Red Dawn was made in 1984. Hard to believe that 11 years later he was in this movie:
To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995) - Patrick Swayze
Now Screaming_Gerbil, it was the Gay Nineties. In that era every actor was expected to burnish his resume by playing a poofter at least once.
If you think Pat Swayze in drag is too much you should have seen the Australian original from which it was taken: “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” with veteran English tough-guy Terence Stamp in the lead role.