Patrick Swayze

AGE: 56
OCCUPATION: Actor
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0

PRO: The Dirty Dancing star has handled his public battle with pancreatic cancer with tact and grace ("I'm a miracle, dude" he says of his luck thus far), and his new drama The Beast has garnered some of the best reviews of his career.

CON: No cons. To quote his Buddha-ish bouncer in Road House, "Nobody ever wants to fight."

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