He's already been Passenger 57. But, soon, Wesley Snipes will getting another number, of the inmate variety.

The action star, who tried his hardest to avoid a prison sentence on tax evasion charges, has been ordered to begin serving his three-year stint at a federal prison in Pennsylvania on December 9.

All attempts by Snipes and his attorneys to overturn his 2008 conviction failed, as prosecutors allege the actor did not pay any taxes on the reported $38 million he earned from 1999 on.

"The Defendant Snipes had a fair trial... The time has come for the judgment to be enforced," wrote U.S. District Judge William Terrell Hodges.

Indeed, for Snipes, it's time to get off the Money Train.