Christian Slater
Acting
- Born:
- 1969-08-18
- Place of birth:
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Christian Michael Leonard Slater (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor. He made his film debut with a leading role in The Legend of Billie Jean (1985). He gained wider recognition for his breakout role as Jason "J.D." Dean, a sociopathic high school student, in the satire Heathers (1989). He received critical acclaim for playing the title role in the USA Network television series Mr. Robot (2015–2019): it earned him the 2016 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, and additional nominations for that award in 2017 and 2018. For his role as Mulgarath in the fantasy series The Spiderwick Chronicles (2024), Slater received the Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Performer. In the 1990s, Slater starred in a number of big-budget films, including Young Guns II (1990), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Interview with the Vampire (1994), Broken Arrow (1996), and Hard Rain (1998) as well as cult films like Gleaming the Cube (1989), Pump Up the Volume (1990) and True Romance (1993). He has had roles in other notable films, including The Name of the Rose (1986), Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988), Windtalkers (2002), Alone in the Dark (2005), Bobby (2006), He Was a Quiet Man(2007), Nymphomaniac (2013), The Wife (2017), We Can Be Heroes (2020), and Blink Twice (2024). In addition to his live-action roles, Slater has had an extensive voice-acting career, with roles including Pips in FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992), Slater in Archer (2014–2023), Ushari in The Lion Guard (2016–2019), Rand Ridley in Inside Job (2021–2022), and Floyd Lawton / Deadshot in the DC Animated Movie Universe. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christian Slater, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Hole
How to Rob a Bank
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Dexter: Original Sin
Blink Twice
Unfrosted
The Spiderwick Chronicles
A Look Through His Lens
Freelance
Chupa
Willow: Behind the Magic
A Journey to Sundance
Willow
Fleishman Is in Trouble
Garbage Pail Kids in Mad Mike: Fury Load
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
Vindicators 2
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Inside Job
LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales
Dr. Death
We Can Be Heroes
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
The Public
Dirty John
The Wolf: True Alpha
Explained
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
The Wife
The Summit
The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar
Heroes Manufactured
The Wolf
Justice League Action
King Cobra
Milo Murphy's Law
Mr. Robot_dec0d3d.doc
The Adderall Diaries
The Lion Guard
Dawn of the Croods
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Mr. Robot
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
Way of the Wicked
Ask Me Anything
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Mind Games
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Stan Lee's Mighty 7
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Rick and Morty
Stranded
Assassins Run
The Power of Few
Bullet to the Head
Guns, Girls and Gambling
Assassin's Bullet
Soldiers of Fortune
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
Dawn Rider
El Gringo
Rites of Passage
Freaky Deaky
Playback
Back to the Sea
China, IL
The River Murders
Without Men
Sacrifice
Breaking In
Conan
The Forgotten
Archer
Lies & Illusions
Dolan's Cadillac
My Own Worst Enemy
Igor
Dreaming Slipstream Dream
Naked Movie
Love Lies Bleeding
He Was a Quiet Man
The Ten Commandments
Slipstream
Crossing the Line
Bobby
Hollow Man II
My Name Is Earl
The Deal
8 Out of 10 Cats
The Office
Robot Chicken
The Friday Night Project
Alone in the Dark
Pursued
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
Entourage
Mindhunters
The Good Shepherd
Dinosaur Planet
Jimmy Neutron: Operation: Rescue Jet Fusion
Two and a Half Men
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Masked and Anonymous
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
Top Gear
Prehistoric Planet
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Windtalkers
Hard Cash
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Alias
Zoolander
Who Is Cletis Tout?
3000 Miles to Graceland
Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Contender
The West Wing
Very Bad Things
Basil
Hard Rain
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
Merry Christmas, George Bailey
Julian Po
The View
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
The Daily Show
Broken Arrow
Bed of Roses
Catwalk
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Murder in the First
Interview with the Vampire
Jimmy Hollywood
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
True Romance
Untamed Heart
Where the Day Takes You
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
Kuffs
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Mobsters
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
Pump Up the Volume
Young Guns II
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
The Wizard
The Edge
Heathers
Beyond the Stars
Desperate for Love
Gleaming the Cube
This Morning
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Going Live!
La rosa dei nomi
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
The Name of the Rose
Crime Story
L.A. Law
The Equalizer
Twisted
The Legend of Billie Jean
Tales from the Darkside
MTV Video Music Awards
The Haunted Mansion Mystery
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
Sherlock Holmes: The Strange Case of Alice Faulkner
ABC Weekend Specials
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Oscars
Young Guns 3: Alias Billy the Kid
Last Call of a Dying Hawk
Incidents of Intimacy