opinion, would bring more benefits.

However, Roland did not become a football player, and went after school to study hotel and restaurant business in college.

Life after college

The profession that Kickinger received was unlikely to bring him satisfaction, since after graduating from college, he often changed jobs and seemed to keep searching himself.

At the age of 19, Roland received his first job. On the cruise liner, he worked as an assistant to the waiter. In order to make a career on the liner, English was required, and he was limp in the young man. Having trained English, Roland still managed to achieve an increase first to the position of the waiter, and then to the assistant headwaiter.

Back on the land, Kickinger spent 5 years on what worked in the hotel. All these years the young man did not forget about his dream to become a famous bodybuilder and continued to train, but already at night. However, the longer he lived such a life, the more convinced he was that he did not always want it.

Becoming the champion of Austria in bodybuilding, Kickinger still collected things and went to sunny California.

The beginning of acting career

The ultimate goal of Kickinger was the Mecca of bodybuilders - the town of Venice Beach. The guy in his pocket had only 500 dollars, which he managed to save in Austria. With this money Roland bought himself a car in the US and went to the cherished dream.

You can guess that at first things did not go very well. Roland had to live in his car for a while. However, the persistence of the young man played into his hands, and soon his name became in everyone's ears in the sporting environment.

Roland Kickinger, whose photo began to appear in sports magazines, after filming in the TV series "Big repairs" realized that he would not have enough sports career, and turned his attention to cinema. But to become a movie star, it is not enough to have beautiful biceps, you still need certain skills and talent.

Kikinder long time wandered on the series until he got into the 1998 feature film "Lethal Weapon-4", where he received an episodic role as a police detective. Since then, the case at Roland in Hollywood went well.

"Terminator: Let the savior come." Roland Kickinger as T-800

Shooting in a cool action movie, probably the dream of any male actor. Roland Kickinger, whose filmography by 2009 totaled more than 20 films, pulled out a lucky ticket, having a role in the movie "Terminator-4."

The fourth part of the fantastic action movie collected at the box office 371 million dollars. Kickinger's partners on the stage were Christian Bale (Batman, The Beginning, The Dark Knight) and Sam Worthington (Avatar, The Battle of the Titans). The director of the film was McGee - the creator of "Charlie's Angels" and the series "Supernatural."

In the fourth part of the film in the center of the plot is John Connor, who leads the fight against the army of terminators. Throughout the film this cruel and bloody war is covered.

Roland Kickinger received in the film the role of the negative character - Terminator T-800. In the finale of the film, he pursues John Connor and his son. The battle of the Terminator and people unfolds in the decor of the assembly shop of the 800 series. The T-800 manages to kill John, but the hero of Kickinger still tears his head, and he dies.

Other Roland projects

Before 2009, several other well-known films were shot, in which Roland Kickinger took part. "Terminator" - not the only film in which the actor has a prominent role. In 2005, the world screen saw the drama "Look, Arnold Comes!" Directed by James B. Rogers ("American Pie 2", "Dumb and Dumberer-2"). It's easy to guess that the picture was a biographical tape devoted to the life of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Initially, the main role in this film was searched for a professional bodybuilder. Roland Kickinger was lucky - he was in the right place and at the right time, and even in addition it turned out that the guy is very similar to Schwarzenegger in his youth. The film shows the life of the iron Arnie until the elections of 2004.

Also one of the main roles in Kickinger was in the series Son of the Beach - a kind of parody of "Rescuers Malibu." In the series, Roland played the goofy pitching Notch Johnson.

Career fitness trainer

Constantly starring in movies and TV shows, Roland Kickinger still finds time for training. For bodybuilding, the actor added classes on karate, shooting and possession of cold steel. In addition, Kickinger is fond of running, but complicates himself the task by jumping a 15-kilogram shirt while running. Three times a week, the star "Terminator-4" is engaged in yoga.

Surprisingly, with such a tight schedule, Kikinder managed to become a certified trainer and nutritionist. The entrepreneurial vein of the Austrian, too, was in perfect order: he opened his own fitness resort in the vicinity of Los Angeles, which is considered a fairly lucrative business. To its clients, Roland offers a three-week stay at a hotel close to home, as well as a special training and nutrition program that will help people to put their bodies in order and give them attractive shapes.

Personal life

In all the media, the sports or business achievements of Kickinger are vigorously discussed, sometimes it even comes about his remarkable culinary skills, but the personal life of the actor and athlete remains in the shadows. It is well known that an enterprising Austrian is still unmarried. About whether he has a girlfriend or not, nothing is known.