30 Movie Star Mugshots

Al Pacino

The Alleged Crime: A 21-year-old Pacino was arrested when a .38 pistol was discovered in the boot of the car he was driving in with two other men. Apparently he co-operated well with police, but couldn’t afford the $2,000 bail, so spent three days in jail.

Charlie Sheen

The Alleged Crime: Sheen was arrested in 2009 and charged with felony menacing and third-degree assault, as well as criminal mischief. He posted $8,500 bail and was sentenced to 30 days in rehab, 30 days of probation, and 36 hours of anger management.

Jane Fonda

The Alleged Crime: Fonda was arrested in 1970 after kicking an officer who was apprehending her. He had been initially charging her with pills that were in her possession. Later the charges were dropped when the pills were revealed to be nothing more than vitamins.

Kiefer Sutherland

The Alleged Crime: The 24 star has been arrested twice for drunk driving, this mugshot taken during his second apprehension by police. Keef spent 48 hours – over Christmay day – behind bars.

Lindsay Lohan

The Alleged Crime: Back in 2007, LiLo pleaded guilty to cocaine possession and driving under the influence. She served just 84 minutes of jail time.

Chris Klein

The Alleged Crime: Klein followed the end of his relationship with Katie Holmes with a DUV offence in 2005. He was arrested for the same offence in June 2010, and checked into the Cirque Lodge for a 30-day alcohol addiction program.

Matt Dillon

The Alleged Crime: Dillon was arrested in 2009 for being clocked by cops travelling at 106mph on a Vermont highway. Dillon pleaded guilty and paid a $828 fine.

Christian Slater

The Alleged Crime: Slater spent 10 days in jail in 1989 for drunk driving and assault. Five years later he was apprehended for trying to board a plane carrying a loaded weapon. Finally in 1997, he was arrested for assaulting his girlfriend, and spent over 100 days in rehab.

Dennis Hopper

The Alleged Crime: Way back in 1975, Hopper was arrested for causing a road accident thanks to careless driving, then running away from the scene without informing the police.

Mickey Rourke

The Alleged Crime: Rourke was first arrested in 1994 on charges of spousal abuse, which were later dropped. Over a decade later in 2007, he was arrested again under DUI charges.

Edward Furlong

The Alleged Crime: After battling drug demons, Furlong was arrested twice in 2001 for driving under the influence offences. He said in retrospect: “The first year of quitting [ drugs ] is the hardest thing I've ever had to do, physically and mentally.”

Matthew McConaughey

The Alleged Crime: McConaughey found himself on the wrong end of the law in 1999, when he was taken in for resisting arrest during an early morning disturbance, as well as cannabis possession. The drug charges were subsequent dropped.

Frank Sinatra

The Alleged Crime: Aged 23, a married Sinatra was arrested in 1938 on charges of seduction and adultery. The charges were later dropped when it was discovered that the woman Sinatra was alleged to have had sex with was also married herself.

Haley Joel Osment

The Alleged Crime: Former child star Haley crashed his car in 2006. The 18 year old suffered minor injuries, and was charged with drunk driving as well as possession of marijuana. He was released after posting $15,000 bond.

Tim Allen

The Alleged Crime: Allen was arrested first in October 1978 at an airport for possessing over 650g of cocaine. He pleaded guilty to drug trafficking, and was released from the Federal Correctional Institution in Sandstone after serving two years and four months.

Mel Gibson

The Alleged Crime: Gibson was taken in in 2006 for allegedly driving under the influence. Reportedly speeding, he also allegedly yelled anti-Semitic remarks and branded a female police office “sugar tits”.

OJ Simpson

The Alleged Crime: OJ caused an international scandal when he was arrested in 1995, charged with murder. He was acquitted by a jury, but was sent to jail in 2007 for armed robbery. He’s serving a nine year sentence.

Hugh Grant

The Alleged Crime: Grant was caught with hooker Divine Brown in his car in 1995. Not exactly rom-com squeaky clean.

Josh Brolin

The Alleged Crime: Brolin was arrested in 2008 after taking part in an alleged drunken bar brawl. Wife Diane Lane laid down the law herself, telling him he had to choose between her and the booze.

Woody Harrelson

The Alleged Crime: Harrelson was first arrested in 1982 for drunken disorderly behaviour – namely dancing drunk in the middle of the street. After evading arrest and assaulting an officer, he paid a $390 fine.

Macauley Culkin

The Alleged Crime: In the same week that other child star Ed Furlong got arrested, Culkin was busted in 2004 for possessing marijuana and two controlled dangerous substances (Xanax and sleeping pills). He posted $4,000 bond.

Robert Downey Jr.

The Alleged Crime: Jr was arrested numerous times between 1996 and 2001, mostly for drug-related misdemeanours. “It's like I have a loaded gun in my mouth and my finger's on the trigger, and I like the taste of the gunmetal,” he once told a judge. One odd incident had him waking up in a neighbour’s bed.

Michelle Rodriguez

The Alleged Crime: “Put a gun to my head and shoot me!” is what Rodriguez reportedly yelled when she was caught doing 88mph in a 55mph zone. That was in 2005. Just three years earlier she was also arrested for reportedly fighting with her roommate.

Nick Nolte

The Alleged Crime: Nolte was picked up “drooling” by the California Highway Patrol on September 11th 2002 after erratic driving. He was reported to be under the influence of drugs.

Paris Hilton

The Alleged Crime: A stockpile of driving offences landed Hilton in the clink in June 2007. She was sentenced to 45 days behind bars.

Wesley Snipes

The Alleged Crime: Blade star Snipes was arrested in 2006 after surrendering himself to federal charges on grounds of tax evasion amounting to $1m. He pleaded not guilty.

Rip Torn

The Alleged Crime: Torn’s been apprehended numerous times over the years for alcohol-related misdemeanours. Those include an infamous filmed 1994 arrest that was aired on TV news, a drunk driving charge in 2008 and a breaking and entertaing charge in 2010.

Shia LaBeouf

The Alleged Crime: LaBeouf was first arrested in November 2007 after trespassing in a Chicago Walgreens. Those charges were dropped. Less than a year later in July 2008, LaBeouf was apprehended again, this time for drunk driving. He had his driving license taken away for a year.

Steve McQueen

The Alleged Crime: McQueen was arrested for driving while intoxicated in Anchorage, Alaska in 1972.

Vince Vaughn

The Alleged Crime: Vince was picked up in 2001 during shooting of, fittingly, Domestic Disturbance , when he was charged with an participating in an alleged bar brawl.

Josh Winning has worn a lot of hats over the years. Contributing Editor at Total Film, writer for SFX, and senior film writer at the Radio Times. Josh has also penned a novel about mysteries and monsters, is the co-host of a movie podcast, and has a library of pretty phenomenal stories from visiting some of the biggest TV and film sets in the world. He would also like you to know that he "lives for cat videos..." Don't we all, Josh. Don't we all.