As Grey’s Anatomy prepares for its 20th Season, which will premiere on the 2024 TV schedule, Patrick Dempsey is reflecting on his eleven seasons on the show and how it influenced his career. The actor played the beloved Derek Shepherd for over a decade, and he returned once as McDreamy. Now, as he celebrates a successful year that included a pair of projects on the 2023 movie schedule and the title Sexiest Man Alive, the actor looking back at his time on the ABC drama and how it impacted his fans and career.
This year, Patrick Dempsey starred in the Eli Roth horror flick Thanksgiving and Michael Mann’s biopic Ferrari. On top of that, the McDreamy actor was finally named Sexiest Man Alive after 20 years of waiting. There’s no denying that Grey’s Anatomy helped the actor get to where he is today, and he explained how grateful he is for it while on GMA:
