Patrick Swayze

Patrick Swayze

Actor (1952 - 2009)
19
Movies
75.1%
Avg ThumbScore
Thriller
Top Genre

Audiences rate Patrick Swayze’s films higher than 77% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking

Free to watch now (26 Oct): To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (Tubi) · Point Break (YouTube, Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Shout! TV, Plex, Xumo Play, Tubi, Kanopy, Fawesome) · Keeping Mum (YouTube, Tubi) · The Outsiders (YouTube) · Dirty Dancing (Pluto TV) · Red Dawn (Prime Video (free)) and 5 more.

Frequent Collaborators

Jennifer Grey (2)C. Thomas Howell (2)Cynthia Rhodes (1)Neal Jones (1)Jerry Orbach (1)
i How is this score calculated?

The ThumbScore for Patrick Swayze (75.1%) is the average audience approval rating across 19 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Patrick's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

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 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). Outside of acting, Swayze co-wrote and recorded the song "She's Like the Wind" with Stacy Widelitz for the Dirty Dancing soundtrack album, which peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100. He was also recognized for his public image and looks, and was named "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine in 1991. On September 14, 2009, Swayze died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 57. Description above from the Wikipedia article Patrick Swayze, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born 1952-08-18 in Houston, Texas, USA. Died 2009-09-14.

On ThumbScore, Patrick Swayze appears in 19 films with an average audience score of 75.1%, most frequently in the Thriller genre.

Sources: TMDB

Every Patrick Swayze movie, ranked by audience score

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995
👍 90%
Point Break
Point Break
1991
👍 88%
Keeping Mum
Keeping Mum
2005
👍 87%
The Outsiders
The Outsiders
1983
👍 86%
Dirty Dancing
Dirty Dancing
1987
👍 85%
Red Dawn
Red Dawn
1984
👍 83%
Road House
Road House
1989
👍 80%
Ghost
Ghost
1990
👍 75%
The Fox and the Hound 2
The Fox and the Hound 2
2006
👍 74%
Black Dog
Black Dog
1998
👍 72%
Uncommon Valor
Uncommon Valor
1983
👍 72%
Youngblood
Youngblood
1986
👍 71%
City of Joy
City of Joy
1992
👍 71%
George and the Dragon
George and the Dragon
2004
👍 70%
11:14
11:14
2004
👍 68%
Next of Kin
Next of Kin
1989
👍 68%
Powder Blue
Powder Blue
2009
👍 65%
Waking Up in Reno
Waking Up in Reno
2002
👍 61%
Steel Dawn
Steel Dawn
1987
👍 60%