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| Image:Rhghguh.jpg Swayze on the red carpet at the 1989 Academy Awards, March 29, 1989 |
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| Born | August 18, 1952 Houston, Texas, USA |
| Occupation | actor, dancer, singer and songwriter |
| Years active | 1978 - present |
| Spouse(s) | Lisa Niemi, 1975- present |
Patrick Wayne Swayze (born August 18, 1952) is an American dancer, actor, and songwriter. Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Dance (from French danser, perhaps from Frankish) is an Art form that generally refers to movement of the body usually rhythmic A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Patrick Wayne Swayze (born August 18, 1952) is a three- time Golden Globe nominated American Dancer, Actor, and Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Dance (from French danser, perhaps from Frankish) is an Art form that generally refers to movement of the body usually rhythmic An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both His best-known movie roles have been the romantic leads in the 1987 film Dirty Dancing, Point Break and the 1990 film Ghost. Dirty Dancing is a 1987 Romance film. Written by Eleanor Bergstein, the film features Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze Point Break is a 1991 Action film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and starring Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze and Gary Busey Ghost is a 1990 romantic Fantasy film starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Tony Goldwyn and Whoopi
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Swayze was born in Houston, Texas, the son of Patricia "Patsy" Yvonne Helen (née Karnes), a choreographer, dance instructor, and dancer, and Jesse Wayne Swayze, an engineering drafter. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. [1] According to his website, he is part Apache. His brother, Don Swayze, is also an actor. Donald Carl "Don" Swayze (born August 10, 1958) is an American Actor.
Until age 20, Swayze lived in the Oak Forest area, where he attended St Rose of Lima Catholic School, Oak Forest Elementary School, Black Middle School, and Waltrip High School. Oak Forest is a large residential community in northwest Houston, Texas. Stephen Pool Waltrip High School is a secondary school located at 1900 West 34th Street in Houston, Texas, United States, 77018. During this time, he also pursued multiple artistic and athletic skills such as ice skating, classical ballet, and acting in school plays. Ice skating is Traveling on Ice with skates, narrow (and sometimes parabolic) blade-like devices moulded into special Boots A study See also Ballet Classical Ballet is the most formal of the Ballet styles it adheres to traditional Ballet technique. He studied gymnastics at nearby San Jacinto College for two years, before leaving to tour with Disney on Ice in the lead role of Prince Charming. San Jacinto College is a Community college system in the Greater Houston area in the U Disney On Ice is a touring ice show produced by Feld Entertainment under agreement with The Walt Disney Company. Prince Charming is a Stock character who originates in a number of Fairy tales He is the Prince who comes to the rescue of the Damsel in distress
In 1972, he moved to New York City to complete his formal dance training at the Harkness Ballet and Joffrey Ballet Schools. The City of New York The Joffrey Ballet is a dance company founded in 1956 From 1995 to 2004 the company was known as The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago. Ballet is a formalized form of Dance with its origins in the French court further developed in France and Russia as a Concert dance
Swayze's first professional appearance was as a dancer for Disney on Parade. He starred as "Danny Zuccho" in the Broadway production of Grease before his debut film role as Ace in Skatetown, U.S.A. (1979). Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located This article is about the stage musical For the 1978 film of the same name see Grease (film. Skatetown USA is a 1979 Feature film which capitalized on the popularity of Roller disco. He also appeared in the M*A*S*H episode "Blood Brothers" (Episode 9. M*A*S*H was a Medical drama / Black comedy produced by 20th Television Fox for CBS. 18, 6 April 1981. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 In the episope Swayze plays a soldier that finds out he has leukemia, thus he can not donate blood to his friend. Because they have the same blood type they considered each other blood brothers. Many of Swayze's first roles were in films such as The Outsiders (1983), Red Dawn (1984) and Youngblood (1986), but his first major success was in the 1985 television mini-series North and South, which was set during the American Civil War. The Outsiders is a Film adaptation of the novel of the same name by S Red Dawn is a 1984 war film by John Milius about a fictional invasion of the United States by the Soviet Union, Cuba and Youngblood is a 1986 American drama film starring Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Cynthia Gibb, Keanu Reeves North and South is an American television Miniseries set before during and immediately after the American Civil War. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South
