Patrick Swayze is looking frail and gaunt his new series The Beast – but still manages to kick some serious butt, snort drugs and get the girl in the latest episode.

The actor - who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year and has said he may only have two years to live – stars as FBI undercover agent Charles Barker in the action-packed show.

In one scene in his character is mocked from behind by a criminal so he elbows him in the face before turning and putting a gun to his throat.

Later he snorts a line of cocaine before grabbing two scantily-dressed women and kissing one on the breasts, before having another gun pulled on him.

At one stage he rolls up what looks to be a joint and smokes it.

The actor has said that his fight against cancer is "hell" but is yet to stamp out his real life smoking habit, despite his admission that it "probably...had something to do with my pancreatic cancer."