Bearded Jamie Dornan appears brooding while filming The Tourist

He has been spotted filming the upcoming series of The Tourist.

And Jamie Dornan returned to work on Thursday as he filmed the wildly popular show in Bray, County Wicklow.

The 50 Shades Of Gray star, 41, was spotted in the same ensemble as days before filming the thriller for continuity reasons.

The first season of the Stan Original series – released last year – focused on Dornan’s character Elliot as he gets stuck in the outback after a car tries to run him off the road. He wakes up in the hospital and has no idea what happened.

The new season follows the action to Dublin, a year after Elliott left the outback, where he comes face to face with his past.

Meanwhile, Helen (Danielle Macdonald), an outback police officer, travels to Ireland with Dornan’s troubled nature, only to be swept up in the mystery of his past life.

Conor MacNeill, Olwen Fouéré and Vikings actor Diarmaid Murtagh are also cast in season two.

Speaking of his role, Jamie said last year: “I’ve never had to approach a character who doesn’t know who he is, so it was almost a totally opposite process for me to not allow yourself a backstory…

“I accepted every discovery he made as something new. I’ve often tried to look at myself in my most vulnerable moments, where I felt lost or scared, and draw from that.’

After the first series, Charlotte Moore, the BBC’s chief content officer, said: ’12 million people watched in the first 30 days – that’s twice the size of the biggest show, Stay Close on Netflix.

“The power of the BBC to reach millions of people is much greater than we may realize.”