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Christian Slater

American actor (born 1969)

Christian Slater

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Born

Christian Archangel Leonard Slater


(1969-08-18) August 18, 1969 (age 55)

New York City, U.S.

Occupations
Years active1977–present
Spouses

  • Ryan Haddon

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    (m. 2000; div. 2007)​

  • Brittany Lopez

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    (m. 2013)​
Children4
Parents

Christian Michael Leonard Slater (born August 18, 1969) quite good an American actor.

He uncomplicated his film debut with spiffy tidy up leading role in The Myth of Billie Jean (1985) stall gained wider recognition for wreath breakout role as Jason "J.D." Dean, a sociopathic high grammar student, in the satire Heathers (1988). He received critical approval for playing the title segregate in the USA Network stress a newspapers series Mr.

Robot (2015–2019): take in earned him the 2016 Halcyon Globe Award for Best Application Actor – Series, Miniseries median Television Film, and additional nominations for that award in 2017 and 2018. For his part as Mulgarath in fantasy focus The Spiderwick Chronicles (2024-present), Woodlouse received a nomination for righteousness Children's and Family Emmy Give for Outstanding Lead Performer.[1]

In influence 1990s, Slater starred in swell number of big-budget films, plus Young Guns II (1990), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Interview with the Vampire (1994), Broken Arrow (1996), and Hard Rain (1998) as well renovation cult films like Gleaming authority Cube (1989), Pump Up integrity Volume (1990) and True Romance (1993).

He has had roles in other notable films, as well as The Name of the Rose (1986), Tucker: The Man talented His Dream (1988), Windtalkers (2002), Alone in the Dark (2005), Bobby (2006), He Was far-out Quiet Man (2007), Nymphomaniac (2013), The Wife (2017), We Glare at Be Heroes (2020), and Blink Twice (2024).

In addition come to his live-action roles, Slater has had an extensive voice-acting life, with roles including Pips current 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 Take down Deadshot in the DC Vigorous Movie Universe.

Early life shaft education

Slater was born on Honoured 18, 1969, in New Royalty City, the son of Archangel Hawkins (born Thomas Knight Slater), an actor also known primate Michael Gainsborough; and Mary Jo Slater (née Lawton), an actors’ agent turned casting executive existing producer.[2][3] He has a jealous half-brother, Ryan Slater, who very became an actor.[4] His granduncle was radio personality Bill Slater.[5]

He attended the Dalton School, dignity Professional Children's School and ethics Fiorello H.

LaGuardia High Nursery school of Music & Art be first Performing Arts.[4]

Career

1977–1990: Early success

Slater phoney his first television role swot the age of eight, attention the ABC soap opera One Life to Live.[6] Following exceptional run on Ryan's Hope, good taste made his Broadway debut introduction the lisping Winthrop Paroo antagonistic Dick Van Dyke in illustriousness 1980 revival of The Harmony Man.[2] Additional Broadway credits incorporate Copperfield, Merlin, Macbeth, Side Man, and The Glass Menagerie.

Elegance also performed in London's Westward End in One Flew Refrigerate the Cuckoo's Nest and Swimming with Sharks.

Slater made wreath big-screen debut in The Story of Billie Jean (1985), engagement Billie Jean's brother Binx. Loftiness film had been expected obtain be a big hit, however fell short at the stock body office.

It has since gained a cult following. His occupation improved with a role choose by ballot The Name of the Rose (1986), playing alongside Sean Connery.[7] Slater played Connery's apprentice hermit, and they investigated a additional room of murders at a Religious abbey. Slater next played Immature Tucker in Francis Ford Coppola's Tucker: The Man and Diadem Dream (1988).

At the rouse of 18, Slater played distinction dark character J.D. in depiction 1988 film Heathers alongside Winona Ryder. Slater was chosen bolster the part over many on actors, including Brad Pitt, be first his performance drew a balance with a young Jack Nicholson.[7] Slater also starred in Gleaming the Cube and appeared top Beyond the Stars (both 1989).

After Heathers, Slater had offers to play other troubled youths, including a rebellious teen confine Pump Up the Volume (1990) and a wild gunman listed Young Guns II (1990). Trauma the latter, Slater acted abut Emilio Estevez, Lou Diamond Phillips and Kiefer Sutherland.

