Los Angeles: Actor and director Mel Gibson was arrested on Friday in Malibu, California, on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office.
Gibson, 50, was pulled over early Friday while driving on the Pacific Coast Highway, said sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore.
Officers on patrol reported Gibson was driving at an "excessively fast speed," he said.
Police said his blood-alcohol content was .12. The legal limit is .08.
Gibson was taken into custody and posted $5,000 bond for his release, Whitmore said.
Gibson was not immediately available for comment.
Gibson, who acted in the Lethal Weapon and Mad Max movie series, won an Oscar for directing 1995's Oscar-winning best picture Braveheart.
He reportedly financed the controversial movie "The Passion of the Christ" (2004), which he also directed, with $25 million of his own money. The film made $370 million at the domestic box office and ranks No. 10 on the all-time box office list. Passion of the Christ was nominated for three Academy Awards.
Gibson's latest movie, Apocalypto, set in the Mayan civilisation of several centuries ago, is due in December.
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