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Patrick Dempsey Profile |
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Birth Date: January 13, 1966
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Birth Place: Lewiston, Maine, USA
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Birth Name: Patrick Dempsey
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Height: 5'10½"
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Biography |
Patrick Dempsey is an Irish-American actor who achieved
Hollywood fame during the late 1980s.
Patrick Dempsey grew up in Buckfield, Maine, and graduated
from Buckfield High School. He was also an adept juggler,
placing third in a National Juggling Competition.
In 1985, he debuted as an actor in the movie Heaven Help Us.
In 1987, he participated in Meatballs 3, where he played a
janitor, Rudy, which gave him some fame. Soon thereafter, he
married actress Rocky Parker, twenty-seven years his senior;
she already had a son, who was a year older than Dempsey.
In another 1987 release, Can't Buy Me Love, he achieved
major movie star status. The movie, in which he played
Ronald Miller, was a "geek-to-popular" type of comedy which
launched him and co-star Amanda Peterson to teen idol
status, and Dempsey and Peterson appeared constantly on the
covers of such teen magazines as Teen Beat, Tiger Beat, Bop
and others. For his role in Can't Buy Me Love he won a Young
Artist Award. In 1989, he shared credits with Kate Jackson
and Kirstie Alley in Loverboy, where he played a pizza
delivery boy.
Just like in Peterson's case, Dempsey's time in the
limelight was short-lived. He made several movies during the
1990s, of which most were box office bombs, straight to
video releases or television movies. There were a few
notable exceptions, however, such as 1991's Mobsters, where
he played Meyer Lansky, 1993's JFK: Reckless Youth, where he
played John F. Kennedy, 1994's With Honors, and 1995's
Outbreak, alongside Dustin Hoffman.
In 2000, he acted in another significant box office hit,
Scream 3, alongside Neve Campbell and in 2002, he was in
Sweet Home Alabama, with Reese Witherspoon. In 2004, he
starred in the HBO TV movie, Iron Jawed Angels, about the
women's suffrage movement, with Anjelica Huston and Hilary
Swank. Overall, Dempsey has participated in more than forty
movies.
Dempsey currently stars on the hit ABC medical drama, Grey's
Anatomy.
Dempsey's hobbies include antique collecting, home
remodeling, and skiing. He has also raced in the Panoz GT
Pro Racing Series.
In 2005, Dempsey was named by People Magazine as one of the
Sexiest Men Alive. In 2006, Dempsey admitted he has
dyslexia.
At age 15 in 1982, Dempsey tied for 2nd place in the The
International Jugglers' Association (IJA) Juggling
Championship, losing to 8-year-old Anthony Gatto |
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Other Information |
Lived in Buckfield, Maine and attended Buckfield High
School.
As a teenager, placed third in his age group at the National
Jugglers Convention. Aspired to attend Clown College.
At the time of his first marriage he was 21 and his bride
was 48.
Enjoys collecting antiques, remodeling homes and skiing in
his spare time.
Attended St. Dominic's Regional High School in his home town
of Lewiston, Maine.
In his first marriage with Rocky Parker he had a stepson who
is a year older than him.
His first wife, Rocky Parker, is the mother of his best
friend, actor Corey Parker.
Daughter Tallulah Fyfe born in January 2002.
Auditioned for the role of Dr. Robert Chase on 'House MD'.
Currently co-owner of Indycar Series team Vision Racing
(February 2006) |
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