Patrick O'Brien Demsey (born December 14, 1978) is an American actor.

Early life and education

Demsey was born in

Danvers, Massachusetts Danvers is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, located on the Danvers River near the northeastern coast of Massachusetts. The suburb is a fairly short ride from Boston and is also in close proximity to the renowned beaches of Glo ...

. His parents are Gene and Gail Demsey; he has an older brother, Christopher, and a younger brother, Michael. He graduated from

Danvers High School Danvers High School (DHS) is a public high school in Danvers, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Danvers Public Schools school district. Demographics Student enrolment for the 2017-2018 School year (Grades 9-12) was 941. The school ...

in 1997 and attended

Fitchburg State College Fitchburg State University (Fitchburg State) is a public university in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. It has 3,421 undergraduate and 1,238 graduate/continuing education students, for a total student body enrollment of 4,659. The university offers und ...

, playing hockey at both schools, but was forced to quit the sport due to injuries.

Career

Demsey's acting career started with a successful casting call for the 2004 movie '' Miracle'', in which he plays Mike Eruzione, the captain of the U.S. hockey team that defeated the Soviet Union's team in the

1980 Winter Olympics The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States. Lake Placid was elected ...

. To prepare for the movie, Demsey trained with the real Eruzione's hockey team. After ''Miracle'' he moved to

Sherman Oaks, California Sherman Oaks is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California located in the San Fernando Valley, founded in 1927. The neighborhood includes a portion of the Santa Monica Mountains, which gives Sherman Oaks a lower population density than ...

, to continue his acting career, but received only one major role opportunity, for the 2006 horror movie '' ''Big Bad Wolf'','' an offer he turned down. He returned to Danvers, worked in construction briefly, but returned to California to give acting another try. He received an offer to play a part in the movie ''Frail''.

Filmography

Film

Television

External links

References

Living people People from Danvers, Massachusetts American male film actors Fitchburg State University alumni Male actors from Massachusetts 1978 births {{US-film-actor-1970s-stub