His real breakthrough to stardom came with his performance as the dance instructor in the 1987 film Dirty Dancing, alongside his Red Dawn costar Jennifer Grey where his earlier ballet experience came to good use. Dirty Dancing is a 1987 Romance film. Written by Eleanor Bergstein, the film features Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze Jennifer Grey (born March 26, 1960) is a Golden Globe nominated American actress, best known for playing Frances "Baby" Dirty Dancing was originally a low-budget project that was intended to show in theaters for one weekend only and then go straight to video, but it became a surprise hit, and achieved massive international success. It was the first film to sell one million copies on video, and as of 2007 has earned over $US 300 million worldwide and spawned several alternate versions ranging from a television series to stage productions to a computer game. Swayze received a Golden Globe Award nomination for the role, and also sang one of the songs on the soundtrack, "She's Like the Wind", which he had originally co-written with Stacy Widelitz for the film Grandview, U.S.A.. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner " She's Like the Wind " was a 1987 hit pop/rock song performed by actor Patrick Swayze featuring Wendy Fraser. Grandview USA is a 1984 comedy / Drama film directed by Randal Kleiser. The song became a top-10 hit; it has been covered by other artists such as David Hasselhoff, and in 2006 was converted into a hip-hop version by Lumidee, who brought it to the top of the charts in Germany. David Michael Hasselhoff (born July 17, 1952) is an American Actor and Singer, who is best known for his lead roles on Knight Hip hop is a cultural movement which developed in New York City in the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latinos. Lumidee (born Lumiana DeRosa on August 24, 1984, in Spanish Harlem) is a female American R&B Singer-songwriter Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
After Dirty Dancing, Swayze found himself heavily typecast as beefcake and appeared in several flops, of which Road House (1989) was the most successful. Beefcake is a term denoting the use of nude or semi-nude male bodies Road House is a 1989 film directed by Rowdy Herrington and starring Patrick Swayze as the top bouncer at a seedy roadside bar His biggest hit came in 1990 when he starred in Ghost with Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg. Ghost is a 1990 romantic Fantasy film starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Tony Goldwyn and Whoopi Demi Moore (born Demetria Gene Guynes on November 11 1962 is an American Actress. Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson; November 13, 1955) is an American actress, comedienne, and television [2] This role had considerable cultural impact, and modern hip-hop lyrics routinely use the phrase "I'm Swayze" (meaning "I'm ghost," which is in turn slang for "I'm leaving") in reference to that film (for more info, see the "Cultural Impact" section of the movie "Ghost"). Ghost is a 1990 romantic Fantasy film starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Tony Goldwyn and Whoopi In 1991, he starred alongside "Youngblood" castmate Keanu Reeves in another major action hit, Point Break, and was also chosen by People magazine as that year's "Sexiest Man Alive". Keanu Charles Reeves (kiːˈɑːnuː born September 2, 1964) is a Canadian Actor. Point Break is a 1991 Action film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and starring Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze and Gary Busey People (full name People Weekly) is a weekly American Magazine of Celebrity and human interest stories, published
Swayze was seriously injured in 1996 while filming the HBO Letters from a Killer in the Ione area, when he fell from a horse and hit a tree. Letters from a Killer is a 1998 film about a man is falsely convicted of the murder of his wife Both of his legs were broken, and he suffered four detached tendons in his shoulder. Filming was suspended for two months, but the film finally aired in 1999. Swayze recovered from his injuries, but had trouble resuming his career until 2000, when he co-starred in Waking Up in Reno with Billy Bob Thornton and Charlize Theron, and in Forever Lulu with Melanie Griffith. Waking Up in Reno is a 2002 Comedy film directed by Jordan Brady, starring Natasha Richardson, Billy Bob Thornton, William Robert Thornton (born August 4 1955 Charlize Theron ( IPA: ʃɑrˈliːz θəˈrɒn born August 7 1975 is an Academy Award -winning South African -born American actress film producer Melanie Griffith (born August 9, 1957) is an Academy Award nominated Golden Globe winning American Film actress
In 2001 he appeared in Donnie Darko, where he played a psychologist who was secretly a paedophile, and in 2004 he played Allan Quatermain in King Solomon's Mines. Donnie Darko is a 2001 cult classic Psychological thriller Film written and directed by Richard Kelly, and starring King Solomon's Mines ( 1885) is a popular Novel by the Victorian adventure writer and Fabulist, Sir H He also had a cameo appearance in the Dirty Dancing sequel, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004), as an unnamed dance instructor. A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the Performing arts, such as Dirty Dancing Havana Nights is a 2004 musical and Romance film directed by Guy Ferland.
