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Michael Dempsey is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his roles in the films The Sure Thing (1985), The Lost Boys (1987), and The Blob (1988). He has also appeared in television series such as The Wonder Years, The X-Files, and ER.
Dempsey was born in Columbus, Ohio, and raised in the nearby suburb of Westerville. He attended Otterbein College, where he majored in theater. After graduating, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.
Dempsey's first major role was in the 1985 comedy The Sure Thing, in which he played the lead role of Walter "Gib" Gibson. He then appeared in the 1987 horror film The Lost Boys, and the 1988 remake of The Blob. He also had a recurring role in the television series The Wonder Years, playing the role of Kevin Arnold's best friend, Paul Pfeiffer.
In the 1990s, Dempsey had guest roles in several television series, including The X-Files, ER, and NYPD Blue. He also appeared in the films The Craft (1996) and The Faculty (1998).
In recent years, Dempsey has focused on producing. He has produced several films, including the horror film The Possession (2012) and the comedy The Internship (2013). He also executive produced the television series The Exorcist (2016).
Dempsey is married to actress and producer Jennifer Dempsey. They have two children.
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8 September, 1956 |
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8 September |
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Columbus, Ohio, United States |
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April 29, 2009 |
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Riverside Methodist Hospital, San Diego, California |
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United States |
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Michael met Shannon Kirk in 1978 while she worked in a bank: she worked alongside with him while he was in a working partnership with Küschall, they both married on August 3, 1991. They travelled frequently around the world to places such as Hawaii, New Zealand and Australia. In December 2003, they adopted their infant son Henry from Kazakhstan.
During the 1990s, Dempsey won the most medals of his career in one event: three golds in the Para PanAmerican Games in Mexico. He won these medals in the singles, open singles and teams event along with Andre Scott.
Dempsey performed poorly in the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville after winning a bronze medal in the singles event while the teams' event didn't win any medals. However, in 1988, he defeated Guy Tisserant to win the gold medal in the open singles and a bronze medal in the singles category 4 event.
He was inducted into three halls of fame for sporting career: Ohio Wheelchair Athletic Association in 1981, the California Table Tennis Hall of Fame in 2001 and USATT Hall of Fame one year later. Dempsey was also a long time member of the San Diego Table Tennis Association.
In the early 1980s, Dempsey didn't win any singles or doubles titles in both Worlds' and Pan-Am Championships however he did win two golds and a bronze medal in 1985 in Vienna.
His third Games, the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, Netherlands, he won a gold medal in the men's singles 4 by defeating Grady Uyt de Boogaardt of the Netherlands. He also won a silver medal with Kaus and Kerr in the teams' event.
In the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto, Canada, Dempsey won his first gold medal after defeating West Germany alongside his teammate Gary Kerr. He won a silver medal in the singles by being defeated by Baruch Hagai from Israel.
Michael graduated in 1974 in Gahanna Lincoln High School,he awarded a Varsity sport jacket for "his achievements in table tennis and basketball" and was inducted into the National Honor Society for "his scholarship, character, leadership and service". In March 1974, Michael went to Mount Airy Lodge in Pennsylvania to visit a training center so that he could be coached to compete against top 15 or above able-bodied juniors in the United States and he was hoping to join the US junior team that will play against Germany in a tournament. From 1975 to 1977, Dempsey and his teammate Fletcher went on to win a doubles title together in 1975. After 1977, Dempsey won six singles consecutively from 1977 to 1982 in not just his class but in open categories.
In 1973, Dempsey was ranked no.1 among the young adult players of Ohio and ranked no. 6 in the male Ohio table tennis players category. He went to the World Championships in Stoke Mandeville, England where Michael won 1st of his seven World's singles titles, this was also where he had beaten Sam Hagai for the first time after his defeat in the 1972 Summer Paralympics Games in Heidelberg, he also won the doubles title with Gray.
Dempsey first competed in the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, West Germany at a young age of 16 where he was the youngest in the table tennis team. He won his first Paralympic medals: silver in singles match (Sam Hagai of Israel won the gold medal) and a bronze medal in the doubles along with Sam Fletcher. After his successful first competition at the Heidelberg Games, he was congratulated by the Ohio House of Representatives.
In the early 1970s, Dempsey kept improving on his table tennis skills by competing against able-bodied players in his training club in his hometown by taking part in local competitions. In July 1971, Dempsey took part in his first international competition: he won a gold medal in Kingston. He went on to win five more Pan-Am Singles Championships titles. Dempsey's practiced his table tennis skills with a Stiga robot at home and he defeated his mentor Gray to win a national championship in Ohio and also won another title along with Gray in the doubles to win against Jelenevsky and Ty Kaus.
He first started playing table tennis in 1969. He competed along with other wheelchair athletes "according to function based on spinal cord injury level or comparable muscle strength". Dempsey competed in the least disable category. The U.S. Wheelchair Champion John Gray took 13-year-old Dempsey to the National Wheelchair Games in 1969. He competed as an unseeded newcomer however he successfully won his first gold medal after beating Serge Jelenevsky for the gold medal; this was one of Dempsey's first of thirty golds that he won in his career.
Michael Henry Dempsey (September 8, 1956 – April 29, 2009) from Columbus, Ohio is a former American para table tennis player who competed in eight Paralympic Games. His best rank was world no.2 in class 4 in April 2001.
