Patrick Dempsey

Main article: Grey's Anatomy

Dempsey has received significant public attention for his role as Dr. Derek "McDreamy" Shepherd in the medical drama Grey's Anatomy opposite Ellen Pompeo. Before landing the role, Dempsey auditioned for the role of Dr. Chase on another medical show, House . He also appeared in two episodes of the later Grey's spinoff Private Practice , playing the same character of Dr. Shepherd. ^[11] The relationship his character had with Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) on screen has received a lot of praise and positive reactions.

In 2007, 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. He also voiced the character Kenai in Brother Bear sequel Brother Bear 2 , replacing Joaquin Phoenix. Dempsey's most recent roles include the 2008 film Made of Honor as Tom, and the 2010 romantic comedy Valentine's Day ; the latter film follows five interconnecting stories about Los Angelinos anticipating (or in some cases dreading) the holiday of love. ^[14] Universal Pictures acquired the rights to the prize-winning novel The Art of Racing in the Rain in July 2009, for Dempsey to star in. ^[15] The film instead starred Milo Ventimiglia. ^[16] He starred as Dylan Gould in Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011). ^{[17] [18]}

In January 2014, he signed a two-year contract to remain on Grey's Anatomy, then in its tenth season, that would ensure his participation for potential 11th and 12th seasons. ^{[19] [20] [21]} Dempsey was nominated for Best Actor – Television Series Drama at the 2006 Golden Globe Awards for the role. His success on the show has led to his becoming a spokesman for Mazda and State Farm Insurance. ^{[22] [23]} BuddyTV ranked him #1 on its list of "TV's Sexiest Men of 2011". ^[24] In November 2020, Dempsey appeared as Derek Shepherd at the start of the series' 17th season for the first time since the character had died in April 2015. ^[25]

2016–present

Following his departure from Grey's Anatomy, Dempsey was working on two small-screen projects: a drama The Limit for SundanceTV and a travelogue spy thriller called Fodors. He said:

I would love to do something else. I'm going to take the rest of the year off to develop. I would like to be a producer. I would commit to a show that is 10 to 12 episodes. But 24 again, I don't know if I would do that. It's a very hard life. It's financially rewarding but there comes a point where how much is enough, really? I'm focusing now on developing and racing and being a father to my children. ^[26]

In 2016, Dempsey starred in the Universal Pictures film Bridget Jones's Baby with Renée Zellweger and Colin Firth, ^[27] and in 2018 he appeared on Epix television miniseries The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair . ^[28] In 2017 he participated in the short film Red Nose Day Actually , a sequel to the 2003 romantic comedy Love Actually . Dempsey played the role of the husband of Laura Linney's character Sarah. Starting from 2020 he has portrayed Harry Morgan in the Sky Atlantic financial thriller series Devils . On February 4, 2020, Dempsey signed on to star as the lead of a CBS political drama pilot Ways & Means, where he would portray a Congressional leader. ^[29] Initially planned to be considered for the 2020-21 televisions season, the pilot was rolled into consideration for the following season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. CBS ultimately passed on the finished pilot in May 2021. ^[30] In January 2021, it was announced that Dempsey would reprise his role in the Enchanted sequel, Disenchanted , which began production in spring of that year. ^[31] The film was released on Disney+ in late 2022. ^[32] In 2023, he portrayed Sheriff Eric Newlon in the slasher film Thanksgiving and Piero Taruffi in the biographical sports drama Ferrari directed by Michael Mann.

Auto racing

Dempsey at the 2008 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona

In 2014, 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. He said, "It's all-consuming in many ways. I couldn't imagine not racing right now. It really keeps me motivated. It's all I think about on a daily basis." ^[33]

Dempsey, who maintains an extensive sports and vintage car collection, has enjoyed auto racing in his spare time for several years. Before the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2013, he said that he would like to compete full-time, telling Eurosport:

I would like to make that [motorsports] a complete priority and just focus on this full-time. If I could just walk away from acting, I think I could do that very easily, and just focus on the driving, I would love that more than anything else. ^[34]

Dempsey waves to the crowd at the 2015 Indianapolis 500, where he served as the Honorary Starter.