He made his London stage debut in the musical Guys and Dolls as Nathan Detroit on July 27, 2006 alongside Neil Jerzak, and remained in the role until November 25, 2006. Guys and Dolls is a musical, with the music and lyrics written by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, based on Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. His previous appearances on the Broadway stage had included productions of Goodtime Charley (1975), and Chicago (2003). Goodtime Charley is a musical with a book by Sidney Michaels, music by Larry Grossman, and lyrics by Hal Hackady. Chicago is a Kander and Ebb musical set in prohibition era Chicago.
Swayze's latest starring role was in the film Christmas in Wonderland (2007). Christmas in Wonderland is a 2007 Comedy film about three children who move with their father from Los Angeles to Edmonton Alberta In August of 2007 Swayze played an aging rock star in the upcoming film "Powder Blue" (slated for 2008 release), co-starring with his younger brother Don Swayze in their first film together. Swayze is currently working on an A&E pilot/FBI drama The Beast, filming in Chicago in summer 2008; he will play FBI Agent Charles Barker. A&E is a cable and Satellite television network with headquarters in Manhattan and offices in Stamford, Atlanta, A television pilot is a test episode of an intended Television series. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The Beast is scheduled to air in early 2009. [3]
Swayze has been married to Lisa Niemi since 1975. The couple first met in 1970 when Lisa, at age 14, was taking dance lessons from Swayze's mother. Niemi was born in Houston, Texas to her Finnish-American parents Edmond Melvin Haapaniemi and Edna Karin Hyttinen. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe.
As a reaction to his father's death by heart attack in 1982, Swayze began to drink heavily. Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply His sister Vicky passed away in 1994,[4] leading him to seek treatment for alcoholism. Alcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions After initial recovery, he temporarily withdrew from show business, retreating to his ranches in California and New Mexico to breed Arabian horses. The Arabian horse is a breed of Horse with a reputation for Intelligence, spirit and stamina His best-known horse was the late Tammen, a chestnut Arabian stallion.
Swayze made the news again on June 1, 2000, when flying with his dogs in his twin-engine Cessna from Van Nuys, California to Las Vegas, New Mexico. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The Cessna Aircraft Company is an airplane manufacturing corporation headquartered in Wichita, Kansas. Las Vegas is a city in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States. His plane developed a pressurization problem over northern Arizona, causing Swayze to make a precautionary landing on a dirt road in a housing complex in Prescott Valley. The State of Arizona ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. Prescott Valley is a town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. The plane's right wing struck a light pole that he hadn't seen from the air, but Swayze was unharmed. He locked up the cockpit, left it parked in the subdivision, and obtained a ride (with his dogs) from a passing vehicle, allegedly in order to telephone the authorities. According to the police report, witnesses said that Swayze appeared to be extremely intoxicated and asked for help to remove evidence (including an open bottle of wine and a 30-pack of beer) from the crash site. [5] He also made himself unavailable to police for several hours. It was later determined that the alcohol in question was not in the cabin but stored in external storage compartments inaccessible in flight and that the alleged "intoxication" was due to the effects of hypoxia during descent.