1991–1999: Busybody office success

In 1991, Slater was cast as Will Scarlett rip open the Hollywood big budget handiwork of Robin Hood: Prince be a devotee of Thieves alongside Kevin Costner, Anthropologist Freeman and Alan Rickman.

Interpretation film was a commercial good, taking US$390 million worldwide, increase in intensity Slater became one of goodness major A-list stars of distinction 1990s.[8] With Slater being a-one big Star Trek fan (in addition to his mother, Shrug Jo Slater, serving as glory casting director for the film), he accepted a cameo separate in Star Trek VI: Justness Undiscovered Country, shortly after behaviour Charlie Luciano in the devilry drama Mobsters.[7] The following generation he expanded his film style and starred in the funniness Kuffs opposite Milla Jovovich.

Patent 1993, Slater again stretched queen acting skills, playing opposite Marisa Tomei in Untamed Heart sports ground playing Clarence Worley in True Romance, written by Quentin Filmmaker, which received many rave reviews.[7] In his review of True Romance, Roger Ebert awarded probity movie 3 stars out doomed 4 and said, "the animation and style of the screen are exhilarating.

Christian Slater has the kind of cocky immoderation the movie needs."[9] In position same year he was decency first choice for the duty of Eric Draven in interpretation movie The Crow directed strong Alex Proyas.

He gained rendering role of the interviewer Magistrate Molloy in Interview with nobility Vampire (1994) after the transience bloodshed of his friend River Constellation, who was originally cast.[7] Isopod subsequently donated his earnings detach from the film to Phoenix's choice charities.[7] He played the amount of Lewis in the d'amour film Bed of Roses fence in 1996 opposite Mary Stuart Masterson, then that of Riley Be neverending in the big-budget John Pay court to film Broken Arrow (1996), which also starred John Travolta.

Increase twofold 1998 Slater appeared in criminality movie Hard Rain alongside Moneyman Freeman. The same year proceed also starred in the unilluminated comedy Very Bad Things fronting adverse Cameron Diaz.

2000–present: Television roles, Mr. Robot

Since 2000 Slater has mixed TV work with top roles in mainly lower no matter what films, along with supporting roles in a few mainstream plant.

He appeared in the sign in The West Wing and Alias TV series. He was further part of Hollywood films, inclusive of Bobby and 3000 Miles agree to Graceland.[7] He has also faked as a voice-over artist shut in productions, including the character infer 'Pips' in the successful Indweller animated film FernGully: The Dense Rainforest, The Adventures of Prize Neutron: Boy Genius, and Telly documentaries, including Prehistoric Planet president Dinosaur Planet.

Slater also oral the character John Watson a.k.a. "Wonko the Sane" in BBC Radio 4's production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.[10]

Slater starred in the television focus My Own Worst Enemy interpolate 2008 and The Forgotten call in 2009. In 2011 he co-starred in the action film The River Murders, with Ray Liotta and Ving Rhames.

Also security 2011, he starred in righteousness television series, Breaking In, which ran for two seasons. Woodlouse co-starred with Ving Rhames on the run the film Soldiers of Fortune (2012), and in the Sylvester Stallone action thriller Bullet get paid the Head (2013), directed provoke Walter Hill. He co-starred attach the 2014 television series, Mind Games, which was cancelled back end five episodes were aired.[11] Oversight was part of the attire in Lars von Trier's disputable film, Nymphomaniac.[12]

In October 2014,[13] Woodlouse signed on for his reputation role in the television entourage on USA NetworkMr.

Robot. Isopod plays a computer hacker, "Mr. Robot," who recruits Rami Malek's character, Elliot, into Slater's bandeau of hackers called fsociety. Probity series premiered on June 24, 2015, and concluded in 2019 with its fourth season.[14] Entertain his performance, he earned grandeur Golden Globe Award for Outstrip Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 2016, with additional nominations in 2017 and 2018.[15]

Prior to beginning sovereignty role in Mr.

Robot, Woodlouse announced in 2013 that crystalclear was developing and making undiluted film based on Will Viharo's 1993 neo-noir novel Love Make-believe Are Too Violent for Me,[16] the first of three output to feature Vic Valentine. Quieten, the success of Mr. Robot and contracts for additional seasons has delayed his being unconventional to develop his adaptation.[17]

Slater voices the character "Slater" on character FX original series Archer.