He has competed in prestigious pro-am events such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Rolex 24 at Daytona sports car race, and Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 off-road race. He was a co-owner of the Vision Racing IndyCar Series team and current owner of Dempsey Racing, which is presently racing two Porsche 911 GT America's in the Tudor United Sports Car Series. He participated in this series as often as his schedule allowed, although insurance restrictions kept him from driving competitively while also filming a motion picture. In 2009, he 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. ^[35]

Dempsey announced he would race the 2011 Rolex 24 at Daytona along with other races throughout the season in a Mazda RX-8. ^[36] Dempsey finished in third place in the GT Class of the Rolex 24 at Daytona. In 2012, 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, was to make its debut on American tracks. He formed the Dempsey Racing team to compete in the American Le Mans Series. The team fielded a full-time Oreca FLM09 in the Prototype Challenge class as well as a Lola B12/80 coupe in the Prototype 2 class from Laguna Seca onward. ^{[ citation needed ]}

After debuting at the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans, Dempsey returned to France four years later and competed in a Porsche 997 GT3 RSR at the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race. Dempsey and his co-drivers finished 29th overall and fourth in-class. ^{[ citation needed ]} In 2015, 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 ^[37] and Marco Seefried. He told Porsche Newsroom: "Not much changes in my TV work, but everything changes constantly in motor racing – every lap, every bend and every moment." ^[37]

Patrick Dempsey
Dempsey in 2016
Born	Patrick Galen Dempsey (1966-01-13) January 13, 1966 (age 58) Lewiston, Maine, U.S.
Occupations	Actor racecar driver
Years active	1985–present
Spouses	Rocky Parker ​ ​ (m. 1987;div. 1994)​ Jillian Fink ​ (m. 1999)​
Children	3
United SportsCar Championship career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Dempsey Racing
Racing licence	FIA Bronze
Car number	27
Wins	2
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	18th in 2014
Finished last season	18th
Previous series
2007–2013 2012–2013 2010–2012	Rolex Sports Car Series American Le Mans Series Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2004	Panoz Racing Series (GT class)	TBA	2	0	0	0	0	9	9th
2006	Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race (Pro class)	TBA	1	0	TBA	TBA	1	N/A	2nd
2007	Rolex Sports Car Series (GT class)	Hyper Sport	1	0	0	0	0	21	82nd
2008	Rolex Sports Car Series (GT class)	Hyper Sport	9	0	0	0	0	143	30th
2009	Rolex Sports Car Series (GT class)	Dempsey Racing	7	0	0	0	0	143	20th
	24 Hours of Le Mans (GT2 class)	Advanced Engineering Team Seattle	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
2010	Rolex Sports Car Series (GT class)	Dempsey Racing	4	0	0	0	0	89	29th
	Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge (ST class)	Freedom Autosport	1	0	0	0	0	9	90th
2011	Rolex Sports Car Series (GT class)	Dempsey Racing	11	0	0	0	1	226	11th
2012	Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge (GS class)	Multimatic Motorsports	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Rolex Sports Car Series (GT class)	Dempsey Racing	9	0	0	0	0	138	24th
	American Le Mans Series (LMP2 class)	Dempsey Racing	5	0	0	0	2	53	3rd
	Maserati Trofeo World Series	TBA	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2013	American Le Mans Series (GTC class)	Dempsey Racing/Del Piero	10	0	0	0	3	87	7th
	24 Hours of Le Mans (GTE Am class)	Dempsey Del Piero-Proton	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
2014	United SportsCar Championship (GTD class)	Dempsey Racing	8	0	0	0	1	134	18th
	24 Hours of Le Mans (GTE Am class)	Dempsey Racing-Proton	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
	Porsche Supercup	Porsche AG	1	0	0	0	0	0‡	NC‡
2015	FIA World Endurance Championship (GTE Am class)	Dempsey Racing-Proton	7	1	1	0	2	116	6th
	24 Hours of Le Mans (GTE Am class)	Dempsey Racing-Proton	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
	Porsche Supercup	Porsche AG	1	0	0	0	0	0‡	NC‡
	United SportsCar Championship (GTD class)	Wright Motorsports	1	0	0	0	1	31	33rd
Source: [38]

^‡ Not eligible for points.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2009	Advanced Engineering Team Seattle	Don Kitch Jr. Joe Foster	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	301	30th	9th
2013	Dempsey Del Piero-Proton	Joe Foster Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTE Am	305	28th	4th
2014	Dempsey Racing-Proton	Joe Foster Patrick Long	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Am	329	24th	5th
2015	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Patrick Long Marco Seefried	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Am	330	22nd	2nd
Sources: [39] [40]