He has followed several spiritual traditions. Brought up a Roman Catholic, he has also studied Bahá'í, Buddhism, and Scientology. The Bahá'í Faith is a Religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in nineteenth-century Persia, emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices Scientology is a body of beliefs and related practices initially created by American Science fiction author L
Swayze was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in late January 2008 and has been undergoing chemotherapy and other treatments at the Stanford University Medical Center. Pancreatic cancer is a malignant tumor of the Pancreas. Each year about 37680 individuals in the United States are diagnosed with this condition and 34290 Chemotherapy, in its most general sense refers to treatment of disease by chemicals that kill cells specifically those of micro-organisms or Cancer. Stanford University Medical Center (Stanford Hospital & Clinics is one of four hospitals affiliated with Stanford University and Stanford [6][7] A March 5, 2008 Reuters article reports that Swayze "has a very limited amount of disease, and he appears to be responding well to treatment thus far. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common "[8] Swayze's doctor has confirmed the actor has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but insists he's not as close to death as reports suggest. Swayze has admitted to have smoked up to three packs of cigarettes per day, which can be a cause of pancreatic cancer. A cigarette ( French "small Cigar " from cigar + -ette) is a product consumed through Smoking and manufactured Swayze was reported to still be smoking, even after receiving chemotherapy. [9]
In early May, 2008 it was widely reported in a number of tabloids that Swayze had undergone surgery to remove part of his stomach after the spread of the cancer, and that he had rewritten his will, transferring his property to his wife. [10][11] In a statement made on May 28, Swayze said that he continues to respond well to treatment at Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto. Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in Palo Alto (ˌpæloʊˈæltoʊ from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high" i In late May, he was seen at a Los Angeles Lakers basketball game - his first public appearance since his diagnosis in 2008[12]
| Year | Movie | Role | Other notes |
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| 1983 | Uncommon Valor | Kevin Scott | |
| The Outsiders | Darrel "Darry" Curtis | ||
| 1984 | Red Dawn | Jed Eckert | |
| Grandview, U.S.A. | Ernie "Slam" Webster | ||
| 1986 | Youngblood | Derek Sutton | |
| 1987 | Dirty Dancing | Johnny Castle | |
| Steel Dawn | Nomad | Nominated for Golden Globe for Best Actor Comedy or Musical | |
| 1988 | Tiger Warsaw | Chuck "Tiger" Warsaw | |
| 1989 | Next of Kin | Truman Gates | Nominated for Razzie Award for Worst Actor |
| Road House | Dalton | Nominated for Razzie Award for Worst Actor | |
| 1990 | Ghost | Sam Wheat | Nominated for Golden Globe for Best Actor Comedy or Musical |
| 1991 | Point Break | Bodhi | |
| 1992 | City of Joy | Max Lowe | |
| 1993 | Father Hood | Jack Charles | |
| 1995 | Disney's Tall Tale | Pecos Bill | |
| Three Wishes | Jack McCloud | ||
| To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar | Vida Boheme | Nominated for Golden Globe for Best Actor Comedy or Musical | |
| 1998 | Letters from a Killer | Race Darnell | |
| Black Dog | Jack Crews | ||
| 2001 | Donnie Darko | Jim Cunningham | |
| Green Dragon | Gunnery Sergeant Jim Lance | ||
| 2002 | Waking Up in Reno | Roy Kirkendall | |
| 2003 | One Last Dance | Travis MacPhearson | Directed by his wife Lisa |
| 11:14 | Frank | ||
| 2004 | Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights | Dance class instructor | |
| Dragon Sword | Garth | ||
| King Solomon's Mines | Allan Quatermain | ||
| 2005 | Keeping Mum | Lance | |
| Icon | Jason Monk | ||
| 2006 | The Fox and the Hound 2 | Cash (voice) | |
| 2007 | Jump! | Richard Pressburger | |
| Christmas in Wonderland | Wayne Saunders | ||
| 2008 | Powder Blue | TBA | post-production |
| 2010 | Point Break 2 (rumored) | Bodhi | pre-production |
| Preceded by Tom Cruise |
People's Sexiest Man Alive 1991 |
Succeeded by Nick Nolte |