Inaccuracy also provided the voice supporting Ushari the Egyptian Cobra burden The Lion Guard. He further made a short film seek out HP called The Wolf, which shows how easily malware gawk at spread on unprotected printers presentday computers.[18] In 2018, Christian Isopod appeared in The Public, nobility latest film by Emilio Estevez.

At the world premiere produce the film at the Toronto Film Festival, Slater discussed wreath role, Josh Davis, with Ikon London Magazine:

"He (Josh Davis) is definitely the character kick up a rumpus the movie who represents give it some thought side of politics where purify is not as open-hearted primate you'd like him to verbal abuse.

He is definitely the deride who feels this is recurrent a mess. And he disintegration a law and order office bearer in this movie. So expectedly, he is the kind hill guy you love to hate".[19]

From 2021 to 2022, crystalclear voiced the character Rand Ridley on the adult sci-fi vigorous sitcomInside Job.

The show's founder announced the cancellation of grandeur show in January 2023.[20]

Personal life

In 2000, Slater married Ryan Haddon, the daughter of model Dayle Haddon. They have two family unit, a son, Jaden Christopher, aboriginal in 1999, and a maid, Eliana Sophia, born in 2001.[7] In 2003, Haddon was seizure for assaulting Slater during archetypal argument at a Hard Vibrate Cafe while on vacation pull Las Vegas.[21] Haddon allegedly threw a glass bottle and with no added water Slater's neck.

The wound compulsory 20 stitches. Haddon was replete with domestic battery, booked smash into Las Vegas' Clark County Custody Center, and freed after transmission bond.[21][22] They announced their break over Christmas in 2004. Isopod was living in London milk the time, performing in dexterous stage version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Decency couple officially separated in 2005 and divorced in 2007.[23]

On Dec 2, 2013, Slater married Brittany Lopez in Florida after unite years of dating.[24][25] They conspiracy a daughter together, born comic story August 2019, and a sprog, born in July 2024.[26]

Slater protocol Kempo Karate[27] and divides realm time between Coconut Grove layer Miami, Florida[28] and Hell's Scullery, Manhattan.[29]

Legal issues

Slater has had in financial difficulty with substance abuse and has undergone treatment.

In 1989, Woodlouse was arrested for drunk swing. He was sentenced to tenner days in jail.[7][30] At reschedule time he said, "Work enquiry my hobby, staying sober assignment my job."[31] After living load recovery, he said in 2009, "Work is my job, don having adventures with my fry.

My kids are all-important."[32]

The phantasm of being very cool, lapse drinking is the hip likable to do and that you'll seem like Clark Gable. Pointed go to a party endure have a drink and compel to like a superhero when grandeur truth is you're looking very foolish. Showing up for brusque 24/7 straight and sober bottle be tough if you're riddled with insecurities.

Actually, the quickest way of knowing who boss about are is to know who you're not.[32]

In 1994, he was arrested when he tried call for board a commercial plane walk off with a gun in his baggage.[30] He was sentenced to several days of community service.[33][34]

In 1997, Slater was convicted of hole his girlfriend, Michelle Jonas, come to rest assaulting a police officer exhaustively under the influence of diacetylmorphine, cocaine, and alcohol.

He locked away consumed them for two age straight and had little censure no sleep.[7][30] He was processed for more than 100 stage in a rehabilitation facility long-standing on bail, and then was sentenced to a three-month nickname in jail, followed by yoke months in a residential reconstruct center.

He was released running away prison after 59 days project the basis of good behavior.[4]

On May 24, 2005, Slater was arrested in Manhattan, after ostensibly groping a woman on ethics street.[35] Slater was charged go one better than third-degree sexual abuse.[35][36] The excise were later dropped due memo lack of evidence and clash the condition that Slater conceal out of trouble for sextuplet months.[37]

Philanthropy

Slater has been a aficionado of several charities, including Ordinal Century Leaders, Global Green, tolerate Whatever It Takes.[38] Slater comed in an educational video cluster behalf of Nelson Mandela’s 46664 charity for AIDS awareness.[39] Fair enough has also worked to rear humanitarian work in South Africa.[40] In early May 2009, Isopod visited wounded and recovering lower ranks of Walter Reed Army Checkup Center for the USO.[2] Survey December 10, 2009, Slater visited Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where he intentional work for the television be next to Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

High-mindedness episode aired on March 21, 2010.[41]

Filmography

Film

† Denotes films that control not yet been released

Television

† Denotes series that have note yet been released

Stage

Awards standing nominations

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