Complete Rolex Sports Car Series results

(key) (Results are overall/class)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Rank	Points	Ref
2007	Hyper Sport	GT	Mazda RX-8 GT	Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor	DAY	MEX	HOM	VIR	LGA	LIM	WGL	MDO	DAY	IOW	BAR	MON	MIL 27/10	82nd	21	[41]
2008	Hyper Sport	GT	Mazda RX-8 GT	Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor	DAY 39/24	HOM 27/14	MEX	VIR	LGA	LIM	WGL 36/19	MDO 24/12	DAY 25/11	BAR 28/14	MON 26/9	NJ 33/19	MIL 26/14	30th	143	[42]
2009	Dempsey Racing	GT	Mazda RX-8 GT	Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor	DAY 35/22	VIR	NJ 15/7	LGA 22/10	WGL 21/7	MDO 18/6	DAY 26/11	BAR	WGL	MON	MIL	HOM 28/11		20th	143	[43]
2010	Dempsey Racing	GT	Mazda RX-8 GT	Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor	DAY 13/6	HOM 21/7	BAR 21/10	VIR 23/12	LIM	WGL	MDO	DAY	NJ	WGL	MON	MIL		29th	89	[44]
2011	Dempsey Racing	GT	Mazda RX-8 GT	Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor	DAY 14/3	HOM 31/18†	BAR 18/8	VIR 21/13	LIM 20/11	WGL 15/9	ELK	LGA 23/13	NJ 16/9	WGL 22/11	MON 21/11	MDO 21/11		11th	226	[45]
2012	Dempsey Racing	GT	Mazda RX-8 GT	Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor	DAY 21/10	BAR 21/13	HOM 21/14†	NJ	BEL 25/16	MDO 18/10	ELK 17/11	WGL 26/16	IMS 31/21	WGL	MON	LGA 23/13	LIM	24th	138	[46]

^† Did not complete sufficient laps in order to score points.

Complete Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge results

(key) (Results are overall/class)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Tyres	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points	Ref
2010	Freedom Autosport	ST	Mazdaspeed3	C	DAY 47/22	HOM	BAR	VIR	LIM	WGL	MDO	NJ	TRO	MIL	90th	9	[47]
2012	Multimatic Motorsports	GS	Aston Martin Vantage	C	DAY 63/32	BAR 72/32	HOM	NJ	MDO	ELK	WGL	IMS	LGA	LIM	NC‡	0‡	[48]

‡ As Dempsey was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Maserati Trofeo World Series results

(key)

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	DC	Points	Ref
2012	JAR 1	JAR 2	ALG 1	ALG 2	ALG 3	IMO 1	IMO 2	IMO 3	LEC 1	LEC 2	SON 1 6	SON 2	SON 3 Ret	SHA 1	SHA 2	NC‡	0‡	[49]

‡ As Dempsey was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete American Le Mans Series results

(key) (Results are overall/class)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points	Ref
2012	Dempsey Racing	LMP2	Lola B12/87	Judd-BMW HK 3.6 L V8	M	SEB	LBH	LGA 30/4	LIM 7/3	MOS	MDO 9/4	ELK 9/2	BAL	VIR	ATL Ret	3rd	53	[50]
2013	Dempsey Racing/Del Piero	GTC	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	Y	SEB 29/6	LBH 26/6	LGA 21/2	LIM 30/7	MOS 25/4	ELK 27/4	BAL 16/4	AUS 23/3	VIR 23/6	ATL 23/2†	7th	87	[51]

^† Did not complete sufficient laps in order to score points.

Complete United SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Results are overall/class)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points	Ref
2014	Dempsey Racing	GTD	Porsche 911 GT America	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 50/24	SEB 42/15	LGA 27/20	BEL	WGL 23/4†	MOS 27/11	IMS 34/9	ELK 40/13	VIR 10/3	AUS 41/14	ATL 49/18†	24th	153	[52]
2015	Wright Motorsports	GTD	Porsche 911 GT America	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 13/3	SEB	LGA	BEL	WGL	LIM	ELK	VIR	AUS	ATL		33rd	31	[53]

^† Did not complete sufficient laps in order to score points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete Porsche Supercup results

(key)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Points	Ref
2014	Porsche AG	ESP	MON	AUT	GBR	GER 23	HUN	BEL	ITA	USA	USA		NC‡	0‡	[54]
2015	Porsche AG	ESP	MON	AUT	GBR	HUN	BEL 29	BEL 23	ITA	ITA	USA	USA	NC‡	0‡	[55]

^‡ As Dempsey was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2015	Dempsey Racing-Proton	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL 6	SPA 5	LMS 2	NÜR 4	COA 4	FUJ 1	SHA 4	BHR	6th	116
Source: [39]

