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.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · How to Rob a Bank as
- 2025 · If I Had Legs I'd Kick You as Father (uncredited)
- 2024 · Dexter: Original Sin as Harry Morgan
- 2024 · Blink Twice as Vic
- 2024 · Unfrosted as Mike Diamond
- 2024 · The Spiderwick Chronicles as Mulgarath / Dr. Dorian Brauer
- 2023 · Freelance as Sebastian Earle
- 2023 · Chupa as Richard Quinn
- 2023 · Willow: Behind the Magic as Self - 'Allagash'
- 2022 · Willow as Allagash
- 2022 · Fleishman Is in Trouble as Archer Sylvan
- 2022 · The Boys Presents: Diabolical as The Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Inside Job as Rand Ridley (voice)
- 2021 · LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales as Ren (voice)
- 2021 · Dr. Death as Dr. Randall Kirby
- 2021 · A Journey to Sundance as Self
- 2020 · We Can Be Heroes as Tech-No
- 2019 · QT8: The First Eight as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? as Christian Slater (voice)
- 2018 · Dirty John as Dan Broderick
- 2018 · Explained as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay as Floyd Lawton / Deadshot (voice)
- 2017 · The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar as Ushari (voice)
- 2016 · Justice League Action as Deadshot (voice)
- 2016 · King Cobra as Stephen (Bryan Kocis)
- 2016 · The Adderall Diaries as Hans Reiser
- 2015 · Dawn of the Croods as Gurg (voice)
- 2015 · Mr. Robot as Mr. Robot
- 2015 · Hot Tub Time Machine 2 as Choozy Doozy Host
- 2014 · Ask Me Anything as Paul Spooner
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · Mind Games as Ross Edwards
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · Nymphomaniac: Vol. II as Joe's Father
- 2013 · Nymphomaniac: Vol. I as Joe's Father
- 2013 · Rick and Morty as Maximus Renegade Star Soldier (voice)
- 2013 · Stranded as Col. Gerard Brauchman
- 2013 · Assassins Run as Michael
- 2013 · The Power of Few as Clyde
- 2012 · Bullet to the Head as Marcus Baptiste
- 2012 · Guns, Girls and Gambling as John Smith
- 2012 · Soldiers of Fortune as Craig Mackenzie
- 2012 · Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood as Governor Bramlette
- 2012 · Dawn Rider as John
- 2012 · El Gringo as Lieutenant West
- 2012 · Rites of Passage as Delgado
- 2012 · Freaky Deaky as Skip Gibbs
- 2011 · China, IL as (voice)
- 2011 · The River Murders as Agent Vuckovitch
- 2011 · Without Men as Gordon
- 2011 · Sacrifice as Father Porter
- 2011 · Breaking In as Oz
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2009 · The Forgotten as Alex Donovan
- 2009 · Archer as Slater (voice)
- 2009 · Dolan's Cadillac as Dolan
- 2008 · My Own Worst Enemy as Henry Spivey / Edward Albright
- 2008 · Igor as Dr. Schadenfreude's Igor (voice)
- 2007 · He Was a Quiet Man as Bob Maconel
- 2007 · Slipstream as Ray / Matt Dobbs / Patrolman #2
- 2006 · Bobby as Daryl Timmons
- 2006 · Hollow Man II as Michael Griffin
- 2005 · My Name Is Earl as Woody
- 2005 · 8 Out of 10 Cats as Self
- 2005 · The Office as Christian Slater
- 2005 · Alone in the Dark as Edward Carnby
- 2004 · Churchill: The Hollywood Years as Winston Churchill
- 2004 · Entourage as Christian Slater
- 2004 · Mindhunters as J.D. Reston
- 2004 · The Good Shepherd as Daniel Clemens
- 2003 · Jimmy Neutron: Operation: Rescue Jet Fusion as Jet Fusion (voice)
- 2003 · Two and a Half Men as Christian Slater
- 2003 · Masked and Anonymous as Crew Guy #1
- 2002 · Top Gear as Self
- 2002 · The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius as Jet Fusion (voice)
- 2002 · Windtalkers as Sergeant Peter Henderson
- 2002 · Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self
- 2001 · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest
- 2001 · Alias as Neil Caplan
- 2001 · Zoolander as Christian Slater
- 2001 · Who Is Cletis Tout? as Trevor Allen Finch
- 2001 · 3000 Miles to Graceland as Hanson
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Christian Slater
- 2000 · The Contender as Reginald Webster
- 1999 · The West Wing as Lt. Cmdr. Jack Reese
- 1998 · Very Bad Things as Robert Boyd
- 1998 · Basil as John Mannion
- 1998 · Hard Rain as Tom
