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[h3]Patrick Galen Dempsey is the youngest of three children to parents Amanda, a school secretary and William, an insurance agent. [/h3]

Dempsey’s flair for entertaining was first spotted during childhood. On a ski trip he discovered his ski teacher was also in a vaudeville troupe and juggled in his spare time. Dempsey told him he wanted to learn too and after practicing endlessly at home, the teacher introduced him to professional clowns and jugglers. Soon he had the bug, even taking second place in an International Juggler’s Competition in 1982.

Living in Maine, the town unexpectedly became a hotbed for a new vaudevillian movement and after dropping out of high school in his senior year Dempsey developed his own act aged 15 and toured with the New England Vaudeville Circuit as a juggler, unicyclist, comedian and magician.

His determination to make it big was clear from the start and he got his chance to shine when he was spotted by an agent and asked to audition for the part of David in a stage production of Torch Song Trilogy. He got the part and spent the next four months touring with the company in San Francisco.

Next followed another stage tour with Dempsey playing the lead role in Brighton Beach Memoirs, and further stage appearances in The Subject Was Roses at the Roundabout Theatre in New York and On Golden Pond with the Maine Acting Company.

Dempsey’s big screen break came in the film In the Mood (1987), which gained the 21-year-old favourable reviews and won the hearts of many critics. In an ironic twist, his part of a womanising teenager who seduces and marries an older woman reflected Dempsey’s real-life personal situation. In the same year he married his manager Rocky Parker, who was 27 years his senior. The marriage ended in divorce in 1994.

Can’t Buy Me Love followed Dempsey’s screen breakthrough and won him a legion of faithful female fans, thanks to playing a nerd who offers to pay a girl $1,000 to pretend to be his girlfriend for a month.

In the early 1990s Dempsey continued his career with a stream of television appearances, several of which were pilot episodes that failed to be picked up for a series - this included the lead in About A Boy as Will, the role made famous by [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/559:0/Hugh_Grant.htm]Hugh Grant[/urlnew] in the film version.

A TV role which propelled him into the limelight was the immensely popular Will & Grace (2000), in a reoccurring part as Will’s boyfriend. An Emmy nomination was to follow in 2001 as Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his turn in Once & Again alongside Sela Ward.
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Raising his profile further, Dempsey starred as [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/880:0/Reese_Witherspoon.htm]Reese Witherspoon’s[/urlnew] love interest in Sweet Home Alabama (2002) which was a massive box office success and he also took a role in the cult Scream franchise in Scream 3. However Dempsey’s highest profile role was to come in the acclaimed US series, Grey’s Anatomy.

Before auditioning for the series, he had in fact tested for the part of Dr Gregory House in the hit show, House, which was eventually won by [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/2213:0/Hugh_Laurie.htm]Hugh Laurie[/urlnew]. Instead, Dempsey found himself as a mid-season replacement playing Dr Derek Shepherd in Grey’s Anatomy. His budding on-screen romance with intern Meredith, played by Ellen Pompeo, was to become a major element of the show’s success. Dempsey’s role in the show was rewarded in 2007 with a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a television series.

Following his divorce from Rocky Parker in 1994, Dempsey remarried Jillian Fink in 1999, a make-up artist and founder of her own beauty company. The pair remain a solid couple, despite the continuous sex-symbol hype Dempsey endures, instead preferring a settled family life with their three children.

Dempsey's most recent roles include the Disney’s Christmas release Enchanted (2007), and when he isn’t being a dad or mooching on a film set he takes part in auto racing in his spare time, having raced in the Rolex 24 at Daytona and Tecate SCORE Baja 1000.

Dempsey epitomises the typical American success and has seemingly made life and career choices that refuse to conform to the current wave of rehab-happy celebrities who are too busy partying to play it serious. It certainly works for him though and he’ll surely have the last laugh when his name appears on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

[i]Sarah Barnard[/i]
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- Dempsey enjoys collecting antiques, remodeling homes, and skiing in his spare time.

- Dempsey attended St. Dominic's Regional High School in his hometown of Lewiston, Maine.

- In his first marriage to Rocky Parker, Dempsey had a stepson who is a year older than he is.

- Dempsey co-owns an Indycar Series team Vision Racing.

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Grey's Anatomy(2005-2008)

Enchanted (2007)

Freedom Writers (2007)

Brother Bear 2 (2006) (voice)

Shade (2006)

The Practice (2004) (TV)

Iron Jawed Angels (2004) (TV)

Karen Sisco (2003) (TV)

Lucky 7 (2003) (TV)

About a Boy (2003) (TV)

Sweet Home Alabama (2002)

The Emperor's Club (2002)

Once and Again (2000-2002) (TV)

Rebellion (2002)

Corsairs (2002) (TV)

Blonde (2001) (TV)

Will & Grace (2000-2001) (TV)

Chestnut Hill (2001) (TV)

Scream 3 (2000)

Me and Will (1999)

Jeremiah (1998) (TV)

There's No Fish Food in Heaven (1998)

The Treat (1998)

Crime and Punishment (1998) (TV)

Denial (1998)

Hugo Pool (1997)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997) (TV)

The Player (1997) (TV)

The Escape (1997) (TV)

Odd Jobs (1997) (TV)

A Season in Purgatory (1996) (TV)

The Right to Remain Silent (1996) (TV)

Outbreak (1995)

Bloodknot (1995)

With Honors (1994)

Ava's Magical Adventure (1994)

Bank Robber (1993)

J.F.K.: Reckless Youth (1993) (TV)

Face the Music (1993)

For Better and for Worse (1993) (TV)

Mobsters (1991)

Run (1991)

Merry Christmas Baby (1991) (TV)

Coupe de Ville (1990)

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989) (TV)

Happy Together (1989)

Loverboy (1989)

Some Girls (1988)

In a Shallow Grave (1988)

In the Mood (1987)

Can't Buy Me Love (1987)

A Fighting Choice (1986) (TV)

Fast Times (1986) (TV)

Meatballs III: Summer Job (1986)

The Stuff (1985)

Heaven Help Us (1985)
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