It's a tough job! Patrick Dempsey escorts his beautiful co-star for the day as they shoot a smouldering ad campaign on the beach in LA

He is something of a heartthrob after starring in a string of romantic movies.
And Patrick Dempsey looked as cool as they come as he escorted a comely co-star on the set of his latest project in Los Angeles on Friday.
The 47-year-old certainly looked like he was enjoying himself as he walked with the dusky beauty as they made their way onto the beach in Venice.

It's a hard life: Patrick Dempsey escorted a beautiful co-star onto a film set in Los Angeles on Friday

Patrick looked sharpe in a black suit, white opened neck shirt and black shoes, though he seemed to have forgotten to put his socks on.

And the Grey's Anatomy star also wore a smug smile as he walked with the saucy model.
The actor, who is known as McDreamy by his fans, has played Dr Derek Shepherd since 2005, the husband of the show's main character, Meredith Grey.
As to whether he will return for an 11th season, 'I think it depends on renegotiations, quite honestly,' Dempsey told David Letterman last month. 'I could stay, I may go, who knows?'
Patrick has said in the past that juggling his career and his cars is a key factor in job decisions
The passionate racing fan recently turned his love of motorsport to the small screen in a four-part documentary called Patrick Dempsey: Racing Le Mans, which aired on the Velocity Network.

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'I hope it satisfies the racers and I hope it turns on the people to road racing that wouldn't have discovered it,' the grey-haired actor told RACER magazine as he talked about his pet project.'
And he said that once his days at Seattle Grace are officially over, he even wants to make auto racing his full time career.
'I would like to make that (motorsports) a complete priority and just focus on this full-time,' he told Eurosport before the 24 Hours Of Le Mans.
'If I could just walk away from acting, I think I could do that very easily, and just focus on the driving, I would love that more than anything else.'

Co-star attraction: Patrick was no doubt enjoying working with this particularly fine filly

Pout and about: The actress did not seem to be enjoying the chilly ocean air that was blowing in from the beach