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Patrick Swayze

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Patrick Swayze

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American actor, producer, singer and dancer (1952–2009)

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Patrick Swayze was an American television actor, film actor, and singer-songwriter. Born in Houston, Texas, in 1952, he began his professional work period in 1979 and continued until his death in 2009. He was educated at Coastal Carolina University and the Beverly Hills Playhouse. Swayze worked in New York City and was married to Lisa Niemi. He was a member of the Catholic Church and spoke English.

As a musician, Swayze performed in the pop and pop rock genres, using his voice as his primary instrument. His musical output included the work "The time of my life." He was recognized in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection. Swayze died in Los Angeles in 2009 from pancreatic cancer, which was the cause of his natural death.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1952-08-18
Works
1

Top works

  • The time of my life

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Film & TV

Acting · Houston, Texas, USA

Patrick Wayne Swayze (August 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009) was an American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter. Known for his romantic, tough, and comedic roles in blockbusters and cult films, Swayze was nominated for three Golden Globes and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1997. Swayze received recognition for acting in the drama film The Outsiders (1983), the action film Red…

Known for

  • Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé — Self (archive footage)2022
  • I Am Patrick Swayze — Self (archive footage)2019
  • The Movies That Made Us — Self (archive footage)2019
  • The Fabulous Allan Carr — Self (archive)2017
  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen — (archive footage)2012
  • I Am — Self2012
  • Powder Blue — Velvet Larry2009
  • The Beast — Charles Barker2009
  • Jump — Richard Pressburger2008
  • Christmas in Wonderland — Wayne Saunders2007

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1952
Active to
2009
poppop rock

Discography

DiscogsStream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
312,374
Total plays
1,844,295

Tags

80spopSoundtrackdirty dancingmale vocalists

Patrick Wayne Swayze (born August 18, 1952, died September 14, 2009) was an American dancer, actor, singer, and songwriter. He became well known during the 80s after starring in the box office success 'Dirty Dancing' and singing in its related soundtrack, which was a #1 album that the RIAA certified as multi-platinum. He also acted in several other Hollywood films and had various TV-related roles until his death from pancreatic cancer, and he's cherished by his fans as an iconic celebrity of the

via Last.fm · Patrick Swayze

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews

    · 2021 · cited 84,720x

  2. The ERA5 global reanalysis

    · 2020 · cited 24,148x

  3. Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2

    · 2019 · cited 20,854x

  4. Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities

    · 2009 · cited 18,972x

  5. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

    · 2001 · cited 18,612x

via Crossref · CC0

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Encyclopedic overview

Patrick Wayne Swayze (/ˈsweɪzi/ SWAY-zee; August 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009) was an American actor, singer-songwriter and dancer. Known for his romantic, tough, and comedic roles in blockbusters and cult films, Swayze was nominated for three Golden Globes and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1997.

Swayze received recognition for acting in the drama film The Outsiders (1983), the action film Red Dawn (1984), and the miniseries North and South (1985–1986). His breakthrough came with the romantic drama film Dirty Dancing (1987), receiving a Golden Globe nomination. He rose to further prominence in the action films Road House (1989) and Point Break (1991), and received two more Golden Globe nominations for his roles in the supernatural romance film Ghost (1990) and the road comedy film To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995). He also had a major role in the cult thriller Donnie Darko (2001).

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