When you've made your name as a tough-guy movie hero, it's no fun when the action starts to dry up.
So, as Steven Seagal's star starts to fade, he's set out to find a little of the real thing.
The 59-year-old has been sworn in as a £10-an-hour deputy sheriff to patrol the US-Mexico border in west Texas - a prime smuggling crossing used by drug traffickers.
His new boss insists the role isn't a stunt.
"It became very clear to me that Mr Seagal is not in this for the celebrity," said Sheriff Arvin West.