Other ventures

Promotional work

He has been the face of L'Oreal and Versace and was featured in ads for Serengeti sunglasses. In November 2008, he launched an Avon fragrance named Unscripted. In June 2009, Women's Wear Daily reported the launch of a second Avon fragrance named Patrick Dempsey 2. ^[56] The fragrance was recognized as the "Men's Private Label/Direct Sell" for the 2010 FiFi Awards. ^{[57] [58]} On September 29, 2012, 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. ^[59]

Starting in 2013, Patrick Dempsey became the face of Silhouette, promoting eyewear fashion from Austria. ^[60] From January 2017 Dempsey appears for Vodafone Italy and he appears in some Italian spots about it. ^[61] In 2018, Bleusalt, a Malibu-based fashion brand launched a clothing line designed by the actor. ^{[62] [63]}

Business interests

In January 2013, Dempsey announced that his company (Global Baristas) had secured the winning bid to purchase Seattle-based Tully's Coffee, which had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October. Dempsey's bid of $9.15M was enough to secure Tully's over the bids of six others, including Starbucks. Dempsey's company will control 47 Tully's locations in the Seattle area, but not the online business, which had been purchased by Green Mountain Coffee Roasters in 2009. ^[64]

Following a legal dispute with investor group Global Baristas, Dempsey left the group, in effect officially leaving his managerial positions with Tully's. Dempsey filed a lawsuit on behalf of Global Baristas, claiming Michael Avenatti borrowed $2 million against Tully's assets without informing Dempsey, rather than fully financing the coffee chain as was promised, calling the 15 percent interest rate on the loan "exorbitant" and sued for Avenatti to fund Tully's operations and meet its working capital needs, as well as for any damages owed the company. Soon after, Dempsey's lawyer's office issued a statement saying the partnership was dissolved and that Dempsey wished the lawyer and the company "all the best". Avenatti has stated the dispute was a "misunderstanding" and will continue operating with other investors and new management. ^{[65] [66]}

Philanthropy

In 1997, Dempsey's mother, Amanda, was diagnosed with cancer which subsequently relapsed five times. On March 24, 2014, she died in Lewiston, Maine, aged 79. ^[67] In response to his mother's bouts with 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, registration was closed after reaching the goal of 3,500 cyclists, runners and walkers. The event raised more than $1 million for the cancer center. His mother was in the crowd as Dempsey finished his 50-mile (80 km) ride. ^[68] The Challenge has since become an annual October event presented by Amgen in the Lewiston–Auburn area. ^[69] On May 28, 2017, 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." ^[70]

Dempsey was awarded an honorary doctorate by Bowdoin College in 2013 for his philanthropic work. ^[71] His Grey's Anatomy character Derek Shepherd had been written as a Bowdoin graduate after an alumnus led a petition signed by over 450 students to "adopt" the character as an alumnus. ^[72]

Personal life

Dempsey was diagnosed with dyslexia at age 12. As a result, it is necessary for him to memorize all his lines to perform, even for auditions where he is unlikely to get the part. ^{[73] [74]}

Entertainment Weekly put Dempsey's hair on its end-of-the-decade "best-of" list, saying, "What made Grey's Anatomy a mega-medi-hit? It could have something to do with creator Shonda Rhimes's scalpel-sharp writing… or McDreamy's impossibly luxurious man hair. Just saying." ^[75] In 2005, People magazine ranked him second in its annual list of "Sexiest Men Alive" ^[76] and again in 2006. ^[77] Patrick Dempsey was named People magazine's "sexiest man alive" for its Nov. 20, 2023, issue.

Dempsey has been married twice. On August 24, 1987, ^[1] he married his manager, ^[78] actress and acting coach, Rochelle "Rocky" Parker, when he was 21 and she was 48. ^[79] She appeared with Dempsey in the film In the Mood . While it has been reported that Dempsey married his best friend's mother, he has said that he became best friends with Parker's son only after he became romantically involved with Parker. The couple divorced on April 26, 1994. She died in 2014. ^[80]

