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Patrick Swayze

Patrick Swayze
At the age of 57, Patrick Swayze died on 14th September 2009 after battling with pancreatic cancer for nearly two years. A representative for the actor said he "passed away peacefully with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months."

Swayze was born on 18th August 1952 in Houston, Texas. In 1972 he moved to New York to take part in formal dance training. After bit parts including M*A*S*H and a Broadway production of Grease, Swayze’s breakthrough role came in 1987 in the legendary film Dirty Dancing. The role of Johnny Castle gave him the chance to show off his dancing skills, as well as steal the hearts of women everywhere. Dirty Dancing was a low-budget success story – and was the first film to sell one million copies on VHS – that propelled Swayze to stardom status, earning him a Golden Globe nomination. As well as acting and dancing Swayze also lent his vocals to the soundtrack, singing "She's Like the Wind," one of the many Iconic songs featured in the film.

His next big success was in 1990, when he appeared with Demi Moore and Whoopie Goldberg in the Oscar winning Ghost. The film was a financial success and supplied one of the most Iconic scenes in cinema; when Swayze and Moore get muddy making pottery. Following that, in 1991 he co-starred with Keanu Reeves in Kathryn Bigelow’s action adventure, Point Break. More recently Swayze had smaller roles in Donnie Darko and Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights.

Swayze leaves behind his wife of 32 years, Lisa Niemi. The couple met as teenagers and had one of the strongest marriages in Hollywood.



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Patrick Swayze - news / articles


  • Swayze tragedy hit Dirty Dancing co-star hard - 19 November 2009
    -Actress Jennifer Grey is still struggling with the death of Dirty Dancing co-star Patrick Swayze because she has only recently realised just how strong her feelings were for the actor/dancer.- -Grey and Swayze became iconic onscreen lovers in the hit 1987 film and, des


  • Swayze's widow to talk to Oprah - 28 October 2009
    -Patrick Swayze's widow Lisa Niemi is to give her first indepth interview since the death of the actor to Oprah Winfrey.- -The dancer will appear on Friday's (30Oct09) Oprah in America for a one-to-one about her late husband, who lost his battle with cancer in September


  • Swayze's frustration with Grey - 25 September 2009
    -Patrick Swayze was left seething on the set of Dirty Dancing - because Jennifer Grey kept ruining their scenes by bursting into bouts of laughter. - -The pair played star-crossed lovers in the hit 1987 romantic movie, but Swayze admitted Grey could sometimes be difficu

Patrick Swayze - what members say


  • Red Dawn
  • Red Dawn review by from Scotland
    Rated - 4 stars Ridiculous story yet great entertainment! 25 January 2005
    ...ing Soviet army parachuting onto US soil and a bunch of high school kids led by Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen organising the resistance.... Who do you think is gonna win t...  
  • Dirty Dancing
  • Dirty Dancing review by A customer from Kent, England
    Rated - 5 stars Wonderful 4 November 2004
    ...ntastic!!! A magically heart warming, love story with a fabulous soundtrack and Patrick Swayze's dance moves to boot! At the same time touching on a number of emotive issues ...  
  • Road House
  • Road House review by A customer from Milton Keynes
    Rated - 4 stars Classic 80-90's film 24 March 2004
    ...Classic Patrick Swayze kicks but in the cheesy 80/90's beet them up, cheesy one liners with usual storyline of small town under control by small town villain Swayze comes ...  

