Patrick Dempsey Joins ‘Dexter: Original Sin’ Prequel as Series Regular

The “Thanksgiving” actor will play a police captain in his first fulltime American TV role since departing “Grey’s Anatomy”

Patrick Dempsey
Patrick Dempsey

Patrick Dempsey is returning to appointment television as a series regular on “Dexter: Original Sin,” Showtime announced Thursday.

The actor joins Christian Slater and Patrick Gibson in the “Dexter” prequel, playing Aaron Spencer, a Miami Metro Homicide Captain with a long history with the titular serial killer’s (Gibson) adoptive father Harry Morgan (Slater). 

The series also stars Molly Brown as Debra Morgan, James Martinez as Angel Batista, Christina Milian as Maria LaGuerta, Alex Shimizu as Vince Masuka and Reno Wilson as Bobby Watt.  

Dempsey’s casting marks his first fulltime American TV gig since he exited “Grey’s Anatomy” in 2021. In the time since, he appeared in the films “Disenchanted,” “Ferrari” and “Thanksgiving,” as well as the Italian television series “Devils.”

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