One of the most iconic American film actors of the 90s of the last century, Patrick Swayze has starred in more than forty films in his thirty years of his career. He is best known for his roles in the films "Dirty Dancing", "Ghost" and on "Crest of the Wave".
Dancing, music, sports - to achieve success in all these elements requires both talent and tremendous work. Perhaps, few people managed to achieve success by combining all three of these elements at once. But Patrick Swayze succeeded.
Since childhood, the artist was the first in everything - this is how his mother, a choreographer and business woman, raised him. Thanks to her, he also understood one truth from childhood: any failure can be turned into good luck if you use your brains and perseverance. When the aspiring artist of the Broadway musical "Grease" Patrick Swayze suffered the collapse of his entire creative career as a ballet dancer - due to an old sports injury on the kneecap - the world recognized the film actor Patrick Swayze. And it was in this hypostasis that he conquered millions of viewers: both with an outstanding dramatic talent and all the skills that he managed to master from childhood - from professional ballet to black belt in kung fu.
Cowboy with a tender heart
The first low-budget films "Outcasts" and "North and South" did not bring him wild popularity, but did bring him fame. What is important is fame in professional circles as a gifted and diverse young artist.
Therefore, it was logical for the producers of the film Dirty Dancing (1987) to give the role to a young, but already well-established artist, who was also a graduate of two famous American ballet schools.
After the release of this film - which has now become so iconic that even in the recent comedy thriller Red 2, the heroine of Helen Mirren advises the hero, played by Bruce Willis, to watch together Dirty Dancing to win over his girlfriend to him again - Patrick's career flew up sharply.
Romantic, strong, handsome and, most importantly, not a slobber, but a hard worker - this is the hero of the film played by Patrick Swayze. No wonder his co-star Jennifer Gray called him "a cowboy with a tender heart."
Therefore, it was after this film that classical ballroom dancing became a man's business too. Thanks to the one hundred percent masculinity of Patrick Swayze, both in the frame and in life, there was a change in viewers' perception and the negative attitude towards this art form on the part of the male population of our planet changed its vector from minus to plus.
After Dirty Dancing, there were several more roles that cemented the artist's reputation as a strong dramatic actor and sex symbol. These are such roles as: Nomad in "Dawn of Steel", Worsow in "Worsow, nicknamed" Tiger ", James Dalton in" The Roadside House "- by the way, for filming in this film the artist came in handy with his black belt in kung fu.
In 1990, a film was released on the screens of the world, which became the apotheosis of all romantic melodramas - "Ghost" with Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg in the lead roles. The role of a man in love, overcoming death to save his beloved, could be both iconic and killing for any other artist, but not for Patrick, who was building his career along an ascending line.
Artist of unlimited talent
Immediately after "Ghost" came the next film, where the artist starred in a completely opposite role - in the role of a reckless, fanatical surfer and bank robber - "On the Crest of a Wave" (1991). The hero played by Patrick Swayze is an adrenaline addict. The thrill of sports and relationships is the goal of his life. Life, which is needed only to catch its own - one and only wave.
After these films, the artist's career was stable, but, unfortunately, quite even, although he often played diametrically opposed characters. But the same luck that happened at the beginning of my career, alas, never happened again. Patrick created about 25 more roles, but none of them overshadowed Johnny Castle - the hero of "Dirty Dancing", Sam Wheat from "Ghost", and Bodie from "Riding the Wave".
Here is a sample list of films that Patrick Suezi starred in from 1992 to 2008: Pleasure City (1992), Desperate Dad (1993), Three Wishes (1995), Fables (1995), Wong Fu, with gratitude for everything! " (1995), "Black Dog" (1998), "Letters from a Killer" (1998), "Fellow Travelers" (2000), "Green Dragon" (2001), "Last Dance" (2003), "Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights "(2004)," Ring of the Dragon "(2004)," Mines of King Solomon "(2004)," A Million for Christmas "(2007)," Jump "(2008)," Oxide "(2009)," The Beast "(2009)).
The artist died in September 2009 from pancreatic cancer.
