In 1991, People magazine named Patrick Swaiz the "Sexiest Man" of the Year.
Patrick Swayze (1952-2009) became popular in 1987 for his superb dancing skills in the film "Hot Dance" (1987), and in 1990, he made a contribution to the film's highest box office record in 1990 for the film with his exquisite and delicate acting skills.
To this end, the two magazines of Entertainment Weekly and People in the United States have elected him as the "sexiest male star" and "sexiest male" in 1991, praising him as "sexy and sensitive, rough and gentle", and is a standard "tender iron man".
Patrick Swazi in childhood
But the enterprising Patrick Swaites was not carried away by the achievements of the moment, and his motto was: "If you always expect luck to come, then you will wait for the rest of your life." "Talk less and do more, success will belong to you."
Patrick Sweets was born on August 18, 1952 in Houston, Texas. His father was an engineer with a cowboy flavor.
Her mother was a dance teacher who taught dance training classes in Houston and was the dance director for the film Urban Cowboy (1980).
In 1975, Patrick Swazi (left) and Chris Farley performed on the variety show Saturday Night Live
Patrick Swaites is the eldest of three brothers, and his parents have great expectations of him.
From an early age, he showed his talent for music, dance and acting, and at the age of one and a half he would swing to the beat of music, and when he grew up, he could imitate Tarzan pulling a rattan and swinging around.
His long-term "apprenticeship" in his mother's dance training class laid the foundation for his ballet skills.
Images of Patrick Swaites on a talk show
After studying, he continued to study ballet after class, while also learning vocal music and instruments such as guitar and flute. The influence of his family has made him aspire to become a brilliant actor, dancer and musician from an early age.
However, in the "land of manhood" in Texas, the quiet subjects of music and dance that Patrick Swazi studied were treated coldly by his classmates, some ridiculed him as "feminine", and some even beat him up.
In addition to sometimes using his fists, he also began to learn boys' gadgets: football, boxing, wrestling, bull throwing — and later his classmates didn't dare to make fun of him when they saw his excellent performance in sports. It seems that his ability to write and fight on the screen is inseparable from this experience.
After graduating from high school, Patrick Swaites accepted a scholarship to St. Jessica College in Houston to study dance, dropping out of school two years later for a tour of "Dreamland." On a year-long tour, he played the prince in Snow White.
Promotional photo for the film The Little Godfather (1983), from left: Emilio Estevez, Rob Law, C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Marchio, Patrick Swazi, Tom Cruise
In 1972, Patrick Swaiz came to New York alone, first joining the Jophire Ballet and then transferring to the Elliott Feld Ballet as principal dancer.
Unfortunately, just as he was showing off his dancing talents, during a flying car performance, his knee, which had been operated on after a kick injury in middle school, was seriously injured again.
This was a very heavy blow to him, because even if he recovered from his knee injury, he could only dance some modern dance, and he could no longer dance ballet. As a last resort, he turned to theater and, with his talent and hard work, soon carved out a world on Broadway.
Stills from the movie "The Long Drive Straight In" (1983), Patrick Swaitz
He has participated in performances in famous plays such as "West End Story" and "Charlie's Good Times", and in 1978 won the opportunity to play the male protagonist Danny Zhuco in "Grease".
But the ambitious Patrick Swaiz is not content to lie dormant on the New York stage for long. In 1979, he came to Hollywood empty-handed but confidently.
It didn't take long for him to take the exam and make his first on-screen appearance, playing a minor role in the film America's Skating Town (1979).
Stills from the movie "Adolescent Fever", Patrick Swaites (right) and Jamie Lee Curtis
But opportunities did not follow, and in order to make ends meet, Patrick Swaites had to learn to do carpentry and do interior decoration for others.
It wasn't until 1983 that Patrick Swaiz had another chance to play a lesser-noticed role in the famous director Francis Ford Coppola's Little Godfather, in which Tom Cruise also played a small role.
In the same year, he also participated in the filming of the war film "Long Drive Straight In" (1983) directed by Ted Kotcheff.
Stills from the movie The Sky Fox Invasion (1984), from left: Patrick Swazi, C. Thomas Howell, and Charlie Sheen
In 1984, Patrick Swaites and his friend C. Thomas Howell co-starred in Two Films: "Youth Fever" (1984) and "Sky Fox Invasion" (1984).
The former tells the love story of young construction workers; the latter depicts a group of young people struggling to resist during a hypothetical Soviet invasion, and although the two of them cooperate well in the performance, they fail to attract widespread attention.
Patrick Swaites' image in the TV series North and South (1985).
What really brought Patrick Swaites to prominence was his performance in 1985 in the American Civil War drama "North and South Troubles" (1985).
In this highly rated series, Patrick Sweez played Orie Main, an officer in the Confederacy.
This amorous soldier was for some reason unable to marry his lover, and after the girl was forced to marry a wicked man, he remained infatuated. After some hardships, a lover eventually became a family member.
Promotional photo for the film Bloody Boy (1986), Patrick Swazi (right) and Rob Law
Because Patrick Swaites was very successful in portraying this character with both rugged appearance and soft intestines, it was well received by a wide audience, especially female audiences. At that time, people predicted that his days of soaring were not far away!
