His mother is choreographer Patsy Swayze, owner of a dance school in Houston, where Patrick was also a student.
His father was Jesse Wayne Swayze, who passed away in 1982.
He graduated from Waltrip High School in Houston, Texas and attended San Jacinto College.
He married actress/dancer Lisa Niemi on June 12, 1975, whom he had known when she was 15 and a student at his mother's dance school.
His New York City dance training included the Harkness Ballet School and Joffrey Ballet School. He first danced professionally as "Prince Charming" in "Disney on Parade". After a stint as "Danny Zuko" in the original Broadway production of "Grease", he made his film debut as "Ace" in Skatetown, U.S.A. (1979).
Eight years later, after...>