Patrick Dempsey (born January 13, 1966) is an American actor, famous for his role as Derek "McDreamy" Shepherd's neurosurgeon in Gray's Anatomy, starring Ellen Pompeo (Dr Meredith Gray). He saw early success as an actor, starring in a number of films in the early 20s, including Can not Buy Me Love <1987> and Loverboy (1989). In the 1990s, he mostly appeared in smaller roles in films, such as Outbreak (1995) and television, before landing a major role at Sweet Home Alabama (2002), a shocking hit box office. He has starred in other films, including Enchanted (2007), Made of Honor (2008), Valentine's Day (2011), Freedom Writers (2007), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), and Bridget Jones's Baby 2016).
Dempsey, who maintains sports cars and vintage car collections, also enjoys racing cars in his spare time. He has competed in pro-am events such as 24 Hours of Le Mans, Rolex 24 at the Daytona sports car race and Ensenada SCORE Steel 1000 off-road race. Before 2013 24 Hour Le Mans, Dempsey stated that he would "get away" from acting if he could and dedicated himself full-time to motor sports.
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Dempsey was born in Lewiston, Maine, and grew up in nearby towns of Turner and Buckfield. He has two older sisters and a half-brother, Shane. His mother, Amanda (nÃÆ' Â © e Casson), is the school secretary, and her father, William, is an insurance salesman.
He studied at Buckfield High and High School St. Dominic.
In his youth, Dempsey participated in a juggling competition. In 1981 he reached second place in the International Jugglers' Association Championship in the Juniors category, just behind Anthony Gatto, who is considered the best technical juggler of all time.
Dempsey was diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of twelve. He told Barbara Walters in an Oscar-only 2008 that he thought dyslexia made him what he was today. "It gives me perspective - you have to keep working," Dempsey told Walters. "I never give up."
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Acting career
Initial career
Dempsey was discovered by invitation to audition for a role in the production stage of Torch Song Trilogy . His audition was successful, and he spent the next four months touring with the company in Philadelphia. She follows this with another tour, Brighton Beach Memoirs, in the lead role, directed by Gene Saks. Dempsey has also made an important appearance in the production stages at Golden Pond, with the Main Acting Company, and as Timmy (Martin Sheen's role) in the 1990 Off-Broadway revival of The Subject Is Roses > starring alongside John Mahoney and Dana Ivey at the Roundabout Theater in New York.
The main role of Dempsey's main film is at the age of 21 with Beverly D'Angelo in the movie In The Mood , a true World War II story about Ellsworth Wisecarver whose relationship with a married woman creates a national uproar. He then starred in the third section of the classic comedy Bakso III: Summer Job, along with Sally Kellerman in 1987. This was followed by teen comedy Can i Buy Me Love in 1987 with actress Amanda Peterson and Some Girls with Jennifer Connelly in 1988. In 1989, Dempsey had a lead role in Loverboy movies with actress Kirstie Alley and Happy Together with actress Helen Slater.
1990s and 2000s
Dempsey made a number of feature appearances on television in the 1990s; he was casted several times in a pilot that was not taken for a full season, including a lead role in the TV version of The Player and About A Boy movies. However, he received a good review when he described the real life monster boss, Meyer Lansky in 1991 when Mobsters was put on screen. His first major television role was the three-episode role of Will Truman's broadcasting boyfriend on Will & amp; Grace . He went on to play Aaron Brooks on Once & amp; Again . Dempsey received an Emmy nomination in 2001 as Extraordinary Guest Actor in the Drama Series for Aaron's role. In 1993, he played the young John F. Kennedy in a two-part mini-TV series JFK: Reckless Youth . In 2000, he played Detective Kincaid on Scream 3 .
Dempsey has a high profile role as fiancée of Reese Witherspoon character at Sweet Home Alabama (2002). In 2004, he co-starred in the well-known HBO production of Iron Jawed Angels, across from Hilary Swank and Anjelica Huston. She also appeared as a special guest star at The Practice for the season finale three episodes (8x13-8x15).
In 2007, Dempsey starred in the Disney movie Enchanted and Paramount Pictures Freedom Writers, where she reunited with her Iron Jawed Angels co star Hilary Swank. He also voiced the Kenai character in Brother Bear 2, replacing Joaquin Phoenix. Dempsey's latest roles include the 2008 Made-of-Honor film as Tom, and the 2010 romantic comedy Valentine's Day; the last film follows five interconnected stories about Los Angelinos anticipating (or in some cases afraid) a holiday of love.
