JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS - TUDORS STAR ARRESTED

Jonathan Rhys Meyers has been charged with public drunkenness and breach of the peace after an incident at Dublin Airport, reports claim.

The 30-year-old, who plays Henry VII in BBC2's The Tudors, was reputedly arrested after being refused entry to a flight to London.

The Mission Impossible III star is due to appear before Dublin district court on December 5th, after being released on bail.

According to Dublin Airport Police, the actor refused repeated requests to calm down, forcing the airport security staff to call the Garda Siochana, Ireland's national police force.

He was charged with two counts of violating the Public Order Act and paid an undisclosed cash bail on the condition that he appears at Dublin district court on December 5th.

In an interview with the Associated Press new agency in 2006, the Irish-born actor admitted struggling to cope with his homeland's drinking culture.

"I gave up drinking a few years ago, and this is the first time I've spent time in my country trying not to drink," he said.

"I would never drink again. It is hard to avoid. I want my career, and you can't really do that and be successful on the screen."

He added: "I'm young. If I grow older, which I hope I do, there's going to be an awful lot of time to sit in your 60s and 70s and 80s, lots of time for Southern Comfort and ice then."