Patrick Dempsey

Patrick Dempsey was nominated for a 2007 and 2006 Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama, as well as a 2006 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series.

Dempsey takes on the role of both star and producer of the upcoming film “Flypaper,” which screened at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and has been acquired domestically by IFC films. He also is attached to star and produce the Universal feature “The Art of Racing in the Rain” based on the New York Times bestseller. His most recent film credits include “Maid of Honor,” “Enchanted” and “Freedom Writers.” Dempsey became well known from such classic 80s nostalgia films as “Can’t Buy Me Love” and “Loverboy.”

Other theatrical films include “Sweet Home Alabama,” “Scream 3,” “With Honors,” “Outbreak,” “Hugo Pool,” “The Treat,” “The Palace Thief,” “Heaven Help Us,” “Happy Together,” “Some Girls,” “Coupe De Ville,” “Run,” “Mobsters” and “In The Mood.”

He also nabbed an Emmy nomination in 2001 for his portrayal of Aaron Brooks, Sela Ward’s psychologically unbalanced brother, in the critically acclaimed television program, “Once & Again.” In 2003, Dempsey made a memorable guest appearance on NBC’s hit show, “Will & Grace,” as Will’s love interest. In 2004, Dempsey co-starred in the highly-acclaimed HBO production, “Iron Jawed Angels,” opposite Hilary Swank and Anjelica Huston.

Additionally, Dempsey starred in the NBC movie based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s “Crime and Punishment” opposite Ben Kingsley. He also appeared in the television miniseries “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” with Michael Caine. He co-starred with Oliver Reed in the biblical epic “Jeremiah.” Other television movies and miniseries include “JFK: Reckless Youth,” “A Season in Purgatory,” “Blood Knot,” “The Right to Remain Silent,” “Shallow Grave” and “Blonde.”

Dempsey was born and raised in Lewiston, Maine. He first appeared onstage as David in the San Francisco production of “Torch Song Trilogy.” Other early stage work included “On Golden Pond” for the Maine Acting Company, the international touring production of “Brighton Beach Memoirs” which was directed by Gene Saks and “The Subject Was Roses” at the Roundabout Theatre in New York. He also took the stage in The Pasadena Playhouse run of “The Importance of Being Earnest” as Algernon Moncrieff.

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