Universal Pictures secured rights to the prize-winning novel The Art of Racing in the Rain in July 2009, for Dempsey starring. This project has not been able to find a director yet. He starred as Dylan Gould in Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011).
Gray Anatomy
Dempsey has received significant public attention for his role as Dr. Derek Shepherd (McDreamy) in drama Gray Anatomy next to Ellen Pompeo. Before landing the role, Dempsey auditioned for Dr. Chase at another medical event, Home . He also appeared in two episodes of Gray's spinoff Gray Private Practice , playing Dr. The same Shepherd.
In January 2014, he signed a two-year contract to stay at Gray's Anatomy , then in the tenth season, which will ensure his participation for the potential 11th and 12th seasons.
Dempsey was nominated for Best Appearance by Actors in the TV Drama Series at the 2006 Golden Globes for the role. His success at the event has led him to become a spokesman for Mazda and the State Agricultural Insurance. BuddyTV placed it at # 1 on "Sexiest TV TV 2011" list.
Post-Gray Anatomy
After his departure from Gray's Anatomy , Dempsey is working on two small screen projects: drama Limit for SundanceTV and a spy thriller called Fodors . He said: "I would love to do something else, I will take the rest of the year to grow, I want to be a producer I will commit to the show which is 10 to 12 episodes, but 24 again, I do not know if I will do that. This is a very difficult life, financially useful but there is a point where quite a lot, really? I am now focused on development and racing and fathering for me children. "
Promotion work
He has become the face of L'Oreal and Versace, and is featured in advertisements for the Serengeti sunglasses. In November 2008, he launched the Avon perfume called Unscripted. Due to its success, the second fragrance named Patrick Dempsey 2 was launched in October 2009. On September 29, 2012, the cable company Mexico CablemÃÆ'¡s, Megacable, and Mexico City CablevisiÃÆ'³n launched an advertising campaign featuring Dempsey as the love interest of a domestic worker who found his profile on the site online dating.
Starting in 2013, Patrick Dempsey becomes Silhouette's face, promoting fashion sunglasses from Austria. From January 2017 Dempsey appeared for Vodafone Italia and he appeared in several Italian places about it.
Auto racing
In 2014, Dempsey told Reuters at Hockenheimring's support base at the German Grand Prix that motor racing is not just a hobby, and has become part of who he is as an acting. He said, "It's so much to eat, I can not imagine not racing now, it really makes me motivated, that's all I think about every day."
Dempsey, who maintains extensive sports and vintage cars, has enjoyed racing in his spare time for several years. Prior to 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2013, he said that he wanted to compete full-time, told Eurosport:
I want to make [motor sport] a full priority and just focus on this full time. If I can walk away from acting, I think I can do it very easily, and just focus on driving, I'll like it more than anything.
He has competed in prestigious pro-am events such as 24 Hours of Le Mans, Rolex 24 in Daytona sports car racing, and Tecate SCORE Steel 1000 off-road race. He is one of the owners of the IndoreCar Series Vision Racing team and current owner of Dempsey Racing, currently racing two Porsche 911 GT America at the Tudor United Sports Car Series. He participated in this series as often as the schedule allowed, although insurance restrictions kept him driving competitively while also filming the movie. In 2009, he raced the Seattle Advanced Engineering Team Ferrari F430 GT at the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans GT2 class and finished ninth in the class.
Dempsey announced he would race Rolex 24 2011 in Daytona along with other races throughout the season at Mazda RX-8.
Dempsey finished in third place in the GT Rolex Class 24 in Daytona. In 2012, Dempsey competed in the Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge behind the wheel of the Aston Martin Aston Martin V4 Racing-Multimatic Motorsports GT4, which, after five successful racing seasons in Europe, will debut on the American track. He formed the Dempsey Racing team to compete in the American Le Mans Series. The team fielded full time Oreca FLM09 in Prototype Challenge class as well as Lola B12/80 coupe in Prototype 2 class from Laguna Seca.
After debuting at Le Mans 24 Hours 2009, Dempsey returned to France four years later and competed in the Porsche 997 GT3 RSR at the Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race in 2013. Dempsey and his co-driver completed 29th overall and fourth in their class.
Saying Porsche Newsroom: "Not much change in my TV works, but everything changes constantly in motor racing - every lap, every corner, and every time."
