Editing Patrick Dempsey (section)

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
|-
! Year 
! Association
! Category 
! Nominated work 
! Result 
! class=unsortable| Ref.
|-
| 1987
| [[Young Artist Award]]s
| [[Young Artist Award|Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy]]
| {{center|''[[Can't Buy Me Love (film)|Can't Buy Me Love]]''}}
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 2000
| [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series]]
| {{center|''[[Once and Again]]''}}
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan=2| 2005
| [[Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama|Best Actor – Television Series Drama]]
| rowspan=9 style="text-align:center;" | ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]]
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series]]
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan=3| 2006
| [[Golden Globe Award]]s
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama|Best Actor – Television Series Drama]]
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series|Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series]]
| {{won}}
|
|-
| [[Teen Choice Awards]]
| [[Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor Drama|Choice TV Actor Drama]]
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan=2| 2007
| [[People's Choice Awards]]
| [[People's Choice Awards|Favorite Male TV Star]]
| {{won}}
|
|-
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series|Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series]]
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan=4| 2008
| [[People's Choice Awards]]
| [[People's Choice Awards|Favorite Male TV Star]]
| {{won}}
|
|-
| [[Teen Choice Award]]s
| [[Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor Drama|Choice TV Actor Drama]]
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| [[MTV Movie Award]]
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss|Best Kiss]] <small>(with [[Amy Adams]])</small>
| rowspan=2| {{center|''[[Enchanted (film)|Enchanted]]''}}
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| [[National Movie Awards]]
| [[National Movie Award|Best Performance — Male]]
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 2009
| rowspan=4| [[People's Choice Awards]]
| rowspan=3| [[People's Choice Awards|Favorite TV Drama Actor]]
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center;" | ''Grey's Anatomy''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 2010
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan=3| 2011
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| [[Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor Drama|Favorite TV Doctor]]
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| [[Golden Raspberry Awards]]
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor|Worst Supporting Actor]]
| {{center|''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]''}}
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 2012
| rowspan=4| [[People's Choice Awards]]
| rowspan=2| [[People's Choice Awards|Favorite TV Drama Actor]]
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center;" | ''Grey's Anatomy''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan=2| 2014
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| [[People's Choice Awards|Favorite On-Screen Chemistry]] <small>(with [[Ellen Pompeo]])</small>
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 2015
| [[People's Choice Awards|Favorite TV Drama Actor]]
| {{won}}
|
|}

*In 2022 Dempsey was honored with a [[Disney Legend Award]]
*In 2023 Dempsey was named as ''[[People (magazine)|People's Sexiest Man Alive]]''