Patrick Dempsey Makes First Public Appearance as a Single Man

Patrick Dempsey sports some scruff while hitting the charity screening of the film Winning: The Racing Life Of Paul Newman held at the El Capitan Theatre on Thursday (April 16) in Hollywood.

The 49-year-old actor made his first public appearance since his split from wife Jillian in January.

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Patrick was on hand to celebrate Paul Newman‘s love for racing with archived footage of the actor and his wife Joanne Woodward, who stayed married until his death in 2008.