Over the years, Patrick Dempsey has transformed from being just another cute but dorky star of ’80s teen movies to a hunky leading man. The words that were said about his character in the classic teen flick Can’t Buy Me Love — “I mean, he went from totally geek to totally chic!” — seem to apply as much to Dempsey himself as they did to his character.
On his 50th birthday, here’s a recap of how he did it:
He learned to tame his amazing curly locks
Most of the human race had hairstyles as embarrassing as they were big in the ’80s, and Dempsey was no exception. (Please check out the aforementioned Can’t Buy Me Love as well as Loverboy.) But Dempsey’s was really bad back in the day, and when he returned for his unofficial second act, with a role in Scream 3 and a guest part in the sitcom Will and Grace in 2000, it was really good. In fact, Dempsey’s hair grew quite a following of its own.
He simply outgrew the geekiness
“He’s not trying too hard,” his Grey’s Anatomy co-star Ellen Pompeo said. “He’s sexier because he’s not chasing anything anymore. It’s a law of physics — when you run after something, it runs away from you.”
He got some cool wheels
That never hurts, right? Dempsey found a passion in auto racing after his wife, Jillian Fink, gave the lifelong car fanatic driving lessons as a gift in 2004. Eleven years later, Dempsey came in second place at France’s annual 24 Hours of Le Mans race, which dates back to 1923.
In 2014, Dempsey went as far as telling the New York Times that he prefers the diver’s seat to a Hollywood set.
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