Unsurprisingly, after Patrick Swaites successfully performed Bloody Boy (1986), a low-budget but high-profile film about playing hockey in 1986, a low-budget but high-grossing film, Hot Dance, took his acting career to a peak in 1987. Although the story of this film is not new, his performance is unique.
Images of Patrick Swaites and Jennifer Gray in the film Hot Body Dance (1987).
"Hot Body Dance" is a bright-paced youth music song and dance film, telling the story of a 17-year-old girl who learned the true meaning of life and love in the process of learning "hot dance" in the summer, reflecting the role of dance in the early days of American counterculture.
When Patrick Swazi played the male protagonist Johnny Castle in "Hot Body Dance", he injected an arrogant temperament and uninhibited personality into this character who looked like a villain and a down-and-out aristocrat, especially when he performed the "hot body dance" that fused the popular Mambo dance of the 1960s with the modern swing dance, and the body language of the dance was vividly exerted, exuding a charming heat.
At the same time, Patrick Swaites also composed and sang the film's interlude "She's Like the Wind" herself. The interlude, accompanied by a female chorus, is even more pleasant.
Due to his outstanding performance in the film, he was not only praised as "the sexiest male star", but also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the first time.
The small,600,000-dollar production sold an incredible $170 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of the year.
Image of Patrick Swaites in the MV of the film "Hot Dance" (1987).
Patrick Swaites also rose to fame with this film, quickly rising to the ranks of the world's red stars, making countless American girls crazy, and some fans even claimed to have watched the film more than a hundred times, and even Patrick Swaiz knew every inch of muscle flutter in it.
At the time, some commentators believed that this strong, muscular newcomer Patrick Sweez, who was excellent in dance and acting, was born after the "dance king" John Travolta starred in the movie "Grease" (1978).
Patrick Swaites did not stop under the fame, but continued to explore breakthroughs in acting.
In 1988, he played Hark Wachaud, a young man who was not tolerated by his family because he had injured his father by mistake, but always wanted to be forgiven.
In 1989, he played the loyal police officer Gates in "Blood In the Sea" (1989), and arrested the friends who had become the boss of the underworld. In these two films with more inner dramas, his performances are outstanding.
Stills from the movie Boxer Street (1989), Patrick Swazi
In 1989, Patrick Sweez also played a hotel bouncer in the action film Boxer Street (1989). He personally performed each fight scene, and the movements were vigorous and well received.
In 1990, just as Patrick Swaites had almost been stereotyped as an action-packed dancer and an accomplished action actor, Jerry Zucker's entertainment film Of Love, Suspense and Ghosts made a transformative breakthrough in his acting career.
Patrick Swaites' image in the film Ghost of Man (1990).
At that time, under the full efforts of Patrick Swaites, after 6 auditions, he was able to star in the film as he wished, and together with Demi Moore in the film, he performed a classic estranged love affair in film history. This tear-jerking film not only made the short-haired and beautiful Demi Moore popular, but also made Patrick Swaiz a global idol superstar, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the second time.
The film focuses on the murder of sam Whit, a bank clerk, on the streets of New York, but his ghost remains with his fiancée, Molly Jensen (Demi Moore).
Images of Patrick Swaites and Demi Moore in the film Man In Trouble (1990).
Later, he discovers that it was his friend who had murdered him, and that his black hand was reaching out to his fiancée. Unable to communicate, he resorted to psychic mediums (played by Ubi Goldberg) to convey the message, save his fiancée, and punish the murderer with the help of a psychic medium.
Patrick Swaites is a very emotional person, and in the face of this emotional drama, he adopts the method of mobilizing his deep feelings for his family to deal with it.
When Sam is shown having been killed and looking down at his body lying frozen on the ground, he remembers the scene of his final farewell in front of his father's coffin, and his grief is fully revealed.
Promotional photo for the movie "The Ghost is Gone" (1990), from left: Patrick Swazi, Ubi Goldberg, Demi Moore
He also injected his love for his wife into the play, saying, "The person you love has actually been hidden in some corner of your heart." So when you play this kind of emotional drama with others, all you need is to call out the one in your heart, and you can act quite expressively. ”
Sure enough, people can see in the film that the ghost played by Patrick Sweez is like a shadow in order to protect his fiancée, and when he can't communicate with his fiancée, his helplessness and regret are touching.
Especially at the end of the film, he reluctantly bids farewell to his fiancée, and his eyes reveal infinite love and pity, coupled with moving music and colorful backgrounds, which is even more tear-inducing.
What is less known is that Ubi Goldberg, who won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 63rd Academy Awards in 1991 for starring in the film, was recommended by Patrick Swazi to director Jerry Zacker, and Ubi Goldberg himself said that he would always have this "unfinished feeling" in his heart, "Without Patrick Sweets, my life trajectory would be completely different, I would not have my own Oscar, nor would I have all the achievements today."
Because this film depicts the unrelenting love to the death and highlights the moral theme of good and good repaying evil and evil consequences, it quite caters to the nostalgic mentality of American society at that time.
