Movies Gallery Patrick Swayze: His Life in Pictures By Mary Sollosi Mary Sollosi Mary is EW.com's assistant features editor. She writes about movies, books, fashion, and the Real Housewives. EW's editorial guidelines Published on August 18, 2016 01:16PM EDT Trending Videos Close this video player 01 of 34 Patrick Swayze Through the Years Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images; Ethan Miller/Getty Images Born on Aug. 18, 1952, Patrick Swayze would have celebrated his 64th birthday Thursday. The dancer-turned-actor, who starred in such beloved films as The Outsiders, Dirty Dancing, and Ghost, passed away on Sept. 14, 2009, at the age of 57. In honor of Swayze's birthday, see his life in pictures, ahead. 02 of 34 Patrick Swayze with Maureen McCormick, Greg Bradford, Katherine Kelly Lang, and April Allen in October 1979 Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images 03 of 34 Patrick Swayze on July 27, 1982 Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images 04 of 34 Patrick Swayze in The Renegades in 1982 ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images 05 of 34 Patrick Swayze with Lisa Niemi on February 26, 1983 Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage 06 of 34 Patrick Swayze in The Renegades on March 11, 1983 ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images 07 of 34 Patrick Swayze on July 9, 1984 Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage 08 of 34 Patrick Swayze in North and South in 1985 Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images 09 of 34 Patrick Swayze in 1985 Wally Fong/AP 10 of 34 Patrick Swayze in 1987 Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images 11 of 34 Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in Dirty Dancing in 1987 Matt Green/Getty Images 12 of 34 Patrick Swayze with Jennifer Grey on August 17, 1987 Jim Smeal/WireImage 13 of 34 Patrick Swayze with Jennifer Grey on April 11, 1988 Jim Smeal/WireImage 14 of 34 Patrick Swayze in Road House in 1988 United Artists/Getty Images 15 of 34 Patrick Swayze with Lisa Niemi on March 29, 1989 Kevin Mazur/WireImage 16 of 34 Patrick Swayze with Mariah Carey on October 26, 1990 Richard Drew/AP 17 of 34 Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore in Ghost in 1990 Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection 18 of 34 Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves in Point Break in 1991 Richard Foreman 19 of 34 Patrick Swayze with Lisa Niemi on October 17, 1991 Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage 20 of 34 Patrick Swayze with Jodie Foster and Al Pacino on January 23, 1993 Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage 21 of 34 Patrick Swayze with Jay Leno on July 20, 1995 Margaret Norton/NBCU Photo Bank 22 of 34 Patrick Swayze with Lisa Niemi on September 17, 1995 Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage 23 of 34 Patrick Swayze with Lisa Niemi on August 18, 1997 Steve Granitz/WireImage 24 of 34 Patrick Swayze on December 7, 2000 Steve Granitz/WireImage 25 of 34 Patrick Swayze with Tony Bui, Timothy Linh Bui, and Forest Whitaker on January 20, 2001 Randall Michelson/WireImage 26 of 34 Patrick Swayze with Whoopi Goldberg on April 18, 2002 Jim Spellman/WireImage 27 of 34 Patrick Swayze on January, 6, 2004 Ken Hively/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images 28 of 34 Patrick Swayze on January 8, 2004 Kevin Winter/Getty Images 29 of 34 Patrick Swayze on July 27, 2005 Ethan Miller/Getty Images 30 of 34 Patrick Swayze with Lisa Niemi on November 10, 2005 Denise Truscello/WireImage 31 of 34 Patrick Swayze with Lisa Niemi on January 12, 2006 Michael Tran/FilmMagic 32 of 34 Patrick Swayze with Samantha Janus and Norman Bowman on October 16, 2006 Dave Benett/Getty Images 33 of 34 Patrick Swayze with Lisa Niemi on February 17, 2007 Frazer Harrison/Getty Images 34 of 34 Patrick Swayze with Lisa Niemi on October 24, 2007 Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic