Patrick Swayze

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-08-18 (57 years old)

Deathday

2009-09-14

Place of Birth

Houston, Texas, USA

Patrick Swayze

Biography

Patrick Wayne Swayze (August 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009)  was an American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter. He was best-known for his tough-guy roles, as romantic leading men in the hit films Dirty Dancing and Ghost and as Orry Main in the North and South television miniseries. He was named by People magazine as its "Sexiest Man Alive" in 1991. His film and TV career spanned 30 years. Diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer in January 2008, Swayze told Barbara Walters a year later that he was "kicking it".  However, he died from the disease on September 14, 2009.  His last role was the lead in an ill-fated A&E TV series, The Beas...

Acting

1987

Dirty Dancing

as Johnny Castle

2001

Donnie Darko

as Jim Cunningham

1983

The Outsiders

as Darrel Curtis

1990

Ghost

as Sam Wheat

1991

Point Break

as Bodhi/Mask president

1989

Road House

as James Dalton

1984

Red Dawn

as Jed

2002

Waking Up in Reno

as Roy Kirkendall

2008

Jump

as Richard Pressburger

2003

One Last Dance

as Travis MacPhearson

2003

11:14

as Frank

2006

1983

Uncommon Valor

as Kevin Scott

2005

Keeping Mum

as Lance

1987

Steel Dawn

as Nomad

1989

Next of Kin

as Truman Gates

2007

Christmas in Wonderland

as Wayne Saunders

2001

Green Dragon

as Gunnery Sergeant Jim Lance

2005

Icon

as Jason Monk

1998

Letters from a Killer

as Race Darnell

1986

Youngblood

as Derek Sutton

1993

Father Hood

as Jack Charles

1995

Three Wishes

as Jack McCloud

2009

Powder Blue

as Velvet Larry

1992

City of Joy

as Max Lowe

2000

Forever Lulu

as Ben Clifton

1998

Black Dog

as Jack Crews

1984

Grandview, U.S.A.

as Ernie 'Slam' Webster

2019

I Am Patrick Swayze

as Self (archive footage)

1988

Tiger Warsaw

as Chuck 'Tiger' Warsaw

1982

The Renegades

as Bandit

1980

2003

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley

as Adrian (archive footage) (uncredited)

1992

The Player

as Patrick Swayze (uncredited)

1995

Sinatra: 80 Years My Way

as Self - Presenter

2012

2024

How to Rob a Bank

as Bodhi (archive footage)

1995

Amazing Stories: The Movie IV

as (archive footage)

2004

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

as Dance Class Instructor

1988

Swayze Dancing

as Himself

2003

Overnight

as Self

1981

Return of the Rebels

as K.C. Barnes

1984

2003

Abby Singer

as Patrick Swayze (uncredited)

Production

1984

Grandview, U.S.A.

as Choreographer

2003

One Last Dance

as Producer

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