Today is Governor Schwarzenegger's birthday. He turns 62 and looks pretty much like you would expect a 62-year-old former Mr. Universe and former action star to look: fit as a fiddle. In honor of the Governator's special day, I'd like to take a moment to look back at some of the significant things he left us with before turning his attention from acting to politics.

Classic Quotes

"I'll be back": Schwarzenegger's personal catch-phrase. He first uttered it in James Cameron's "The Terminator" and has managed to cram it into most of his subsequent films and appearances since the 1984 sci-fi flick hit theaters.

"It's not a tumor!": In the often-overlooked but never forgotten classic (or "classic," depending on your level of tolerance) "Kindergarten Cop," Schwarzenegger faces off against his most fearsome opponent yet: a roomful of rugrats. Backed up by his hypoglycemic partner, Schwarzenegger plays an undercover cop sent to protect a woman and her child from their dangerous husband/father. None of that matter though... this is all about "it's not a toomuh."

"Hasta la vista, baby": One of cinema's classic moments comes when John Connor (Edward Furlong) teaches his protector Terminator how to blow someone off with style. And so "hasta la vista, baby" was born. Spanish-language translations of the movie deliver the line as "sayonara, baby." Not quite the same ring to that one.

Iconic Roles

Terminator: In the classic James Cameron film "The Terminator," Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a baaaaad dude. He's the villain, existing only to stack up a body count and deliver hilarious one-liners. It wasn't until "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" that he turned into a loveable pussycat of a protector. Who existed primarily to stack up maimed/wounded counts and deliver hilarious one-liners. And to cock shotguns in a completely impractical but cool-looking manner.

Conan: He's shirtless, muscled and mute. Well not entirely mute, but he doesn't open his mouth to do more than grunt for the first third of "Conan the Barbarian." And he's amazing for it.

Major Alan 'Dutch' Schaeffer: You may not recognize the name, but you know the movie. "Predator" is Schwarzenegger's "other" '80s classic, the one that doesn't have "Terminator" or "Conan" in its title. Dutch didn't make the transition to the fairly awful "Predator" sequel (let's face it-- Danny Glover is no Carl Weathers), but his lone appearance fighting an invisible alien in the jungles of Central America was enough.

Movies You Shouldn't Miss

"The Running Man": Schwarzenegger plays Ben Richards, a wrongfully convicted criminal who gets a chance to win his freedom by competing on a deadly game show (hosted by Richard Dawson!). Highlight moment: a spike punches through the back of a man's head and out the front of his face, in full close-up.

"Total Recall": Douglas Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is dissatisfied with his life on Earth. He wants action. He wants adventure. He wants... Mars! So he visits Recall, a company capable of implanting fake memories into a person's brain, for virtual vacations. Only things go wrong for poor Quaid, who it turns out is actually Douglas Hauser, a sleeper agent for a tyrannical despot on Mars.

"Twins": In "Twins," Arnold's physically and mentally perfect Julius Benedict spends his life on a remote island until he learns that he has a twin brother out there in the world. A fraternal twin apparently, since Danny DeVito is Schwarzenegger's polar opposite, physically speaking. He also plays a scheming, conniving huckster, though he ends up learning some important lessons from his goody-two-shoes brother.

"True Lies": James Cameron's action/comedy has Schwarzenegger living a double-life as a loving husband and covert CIA agent. Worlds collide when his wife (Jamie Lee Curtis) is inadvertently drawn into a terrorist plot. This is a movie that is far better than it deserves to be, and the world is a better place for it.

"Jingle All the Way": This Christmas movie ranks right up there with "Scrooged" and "A Christmas Story." Arnie plays a well-meaning but absentee dad who promises and then forgets to buy his son the hottest toy of the Christmas season, a fancy new action figure. With the holiday looming, dear old dad sets out to find the toy... but he is constantly deterred by a lunatic postal worker (Sinbad) on a similar quest. This is a seriously funny movie... don't let the Schwarzenegger/Sinbad pairing deter you.

You've Been Warned

"Junior": Arnold plays a scientist who makes himself pregnant. 'Nuff said.

"Batman & Robin": This is the "Batman" movie with George Clooney, a nipple-bearing Batsuit and Arnold spewing some of the most poorly delivered one-liners of his career. It is literally the camp of the Adam West/Burt Ward series reanimated, but the results are more tragic than entertaining.

"Eraser": Would that we could erase this travesty from our collective thought processes. I can't even remember the plot. Oh, cool! Mission accomplished!