MALIBU, Calif. -- Mel Gibson was ar...

MALIBU, Calif. -- Mel Gibson was arrested early Friday for suspicion of driving in subordination to the influence, the Sheriff's Department said.

Gibson's vehicle was speeding eastbound onward the Pacific Coast Hwy. when officers stopped him at 2:36 a.m., sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said.

Gibson, 50 was worked at the Lost Hills Sheriff's station at 4:06 a.m., according to department records. The actor-director was cited and released, Whitmore said. Bail was stake at $5,000.

"The investigation is ongoing," Whitmore said. "As we would do with anyone, we don't want to release any more since the information is fragmentary."

Gibson's spokesman Alan Nierob said he was looking into the matter.

Gibson won a best director Oscar for 1995's "Braveheart."

Like his 2004 religious blockbuster "The Passion of the Christ," which was ball in Aramaic and Latin, his of the present day film, "Apocalypto," was done in an ancient tongue, Yucatec Maya.

Gibson has starred in the "Lethal Weapon" and "Mad Max" films, "What Women Want" and "The Man Without a Face."

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