Don Swayze

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Don Swayze
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Swayze in 2010
Born
Donald Carl Swayze

(1958-08-10) August 10, 1958 (age 65)[ citation needed ]
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActor
Years active1980–present
Spouses
Marcia Swayze
(m. 1985;div. 1993)
Charlene Lindstrom
(m. 2014)
Children1
Parents
Relatives Patrick Swayze (brother)
Lisa Niemi (sister-in-law)

Donald Carl Swayze (born August 10, 1958[ citation needed ]) is an American character actor, noted for acting in dramatic series and soap operas as well as several feature films, and theatrical work.

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Early life

Swayze was born in Houston, Texas, the middle child of Patsy Swayze (née Karnes; 1927–2013), a dance teacher; and Jesse Wayne Swayze (1925–1982), an engineering draftsman. Patsy owned a dance studio where neighborhood students took dance lessons. Patrick Swayze and Donald Swayze both attended and graduated from Frank Black Junior High School and then Waltrip High School in northwest Houston. Donald had an older sister, Vickie Lynn (1949–1994) and an older brother, Patrick (1952–2009). Donald also has one younger brother, Sean Kyle (born 1962), and one younger adopted sister Bora Song "Bambi".

Career

Film

Swayze's film work has included an appearance as a dancer in the 1980 film Urban Cowboy , as Ruben in the film Father for Charlie, and as Mark in the film Shy People, along with a role alongside Corey Feldman in a movie called Edge of Honor where he played the part of a "Homicidal Lumberjack". He also played Col. Sherman Rutherford in a western–noir hybrid titled Heathens and Thieves in 2012. [1] He also starred in the film Death Ring , and as the Alamo courier James Bonham in Alamo: The Price of Freedom , an IMAX film shown in San Antonio, Texas.

Television

Swayze performed the role of James (Jim) Mackey in the seventh episode of season five on the Netflix series Longmire . He appeared in two soap operas: The Young and the Restless and Days of Our Lives . In 2010, Swayze guest-starred in six episodes in a recurring role as Gus, a werewolf, on the HBO series True Blood . [2] [3] His television drama work includes multiple appearances in Murder, She Wrote , The X-Files , NYPD Blue , NCIS , Carnivàle , and dozens of other programs. Swayze had a role as an intellectually disabled man suspected of murder in an episode of the television drama Matlock . In 1989 he portrayed a member of a gang that held hostages in the hotel in the Western drama Paradise . He played Jesse James in a season-two episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman . He played the demon Lucius in an episode of Charmed in 2005. He had a recurring role on 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. Swayze had a small guest appearance on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as a crazy boat captain. He has also appeared on Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction ,[ clarification needed ] and The Bridge . Swayze also appeared in an episode of Sons of Anarchy . [4] In 2017, he joined the cast of General Hospital for a stint in the role of Buzz. [5] Additional roles include a non-speaking role as rapist William Dollar on L.A. Law . In 2019, Swayze appeared in the season premiere of American Horror Story: 1984 , the ninth installment of the FX horror anthology television series American Horror Story, and played Dennis Seacrest, a murderous henchman working for George Hearst, in Deadwood: The Movie that same year.

Stage

In 2001, Swayze was on stage as Pedro in Man of La Mancha at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center. In 2005, he played Roy in the comedy Lone Star at the Beverly Hills Playhouse. In the fall of 2011, he co-starred with Anne Archer in an original stage play titled Jane Fonda: In the Court of Public Opinion at the Edgemar Theater in Santa Monica, California; he played U.S. Army Sgt. Don Simpson (retired), a wounded veteran of the Vietnam War.

Personal life

Don Swayze is an avid cyclist and skydiver, and races cross country mountain bikes in his spare time. Don is married to Charlene Swayze. Don and Charlene have established an animal therapy ranch in Los Angeles County, California known as Swayze Ranch. Charlene has also established the Swayze Foundation.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987 Shy People Mark
1987Death Blow: A Cry for JusticeAndy
1988 Alamo: The Price of Freedom James BonhamShort
1989 Driving Force Nelson
1989Trapper County WarWalt Luddigger
1991 Edge of Honor Ritchie
1991PaybackJeremy
1992 Death Ring John BlackwellVideo
1993 Body of Influence BikerVideo
1993Eye of the StrangerRudy
1993Beach Babes from BeyondGork
1993Broken TrustSgt. Barnes
1994The Other ManCurran
1994Forced to KillDwayne
1994 Pontiac Moon Local
1995 Digital Man Billy
1996SquanderersScott
1998Evasive ActionIan Kellen
2000The Prophet's GameJoseph Highsmith
2003 Lady Jayne: Killer Fred
2004Knuckle SandwichLarry
2005 Waterborne Otis
2006 The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold Obnoxious GuyVideo
2006 The Visitation Abe
2007 The Colony State Dept. Official #1"Short
2008 Prairie Fever JamesVideo
2009 Powder Blue Bouncer
2010QuitWard
2011Miss FeetJesusShort
2012LizzieDaniel Allen
2012Heathens and ThievesSherman
2012Ambush at Dark CanyonChale Lord
2014IniquitiosJohn DuncanShort
2014 The Appearing Sheriff Hendricks
2014Nellie NellieMr. TownsendShort
2015 The Night Crew Big Willy
2019 Beneath the Leaves Whitley Senior
TBAAll Saints DayKier ConnollyPost-production
TBA On Swift Horses TerencePost-production
TBA Honey Don't! Filming