On July 31, 1999, Dempsey married Jillian Fink. ^[78] The couple have three children. ^{[78] [81] [4] [80]} In January 2015, Fink filed for divorce, ^[82] but the couple reconciled later in the year. ^[83] They called off their divorce on November 12, 2016. ^[84] Dempsey formerly owned a home in Harpswell, Maine near his hometown. His mother moved into a farm next to his home. ^[85] Dempsey is a supporter of Scottish football club Rangers F.C. because of his Scottish connection through his step-grandfather. ^[86]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	The Stuff	Underground Stuff Buyer #2	Uncredited
	Heaven Help Us	Corbet
1986	A Fighting Choice	Kellin Taylor
	Meatballs III: Summer Job	Rudy Gerner
1987	Can't Buy Me Love	Ronald Miller
	In the Mood	Ellsworth 'Sonny' Wisecarver
1988	Some Girls	Michael
	In a Shallow Grave	Potter Daventry
1989	Loverboy	Randy Bodek
	Happy Together	Christopher Wooden
1990	Coupe de Ville	Robert 'Bobby' Libner
1991	Mobsters	Meyer Lansky
	Run	Charlie Farrow
1993	Bank Robber	Billy
	Face the Music	Charlie Hunter
1994	With Honors	Everett Calloway
	Ava's Magical Adventure	Jeffrey	Also director
1995	Outbreak	Jimbo Scott
1997	Hugo Pool	Floyd Gaylen
1998	Denial	Sam
	The Escape	Clayton
2000	Scream 3	Det. Mark Kincaid
2002	Sweet Home Alabama	Andrew Hennings
	The Emperor's Club	Older Louis Masoudi
2003	Lucky 7	Peter Connor
2004	Iron Jawed Angels	Ben Weissman
2006	Brother Bear 2	Kenai (voice)	Direct-to-video
2007	Freedom Writers	Scott Casey
	Enchanted	Robert Philip
2008	Made of Honor	Tom Bailey
2010	Valentine's Day	Harrison Copeland
2011	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Dylan Gould
	Flypaper	Tripp	Also producer
2013	Ushi Must Marry	Himself
2016	Bridget Jones's Baby	Jack Qwant
2019	Hurley	Himself	Also producer
	The Art of Racing in the Rain	None	Producer
2022	Disenchanted	Robert Philip
2023	Ferrari	Piero Taruffi
	Thanksgiving	Sheriff Eric Newlon

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Fast Times	Mike Damone	7 episodes
	A Fighting Choice	Kellin Taylor	Television film
1989	The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!	The Plant (voice)	Episode: "Super Plant/The Pied Koopa", also production manager
1993	JFK: Reckless Youth	John F. Kennedy	Miniseries
1996	The Right to Remain Silent	Tom Harris	Film
	A Season in Purgatory	Harrison Burns	Miniseries
1997	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea	Pierre Arronax	Miniseries
1998	Jeremiah	Jeremiah	Film
	Crime and Punishment	Raskolnikov	Film
2000–2001	Will & Grace	Matthew	3 episodes
2000; 2002	Once and Again	Aaron Brooks	4 episodes
2001	Blonde	Cass Bulut	Film
2003	Lucky 7	Peter Connor	Film
	Karen Sisco	Carl Wilkens	Episode: Blown Away
2004	The Practice	Dr. Paul Stewart	3 episodes
2005–2015, 2020–2021	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Derek Shepherd	Main role (seasons 1–11) Recurring (season 17)
2009, 2012	Private Practice	Dr. Derek Shepherd	2 episodes
2014	Phineas and Ferb	Paolo Vanderbeek	Episode: Live and Let Drive
2017	Red Nose Day Actually	Sarah's Husband	Short film
2018	The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair	Harry Quebert	Miniseries
2020–present	Devils	Dominic Morgan	Main role
TBD	Ways & Means	TBD	Main role, also executive producer

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1987	Young Artist Awards	Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy	Can't Buy Me Love	Won
2000	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series	Once and Again	Nominated
2005	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series		Nominated
2006	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actor – Television Series Drama		Nominated
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series		Won
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actor Drama		Nominated
2007	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Male TV Star		Won
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series		Nominated
2008	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Male TV Star		Won
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actor Drama		Nominated
	MTV Movie Award	Best Kiss (with Amy Adams)	Enchanted	Nominated
	National Movie Awards	Best Performance — Male		Nominated
2009	People's Choice Awards	Favorite TV Drama Actor	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated
2010				Nominated
2011				Nominated
		Favorite TV Doctor		Nominated
	Golden Raspberry Awards	Worst Supporting Actor	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Nominated
2012	People's Choice Awards	Favorite TV Drama Actor	Grey's Anatomy	Nominated
2014				Nominated
		Favorite On-Screen Chemistry (with Ellen Pompeo)		Nominated
2015		Favorite TV Drama Actor		Won

• In 2022 Dempsey was honored with a Disney Legend Award
• In 2023 Dempsey was named as People's Sexiest Man Alive

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External links

• Official website
• Patrick Dempsey at IMDb  
• Patrick Dempsey at the Internet Broadway Database
• Patrick Dempsey at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Patrick Dempsey at Emmys.com
• Patrick Dempsey at 24 Hours of Le Mans (in French)
• Patrick Dempsey career summary at DriverDB.com