Patrick Swayze was 48 in Donnie Darko when he played the character 'Jim Cunningham'.
That was over 23 years ago in 2001.
In 2009 he died aged just 57, starring in 53 films in his career, 19 of those after Donnie Darko was first released. If he were alive today he would be 71.
In Donnie Darko, I think Patrick Swayze looks: