Jonathan Rhys Meyers was arrested Sunday afternoon at the Dublin, Ireland, airport, facing charges of public drunkenness and breach of the peace as he tried to get on a plane to England.

Rhys Meyers, 30, was refused permission to board a London-bound flight when police confronted the actor twice after erratic, abusive behavior at an airport gate and at a desk of the British airline BMI, the Associated Press reports.

Dublin Airport Police said they called Ireland’s national police force, the Garda Siochana, after Rhys Meyers refused repeated requests to calm down, reports the AP.

The Cork-born actor and star of Showtime’s The Tudors was held for a short time, charged under Ireland’s Public Order Act and released on his own bail. He is due in court for his arraignment Dec. 5.

Rhys-Meyers, who earlier this year did a stint in rehab, was in Dublin to promote his new movie August Rush.

Jonathan Rhys-Meyers regrets not taking his musical career more seriously because he would have liked to have formed a band with his brothers.

The star’s brother plays the drummer in Rhys-Meyers’ musician character’s band in new film August Rush, and the performance scenes made the actor crave the concert stage.

Rhys-Meyers admits music is a bigger deal in his family than the movies and his father once played in a revered pub act called Hector Pick Axe And The Floatin’ Crowbars.

He recalls, “They were a country western band and my daddy was the bass guitar player. All my aunties are all choir singers. My three brothers, Jamie, Alan and Paul, are musicians… I would have liked to have had a rock n’ roll band with my brothers, but they are really talented and I’m sort of mediocre. I can fake it good. I play a little bit of the flute, play guitar and sing.”

And Rhys-Meyers’ most recent musical role in “August Rush” brought the actor into contact with one of his heroes: “We got this studio space where Paul Simon was doing his new album. I was standing outside smoking a cigarette with a guitar strung over my shoulder and Paul Simon walks by. We chatted. It was good fun.”

On Brad Pitt:

“Let’s not kid ourselves—this business is about being good-looking. Look, Brad Pitt is an incredible actor, but do you think he’d be a famous movie star if he didn’t look like that? Come on!”

On Leonardo Dicaprio:

“[Leonardo DiCaprio] was successful very young, was a party boy, took two years off, and then became this major Hollywood player. Right now I can get a $5 million film green-lit, not a $100 million film.”

On Being a Narcissist:

“Part of being a narcissist is being terribly insecure. If I wasn’t so insecure about myself, I wouldn’t work as hard as I do. I am constantly seeking approval.”

On Staying Out of the Limelight:

“You know why I stay out of the limelight? I always think there will be that time that people will find out that I’m crap at what I do. I think they will figure out I’m crap. Doesn’t everybody have that feeling?”

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Here he is at the premiere of his new movie, “August Rush” (which looks AMAZING) at the Rome Film Festival this weekend.

“After a non-stop succession of filming (of Showtime’s The Tudors), Jonathan Rhys Meyers has entered an alcohol-treatment program,” rep Meredith O’Sullivan says. “He felt a break was needed to maintain his recovery.” Meyers’s rep adds: “Jonathan plans to resume his schedule following completion.”