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Patrick Schwarzenegger

ACTOR · BORN 1993

Patrick Schwarzenegger

Born
18 September 1993
Known for
The Staircase (2022), Midnight Sun (2018), Daniel Isn't Real (2019), Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)

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Patrick Schwarzenegger (born 18 September 1993) is an actor best known for The Staircase, Midnight Sun and Daniel Isn't Real.

12 Interesting Facts About Patrick Schwarzenegger

Interesting Facts (5)

  1. #001

    On the night of The Staircase premiere, Schwarzenegger flew out to the set of The Boys spin-off; he got home at 1:00, left for the airport by car at 3:00, and started filming the day he arrived.

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  2. #002

    At USC, Schwarzenegger enrolled in a course devoted entirely to Steven Spielberg, watching every one of his films and examining everything from the writing and directing to the product placements and how they covered the budget.

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  3. #003

    Schwarzenegger has attended a weekly theater class for a couple of years; each week a student performs 10 to 15 pages of a play with a partner before an audience of 25 or 30 people. His most recent play was Burn This.

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  4. #004
    Contains a major spoiler — show

    Patrick Schwarzenegger said he wanted to know which girls he would have sex scenes with, and he recalled his fiancée's horrified reaction to his incest hookup on The White Lotus.

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  5. #005
    Contains a major spoiler — show

    Patrick Schwarzenegger, along with Sam Nivola and a White Lotus producer, discussed the strange incest twist in episode 5 of the show.

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Characters & Cast (1)

  1. #006

    Patrick Schwarzenegger explained how auditions for The White Lotus actually work.

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Career & Awards (1)

  1. #007

    Jason Isaacs said he had low expectations of Patrick Schwarzenegger going into The White Lotus, since Patrick is the son of a famous movie star.

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Life & Family (5)

  1. #008

    As a child, Schwarzenegger attended dinners in a caped Batman costume and tried to slide down escalators imitating Batman while his father played Mr. Freeze on the set of Batman & Robin.

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  2. #009

    Patrick shot the photo of his mother, Maria Shriver, that appears on the jacket of her 2018 book "I've Been Thinking... Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life" on his own iPhone.

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  3. #010

    Arnold Schwarzenegger confronted his son Patrick after Patrick said he wished he didn't carry his father's last name. Arnold said the name had always struck him as a major advantage, while Patrick called it a possible obstacle.

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  4. #011

    Schwarzenegger's father used his lemonade stands to teach him about money, having him work out packet costs and profit margins, and made him solve math equations in the mornings before school.

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  5. #012

    His father urged him to find a passion beyond acting, warning that even the biggest actors work only 8 months a year and that friends of his who tried to become actors were driven crazy by the downtime.

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Sources & editorial notes

Reference databases

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