Patrick Dempsey

Patrick Galen Dempsey is an American actor, voice actor, and race car driver, who is perhaps best known for playing Derek Shepherd in the ABC sitcom . He also starred in various films, such as , , , , , and .
For Disney, he voiced Kenai in the 2006 direct-to-video film Brother Bear 2 (replacing Joaquin Phoenix) and portrayed Robert Philip in the 2007 hybrid film Enchanted, as well as reprised his role in the 2022 sequel Disenchanted. He also played Andrew Hennings in the 2002 Touchstone Pictures film Sweet Home Alabama, Charlie Farrow in Run, Ronald Miller in Can't Buy Me Love, and Kellin Taylor in the 1986 TV film A Fighting Choice. Additionally, he voiced Paolo Vanderbeek in the Phineas and Ferb episode "Live and Let Drive" and produced the 2019 Fox film . He was also mentioned in the Muppets episode "Pig's in a Blackout".
He was named a Disney Legend in 2022.
Dempsey was born in Lewiston, Maine, and grew up in the nearby towns of Turner and Buckfield. He has two older sisters. His mother, Amanda (née Casson), was a school secretary, and his father, William, was an insurance salesman.
He attended Leavitt Area High School, Buckfield High School and St. Dominic Regional High School, and after moving to Houston attended Willowridge High School. In his youth, Dempsey participated in juggling competitions. In 1981, he achieved second place at the International Jugglers' Association Championship in the Juniors category, just behind , who is considered to be the best technical juggler of all time. At age 12, Dempsey was diagnosed with dyslexia. He told on her 2008 special that he thinks dyslexia made him what he is today. "It's given me a perspective of — you have to keep working," Dempsey told Walters. "I have never given up."
Dempsey, who maintains a sports car and vintage car collection, also enjoys auto racing in his spare time. He has competed in pro-am events, such as the , sports car race, and Ensenada SCORE 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.
==Roles==
Tumblr ndxf7vs1zD1qiceiuo2 1280.jpg|Kellin Taylor(A Fighting Choice)
Ronald Miller.jpg|Ronald Miller(Can't Buy Me Love)
Bb2 016.jpg|Kenai(Brother Bear 2)
Robert.jpg|Robert Philip(Enchanted and Disenchanted)
Paolo Vanderbeek - Phineas and Ferb.jpg|Paolo Vanderbeek(Phineas and Ferb)
==Gallery==
Patrick Dempsey Enchanted premiere.jpg|Patrick Dempsey at the premiere of Enchanted in November 2007. 
Patrick Dempsey 64th Cannes Fest.jpg|Patrick Dempsey attending the 64th annual Cannes Film Fest in May 2011. 
Patrick Dempsey Summer TCA Tour.jpg|Patrick Dempsey speaks onstage during the panel at the 2013 Summer TCA Press Tour.
Patrick Dempsey wife Jillian at Porsche Design Fest.jpg|Patrick Dempsey and his wife, Jillian, attending the Porsche Design Celebrities Festival of Watches in September 2014.
Patrick Dempsey Disenchanted premiere.jpg|Patrick Dempsey at the premiere of Disenchanted in November 2022.
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