1980 he starred in a  biopic  of the 1950s actress  Jayne Mansfield  as Mansfield's husband,  Mickey Hargitay . Schwarzenegger's breakthrough film was the  sword-and-sorcery  epic  Conan the Barbarian  in 1982, which was a box-office hit. [ 11 ]  This was followed by a sequel,  Conan the Destroyer  in 1984, although its box-office performance