Kiefer Sutherland, the star of the Fox drama “24,” was sentenced on Wednesday to 48 days in jail after his second drunken-driving arrest in three years and he immediately reported Glendale City Jail to start doing his time.

Sutherland pleaded no contest in October to driving with a blood-alcohol level about the legal limit of 0.08 after he was arrested in September while being on probation for a previous DUI offence.

Sutherland’s jail sentence consists in 30 days for driving while under alcohol influence and 18 days for violating his probation from a previous DUI case, according to City Attorney representative Nick Velasquez. Moreover, he was fined $510 and ordered more five years on probation. He also has to complete an 18-month alcohol program plus six months of weekly therapy sessions.

The actor was ordered to complete his sentence by March 30, according to Assistant City Attorney Dan Jeffries, so he could have waited as late as February 12. Instead, he chose to present himself two hours later after he was convicted.

Sutherland’s lawyer, Blair Berk told the Associated Press that his client had “made the decision to surrender to custody immediately.”

The Canadian actor is no stranger to driving while alcohol influence, after being arrested in 2004 for the same reason. On September 25, the police stopped him as he left a Hollywood industry party at the trendy Area nightclub. He failed a sobriety test after being pulled over for making an illegal U-turn. He pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor DUI charge at that time too, being sentenced to five-year probation, 50 hour of community service and ordered to attend an alcohol treatment program.

Sutherland apologized to his family, friends and co-workers for his behavior in a statement released immediately after his leaving the courthouse.

"I'm very disappointed in myself for the poor judgment I exhibited recently, and I'm deeply sorry for the disappointment and distress this has caused my family, friends and co-workers," he said according to the Associated Press.

According to earlier reports, Sutherland was expected to serve his term with breaks in order not to interrupt the “24” filming schedule, but FOX has already postpone its sixth season because it was not complete before the Hollywood writer’s strike started. The network television said that it would wait until the whole series is ready to unfold on a weekly basis. The actor plays the role of a counter terrorist Jack Bauer, who won him an Emmy award last year.