In 2015, Dempsey focuses on participating in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship with his own Dempsey Racing-Proton team in the GTE-Am class at Porsche 997 GT3 RSR, in collaboration with Patrick Long and Marco Seefried.
Racing record
Career summary
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24 Hours of Le Mans
Completed the Serial Rolex Sports Car Series results
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Complete the Car Challenge of Continental Car Ban
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Complete Maserati Trofeo World Series results
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Complete the results of American Le Mans Series
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Complete the results of United SportsCar Championship
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Complete the Porsche Supercup results
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Tully's Coffee Tully's Coffee
Tully's CoffeeIn January 2013, Dempsey announced that his company (Global Baristas) had secured a winning bid to buy Seattle-based Tully's Coffee, which had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October. Dempsey's bid of $ 9.15 million was enough to secure Tully over the other six offers including Starbucks. The Dempsey Company will control 47 Tully locations in the Seattle area, but not the online business that Green Mountain Coffee Roasters have purchased in 2009.
After a legal dispute with the Global Baristas investor group, Dempsey quit the group, basically formally leaving his managerial position with Tully. Dempsey filed a lawsuit on behalf of Global Baristas, claiming Avenatti borrowed $ 2 million against Tully's assets without telling Dempsey, rather than fully financing the promised coffee chain, calling the 15 percent interest rate on "too high" loans and demanding Avenatti to fund Tully's operations and meet working capital requirements, as well as for any losses owed to the company. Soon after, Dempsey's attorney's office issued a statement saying the partnership was dissolved and that Dempsey expected lawyers and company "all the best". Avenatti has stated that the dispute is a "misunderstanding" and will continue to operate with other investors and new management.
Personal life
Dempsey was diagnosed with dyslexia at age 12. As a result, it was necessary for him to memorize all his dialogues in order to perform, even for auditions where he could not possibly get that part.
Entertainment Weekly put Dempsey's hair on her best "best-of" list, saying, "What makes Gray Anatomy a mega-medi-hit? It could have something to do with the creator of Shonda Rhimes' writing sharply.... or the luxuriously luxurious McDreamy man's hair, just saying. "In 2005, People magazine ranked him second in the annual list of" Sexiest Men Alive "and again in 2006.
Dempsey has been married twice. On August 24, 1987, he married his acting manager, actress, and acting coach, Rochelle "Rocky" Parker, when he was 21 and 48 years old. He performed with Dempsey in the movie In the Mood . Although it has been reported that Dempsey married his best friend, he has been quoted as saying that he became friends with Parker's son only after he became romantically involved with Parker. The couple divorced on April 26, 1994. He died in 2014.
On July 31, 1999, Dempsey married hairdresser and makeup artist Jillian Fink. The couple has three children, daughter Talia Faye (born February 20, 2002), and twin boys Sullivan Patrick and Darby Galen (born February 1, 2007). In January 2015, Fink filed for divorce, but the couple was reconciled at the end of the year. They canceled their divorce on November 12, 2016.
Dempsey is a supporter of the Scottish football club, Rangers F.C. because of his Scottish ancestor through his stepfather.
Cancer research philanthropy
In 1997, Dempsey's mother, Amanda, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, which then recurred five times. On March 24, 2014, he died in Lewiston, Maine, aged 79 years. In response to his mother's attack on cancer, Dempsey helped start the Patrick Dempsey Center at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. In October 2009, when Dempsey introduced the first Dempsey Challenge, registrations closed after reaching the goal of 3,500 cyclists, runners and pedestrians. This event generated over $ 1 million for the cancer center. Her mother was in the crowd as Dempsey finished 50 miles. The challenge has been an annual event presented by Amgen in the Lewiston-Auburn area. On May 28, 2017, Dempsey received an honorary doctorate from Bates College in his hometown of Lewiston, Maine for his city philanthropy and funding the "Dempsey Center - just a few blocks from the Bates campus."
Dempsey was awarded an honorary doctorate by Bowdoin College in 2013 for his philanthropic work. His Gray Anatomy character Derek Shepherd has been written as a Bowdoin graduate after an alumnus led a petition signed by over 450 students to "adopt" the character as an alumni.
Movieography
Movies
Television
Awards and nominations
References
External links
- Official website
- Patrick Dempsey at IMDb
- Patrick Dempsey on the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Patrick Dempsey at Emmys.com
- Patrick Dempsey in Le Mans
- Patrick Dempsey's career overview at DriverDB.com
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