Christian Slater
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.
Filmography (55)
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Unfrosted
Blink Twice
Freelance
Chupa
We Can Be Heroes
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
The Wife
King Cobra
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Bullet to the Head
El Gringo
Freaky Deaky
Without Men
The River Murders
Dolan's Cadillac
Igor
Love Lies Bleeding
He Was a Quiet Man
Hollow Man II
Bobby
Alone in the Dark
The Deal
Mindhunters
Masked and Anonymous
Windtalkers
Zoolander
3000 Miles to Graceland
Who Is Cletis Tout?
The Contender
Very Bad Things
Hard Rain
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Bed of Roses
Broken Arrow
Murder in the First
Interview with the Vampire
True Romance
Untamed Heart
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
Kuffs
Where the Day Takes You
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Mobsters
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Young Guns II
Pump Up the Volume
The Wizard
Gleaming the Cube
Heathers
The Name of the Rose
