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Christian Slater vs. Jack Nicholson: Christian Slater has often been compared to Jack Nicholson.

Posted on July 4, 2009, 8:45 am

Christian Slater joining 'The Forgotten'?

Digital Spy - Found Jul. 3, 2009
Christian Slater is reportedly in talks to join ABC's new series The Forgotten. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Slater has been approached to ...

Posted on July 3, 2009, 7:52 am

Christian Slater closes in on role in ABC series

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Posted on July 1, 2009, 11:25 am

Christian Slater closes in on role in ABC series

The Province - Found 16 hours ago
Christian Slater is in negotiations to star in the new ABC series The Forgotten.

Posted on July 3, 2009, 4:09 am

Christian Slater closes in on role in ABC series

Montreal Gazette - Found 20 hours ago
Christian Slater is in negotiations to star in the new ABC series The Forgotten.

Posted on July 3, 2009, 12:32 pm

Christian Slater closes in on role in ABC series

Edmonton Journal - Found Jul. 2, 2009
Christian Slater is in negotiations to star in the new ABC series The Forgotten.

Posted on July 2, 2009, 9:12 am

Christian Slater closes in on role in ABC series

Calgary Herald - Found Jul. 2, 2009
Christian Slater is in negotiations to star in the new ABC series The Forgotten.

Posted on July 2, 2009, 7:52 am

Very Bad Things

Fayetteville Free Weekly - Found 19 hours ago
The leader of the pack is real estate agent Boyd, played with wicked exuberance by a smirking Christian Slater. Boyd is an incipient sociopath.

Posted on July 3, 2009, 1:18 pm

Heathers director baffled by Ryder's sequel confirmation

Daily Express - Found 20 hours ago
Ryder starred alongside Christian Slater in the 1989 movie, about four girls who form a clique at a suburban high school, and she recently...

Posted on July 3, 2009, 12:56 pm

Smits: PBS Special "Puts a Whole Different Spin" on Fourth of July

Seattle Post Intelligencer - Found Jul. 2, 2009
May Need Help · Harve Presnell Dies at 75 · Jermaine Jackson: 'I Wish It Was Me' · Fall TV: Christian Slater in Talks to Front Bruckheimer...

Posted on July 2, 2009, 6:58 am

Christian Slater Biography

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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 City, New York, U.S.

Christian Michael Leonard 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.

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Early life

Slater was born Christian Michael Leonard Slater12 in New York City, the son of Mary Jo Slater (née Lauden), a casting executive and producer, and Michael Hawkins (né Thomas Knight Slater), an actor who is also known as Michael Gainsborough.23 Slater has a maternal half-brother, Ryan, who is also an actor.4 Slater attended the Dalton School, the Professional Children's School and the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts.4

He has been erroneously thought to be related to Helen Slater. In addition to their shared 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, Slater made his Broadway debut as the lisping Winthrop Paroo opposite Dick Van Dyke in the 1980 revival of The Music Man.2 Additional Broadway credits include Copperfield, Merlin, Macbeth, Side Man, and The Glass Menagerie. In addition he has performed in London's West End in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Swimming With Sharks. Slater made his big screen debut in 1985's film The Legend of Billie Jean, and had significant roles in the 1986 mystery film The Name of the Rose, the 1989 dark comedy Heathers and Skateboarding flick Gleaming The Cube, 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 1990's Young Guns II and Clarence Worley in 1993's True Romance. 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.5, and appeared as himself in Christian Slater: The Movie

Personal life

In 2000, Slater married Ryan Haddon, the daughter of '70s model Dayle Haddon. The couple have two children, Jaden Christopher (b. 1999) and Eliana Sophia (b. 2001). As of early 2005, they separated.6He divides his time between New York City and Los Angeles and he owns a home in London.citation needed In 2007, Slater made news for stating that he is still in love with Heathers co-star Winona Ryder.7

Controversies

In 1989, Slater was arrested in West Hollywood for leading the police on a drunken car chase that ended when Slater crashed his car into a telephone pole. In 1994, he was arrested for taking a gun aboard a plane. On August 11, 1997, Slater was arrested by police in Los Angeles and charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon and one count of battery. He struck his then-girlfriend, fashion editor Michelle Jonas.

In 2003, Slater’s wife, Ryan Haddon, was arrested for assaulting Slater at a Hard Rock Café in Las Vegas. Slater was arrested on charges of sexual harassment on May 31, 2005.8 He was once quoted as saying "Work is my hobby, staying sober is my job."9

Charity work

Slater has been a supporter of several charities, including 21st Century Leaders, Global Green and Whatever It Takes,10 Slater appeared in an educational video on behalf of Nelson Mandela’s 46664 charity for AIDS awareness.11 He has also worked to promote humanitarian work in South Africa.12 In 1994, Slater donated his paycheck from the film Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles to River Phoenix’s favorite charities.2 Slater had taken a role in the film reserved for Phoenix after the latter actor died in 1993. In early May of 2009, Slater did his part for the USO and visited the wounded and recovering soldiers of Walter Reed Army Medical Center.2

Awards

Slater won the MTV Movie Award in 1993 for his work in Untamed Heart. In 2001 he won the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for The Contender.13

Filmography

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Preceded by
Dana Carvey
MTV Video Music Awards host
1993
Succeeded by
Roseanne Barr