Dempsey Racing Takes 3rd Place in Circuit of the Americas Race
Takes to the track in the Formula 1 USA debut race in Austin, TX
Competes in the Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge (behind the wheel of an Aston Martin Racing-Multimatic Motorsports Aston Martin Vantage GT4, first-time ever to be raced in the USA)
Unites with Foster and teammates Charles Espenlaub and Tom Long in finishing a career-best third in the Rolex 24 At Daytona. All four drivers led the race, including a career-high 28 laps led for Dempsey.
Joins partner Joe Foster and teammates Charles Espenlaub and Scott Maxwell for the season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona where the No. 40 Mazda RX-8 GT finished sixth—Dempsey Racing’s best Rolex 24 finish to-date, also matching Dempsey’s previous career-best race finish. Raced only in the year’s opening events while filming movies during the summer.
Competes in the Le Mans 24 Hours, finishing an impressive ninth in the GT2 class on board a Ferrari F430
Rallies a career-best sixth in Rolex Sports Car Series GT race at Mid-Ohio with partner, Foster, in the No. 40 Dempsey Racing Mazda RX-8
Launches the Avon fragrance, Unscripted
Contested nine Rolex Series GT races, earning a season-best result of ninth at Montreal with partner, Foster
The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing proudly opens its doors in Lewiston, Maine
Wins 2007 People’s Choice Award
Runs seven GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge races with a series career-best finish of sixth with Espenlaub at the Homestead-Miami Speedway
Debuts in the Rolex Series GT competition with Foster and Espendlaub in the No. 40 Mazda’s first race
Welcomes twin sons Darby Galen and Sullivan Patrick
Stars opposite Hilary Swank in Freedom Writers
Wins 2007 Screen Actor Guild Award
Makes five Continental Tire series starts
Once again takes top tribute among People magazine’s Sexiest Men Alive
Receives a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series–Drama for his role as Dr. Derek Shepherd
Lands in the top two of People magazine’s annual Sexiest Men Alive issue
Dr. Derek Shepherd makes a long-lasting impression on network television when Grey’s Anatomy airs to great acclaim
Stars opposite Reese Witherspoon in Sweet Home Alabama
Launches Dempsey Racing with partner Joe Foster
Welcomes daughter Talulah Fyfe Dempsey
Receives an Emmy nomination as Outstanding Guest in a Drama Series for the role of Aaron Brooks in Once & Again
Makes a mark on the small screen in Will & Grace
Plays the acclaimed role of Aaron Brooks in television series Once & Again
Marries wife Jillian Dempsey
Breaks onto the screen in first feature film role in In the Mood
Becomes an iconic character of the late 80’s in Can’t Buy Me Love
Lewiston Maine: Born Patrick Galen Dempsey