As Patrick Dempsey, 57, becomes the second oldest 星／主役にする to earn 肩書を与える People's Sexiest Man Alive... a look at his dishy days as 'McDreamy' on Grey's Anatomy and how he feels like he's 'always been the bridesmaid' in life
Patrick Dempsey has been 指名するd as People?magazine's Sexiest Man Alive this year, making him the second oldest celebrity to ever earn the 肩書を与える.
The actor, 57, 認める he was shocked to receive the honour and told how he is 'always the bridesmaid' as he spoke about finally 達成するing the accolade.
'I've always been the bridesmaid! I'd 完全に forgotten about it and never even 熟視する／熟考するd 存在 in this position. So my ego is good,' he said.
He is the oldest 星／主役にする to earn the 肩書を与える since Sean Connery was 指名するd People's Sexiest Man Alive more than 30 years ago in 1989 when he was 59 years old.
As Patrick becomes the 39th celebrity to earn the 肩書を与える, MailOnline takes a look 支援する at his rise to fame, his dishy days as 'McDreamy' on Grey's Anatomy and his family life.
業績／成就:?Patrick Dempsey has been 指名するd as People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive this year, making him the second oldest celebrity to ever earn the 肩書を与える
Sexy: The actor, 57, 認める he was shocked to receive the honour (the cover is pictured) and told how he is 'always the bridesmaid' as he spoke about 達成するing the accolade?
RISE TO FAME AS ROM-COM HEARTHROB
Patrick had 早期に success as an actor in the 1980s, where he starred in an array of rom-coms 含むing 1987's Can't Buy Me Love and 1989's Loverboy.
After a whole string of smaller TV and film 役割s throughout the 1990s, he starred in 2002's rom-com?甘い Home Alabama.
He appeared in the film と一緒に 抱擁する Hollywood 指名するs 含むing Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Dakota Fanning and Candice Bergen.
まっただ中に his 漸進的な rise to the スポットライト, the heartthrob appeared in Disney's 2007 musical live 活動／戦闘 rom-com film?Enchanted.
He starred as Robert Philip と一緒に Amy Adams as Giselle and James Marsden as Prince Edward in the film and he returned for the 2022 sequel,?Disenchanted.
The 初めの Enchanted followed the story of Giselle, the animated princess-to-be from Andalasia who was magically 輸送（する）d to the real-life world of New York City, where she met and fell in love with lawyer Robert Philip (Patrick).
Written by 法案 Kelly and directed by Kevin Lima, it went on to become a bonafide 攻撃する，衝突する, 甚だしい／１２ダースing $340.5million on a $85million 予算.
Speaking about returning to the rom-com 役割 in 2021, he said:?'We need some escapism 権利 now. We need those romantic comedies and those musicals to get people out of the doldrums that we're in.'
As he reached 全世界の fame during the 2000s 予定 to his big film 役割s and TV 外見 on Grey's Anatomy, Patrick continued finding success with rom-coms.
He appeared in Made of 栄誉（を受ける） in 2008, then appeared の中で the very 星／主役にする-studded cast of Valentine's Day in 2010 and also starred in 2016's Bridget Jones's Baby.
Heartthrob:?After a whole string of smaller TV and film 役割s throughout the 1990s, he starred in 2002's rom-com 甘い Home Alabama と一緒に Reese Witherspoon and Candice Bergen
著名な:?まっただ中に his 漸進的な rise to the スポットライト, he appeared in Disney's 2007 musical live 活動／戦闘 rom-com film Enchanted
Romance:?As he reached 全世界の fame during the 2000s, Patrick continued finding success with rom-coms and appeared in Bridget Jones's Baby with Renee Zellweger and Colin Firth
< /div>'MCDREAMY' DAYS IN GREY'S ANATOMY?
にもかかわらず his movie success, Patrick is arguably best known for his 役割 as?heartthrob neurosurgeon Derek 'McDreamy' Shepherd in Grey's Anatomy.
He first appeared on the show in 2005 and went on to 星／主役にする in a 一連の 劇の, romantic and 爆発性の storylines across the next 10 years.
テレビ視聴者s 熱望して followed as his romance with Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) developed from a one-night stand, to an on-off workplace romance, until they 合法的に married in season seven so they could 可決する・採択する?Zola.
After テレビ視聴者s avidly followed their marriage and family life, his character?was then tragically killed off in a car 事故 in season 11 of the 医療の 演劇 series in 2015.
Fans were left 完全に 荒廃させるd by his character's death, and some even 脅すd to ボイコット（する） Grey's Anatomy at the time over the heartbreaking storyline.
However, he sweetly made a 簡潔な／要約する 復帰 in 生き残るing wife Meredith Grey's beach dream sequence during the 開始する，打ち上げる episode of the 17th series.
Show creator Shonda Rhimes 以前 確認するd Patrick would rather kill off his character than 分裂（する） from his long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 partner as it would 妥協 their love story.
Grey's Anatomy quickly 伸び（る）d a wide fanbase upon its 首相 and has become the one of the longest-running shows in the 網状組織's history.
