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Patrick Swayze

Patrick Wayne Swayze was an American actor, dancer, and singer known for playing distinctive lead roles, particularly romantic, tough, and comedic characters. People magazine named Swayze the "Sexiest Man Alive" in 1991.

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Filmography

11:14

2003
as Frank

Abby Singer

2003
as Himself

Black Dog

1998
as Jack Crews

Christmas in Wonderland

2007
as Wayne Saunders

City of Joy

1992
as Max Lowe

Dirty Dancing

1987
as Johnny Castle

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

2004
as Dance Class Instructor

Donnie Darko

2001
as Jim Cunningham

Father Hood

1993
as Jack Charles

Forever Lulu

2000
as Ben Clifton

Found Footage Festival Volume 2: Live in Minneapolis

2007
as Himself (Archive footage)

George and the Dragon

2004
as Garth

Ghost

1990
as Sam Wheat

Grandview, U.S.A.

1984
as Ernie 'Slam' Webster

Green Dragon

2001
as Gunnery Sergeant Jim Lance

Icon

2005
as Jason Monk

Jump!

2008
as Richard Pressburger

Keeping Mum

2005
as Lance

King Solomon's Mines

2004
as Allan Quatermain

Letters from a Killer

1998
as Race Darnell

Next of Kin

1989
as Truman Gates

North and South

1985
as Orry Main

One Last Dance

2003
as Travis MacPhearson

Overnight

2003

Pigs vs. Freaks

1982
as Doug Zimmer

Point Break

1991
as Bodhi

Powder Blue

2009
as Velvet Larry

Red Dawn

1984
as Jed

Renegades

1983

Return of the Rebels

1981
as K.C.

Road House

1989
as James Dalton

Skatetown, U.S.A.

1979
as Ace Johnson

Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'

2005
as Patrick Swayze

Steel Dawn

1987
as Nomad

Swayze Dancing

1988
as Patrick Swayze

Tall Tale

1995
as Pecos Bill

The Beast

2009
as Charles Barker

The Comeback Kid

1980
as Chuck

The Fabulous Allan Carr

2017
as Patrick Swayze

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

1995

The Fox and the Hound 2

2006
as Cash (voice)

The Outsiders

1983
as Darrel 'Darry' Curtis

The Renegades

1982
as Bandit

The Renegades

1983
as Bandit

Three Wishes

1995
as Jack McCloud

Tiger Warsaw

1988
as Chuck 'Tiger' Warsaw

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

1995
as Vida Boheme

Uncommon Valor

1983
as Kevin Scott

Waking Up in Reno

2002
as Roy Kirkendall

Youngblood

1986
as Derek Sutton

Producer

Movie One Last Dance 2003

Guest Star

Episode On Air With Ryan Seacrest
2/26/04 		2004
Episode M*A*S*H
Blood Brothers 		1981
Episode Hey Hey! It's Saturday
Episode 24 		1998
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Garry Shandling, Patrick Swayze 		1989
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Patrick Swayze, Randy Quaid, Jeff Foxworthy, Reba McEntire 		1990
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Tracey Ullman, Patrick Swayze, Bill Alexander, Sheila E 		1987
Episode Amazing Stories (1985)
Life on Death Row 		1986
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Patrick Swayze, Oleta Adams 		1990
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Patrick Swayze, Rodney Crowell 		1989
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Patrick Swayze, Steve Lawrence, David Horowitz 		1992
Episode Saturday Night Live
Patrick Swayze/Mariah Carey 		1990
Episode RiffTrax
Road House 		2006
Episode Whoopi
The Last Dance 		2004
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show 17th Anniversary Special 		1987