Patrick Swayze - filmography


  • Powder Blue (2009)
    Starring: Jessica Biel,  Jeffery A. Baker,  Eddie Redmayne
    Director: Timothy Linh Bui
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    On the gritty streets of LA, the destinies of four people desperate for connection and redemption are about to collide. Jessica Biel, Ray Liotta, Forest Whitaker and Eddie Redmayne lead a top-notch cast in this powerful thriller about an overwhelmed erotic dancer, a grieving husband who has lost ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 25 members
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  • Christmas In Wonderland (2007)
    Starring: Matthew Knight,  Preston Lacy,  Matthew Walker
    Director: James Orr
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    It's turning out to be a pretty rotten Christmas for the Saunders family. Having just moved to a new city from Los Angeles, they have no friends, no money and, with the exception of the bright-eyed Mary, no Christmas spirit. To make matters worse, their mother is stuck in L.A., stranded by airline ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 1 member
    Due for release on 23rd November 2009
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  • Jump on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Ben Silverstone,  Patrick Swayze,  Martine McCutcheon
    Director: Joshua Sinclair
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Photographer Philippe Halsman became one of the most sought-after celebrity portrait artists of his generation, creating memorable images of famous personalities often jumping in midair for LIFE magazine. Before coming to the U.S., however, Halsman suffered a terrible fate. Set in 1928 Austria "..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 636 members
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  • King Solomon's Mines on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Patrick Swayze,  Alison Doody
    Director: Steve Boyum
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Renowned safari hunter Allan Quatermain (Patrick Swayze – Dirty Dancing, Road House) has given up the life of an adventurer, vowing to leave the natural splendour of Africa to its own people and its destruction to others. But his acceptance of a handsome offer from beautiful Elizabeth Maitland (..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 157 members
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  • 11:14 on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Barbara Hershey,  Patrick Swayze,  Hilary Swank
    Director: Greg Marcks
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    At 11:14 PM on one fatal evening, previously unconnected lives connect for the first time, with fatal consequences for some. This is the premise behind director Greg Marcks's inventive drama, 11:14, which draws on an impressive cast that includes Hilary Swank (BOYS DON'T CRY), Patrick Swayze (..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 14,961 members
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  • Donnie Darko - BLU-RAY Version (2001)
    Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal,  Drew Barrymore,  Noah Wyle
    Director: Richard Kelly
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Writer-director Richard Kelly's bold debut film is a social satire, a dark comedy, a science fiction time-travelling fantasy, and a suburban nightmare about an extremely intelligent, depressive, self-destructive, narcoleptic, gun-toting, sex-crazed, teenaged arsonist: Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal)...read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 78% from 509 members
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  • City of Joy (1992)
    Starring: Patrick Swayze,  Om Puri
    Director: Roland Joffé
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Swayze stars as Max Lowe, a disillusioned surgeon who travels to India after a young patient dies on the operating table. But Lowe's determination to quit medicine is challenged when he meets a committed British nurse who runs a free clinic in Calcutta's most dangerous neighborhood. And when her ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 59 members
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  • Point Break (1991)
    Starring: Patrick Swayze,  Keanu Reeves,  Gary Busey
    Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    POINT BREAK is a high-velocity thrill ride in which clean-cut FBI agent Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) goes head to head with surfer renegade Bodhi (Patrick Swayze). Rookie Utah is assigned to go undercover to investigate a string of 28 bank robberies by a gang called the Ex-Presidents. With very ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 9,751 members
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  • Ghost on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Patrick Swayze,  Demi Moore,  Whoopi Goldberg
    Director: Jerry Zucker
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    After renovating their expensive loft in the TriBeCa section of Manhattan, Molly and Sam, a young successful yuppie couple, are walking home one evening when Sam is tragically gunned down by a street mugger. Molly goes into a deep depression, but, unknown to her, Sam has come back as a ghost in ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 23,552 members
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  • Road House on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Patrick Swayze,  Ben Gazzara,  Sam Elliott
    Director: Rowdy Herrington
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Dalton is the best bouncer in the business. He is hired to help clean up a rowdy Missouri roadhouse by the name of 'Double Deuce'. This is a job he can handle with ease, or so he thinks. The 'Double Deuce' has other problems in the shape of the town's kingpin who will kill anyone who gets in his way...
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 4,367 members
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  • Dirty Dancing - BLU-RAY Version (1987)
    Starring: Patrick Swayze,  Jennifer Grey,  Cynthia Rhodes
    Director: Emile Ardolino
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Headstrong 17-year-old Baby Houseman hardly expects her family's usual summer vacation in the Catskills to be momentous. But then Baby spies Johnny Castle, the resort's dance instructor from the wrong side of the tracks. Johnny's facing a crisis: his dance partner and friend Penny is pregnant and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 901 members
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  • Dirty Dancing on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Patrick Swayze,  Jennifer Grey,  Cynthia Rhodes
    Director: Emile Ardolino
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Headstrong 17-year-old Baby Houseman hardly expects her family's usual summer vacation in the Catskills to be momentous. But then Baby spies Johnny Castle, the resort's dance instructor from the wrong side of the tracks. Johnny's facing a crisis: his dance partner and friend Penny is pregnant and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 24,001 members
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  • Youngblood on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Rob Lowe,  Patrick Swayze,  Cynthia Gibb
    Director: Peter Markle
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Dean Youngblood (Rob Lowe), a sensitive young farm boy, leaves behind a humdrum life on his father's farm to fulfill his dream, and that of his blind brother, of becoming a star of the skates and stick in the ice hockey team. As he gets the stuffing kicked out of him in the first games and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,162 member
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  • Uncommon Valour on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Gene Hackman,  Fred Ward,  Randall Cobb
    Director: Ted Kotcheff
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    With the financial backing of a wealthy Texan, Colonel Jason Rhodes (Gene Hackman) prepares to carry out a dangerous mission to find his son who is listed as "missing in action" in Vietnam. Five of his son's Marine buddies accompany him. The film also stars Robert Stack, Patrick Swayze, Fred Ward ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 477 members
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Patrick Swayze - watch online


