Actor
Christian Slater
Born August 18, 1969 in New York City, New York, USA102 films
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.
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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.
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102 films as actor- TBAYoung Guns 3: Alias Billy the KidArkansas Dave Rudabaugh
- TBALast Call of a Dying HawkJason Grey-Cameron
- TBAThe Hole
- 2026How to Rob a BankWalton
- 2025If I Had Legs I'd Kick YouFather
- 2024Blink TwiceVic
- 2024UnfrostedMike Diamond
- 2023FreelanceSebastian Earle
- 2023ChupaRichard Quinn
- 2022Garbage Pail Kids in Mad Mike: Fury LoadMad Mike
- 2021LEGO Star Wars Terrifying TalesRen (voice)
- 2020We Can Be HeroesTech-No
- 2019The PublicJosh Davis
- 2018The Wolf: True AlphaThe Wolf
- 2018Suicide Squad: Hell to PayDeadshot (voice)
- 2017The WifeNathaniel Bone
- 2017The SummitDereck McKinley
- 2017The Lion Guard: The Rise of ScarUshari (voice)
- 2017The WolfThe Wolf
- 2016King CobraStephen (Bryan Kocis)
- 2016The Adderall DiariesHans Reiser
- 2015Hot Tub Time Machine 2Choozy Doozy Host
- 2014Robot Chicken: Christmas SpecialsVarious (voice) (archive sound)
- 2014Way of the WickedHenry
- 2014Ask Me AnythingPaul Spooner
- 2014Stan Lee's Mighty 7Lazer Lord (voice)
- 2013Nymphomaniac: Vol. IJoe's Father
- 2013Nymphomaniac: Vol. IIJoe's Father
- 2013StrandedCol. Gerard Brauchman
- 2013Assassins RunMichael Mason
- 2013The Power of FewClyde
- 2012Bullet to the HeadMarcus Baptiste
- 2012Guns, Girls and GamblingJohn Smith
- 2012Assassin's BulletRobert
- 2012Soldiers of FortuneCraig Mackenzie
- 2012Hatfields and McCoys: Bad BloodGovernor Bramlette
- 2012Dawn RiderJohn
- 2012El GringoLieutenant West
- 2012Rites of PassageDelgado
- 2012Freaky DeakySkip Gibbs
- 2012PlaybackFrank Lyons
- 2012Back to the SeaJack (voice)
- 2011The River MurdersAgent Vuckovitch
- 2011Without MenGordon
- 2011SacrificeFather Porter
- 2009Lies & IllusionsWes Wilson
- 2009Dolan's CadillacDolan
- 2008IgorDr. Schadenfreude's Igor (voice)
- 2008Love Lies BleedingPollen
- 2007He Was a Quiet ManBob Maconel
- 2007The Ten CommandmentsMoses (voice)
- 2007SlipstreamRay / Matt Dobbs / Patrolman #2
- 2006BobbyDaryl Timmons
- 2006Hollow Man IIMichael Griffin
- 2005The DealTom Hanson
- 2005Alone in the DarkEdward Carnby
- 2004PursuedVincent Palmer
- 2004Churchill: The Hollywood YearsWinston Churchill
- 2004MindhuntersJ.D. Reston
- 2004The Good ShepherdDaniel Clemens
- 2003Jimmy Neutron: Operation: Rescue Jet FusionJet Fusion (voice)
- 2003Masked and AnonymousCrew Guy #1
- 2002WindtalkersSergeant Peter Henderson
- 2002Hard CashTaylor
- 2001ZoolanderChristian Slater
- 2001Who Is Cletis Tout?Trevor Allen Finch
- 20013000 Miles to GracelandHanson
- 2000The ContenderReginald Webster
- 1998Very Bad ThingsRobert Boyd
- 1998BasilJohn Mannion
- 1998Hard RainTom
- 1997Merry Christmas, George BaileyHarry Bailey / Sam Wainwright
- 1997Julian PoJulian Po
- 1997Austin Powers: International Man of MysteryEasily Fooled Security Guard (uncredited)
- 1996Broken ArrowRiley Hale
- 1996Bed of RosesLewis Farrell
- 1995Murder in the FirstJames Stamphill
- 1994Interview with the VampireMalloy
- 1994Jimmy HollywoodWilliam
- 1993True RomanceClarence Worley
- 1993Untamed HeartAdam
- 1992Where the Day Takes YouSocial Worker (uncredited)
- 1992FernGully: The Last RainforestPips (voice)
- 1992KuffsGeorge Kuffs
- 1991Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered CountryExcelsior Communications Officer
- 1991MobstersCharlie "Lucky" Luciano
- 1991Robin Hood: Prince of ThievesWill Scarlett
- 1990Pump Up the VolumeMark Hunter
- 1990Young Guns IIArkansas Dave Rudabaugh
- 1990Tales from the Darkside: The MovieAndy (segment ‘Lot 249’)
- 1989The WizardNick
- 1989The EdgeThe Kid (Professional Man)
- 1989HeathersJ.D.
- 1989Beyond the StarsEric Michaels
- 1989Desperate for LoveCliff Petrie
- 1989Gleaming the CubeBrian Kelly
- 1988Tucker: The Man and His DreamJunior
- 1986The Name of the RoseAdso of Melk
- 1985TwistedMark Collins
- 1985The Legend of Billie JeanBinx
- 1983Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. StoryWalt Willey
- 1981Sherlock Holmes: The Strange Case of Alice Faulkneruncredited