As Patrick Dempsey returns to Lewiston this weekend to lead the 17th Dempsey Challenge, he’ll have already had a busy year of auto racing and charity events, and is currently filming his new Fox Entertainment and Warner Bros. television series “Memory of a Killer.”

The show is about a seemingly average family man and salesman who is secretly a hit man who develops Alzheimer’s disease, according to a news release issued by Fox. His challenges become personal when he discovers someone is after his daughter and he must try to protect her by looking for clues on who the culprit is by sifting through his own past.

“’Memory of a Killer’ is a redemptive story about a man who is losing his memory but gaining a conscience,” the news release states. “Because Angelo knows he must stop history from repeating itself and save his family — before he forgets the past.”

It is inspired by the 2003 Belgian film of the same name. The show is set to premiere during the 2025/2026 season.

Last year, after returning to racing for the first time since 2016, Dempsey’s team earned second place for the 2024 season in the Porsche Endurance Challenge North America, according to Florida-based Highlands News-Sun. His return to racing and quest to win the challenge prompted a docuseries on Dempsey called “Back on Track.”

Though he does not appear to be competing in the Porsche series this year, he was spotted at several racing events nationally and internationally this year.

He was a guest driver for SPORTEC Racing at the Porsche GT3 Cup race in Monza, Italy, earlier this month. He also participated in other international Porsche Spring Challenge Suisse competitions this year. He was also seen at the Formula 1 TAG Heuer Grand Prix in Monaco in May.

Outside of racing and filming, Dempsey has been busy raising awareness about cancer and attending charity events.

Shortly after last year’s Dempsey Challenge, he appeared on NBC’s “Today” to speak about the Dempsey Center and the importance of getting screened regularly for cancer.

In May, he spoke at the Milken Institute about caregiving. That was ahead of the premiere of the PBS documentary “Caregiving,” in which he and his sister, Mary Dempsey, talked about their experience caring for their mother through her battles with cancer.

He also participated in some charity events this year, including at the 19th annual BTIG Commissions for Charity Day in May, where he was an ambassador for the Dempsey Center.

Dempsey was seen alongside U.S. Sen. Angus King in July at a Portland Hearts of Pine soccer club game. He also visited the new Dempsey Center at Rock Row in Westbrook ahead of its opening to the public in early March.

As for this weekend, the actor, racer, and Buckfield native is scheduled to be in town and very public at the Night of Love + Light (the invitation-only celebration of top fundraisers formerly known as Champions for Hope) event on Friday, and Saturday at the Dempsey Challenge leading opening and closing ceremonies and participating in the cycling event.