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Patrick Dempsey

Patrick Dempsey (born January 13, 1966 in Lewiston, Maine) is an actor who achieved Hollywood fame during the late 1980s.

Patrick Dempsey lived in Buckfield, Maine, as a teenager. He was also an adept juggler, placing third in a National Juggling Competition.

In 1985, he debuted as an actor, in the movie Heaven Help Us.

In 1987, he participated in Meatballs 3, where he played a janitor, Rudy. This movie gave him some fame. Soon after, he married actress Rocky Parker, twenty seven years his senior.

It wasn't until another 1987 release, Can't Buy Me Love, that he achieved major movie star status. The movie, in which he played Ronald Miller, was a geek to popular type of comedy which launched him and co-star Amanda Peterson to teen idol status, and Dempsey and Peterson appeared constantly on the covers of such teen magazines as Teen Beat, Tiger Beat, [[16 {magazine}|16]], Bop and others. In 1989, he shared credits with Charo and Kristy Alley in Loverboy, where he played a pizza delivery boy.

Just like in Peterson's case, Dempsey's time on the main spotlight was short. He made several movies during the 1990s, of which most were box office bombs, straight to video releases or television movies. There were a few notable exceptions, however, such as 1991's Mobsters, where he played Meyer Lansky, 1993's JFK: Reckless Youth, where he played John F. Kennedy, 1994's With Honors, and 1995's Outbreak, alongside Dustin Hoffman.

In 2000, he acted in another significant box office hit, Scream 3, alongside Neve Campbell. In 2002, he was in Sweet Home Alabama, with Melanie Griffith.

In 2004, he starred in the HBO TV movie, Iron Jawed Angels, about the women's suffrage movement, with Anjelica Huston and Hilary Swank. Parts of the movies were filmed in Richmond, VA.

Overall, Dempsey has participated in more than forty movies.

Dempsey divorced Rocky Parker in 1994. He remarried in 1999, to actress Jill Fink. The couple has one child.


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The couple has one child. Colin Firth has a younger brother, Jonathan, who is also an actor, but is not related to Peter Firth or Julian Firth. He remarried in 1999, to actress Jill Fink. He also starred in the 2002 film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's famous play, The Importance of Being Earnest in which he played Jack Worthing. Dempsey divorced Rocky Parker in 1994. Since then, he has starred in films such as Fever Pitch (1997), Shakespeare in Love (1998), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) and Love Actually (2003), as well as TV productions including Donovan Quick (an updated version of Don Quixote) (1999) and Conspiracy (2001). Overall, Dempsey has participated in more than forty movies. Despite widespread admiration for his performances, it was only with Pride and Prejudice that Firth's career really took off.

Parts of the movies were filmed in Richmond, VA. His first major TV role came in the same year, when he played the lead in the play, Tumbledown, a drama based on real events in the Falklands War. In 2004, he starred in the HBO TV movie, Iron Jawed Angels, about the women's suffrage movement, with Anjelica Huston and Hilary Swank. In 1989, he took the lead in the film Valmont, playing opposite Meg Tilly, with whom he had a well-publicised relationship. In 2002, he was in Sweet Home Alabama, with Melanie Griffith. Carr's novel, A Month in the Country. In 2000, he acted in another significant box office hit, Scream 3, alongside Neve Campbell. L.

Kennedy, 1994's With Honors, and 1995's Outbreak, alongside Dustin Hoffman. In 1987, he played alongside Kenneth Branagh in the film version of J. There were a few notable exceptions, however, such as 1991's Mobsters, where he played Meyer Lansky, 1993's JFK: Reckless Youth, where he played John F. His first film and television appearances were made in 1984. He made several movies during the 1990s, of which most were box office bombs, straight to video releases or television movies. He starred in the award-winning 1981 London stage production of Another Country. Just like in Peterson's case, Dempsey's time on the main spotlight was short. Firth was born in Hampshire, England, and spent part of his childhood in Nigeria where his family were missionaries.

In 1989, he shared credits with Charo and Kristy Alley in Loverboy, where he played a pizza delivery boy. Darcy in the BBC's 1995 dramatisation of Pride and Prejudice, Firth has become known as a heart-throb, but in reality he is a talented and versatile actor, equally at home on stage or screen. The movie, in which he played Ronald Miller, was a geek to popular type of comedy which launched him and co-star Amanda Peterson to teen idol status, and Dempsey and Peterson appeared constantly on the covers of such teen magazines as Teen Beat, Tiger Beat, [[16 {magazine}|16]], Bop and others. Since taking the starring role of Mr. It wasn't until another 1987 release, Can't Buy Me Love, that he achieved major movie star status. Colin Firth (born September 10, 1960) is a popular British actor. Soon after, he married actress Rocky Parker, twenty seven years his senior.

This movie gave him some fame. In 1987, he participated in Meatballs 3, where he played a janitor, Rudy. In 1985, he debuted as an actor, in the movie Heaven Help Us. He was also an adept juggler, placing third in a National Juggling Competition.

Patrick Dempsey lived in Buckfield, Maine, as a teenager. Patrick Dempsey (born January 13, 1966 in Lewiston, Maine) is an actor who achieved Hollywood fame during the late 1980s.