Kiefer’s drunken photos are on The Sun’s website

Kiefer Sutherland had yet another shirtless, drunken night of embarrassing himself that culminated with him being thrown out of a strip club. Sutherland, who just wrapped production on the final season of his spy thriller series “24,” has a long history with alcohol and seems to like taking his clothes off when he overindulges. He’s lucky he wasn’t arrested – again.

The following takes place between 10:40pm and 11:50am.

TELLY special agent KIEFER SUTHERLAND goes out on a mission – to get plastered on the streets of London.

And the Hollywood actor, famed as 24 hero Jack Bauer, seemed to have no trouble achieving his objective, ending up shirtless in a tussle with Stringfellows security.

Sutherland, described by onlookers as “absolutely screamingly paralytic”, was even put in a headlock by bouncers as he lashed out.

This is how the longest night of his drinking life unfolded into the early hours of yesterday.

10.40pm: The 43-year-old actor, born in the capital, is spotted outside The Covent Garden Hotel Bar before meeting a pal. Two hours later he is seen with five empty wine glasses on his table and heard ordering more.

2.00am: Sutherland is driven to Stringfellows lapdancing club, where an insider said: “He went bananas, shouting nonsense and dancing like Peter Crouch before kicking off when asked to leave.”

3.35am: Bouncers hustle him from the premises after a reported bust-up, exposing his tattooed torso as they muscle him to his car.

3.36am: Grim-faced security guards finally seem to have him under control.

3.40am: The battle to pour him into his motor continues as the actor staggers in the street.

3.45am: The dazed dad of one sits in the car until finally, at 4.00am: He falls into the street outside his hotel, giggling and with his jacket unbuttoned.

11.50am: Sutherland sits outside, recovering with a ciggie.

The star, a hit in Fox and Sky One’s 24, is in town to plug his new film Twelve.

He served 48 days’ jail in 2007 after drink-driving offences and apologised last year after headbutting a male fashion designer.

[From The Sun]

You can see a very unflattering slide show of Kiefer’s wild night, including him being dragged out of the club in a headlock, here. Oh, Kiefer. This may have been kind of funny when you were 23, but you’re 43 and now it’s just kind of gross and sad. I guess we should be thankful that he wasn’t behind the wheel of a car, but I wonder what it is going to take for him to clean up his act. Hopefully he does it on his own, before something even worse happens. Everyone loses control once in a while, but this kind of thing has been going on way too often with Kiefer.