Actor Christopher McDonald - best known to fans for his character Shooter McGavin in Happy Gilmore - has been arrested for drunk driving.

It's being reported that the 62-year-old star was stopped in the Lake Arrowhead, California area on Saturday night around 9pm and taken into custody.

An eyewitness at the scene told TMZ that McDonald drove his classic Porsche off the highway and took out a gas meter.

Booked: Christopher McDonald was arrested for drunk driving in the Lake Arrowhead area on Saturday night

His car ended up in an embankment, with pictures obtained by TMZ showing the front bumper hanging off.

According to the same source, McDonald played the celebrity card, informing cops he was in 1996 comedy Happy Gilmore.

However, it didn't have the desired effect and the actor was booked into jail to sober up and will likely be released on Sunday at some point.

In 2013 the Ballers star was arrested for DWI in Wilmington, North Carolina.

The actor is best known for his role as Shooter McGavin in comedy Happy Gilmore in 1996

Trouble again: In 2013 the Ballers star was arrested for DWI in Wilmington, North Carolina

That time he blew .15 which is almost double the legal limit after he'd spent the evening drinking with some fans.

McDonald was released just hours later, at 7.20am, after movie bosses on the film he was working on at the time titled The Squeeze, bailed him out for a paltry $1000.

According to his IMDb page the actor is currently filming horror flick Abruptio, taking on the role as Police Chief Richter.

During his 2013 arrest he blew .15, which is almost double the legal limit, after he'd spent the evening drinking with some fans

Earlier this year, after reportedly 'cleaning up his life' McDonald gave some advice to his golfing hero Tiger Woods after he was arrested in May for a DUI in Florida.

'I went through it myself, I got off. He'll get off.' he told TMZ.

Woods was arrested when officers found him unconscious in his Mercedes, which was parked awkwardly on the roadside and had damage to the driver’s side.

He had the active ingredient for marijuana, two painkillers - Vicodin and Dilaudid - the sleep drug Ambien and the anti-anxiety drug Xanax in his system but no alcohol, according to a toxicology report released in August.