Patrick Dempsey
We fell in love with him in the role of Dr. McDreamy from Grey’s Anatomy, but Patrick Dempsey stumbled upon acting completely coincidentally. As a kid, Dempsey was a talented juggler. Juggling was more than a hobby for young Patrick Dempsey, who participated in national as well as international competitions and achieved second place at the International Jugglers’ Association Championship.
His love for juggling and magic (he was also an amateur magician, though juggling was his main interest) eventually boiled down to a passion for performing arts. Dempsey was willing to commit to anything he did, which is partly what made him a good juggler. Only when he received an invitation to audition for the stage production of Torch Song Trilogy did he discover acting and considered it as a possible career.