Editing Patrick Dempsey (section)

==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.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130111103753/http://www.usaweekend.com/06_issues/060430/060430celebs_dempsey.html USA WEEKEND Magazine]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webmd.com/parenting/news/20060302/patrick-dempsey-reveals-his-dyslexia|first=Miranda|last=Hitti|title=Patrick Dempsey Reveals His Dyslexia|publisher=Webmd.com|date=March 2, 2006|access-date=April 22, 2011}}</ref>

''[[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."<ref>Geier, Thom, Jeff Jensen, Tina Jordan, Margaret Lyons, Adam Markovitz, Chris Nashawaty, Whitney Pastorek, Lynette Rice, Josh Rottenberg, Missy Schwartz, Michael Slezak, Dan Snierson, Tim Stack, Kate Stroup, Ken Tucker, Adam B. Vary, Simon Vozick-Levinson, and Kate Ward [https://ew.com/article/2009/12/04/100-greatest-movies-tv-shows-and-more/ "100 Greatest Movies, TV Shows, and More: ... 69. Patrick Dempsey's hair"], ''Entertainment Weekly'', December 11, 2009 (1079-80):74-84; retrieved January 13, 2011.</ref> In 2005, [[People (magazine)|''People'']] magazine ranked him second in its annual list of "Sexiest Men Alive"<ref>{{cite web|title=The Sexiest Men Alive 2005 - Patrick Dempsey|url=http://www.people.com/people/gallery/0,,1113899_1129983,00.html#971908|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=January 14, 2012|date=November 15, 2005}}</ref> and again in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Sexiest Men Alive 2006 - Patrick Dempsey|url=http://www.people.com/people/package/sma2006/gallery/0,,1539441_1559557_2,00.html|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=January 14, 2012|date=November 15, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016011229/http://www.people.com/people/package/sma2006/gallery/0,,1539441_1559557_2,00.html|archive-date=October 16, 2011}}</ref> Patrick Dempsey was named People magazine's 2023 "Sexiest Man Alive" for its November 2023 issue.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/patrick-dempsey-people-sexiest-man-alive-2023-exclusive-8391684|title=Patrick Dempsey Is (Finally!) PEOPLE's 2023 Sexiest Man Alive: 'I've Always Been the Bridesmaid!' He Jokes|magazine=People|first=Julie|last=Jordan|date=November 8, 2023|access-date=July 22, 2024}}</ref>

Dempsey has been married twice. On August 24, 1987,<ref name=filmref /> he married his manager,<ref name=peoplebio>{{cite news| url= http://www.people.com/people/patrick_dempsey/ | title= Patrick Dempsey | newspaper= Peoplemag | publisher=[[People (magazine)|People.com]] | access-date= January 25, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140830105417/http://www.people.com/people/patrick_dempsey/biography/ | archive-date=August 30, 2014 | url-status=live}}</ref> actress and acting coach, Rochelle "Rocky" Parker, when he was 21 and she was 48.<ref name="tvg">{{cite web|title=Patrick Dempsey|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/patrick-dempsey-169151/bio|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150125213928/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/patrick-dempsey-169151/bio|archive-date=January 25, 2015|access-date=January 25, 2015|publisher=[[TV Guide|TVGuide.com]]|quote=...in a case of life imitating art, the rising star married actress Rocky Parker when he was 21 and she was 48. (The union ended in divorce seven years later.)}}</ref> She appeared with Dempsey in the film ''[[In the Mood (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 [[Corey Parker (actor)|Parker's son]] only after he became romantically involved with Parker. The couple divorced on April 26, 1994. She died in 2014.<ref name=biographydotcom />

On July 31, 1999, Dempsey married makeup artist Jillian Fink.<ref name=peoplebio /> The couple have three children.<ref name=peoplebio /><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,26334,1534749,00.html| title=Twin Boys for Patrick Dempsey, Wife| work=[[People (magazine)|People]]| date=September 20, 2006| access-date=January 25, 2015| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210021733/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,26334,1534749,00.html| archive-date=February 10, 2015}}</ref><ref name=dempseychallenge /><ref name=biographydotcom>{{cite web|title=Patrick Dempsey Biography: Film Actor, Television Actor (1966–)|url=http://www.biography.com/people/patrick-dempsey-201303|publisher=[[Biography.com]] ([[FYI (US TV network)|FYI]]/[[A&E Networks]])|access-date=November 13, 2013}}</ref> In January 2015, Fink filed for divorce,<ref name=people01-2015>{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/article/patrick-dempsey-wife-files-divorce-greys-anatomy|title=Patrick Dempsey's Wife Files for Divorce|first=Michael|last=Miller|date=January 23, 2015|access-date=January 25, 2015}}</ref> but the couple reconciled later in the year.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lee|first1=Esther|title=Patrick Dempsey, Estranged Wife Jillian Dempsey Are "Trying to Be a Couple Again"|date=November 10, 2015 |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/patrick-dempsey-estranged-wife-jillian-trying-to-be-a-couple-again-20151011|access-date=November 10, 2015}}</ref> They called off their divorce on November 12, 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/patrick-dempsey-wife-jillian-call-off-divorce-w450144 |title=Patrick Dempsey and Wife Jillian Officially Call Off Divorce |author=Hautman, Nicholas |work=[[US Weekly]] |date=November 12, 2016 |access-date=November 13, 2016}}</ref> Dempsey formerly owned a home in [[Harpswell, Maine]] near his hometown. His mother moved into a farm next to his home.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marsi |first=Steve |date=2006-06-01 |title=Jeffrey Dean Morgan Reflects Upon Denny |url=https://www.tvfanatic.com/2006/06/jeffrey-dean-morgan-mourns-reflects-upon-denny.html |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=TV Fanatic |language=en}}</ref> Dempsey is a supporter of Scottish football club [[Rangers F.C.]] because of his Scottish connection through his step-grandfather.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/greys-anatomy-star-patrick-dempsey-11381261 |title=Grey's Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey sports a Rangers strip at sons' football match in Los Angeles |author=Parker, Rebecca |work=Glasgow Live |date=May 24, 2016 |access-date=April 2, 2018}}</ref>