Once high school is over, few people want to relive it. Patrick Dempsey, however, experienced high school over and over again by playing angst-ridden teenagers in the 1980s. He burst into the spotlight at 21, when he starred in “Can’t Buy Me Love.” (Peter Kramer / AP)
And who could forget his rendition of a college-age pizza boy/gigolo in “Loverboy”? (Scott Gries / Getty Images)
‘90s dud
Patrick spent much of the ‘90s acting in pilots that werent picked up. He later appeared on “Will & Grace” and “Once and Again.” (Beatrice de Gea / Los Angeles Times)
Drama
“Greys” is a pretty dramatic show, but sometimes theres even more drama backstage than there is onscreen. It all started when costar Isaiah Washington, right, used a homophobic slur.
The slur led to a fight between Patrick and Isaiah and resulted in one of the cast members, T.R. Knight, left, publicly disclosing his homosexuality. (Matt Sayles / Associated Press)
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New love
After he and Rocky divorced, Patrick married Jillian Fink, founder of Delux Beauty. The couple have three children. (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
