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Patrick Dempsey
Patrick Galen Dempsey is an American actor and racecar driver who is best known for playing neurosurgeon Dr. Derek Shepherd in Grey's Anatomy. He is also known for his leading man romantic film roles, such as Enchanted (2007). Dempsey has received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, and was named as People's Sexiest Man Alive in 2023.
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Born 13 January 1966 · Q212518
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2026· 5 entries
Yahoo: Patrick Dempsey’s R-Rated Horror Movie Haunts HBO Max Today
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Public attention spiked: 9,635 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.1× the usual 3,078, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 17,232 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.6× the usual 3,078, with 5 article edits. Editors noted: Added note of talk surrounding Dempsey replacing Graham Platner as Maine's 2026 democratic senate nominee and his op-ed stating he would not seek that nominatio
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Began playing the main role of Angelo Doyle in the Fox crime drama Memory of a Killer
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2024· 1 entry
Dempsey portrayed police captain Aaron Spencer in the prequel series Dexter: Original Sin
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2023· 4 entries
Portrayed Sheriff Eric Newlon in the slasher film Thanksgiving and Piero Taruffi in the biographical sports drama Ferrari directed by Michael Mann
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In 2023, Dempsey helped raise funds for families of the Lewiston shooting victims.
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Dempsey was named as People's Sexiest Man Alive
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Dempsey helped raise funds for families of the Lewiston shooting victims
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2022· 2 entries
Awarded Disney Legends (2022).
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Dempsey was honored with a Disney Legend Award
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2020· 1 entry
Dempsey signed on to star as the lead of a CBS political drama pilot Ways & Means, where he would portray a Congressional leader
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2018· 1 entry
Bleusalt, a Malibu-based fashion brand launched a clothing line designed by the actor
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2017· 2 entries
Dempsey received an honorary doctorate from Bates College in his hometown, Lewiston, Maine, for his philanthropy in the town and funding of "the Dempsey Center — just blocks from the Bates campus
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Participated in the short film Red Nose Day Actually, a sequel to the 2003 romantic comedy Love Actually
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2016· 1 entry
Dempsey starred in the Universal Pictures film Bridget Jones's Baby with Renée Zellweger and Colin Firth, and in 2018 he appeared on Epix television miniseries The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
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2015· 1 entry
Dempsey focused on participating in the FIA World Endurance Championship with his own Dempsey Racing-Proton team in the GTE-Am class in a Porsche 997 GT3 RSR, teamed with Patrick Long and Marco Seefried
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2014· 1 entry
Dempsey told Reuters in the Hockenheimring support paddock at the German Grand Prix that motor racing was not just a hobby, and had become as much a part of who he is as acting
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2013· 3 entries
“s Coffee, which had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October. Dempsey”
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Said that he would like to compete full-time, telling Eurosport:
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Patrick Dempsey became the face of Silhouette, promoting eyewear fashion from Austria
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2012· 2 entries
Mexican cable company Cablemás, Megacable and Mexico city's Cablevisión launched an advertising campaign featuring Dempsey as the love interest of a domestic worker who comes across his profile on an online dating site
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Dempsey competed in the Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge behind the wheel of an Aston Martin Racing-Multimatic Motorsports Aston Martin Vantage GT4, which, after five successful racing seasons in Europe, wa
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2009· 1 entry
Raced a Team Seattle Advanced Engineering Ferrari F430 GT in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans's GT2 class and finished ninth in class
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2007· 1 entry
Dempsey starred in the Disney film Enchanted, and the Paramount Pictures film Freedom Writers, where he reunited with his Iron Jawed Angels co-star Hilary Swank
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2005· 1 entry
People magazine ranked him second in its annual list of "Sexiest Men Alive" and again in 2006
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2004· 1 entry
Co-starred in the highly acclaimed HBO production Iron Jawed Angels, opposite Hilary Swank and Anjelica Huston
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2001· 1 entry
As Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for the role of Aaron
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1999· 1 entry
Dempsey married makeup artist Jillian Fink
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1997· 2 entries
Dempsey's mother, Amanda, was diagnosed with cancer which subsequently relapsed five times
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In 1997, Dempsey's mother, Amanda, was diagnosed with cancer which subsequently relapsed five times.
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1989· 1 entry
Dempsey had the lead role in the films Loverboy with actress Kirstie Alley and Happy Together with actress Helen Slater
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1987· 2 entries
With actress Amanda Peterson and Some Girls with Jennifer Connelly in 1988
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Married his manager, actress and acting coach, Rochelle "Rocky" Parker, when he was 21 and she was 48
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1981· 1 entry
Achieved second place at the International Jugglers' Association Championship in the Juniors category, just behind Anthony Gatto, who is considered to be the best technical juggler of all time
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1966· 2 entries
In Lewiston, Maine, and grew up in the nearby towns of Turner and Buckfield
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Born 1966-01-13.
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