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Donald Carl Swayze

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Birthplace: Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States
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Son of Jesse "Buddy" Swayze and Patsy Swayze (Karnes)
Ex-husband of Private
Father of Private
Brother of Patrick Swayze; Private; Private and Vicky Lynn Toritsuka-Peden (Swayze)

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About Don Swayze

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Swayze

Donald Carl Swayze (born August 10, 1958) is an American actor.

Swayze was born in Houston, Texas, the son of Patsy Yvonne Helen (née Karnes; born 1927), a choreographer, dance instructor, and dancer, and Jesse Wayne Swayze (1925–1982), an engineering drafter. He is the younger brother of actor Patrick Swayze.

Movie career

In 2010, he guest-starred in six episodes in a recurring role as Gus, a werewolf, on the hit HBO series True Blood". He was Col. Sherman Rutherford in a Western-Film Noir hybrid called Heathens and Thieves. This film is now in post-production.

His film work includes an appearance as a dancer in the 1980 movie Urban Cowboy, as Ruben in the film, "Father for Charlie", and as Mark in the film Shy People. He also starred as the famous Alamo courier James Bonham in Alamo...Price of Freedom, an IMAX film shown in San Antonio, Texas.In 1999 Swayze played as Joseph Highsmith Sr. in The Prophet's Game. Swayze's television work includes multiple appearances in Murder She Wrote, NYPD Blue, Days of Our Lives, NCIS, as well as dozens of other programs. Swayze had a role as a mentally handicapped man suspected of murder in two episodes of the television drama Matlock. He also made several appearances on the HBO drama Carnivàle, as well as Criminal Minds, specifically the episodes "The Big Game" and "Revelations", in which he played Charles Hankel, the father and alternate personality of serial killer Tobias Hankel. On Cold Case. Swayze played the adult Grant Hall.[4] He is currently appearing in The Young and the Restless.

Personal life

Swayze has a daughter, Danielle (born 1988), with his ex-wife Marcia.

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Don Swayze's Timeline

1958
August 10, 1958
Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States