Jimmy Kimmel Reveals Patrick Dempsey as PEOPLE’s 2023 Sexiest Man Alive

Patrick Dempsey is the sexiest man alive in 2023 according to PEOPLE — and he announced the big news with the help of Jimmy Kimmel.

The revelation happened on Tuesday’s episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where the 57-year-old actor was beamed onto the stage using Proto hologram technology.

Kimmel began the reveal by telling viewers he’s a “huge fan of the sexiest men alive,” before showing a hologram box containing a projection of Dempsey, whose face has been replaced with a lizard head. His voice was also changed.

Dempsey then answered yes or no questions from the audience about his identity, quickly confirming that he was a married American-born actor. Dempsey, however, took issue with his sexiness compared to Kimmel, claiming the late-night host is better looking.

Patrick Dempsey (left) as a hologram on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”

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Early guesses from the crowd were Timothée Chalamet, Harry Styles and Travis Kelce, before they started narrowing down by age. After Kimmel hinted that the sexiest man alive in 2023 was starring in “one of the most popular television series of all time,” the winning guess came from an audience member named Keith, who correctly asked if the honoree was “Dr. McDreamy.” ”

Later, during his one-on-one conversation with Kimmel, Dempsey simply said, “I’m just happy that they made the decision and it was me this year.”

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The host noted that the actor previously made PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive cover as a secondary image of the former honoree, and — after sharing this year’s shoot — told Dempsey, “Here you are with the whole cover to yourself.”

Patrick Dempsey (left) and Jimmy Kimmel.

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During a late-night appearance, Dempsey talked about his preparation for the shoot, jokingly calling it a “sacrifice.” He said, “I fasted and went to the gym.”

Dempsey also spoke about his love of motorsports, before sharing his efforts to improve the lives of people with cancer through the Dempsey Center in his home state of Maine.

“We’re not treating the disease, we’re treating the person,” he explained, noting that the counseling, nutrition and awareness services the center offers to cancer patients are “free to them” — and done in honor of Dempsey’s late mother, Amanda Dempsey.

Patrick Dempsey (left) and Jimmy Kimmel.

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When Dempsey found out he was chosen to perform on this year’s Sexiest Man Alive contest, he told PEOPLE in this week’s cover story that he thought, “This is a joke, right?”

But it’s no joke, so when reality set in, the actor and father of three said he was “glad it’s happening at this point in my life.”

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Patrick Dempsey (left) with Jimmy Kimmel.

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While Dempsey is celebrating the upcoming release of his movie, a biopic directed by Michael Mann Ferrari (who received a temporary contract from SAG-AFTRA amid the actors’ strike), out on Christmas Day, he reflects on his journey through Hollywood — all with wife Jillian Dempsey by his side.

Life now, he sums up, is “Good – great. Grateful. Fantastic. Sexy. Hot. Exciting. It never stops being exciting, just the way it is.”

For more on the 2023 Sexiest Man Alive, check out this week’s issue peopleon newsstands on Friday.

Patrick Dempsey on the cover of PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive 2023 issue.

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Tuesday wasn’t Kimmel’s first time announcing the honor — the last time he did so was in 2020, when Michael B. Jordan was named SMA.

Jimmy Kimmel Live airs weekdays at 11:35 PM ET on ABC.

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