The 'nepobaby' of Hollywood royalty triumphs in 'The White Lotus' with a full-frontal nude scene

BarcelonaOne of the series that best portrays the stupidity and superficiality of the rich is The White Lotus, which is currently airing its third season on Max. One of the actors in this third installment knows very well what it means to grow up in a wealthy environment, as he could be considered one of the nepobabies of unofficial Hollywood royalty. This is Patrick Schwarzenegger, son of actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and journalist Maria Shriver, a member of the Kennedy dynasty. Playing the carallot of Saxon, a daddy's boy full of toxic masculinity, the actor has fulfilled one of his professional dreams: to be part of a season of The White Lotus, as he himself confessed in The Hollywood Reporter.

As a good nepobaby A Hollywood star, Schwarzenegger was educated at private schools—he attended Brentwood School, an institution with a long list of famous alumni—and earned a degree in business administration and cinematographic arts from the University of Southern California, where he also served as a member of a fraternity. The environments he frequented during his training have helped him prepare for the role of Saxon, because he says that over the years he has been able to meet men who fit the profile of the "financial idiot" of his character. For his role, Schwarzenegger has literally stripped down: in the first episode of the season, he has a full-frontal nude scene that has been commented on by both the American media and his famous father. The actor Terminator He joked that his son is simply following the family tradition, because he himself became famous for a nude photo that was published in the magazine. Spy in 1970.

Patrick Schwarzenegger began acting relatively young. At the age of 10, he already had a small role, and in the following years, he continued adding roles to his acting resume. When he was in high school, his father, seeing his interest in acting, recommended that he take classes with a private tutor, Nancy Banks, who has trained actors such as Margot Robbie. Before The White Lotus, the most important series in which I had participated is The staircase, where he played the son of Colin Firth and Toni Colette. The actor has combined film and television with the world of fashion and has done campaigns for the denim brand Hudson Jeans.

Schwarzenegger also has an entrepreneurial side. In 2009, at the age of 16, he founded Project 360, a clothing brand that seeks to promote responsible consumption. He is also a partner in Blaze Pizza, a pizza chain based in Atlanta.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver were married for 35 years and have four children, the third of whom is Patrick. The couple's other famous daughter is their eldest, Katherine Schwarzenegger, who has been married to actor Chris Pratt since 2019.

Who is Patrick Schwarzenegger's partner?

The actor has been in a relationship with model Abby Champion for ten years, to whom he got engaged in 2023, as they announced on social media. Schwarzenegger's romantic resume includes a brief relationship with another Hollywood celebrity, singer Miley Cyrus. It was a fleeting infatuation and they were only together for five months.

Like his father, Patrick Schwarzenegger has dual nationality—American and Austrian—and speaks some German. He also says he regularly travels to Austria, his father's country of birth, and to Ireland, where his mother's family, the niece of President John F. Kennedy, comes from.