Recognisable:?にもかかわらず his movie success, Patrick is arguably best known for his 役割 as neurosurgeon Derek 'McDreamy' Shepherd in Grey's Anatomy
Romance: He first appeared on the show in 2005 and went on to 星／主役にする in 劇の storylines across the next 10 years as his 関係 with Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) developed
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS WIFE... AND THE CHEEKY THING THAT SAVED THEIR MARRIAGE?
Patrick has been married to his make-up artist wife Jillian 密告者 since 1999 and にもかかわらず a short 分裂（する） in 2015, the couple have been loved-up ever since.
They first met when Patrick …に出席するd Jillian's hair salon for an 任命, with Jillian thinking her 同僚s were joking around when she saw the famous 星／主役にする's 指名する in her 調書をとる／予約するs.
Hair stylist Jillian, who has a very 星／主役にする-studded clientele, 以前 told how she was 'shocked' when he walked through the door, but was also pleased because he was 'so 削減（する）'.
Patrick and Jillian quickly became friends but remained platonic as they were both in 関係s at the time, with Patrick cheekily admitting she was 'always flirting'.
They then started dating in 1997 and two years later, they tied the knot at Patrick's family home in Maine in a romantic 儀式.
The couple, who 株 three children, recently 示すd their 24th wedding 周年記念日, but things 港／避難所't always been smooth-sailing for the couple.
In January 2015, the couple 簡潔に separated but Patrick told how he realised that he didn't want to get a 離婚 and they reconciled just months later in the spring.
The racing car driver 以前 明らかにする／漏らすd the cheeky thing that helped to save his marriage with his wife Jillian as he 反映するd on their 簡潔な／要約する 分裂（する）.
Smitten:?Patrick has been married to his make-up artist wife Jillian 密告者 since 1999 and にもかかわらず a short 分裂（する） in 2015, the couple have been loved-up ever since
'You've got to keep at it,' he told People magazine 支援する in 2016. 'You've got to communicate, and stay open and not get lazy. And not give up. And lots of sex!'?
にもかかわらず their rocky patch, the couple managed to mend their 関係 in 私的な after going to couple's therapy, and are now still going strong.
'Everybody has their own path. Jill and I decided it was time to work on our 問題／発行するs and 改善する,?Patrick told PEOPLE.
'We 手配中の，お尋ね者 to be 役割 models for our kids like, okay, if you have differences, you can work them out.'
Jillian 作品 as a hairstylist and make-up artist and has?worked with 非常に／多数の famous 直面するs, 含むing Kristen Stewart, Julia Roberts, Kristen Dunst, Emilia Clarke and Jennifer Lawrence.
She ran her own hair salon in Los Angeles before selling it in 1998, and she has also?created a 署名 lip gloss for the cast of Charlie's Angels.
Her make-up 製品s were also put to use on the 始める，決める of 甘い Home?Alabama?and she was?任命するd as Avon's first 全世界の Creative Color Director in 2007.
Patrick has been a longtime?支持者 of his wife's career and has even modelled for one of Jillian's （選挙などの）運動をするs.
Jillian has 開始する，打ち上げるd two make-up lines and 解放（する）d her own app called FYFE beauty in 2020, which saw the make-up artist giving tutorials for 使用者s.
Jillian is often seen making very glamorous red carpet 外見s with her husband, and recently joined him at Venice Film Festival as he 促進するd his new film Ferrari.
Patrick was 以前 married?to late actress Rochelle Parker from 1987 until 1994, he was 21 and she was 47 at the time they 交流d 公約するs. She died in 2014.
The couple, who 株 three children and first met at Jillian's hair salon, recently 示すd their 24th wedding 周年記念日 together?
分離:?In January 2015, the couple 簡潔に separated but Patrick told how he realised that he didn't want to get a 離婚 and they reconciled just months later (picture d in 2022)
FAMILY??
Jillian and Patrick 株 three children together -?Talula Fyfe, 21, and twins?Darby Galen and Sullivan Patrick, both 16, who they welcomed in 2007.
They keep their family life 比較して 私的な but their kids are いつかs seen …を伴ってing the couple on red carpets.
The whole family were seen …に出席するing the 首相 of?The Art Of Racing In The Rain, which Patrick produced, 支援する in 2019 in a rare 共同の 外見.
Giving a rare insight into motherhood, Jillian told how she likes to be make-up 解放する／自由な にもかかわらず her profession because she doesn't want her children to remember her always putting it on.
She said she feels most beautiful looking and laughing at her children, 追加するing that she adores their '最高の silly and natural' personalities.
'I would hate for them to remember me as 'in a mirror doing your make-up,' she told Maine Women Magazine.
'I think that is why I like to do everything on the vanity 前線 as condensed and 急速な／放蕩な as possible. I call it 'lazy girl 構成.'
Family:?Jillian and Patrick 株 three children together - Talula Fyfe, 21, and twins Darby Galen and Sullivan Patrick, both 16, who they welcomed in 2007 (pictured in 2019)??