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery as Easily Fooled Security Guard (uncredited)
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Broken Arrow as Riley Hale
- 1995 · Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self - Guest
- 1995 · Murder in the First as James Stamphill
- 1994 · Interview with the Vampire as Malloy
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · True Romance as Clarence Worley
- 1993 · Untamed Heart as Adam
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1992 · Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories as Narrator (Voice)
- 1992 · FernGully: The Last Rainforest as Pips (voice)
- 1992 · Where the Day Takes You as Social Worker (uncredited)
- 1992 · Kuffs as George Kuffs
- 1991 · Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country as Excelsior Communications Officer
- 1991 · Mobsters as Charlie "Lucky" Luciano
- 1991 · Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves as Will Scarlett
- 1990 · Pump Up the Volume as Mark Hunter
- 1990 · Young Guns II as Arkansas Dave Rudabaugh
- 1990 · Tales from the Darkside: The Movie as Andy (segment ‘Lot 249’)
- 1989 · The Edge as The Kid (Professional Man)
- 1988 · Heathers as Jason 'J.D.' Dean
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1988 · Tucker: The Man and His Dream as Junior
- 1987 · Going Live! as Self
- 1986 · The Name of the Rose as Adso of Melk
- 1986 · Crime Story as Teen Boy
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Andy Prescott
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Michael Winslow
- 1984 · Tales from the Darkside as Jody Tolliver
- 1984 · MTV Video Music Awards as Self - Host
- 1983 · Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story as Walt Willey
- 1977 · Weekend Special as
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Young Guns III as Arkansas Dave Rudabaugh
- 2022 · Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called as Christian Slater (archive footage)
- 2019 · The Public as Josh Davis
- 2018 · The Wolf: True Alpha as The Wolf
- 2018 · The Wife as Nathaniel Bone
- 2017 · The Summit as Dereck McKinley
- 2017 · Heroes Manufactured as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · The Wolf as The Wolf
- 2016 · Mr. Robot_dec0d3d.doc as Self - Mr. Robot
- 2014 · Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials as Various (voice) (archive sound)
- 2014 · Way of the Wicked as Henry
- 2014 · Stan Lee's Mighty 7 as Lazer Lord (voice)
- 2012 · Assassin's Bullet as Robert
- 2012 · Playback as Frank Lyons
- 2012 · Back To The Sea as Jack (voice)
- 2009 · Lies & Illusions as Wes Wilson
- 2008 · Naked Movie as Self
- 2008 · Love Lies Bleeding as Pollen
- 2007 · The Ten Commandments as Moses (voice)
- 2006 · Crossing the Line as Narrator
- 2005 · Robot Chicken's Christmas Special as Composite Santa Claus (voice)
- 2005 · The Deal as Tom Hanson
- 2005 · The Friday Night Project as Self - Host
- 2004 · Pursued as Vincent Palmer
- 2003 · Dinosaur Planet as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. as Self
- 2002 · Prehistoric Planet as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Hard Cash as Taylor
- 2001 · Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads as Self
- 1998 · Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley as Self
- 1998 · Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman as Self
- 1997 · Merry Christmas, George Bailey! as Harry Bailey / Sam Wainwright
- 1997 · Julian Po as Julian Po
- 1996 · Bed of Roses as Lewis Farrell
- 1995 · Catwalk as Self
- 1994 · Jimmy Hollywood as William
- 1991 · Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie as Self
- 1989 · The Wizard as Nick
- 1989 · Beyond the Stars as Eric Michaels
- 1989 · Desperate for Love as Cliff Petrie
- 1989 · Gleaming the Cube as Brian Kelly
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1987 · La rosa dei nomi as Self
- 1986 · The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' as Self
- 1985 · Twisted as Mark Collins
- 1985 · The Legend of Billie Jean as Binx
- Future · The Hole as
- Future · Last Call of a Dying Hawk as Jason Grey-Cameron
- 1981 · Sherlock Holmes: The Strange Case of Alice Faulkner as uncredited