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983–2011 Days of Our Lives Pawn Broker / Rip3 episodes
1984 I Married a Centerfold Actor #2TV movie
1985 Street Hawk PugEpisode: "Follow the Yellow Gold Road"
1985J.O.E. and the ColonelMax CarneyTV movie
1986 Prince of Bel Air DarrylTV movie
1986 Tall Tales & Legends GroomEpisode: "My Darlin' Clementine"
1986 The Fall Guy StretchEpisode: "War on Wheels"
1986 1st & Ten Clay DanielsEpisode: "A Second Chance"
1986 L.A. Law William DollarEpisode: "Pilot"
1988Dead or AliveBrewerTV movie
1989 Paradise LangstonEpisode: "A House Divided"
1989 Matlock Tommy JenksEpisode: "The Thoroughbred"
1989 Hunter LyleEpisode: "On Air"
1990The World According to StrawAbaloneTV movie
1991 Dragnet Pete BrownEpisode: "The Vandals"
1991 The New Adam-12 DonEpisode: "Families"
1991–1993 Murder, She Wrote Gus Tardio / Edge Potter2 episodes
1992 Columbo Albert WagnerEpisode: "No Time to Die"
1993 Dark Justice FitzimmonsEpisode: "Crash Course"
1993 Renegade John Poe / T-Bone2 episodes
1993Beyond SuspicionDukeTV movie
1995 A Father for Charlie Reuben CantwellTV movie
1995 NYPD Blue Alex2 episodes
1995 Lois & Clark: The New
Adventures of Superman
Jesse James Episode: "Tempus Fugitive"
1995 Walker, Texas Ranger Harry PetersonEpisode: "The Guardians"
1995 Land's End Thomas Dwayne BollerEpisode: "A Line in the Sand"
1998 The Magnificent Seven Gage LawlessEpisode: "Inmate 78"
1998 Babylon 5: Thirdspace Raider LeaderTV movie (uncredited)
1998 Profiler GelbEpisode: "Do the Right Thing"
1999–2000 Movie Stars Don Swayze14 episodes
2000 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction William PopeEpisode: "Anatole"
2000–2002 V.I.P. Merrick2 episodes
2001–2004 The Division Gary Gold / Elvin 'Tupelo' Seaforth2 episodes
2002 The X-Files Terry PruitEpisode: "Hellbound"
2003 Tremors Orville JamesEpisode: "Water Hazard"
2003–2005 Carnivàle Tattooed Man6 episodes
2004 Karen Sisco JackieEpisode: "No One's Girl"
2004–2021 NCIS Logan Clay / Peter Walker2 episodes
2005 CSI: Miami Norm BufordEpisode: "Nothing to Lose"
2005 Charmed LuciusEpisode: "Little Box of Horrors"
2005 Without a Trace Randy StoneEpisode: "Lost Time"
2006 Love, Inc. TroyEpisode: "Major Dad"
2006 My Name Is Earl Bail Bonds ManEpisode: "The Bounty Hunter"
2006 Shark Beau DawkinsEpisode: "Déjà Vu All Over Again"
2007Mystery Woman: In the ShadowsBishopTV movie
2007 Criminal Minds Charles Hankel2 episodes
2007 Cold Case Grant Hall - 2007Episode: "Shuffle, Ball Change"
2008 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Dave BohrEpisode: "The Theory of Everything"
2009–2017 Family Guy Patrick Swayze (voice)2 episodes
2010 True Blood Gus6 episodes
2010 The Young and the Restless Shaw Roberts5 episodes
2010 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia RayEpisode: "The Gang Buys a Boat"
2010PassengerKylek2 episodes
2012 Wilfred Shady GuyEpisode: "Letting Go"
2013 Southland Gus JamesonEpisode: "Under the Big Top"
2013 Hawaii Five-0 Lloyd GrimesEpisode: "Ho'opio"
2013 The Bridge Tampa Tim4 episodes
2014Blood TypeJames RyderEpisode: "A Rare and Precious Commodity"
2014 Sons of Anarchy Carl EganEpisode: "The Separation of Crows"
2016 Longmire Jim MackeyEpisode: "From This Day Forward"
2017 General Hospital BuzzEpisode #1.13720
2017Tucker's WarCharlie Caleb Carson2 episodes
2017 Decker General CooverEpisode: "Space Wall"
2019 Deadwood: The Movie Dennis SeacrestTV movie
2019 American Horror Story: 1984 RoyEpisode: "Camp Redwood
2020 Sons of Thunder Angie D.5 episodes
2020 The Rookie Sgt. SharpEpisode: "Under the Gun"
2021 Lucifer Gas Station OwnerEpisode: "Pin the Tail on the Daddy"
2022 Magnum P.I. Melvin MuchadoEpisode: "Run, Baby, Run"
2022 NCIS: Hawaiʻi JoeEpisode: "Primal Fear"
2023 Perry Mason Man at Business MeetingEpisode: "Chapter Fifteen"

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References

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  2. More True Blood Casting News and Over a Dozen New Images
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  4. Swayze, Don (28 October 2014). "The Separation of Crows". Sons of Anarchy. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  5. "GENERAL HOSPITAL Casts Don Swayze in Mysterious New Role!". Soaps In Depth. Retrieved November 22, 2021.