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Christian Slater
Christian Slater in 2004
Born	Christian Michael Leonard Slater August 18, 1969 (1969-08-18) (age 39) New York, New York

Christian Slater (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor who has starred in films such as Heathers, Kuffs, True Romance and He Was a Quiet Man. He was starring in NBC's My Own Worst Enemy.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 2 Personal life 3 Filmography 4 Notes 5 External links

Biography

Early life

Slater was born Christian Michael Leonard Slater¹ in New York City, the son of Mary Jo Slater, a casting executive, and Michael Hawkins (nee Thomas Knight Slater), an actor who is also known as Michael Gainsborough.² Slater has a maternal half-brother, Ryan, who is also an actor.³ Slater attended the Dalton School, the Professional Children's School and the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts.³

He has been erroneously thought to be related to Helen Slater. In addition to their shared professional surname, the myth is further fueled by their portrayal of sister and brother in The Legend of Billie Jean. Additionally, the DVD of Supergirl, featuring Helen Slater, included a critic's review which wrongly stated she is his sister.

Career

Following a run on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, he made his Broadway debut as the lisping Winthrop Paroo opposite Dick Van Dyke in the 1980 revival of The Music Man. Additional Broadway credits include Copperfield, Merlin, Macbeth, Side Man, and The Glass Menagerie. He made his big screen debut in 1985 in the film The Legend of Billie Jean. He had significant roles in the 1986 mystery film The Name of the Rose, the 1989 dark comedy Heathers, and the 1990 teen film Pump Up the Volume. His most notable roles from the '90s include the role of outlaws "Arkansas" Dave Rudabaugh in Young Guns II in 1990 and "Clarence Worley" in True Romance in 1993. He also voiced the character "John Watson" a.k.a. "Wonko the Sane" in BBC Radio 4's production of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.⁴

Personal life

In 1989, Slater was arrested in West Hollywood, California, after allegedly leading sheriff's deputies on a car chase. A sheriff's spokesman said Slater crashed into a telephone pole, kicked a cop after getting out of his car, then tried to escape over a fence. He was charged with evading police, driving under the influence, assault with a deadly weapon {his cowboy boots} and driving with a suspended license.

In 2000, he married Ryan Haddon, the daughter of 70's model Dayle Haddon. The couple have two children, Jaden Christopher (b. 1999) and Eliana Sophia (b. 2001). As of early 2005 they separated and later divorced, but remain dedicated to bring up their children.

Filmography

• The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)
• The Name of the Rose (film) (1986)
• Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
• The Wizard (film) (1989)
• Heathers (1989)
• Gleaming the Cube (1989)
• Pump Up the Volume (film) (1990)
• Young Guns II (1990)
• Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)⁵
• Mobsters (1991)⁶
• Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country (1991)⁷
• Kuffs (1992)
• Untamed Heart (1993)
• True Romance (1993)
• Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
• Jimmy Hollywood (1994)
• Murder in the First (1995)
• Bed of Roses (1996)
• Broken Arrow (1996)
• Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery (1997)
• Julian Po (1997)
• Hard Rain (1998)
• Very Bad Things (1998)
• Home Team (1999)
• The Contender (2000)
• Who Is Cletis Tout (2001)
• 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
• Hard Cash (2002)
• Windtalkers (2002)
• Prehistoric Planet (2002) TV narrator, Season 2
• Dinosaur Planet (2003) TV narrator
• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius: Jet Fusion, Parts 1 & 2 (2003)
• Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004)
• The Good Shepherd/The Confessor (2004)
• Alone in the Dark (2005)⁸
• Mindhunters (2005)
• My Name is Earl (2006) TV
• Bobby (2006)
• Hollow Man 2 (2006)
• He Was a Quiet Man (2007)
• Slipstream (2007)
• The Ten Commandments (2007)⁹
• Igor (2008)
• My Own Worst Enemy (2008) TV
• Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (2009)

Notes

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Christian Slater

• Christian-Slater.com - The Official Site
• Christian Slater at the Internet Movie Database
• Christian Slater at the Internet Broadway Database
• http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Christian_Slater
• Interpreting Tennessee Williams - Working in the Theatre Seminar video at American Theatre Wing.org, April 2005
• My Own Worst Enemy At Seat42f

Preceded by Dana Carvey

MTV Video Music Awards host 1993

Succeeded by Roseanne Barr

Persondata
NAME	Slater, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	actor
DATE OF BIRTH	1969-8-18
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York, New York
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH