- Teamed with his wife (and fellow dancer) Lisa Niemi to produce a feature film based on the award-winning play, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, they created in the mid-1980s. (March 16, 2004)
- Offered to appear in the new DIRTY DANCING sequel for free, if movie studios Miramax let him make a series of new musical movies for them. (January 9, 2004)
- Joins the national company of Chicago next month as that slick, song-and-dance lawyer, Billy Flynn. (November 21, 2003)
- Swayze has joined Ja Rule for his latest video, Reign that parallels many of the real-life events that have dogged Murder Inc. Records in the past few months specifically, an ongoing federal investigation into possible money laundering -- Swayze plays the role of Detective Fitzgerald, an overzealous police officer who is investigating Ja Rule, Irv Gotti, and Murder Inc. (March 26, 2003)
- Swayze has never done comedy, but that didn't stop him from joining an all-star cast in WAKING UP IN RENO, which lands in theaters Friday. (October 26, 2002)
- He sang She's Like the Wind himself in DIRTY DANCING (1987)
- Concerning his role in POINT BREAK, he is an accomplished skydiver and actually took part in the big skydiving scene.
- During filming of LETTERS FROM A KILLER (1998) on 9 May 1997, he broke both legs and tore four tendons in his shoulder when his horse threw him into a tree. He said he grabbed the horse's mane and flipped himself around so that he wouldn't hit the tree with his head.
- In THE PLAYER (1992), scenes with him showing off karate moves were filmed but cut.
- One of the places that Utah follows Bodhi in POINT BREAK (1991) to is Patrick's Roadhouse. Bodhi is played by Swayze, and he previously starred in ROAD HOUSE (1989).
- His wife and mother (Lisa Niemi and Patsy Swayze) choreographed the dance sequences in URBAN COWBOY (1980).
- Has a slight limp from his athletic days. He has broken all of his fingers and his left knee has been shattered five times.
- Was nominated Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical in 1988 for DIRTY DANCING and in 1991 for GHOST.
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical at Golden Globe Awards for TO WONG FOO, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING! JULIE NEWMAR (1996)
- Nominated for Most Desirable Male at MTV Movie Awards for POINT BREAK (1992)
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical at Golden Globe Awards for GHOST (1991)
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical at Golden Globe Awards for DIRTY DANCING (1988)
Quotes- Good looking people turn me off. Myself included.
- "If you live through the initial stage of fame and get past it, and remember that's not who you are.....if you live past that, then you have a hope of maybe learning how to spell the word artist."
- Explaining why he went 'off the rails' when DIRTY DANCING fame took off: "The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want."
- Talking about his alcoholism after the initial fame of his part in DIRTY DANCING: "I would be dead if it weren't for Lisa [his wife], on many more levels than drinking. I have a wild-man edge. If my life looks good, I sabotage it. With Lisa, I don't even get a chance to go too far into stupidity."
Awards- ShoWest Convention: ShoWest Award - Male Star of the Year (1992)
- BMI Film & TV Awards: Most Performed Song from a Film, DIRTY DANCING (1989)
- Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden: Best Foreign TV Personality - Male (1988)
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