John from Cincinnati

Could John from Cincinnati star, Austin Nichols, be following in the recent footsteps of despondent and troubled Owen Wilson?  Hopefully not.  The 27-year old actor got busted in Jackson, Michigan over the weekend for allegedly driving under the influence (DUI).

Austin Nichols, who plays the enigmatic and mysterious title character, John Monad, on HBO's John from Cincinnati, was spotted driving a silver Mercury Mountaineer in the wrong direction of a one-way street during the wee hours of Friday, August 24.  Police stopped the actor on N. Jackson Street at the Louis Glick Highway around half past two in the morning.

After the responding officers smelled alcohol on Nichols, they administered a breath test which subsequently showed a blood alcohol level of 0.10 percent, which is .02 above the allowed limit in Michigan.  Nichols was then taken into custody, booked and placed behind bars at the Jackson County Jail for several hours.  He was released about six hours later, around 8:40am.

Nichols is scheduled to appear in court at a future date and faces the possibility of up to a month and a half in prison.

John from Cincinnati recently got axed by HBO, the day after its first season finale aired.  The series debuted in June but never really took off despite the presence of solid veterans like Bruce Greenwood (Nowhere Man), Luke Perry (Beverly Hills 90210), Brian Van Holt (Threshold) and Rebecca De Mornay (Risky Business, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle).

Prior to John from Cincinnati, Austin Nichols had also appeared in the mystery science fiction drama, Surface, and starred as Morgan Earp in two episodes of the Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning Deadwood.aspx">Deadwood, also for HBO.  On the big screen, Nichols rose to fame as the arrogant and self-important tennis star, Jake Hammond in Wimbledon, opposite Kirsten Dunst and Paul Bettany.

-Rosario Santiago, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
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