Patrick Dempsey Is (Finally!) PEOPLE’s 2023 Sexiest Man Alive

  In December he'll show off his racing skills in the Michael Mann–directed biopic Ferrari (which received an interim agreement from SAG-AFTRA amid the actors' strike), playing Italian driver Piero Taruffi. The film taught him a lesson in risk-taking — but off the track. “I’d been following the movie for years, so I called Michael and said, ‘I want to discuss being a part of this,’ ” Dempsey recalls. “That taught me if you really want something, you have to do it yourself.”