Patrick Swaites' amazing performances and psychic fun communicating the yin and yang worlds, made the film miraculously overwhelm some huge investments in 1990, beating the 20th Century Fox blockbuster "Die Hard 2" (1990) starring action superstar Bruce Willis, which won a box office success of $270 million; in addition, "The Ghost is Gone" also won two Oscars, namely Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress.
Image by Patrick Swaites in the film Breaking Point (1991).
In 1991, Patrick Sweez played a surfer suspected of bank robbery in The Breaking Point (1991) by Catherine Bigelow, a young female director known for her unique style and filming prowess, and the undercover FBI detective (Keanu Reeves) became acquainted with him.
When the friendship between the two reaches its peak, the detective discovers that he is the leader of the gang to be arrested.
Images of Patrick Swaites and Keanu Reeves in the film Breaking Point (1991).
Patrick Swaites was originally assigned to play the role of Keanu Reeves, but he gave up this relatively flattering role to play the more challenging gang leader.
The plot development and fighting action of the film are very impressive. Patrick Swaites wanted his performance in the film to be as memorable as Jack Nicholson's (1989) in Batman (1989), further broadening his acting space.
Patrick Swaites left his own handprint on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
At this time, Patrick Swaites' acting career began to decline without warning, and he was named a Golden Raspberry Award winner for two consecutive years, and then the films starring him also failed one after another, which was unceremoniously described as a box office poison.
At this point, Patrick Swaites was addicted to alcohol, and if it were not for the perseverance and companionship of his wife, Lisa Nimi, Patrick Swaites might have sunk in alcoholism.
Image by Patrick Swazi in the film The Females (1995).
At this time, The screenplay "The Females of the Crowd" (1995) directed by Biban Kidron was in front of him, and at that time he thought that he was not suitable for the film, and the agent suggested that he could consider it.
After all, Australia's "Desert Demon" (1994) pearl jade in front, in case the "drag queen" played by someone is criticized, then is it even more impossible to mix in Hollywood?
Finally, after reading the script, Lisa Nimi said very seriously to Patrick Swaiz: "Why don't you try it?" ”
In the movie, modeled after Desert Witch, Vida (Patrick Sweez) and Knoxma (Wesley Snipps) are two glamorous "drag queens" in New York, and they— or "them, more appropriately," have just won a shemales pageant for tickets to and from Hollywood.
The film's selling point is that the three male stars Patrick Sweez, Wesley Snipes and John Regizamo wear cheesy costumes to show off, which makes female fans welcome "Glamorous Females".
Unable to bear the long process of changing from a boy to a beautiful woman every morning, the three male actors burned all their costumes, wigs and cosmetics!
Patrick Swaites' acting skills in the film are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, arguably the most subversive performance of his acting career, and also made Patrick Swaites nominated for Best Actor at the 53rd Golden Globe Awards in 1996.
During the filming of The Magical Journey to Christmas (2007), Patrick Swaites was examined as having end-stage pancreatic cancer, and "fear and anger" made the otherwise optimistic him feel like he had walked into hell.
He did not want to face the public and the media, and even deliberately continued to smoke during his illness, the inhuman pain was alleviated by smoking medicinal marijuana, and his thin appearance was described by the media as "frightening".
Image of Patrick Swaites in an interview
In the days of fighting the disease, it was also Lisa Nimi's encouragement and companionship that gave him courage. He insisted on filming despite his increasingly emaciated body and the arduous treatment process.
In early 2009, when filming the TV series "The Beast", he even insisted on not taking the medicine, just for fear of affecting his screen effect, and the actors who had played with him praised his professionalism.
Patrick Swaites is a family-friendly man, and he and Lisa Nimi are still as loving as ever after more than 30 years of marriage, and have long been rumored to be a good story. Regrettably, he has not had children.
Patrick Swaites and wife Lisa Nimi
In 1971, when Patrick Swazi returned from a tour of Snow White at Dreamland, he happened to meet his own "Snow White" in his mother's dance training class.
Since then, the two have formed a life partner, sharing the same breath and suffering, and have maintained a glue-like intimate feeling. Sometimes, they live apart for their careers, and they have to talk for hours every time they make a long-distance call.
Patrick Swaiz regards Lisa Nimi as the pillar of his soul, and he has repeatedly and sincerely stated that "without the help of his beloved wife, he does not know where he has fallen today, and he can achieve what he has achieved now, and Lisa Nimi should be the first to do!" ”
This is the last photo of Patrick Swaiz appearing in public in May 2009
Indeed, Lisa Nimi had to make sacrifices herself in order to achieve her husband's career.
Usually, she rarely participates in performances except for taking care of housework and helping her husband review scripts.
It wasn't until 1990 that she had the opportunity to participate in the science fiction detective series The Armored Man (1990).
Images of Patrick Swaiz and Lisa Nimi in the film The Last Dance (2003).
She then wrote and directed The Last Dance (2003), which was led by Patrick Swazi.
On September 14, 2009, the 2,094th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame fell, and in just 57 years of life, Patrick Swaites gave us many classic screen images, until pancreatic cancer tortured him to the last moment, and he stopped breathing in the arms of his beloved wife, Lisa Nimi.
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