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Biografi Patrick Dempsey

Patrick Galen Dempsey (born January 13, 1966) is an American actor and race
car driver, best known for his role as neurosurgeon Dr. Derek Shepherd on Grey's
Anatomy. He saw early success as an actor, starring in a number of films in his
early 20s, including Can't Buy Me Love (1987) and Loverboy (1989). In the
1990s, he mostly appeared in smaller roles in film and television, before landing
a lead role in Sweet Home Alabama (2002), a surprise box office hit. He has since
then starred in a number of other films, including Enchanted, Made of Honor,
Valentine's Day, Flypaper, Freedom Writers and Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

Dempsey, who maintains a sports car and vintage car collection, also enjoys auto
racing in his spare time. 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. Prior to the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans, Dempsey
declared that he would "walk away" from acting if he could and dedicate himself
full-time to motorsports.

Early life

Dempsey was born in Lewiston, Maine,[3] and grew up in the nearby towns of
Turner and Buckfield. He has two sisters.[5] His mother, Amanda (ne Casson),
[6][7] was a school secretary, and his father, William, was an insurance
salesman.[3][8][9]

He attended Buckfield High School and St. Dominic Regional High School.[5] He
was an adept juggler, tying for second in a national juggling competition.[10]

Dempsey was diagnosed with dyslexia at age twelve. He told Barbara Walters on
her 2008 Oscar special that he thinks dyslexia made him what he is today. "It's
given me a perspective ofyou have to keep working," Dempsey told Walters. "I
have never given up."[11]

Acting career
Early career

Dempsey was discovered by an invitation to audition for a role in the stage

production of Torch Song Trilogy. His audition was successful, and he spent the
following four months touring with the company in Philadelphia. He followed this
with another tour, Brighton Beach Memoirs, in the lead role, which was directed
by Gene Saks. Dempsey has also made notable appearances in the stage
productions of On Golden Pond, with the Maine Acting Company, and as Timmy
(the Martin Sheen role) in a 1990 Off-Broadway revival of The Subject Was Roses
co-starring with John Mahoney and Dana Ivey at the Roundabout Theatre in New
York.

Dempsey's first major feature film role was at age 21 with Beverly D'Angelo in
the movie In The Mood, the true World War II story about Ellsworth Wisecarver
whose relationships with older married women created a national uproar. This
was followed by the teen comedy Can't Buy Me Love in 1987 with actress
Amanda Peterson and Some Girls with Jennifer Connelly in 1988. This film was a
flop. In 1989, Dempsey had the lead role in the films Loverboy with actress
Kirstie Alley and Happy Together with actress Helen Slater.[12]
1990s and 2000s

Dempsey made a number of featured appearances in television in the 1990s; he

was cast several times in pilots that were not picked up for a full season,
including lead roles in the TV versions of the films The Player and About A Boy.
However he received good reviews[13] as he portrayed real-life mob boss, Meyer
Lansky in 1991, when Mobsters was put on the screen. His first major television
role was a recurring role as Will's closeted sportscaster boyfriend on Will &
Grace. He went on to play the role of Aaron Brooks, Lily & Judy's psychologically
unbalanced brother, on Once & Again. Dempsey received an Emmy[14]
nomination in 2001 as Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for the role of
Aaron. In 1993, he played a young John F. Kennedy in the 2-part TV mini-series
JFK: Reckless Youth. In 2000, he also had a role as Detective Kincaid in Scream 3.
[12]

Dempsey had a high-profile role as the fianc of Reese Witherspoon's character

in Sweet Home Alabama. In 2004, he co-starred in the highly acclaimed HBO
production Iron Jawed Angels, opposite Hilary Swank and Anjelica Huston. He

also appeared as special guest star in The Practice for its 3-episode finale season
(8x13-8x15), as a married man who murdered his lover.[12]

In 2007, Dempsey starred in the Disney film Enchanted, and the Paramount
Pictures film Freedom Writers where he reunited with his Iron Jawed Angels costar Hilary Swank. He also voiced the character Kenai in Brother Bear 2.
Dempsey's most recent roles include the 2008 film Made of Honor as Tom and
the 2010s 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.[15]

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.[16] The project has not
been able to find a director.[17] He starred as Dylan Gould in Transformers: Dark
of the Moon (2011).[18][19]

On November 1, 2012, Deadline.com reported that Dempsey is set to star in the

romantic comedy Wonderful Tonight playing opposite Amanda Seyfried.[20]
Grey's Anatomy
Main article: Grey's Anatomy

Dempsey has received significant public attention for his ongoing role as Dr.
Derek Shepherd in the drama Grey's Anatomy. Prior to landing the role of Derek
Shepherd, Dempsey auditioned for the role of Dr. Gregory House on another
medical show, House. Initially a midseason replacement, the show was well
received and has become a highly rated program. Dempsey also appeared in two
episodes of the Grey's spinoff Private Practice, playing the same character as in
Grey's Anatomy.[citation needed]

Dempsey was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series

Drama at the 2006 Golden Globes for the role. His success on the show has led
to his becoming a spokesman for Mazda and State Farm Insurance.[21][22]
BuddyTV ranked him #1 on its list of "TV's Sexiest Men of 2011".[23]
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, and due to its success, a second fragrance named Patrick Dempsey 2
was launched in October 2009.[dated info] On September 29, 2012, Mexican
cable company Cablems, Megacable and Mexico city's Cablevisin launched an
advertising campaign featuring Patrick Dempsey as the love interest of a
domestic worker who comes across his profile on an online dating site.[24]

Starting in 2013, Patrick Dempsey is the face of Silhouette, promoting eyewear

fashion from Austria.[25]
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, "Its all-consuming in many ways. I
couldn't imagine not racing right now. It really keeps me motivated. Its all I think
about on a daily basis."[26] Dempsey, who maintains an extensive sports and
vintage car collection, has enjoyed auto racing in his spare time for several
years, and declared before the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2013 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.

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.[27]

Dempsey announced he would race the 2011 Rolex 24 at Daytona along with
other races throughout the season in a Mazda RX-8.[28]

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]