[Marlow Thompson on Dempsey Bryk]: Growing up, Dempsey was a competitive boxer (Champ of the Ontario Bronze Gloves tournament), soccer player, debater, and mathematician. He graduated high school with an IB (International Baccalaureate) and an OSSD diploma, and was on AEO scholarship at the Richard IVEY School Of Business (UWO), when he decided to move to New York City and study acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse Acting Conservatory.