Terminator (character)

Terminator
Terminator character
Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
First appearance	The Terminator (1984)
Last appearance	Terminator Zero (2024)
Created by	James Cameron Gale Anne Hurd
Portrayed by	Arnold Schwarzenegger[a]
Voiced by	Mark Moseley (The Redemption) Chris Cox (Mortal Kombat 11) Timothy Olyphant (Terminator Zero)[1]
Body doubles	Roland Kickinger (Salvation) Brett Azar (Genisys, Dark Fate)
In-universe information
Aliases	Uncle Bob (Terminator 2: Judgment Day, T2) Guardian, Pops (Terminator Genisys) Carl (Terminator: Dark Fate)
Species	Cyborg/Artificial intelligence (human tissue-grafted robotic endoskeleton)
Gender	Male human tissue exterior
Occupation	Assassin, infiltrator (The Terminator, Salvation, Genisys, and Dark Fate) Bodyguard (Judgment Day, Rise of the Machines, Genisys, and Dark Fate)
Manufacturer	Cyberdyne Systems
Machine designation	Model 101 (The Terminator, Judgment Day, Genisys, Dark Fate) T-101 / T-850 (Rise of the Machines) T-800 (Salvation, Genisys, Dark Fate)

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The Terminator, also known as a Cyberdyne Systems Model 101 or the T-800, is the name of several film characters from the Terminator franchise portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Terminator himself is part of a series of machines created by Skynet, an artificial intelligence, for infiltration-based surveillance and assassination missions. While an android for his appearance, he is usually described as a cyborg consisting of living tissue over a robotic endoskeleton.

The first appearance of the Terminator was as the eponymous main antagonist in The Terminator, a 1984 film directed and co-written by James Cameron. While the original Terminator was destroyed, other machines with the same appearance are featured in the sequels. In Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), Schwarzenegger's Terminator serves as the main protagonist, while in Terminator Genisys (2015) and Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), he serves as a supporting protagonist, and is pitted against other Terminators sent by Skynet and its successor Legion.

In Terminator Salvation (2009) and Dark Fate, the character also appears briefly as an antagonist. In the context of the stories, the plot device of having various robots looking the same provides a certain continuity for the human characters by exploiting their emotional familiarity with a particular "human" visage associated with each "model". The "Terminator" title is also used as a generic name for other human-simulating characters in the Terminator franchise, such as the liquid-metal T-1000 antagonist in Judgment Day.

The Terminator is Schwarzenegger's best-known role, and resulted in two catchphrases, "I'll be back" and "Hasta la vista, baby", used in the first and second film respectively.

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