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Patrick Swayze

Patrick Swayze

Birthday: 1952-08-18 | Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, USA

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 Beast, which premiered on January 15, 2009. Due to a prolonged decline in health, Swayze was unable to promote the series. On June 15, 2009, Entertainment Tonight announced the show's cancellation. Description above from the Wikipedia article Patrick Swayze, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2009
The Beast

as    Charles Barker

2009
Powder Blue

as    Velvet Larry

2008
Jump

as    Richard Pressburger

2007
Found Footage Festival Volume 2: Live in Minneapolis

as    Himself (Archive footage)

2007
Christmas in Wonderland

as    Wayne Saunders

2006
The Fox and the Hound 2

as    Cash (voice)

2005
Icon

as    Jason Monk

2005
Frederick Forsyth's Icon

as    Jason Monk

2005
Keeping Mum

as    Lance

2004
King Solomon's Mines

as    Allan Quatermain

2004
George and the Dragon

as    Garth

2003
11:14

as    Frank

2003
One Last Dance

as    Travis MacPhearson

2002
Waking Up in Reno

as    Roy Kirkendall

2001
Green Dragon

as    Gunnery Sergeant Jim Lance

2000
Forever Lulu

as    Ben Clifton

1999
Letters from a Killer

as    Race Darnell

1998
Black Dog

as    Jack Crews

1995
Three Wishes

as    Jack McCloud

1995
Tall Tale

as    Pecos Bill

1993
Father Hood

as    Jack Charles

1992
City of Joy

as    Max Lowe

1991
Point Break

as    Bodhi

1990
Ghost

as    Sam Wheat

1989
Road House

as    James Dalton

1989
Next of Kin

as    Truman Gates

1987
Dirty Dancing

as    Johnny Castle

1987
Steel Dawn

as    Nomad