  • Jump! to Watch Now (2007)
    Starring: Ben Silverstone,  Patrick Swayze,  Martine McCutcheon
    Director: Joshua Sinclair
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC (TBC)
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    Run time: 106 minutes
    Photographer Philippe Halsman became one of the most sought-after celebrity portrait artists of his generation, creating memorable images of famous personalities often jumping in midair for LIFE magazine. Before coming to the U.S., however, Halsman suffered a terrible fate. Set in 1928 Austria JUMP ..read more »
    Rate this: 0.5 stars out of 5 10% from 1 member
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  • 11:14 to Watch Now (2003)
    Starring: Rachael Leigh Cook,  Barbara Hershey,  Patrick Swayze
    Director: Greg Marcks
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 86 minutes
    At 11:14 PM on one fatal evening, previously unconnected lives connect for the first time, with fatal consequences for some. This is the premise behind director Greg Marcks's inventive drama, 11:14, which draws on an impressive cast that includes Hilary Swank (BOYS DON'T CRY), Patrick Swayze (..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 7 members
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  • Dirty Dancing to Watch Now (1987)
    Starring: Patrick Swayze,  Jennifer Grey,  Jerry Orbach
    Director: Emile Ardolino
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 96 minutes
    In the summer of 1963, innocent 17-year-old Baby vacations with her parents at a Catskill's resort. One evening she is drawn to the staff quarters by stirring music. There she meets Johnny, the hotel dance instructor, who is as experienced as Baby is naive. Baby soon becomes Johnny's pupil in dance ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 78% from 345 members
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Patrick Swayze facts

5 most recent films

Powder Blue - 3.0 stars
The Beast - Season 1 - 3.5 stars
Christmas In Wonderland - 3.0 stars
Jump - 3.0 stars
Icon - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Donnie Darko - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
North And South - Season 2 - 4.0 stars
North And South - Season 1 - 3.5 stars
Dirty Dancing - 3.5 stars
Dirty Dancing - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Green Dragon - 2.0 stars
One Last Dance - 2.5 stars
Three Wishes - 3.0 stars
Christmas In Wonderland - 3.0 stars
Powder Blue - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Rick Aviles - 5 times - show films
Cynthia Rhodes - 5 times - show films
Gail Boggs - 5 times - show films
Jennifer Grey - 5 times - show films
Armelia McQueen - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Michael Dinner - 5 times - show films
Emile Ardolino - 5 times - show films
Jerry Zucker - 5 times - show films
Tom Verica - 4 times - show films
Joshua Sinclair - 2 times - show films


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