Christian Slater
Born: 1969-08-18 in New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
2026
- How to Rob a Bank as Walton
2025
- If I Had Legs I'd Kick You as Father
2024
- Dexter: Original Sin as Harry Morgan
- Blink Twice as Vic
- The Spiderwick Chronicles as Mulgarath / Dr. Dorian Brauer
- Unfrosted as Mike Diamond
2023
- Freelance as Sebastian Earle
- Chupa as Richard Quinn
- Willow: Behind the Magic as Self - 'Allagash'
- A Journey to Sundance as Self
2022
- The Boys Presents: Diabolical as The Narrator (voice)
- Fleishman Is in Trouble as Archer Sylvan
- Willow as Allagash
- An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose as Self (archive footage)
- Vindicators 2 as Vance Maximus (voice)
- Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called as Christian Slater (archive footage)
- Garbage Pail Kids in Mad Mike: Fury Load as Mad Mike
2021
- Inside Job as Rand Ridley (voice)
- Dr. Death as Dr. Randall Kirby
- LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales as Ren (voice)
2020
- We Can Be Heroes as Tech-No
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? as Christian Slater (voice)
- The Public as Josh Davis
2018
- Explained as Narrator (voice)
- Dirty John as Dan Broderick
- Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay as Deadshot (voice)
- The Wolf: True Alpha as The Wolf
2017
- The Wife as Nathaniel Bone
- The Summit as Dereck McKinley
- The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar as Ushari (voice)
- Heroes Manufactured as Self (archive footage)
- The Wolf as The Wolf
2016
- The Lion Guard as Ushari (voice)
- Justice League Action as Deadshot (voice)
- Milo Murphy's Law as Elliot (voice)
- King Cobra as Stephen (Bryan Kocis)
- The Adderall Diaries as Hans Reiser
- Mr. Robot_dec0d3d.doc as Self - Mr. Robot
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- Mr. Robot as Mr. Robot
- Dawn of the Croods as Gurg (voice)
- Hot Tub Time Machine 2 as Choozy Doozy Host
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Mind Games as Ross Edwards
- Ask Me Anything as Paul Spooner
- Stan Lee's Mighty 7 as Lazer Lord (voice)
- Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials as Various (voice) (archive sound)
- Way of the Wicked as Henry
2013
- Rick and Morty as Maximus Renegade Star Soldier (voice)
- Nymphomaniac: Vol. II as Joe's Father
- Nymphomaniac: Vol. I as Joe's Father
- Stranded as Col. Gerard Brauchman
- Assassins Run as Michael Mason
- The Power of Few as Clyde
2012
- Bullet to the Head as Marcus Baptiste
- El Gringo as Lieutenant West
- Freaky Deaky as Skip Gibbs
- Guns, Girls and Gambling as John Smith
- Rites of Passage as Delgado
- Soldiers of Fortune as Craig Mackenzie
- Assassin's Bullet as Robert
- Dawn Rider as John
- Back to the Sea as Jack (voice)
- Playback as Frank Lyons
- Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood as Governor Bramlette
2011
- China, IL as (voice)
- Breaking In as Oz
- The River Murders as Agent Vuckovitch
- Sacrifice as Father Porter
- Without Men as Gordon
2010
- Conan as Self
2009
- Archer as Slater (voice)
- The Forgotten as Alex Donovan
- Lies & Illusions as Wes Wilson
- Dolan's Cadillac as Dolan
2008
- Igor as Dr. Schadenfreude's Igor (voice)
- My Own Worst Enemy as Henry Spivey / Edward Albright
- Love Lies Bleeding as Pollen
- Naked Movie as Self
- Dreaming Slipstream Dream as Self
2007
- He Was a Quiet Man as Bob Maconel
- The Ten Commandments as Moses (voice)
- Slipstream as Ray / Matt Dobbs / Patrolman #2
2006
- Hollow Man II as Michael Griffin
- Bobby as Daryl Timmons
- Crossing the Line as Narrator
2005
- The Office as Christian Slater
- Robot Chicken as Composite Santa Claus / Drug Kingpin (voice)
- My Name Is Earl as Woody
- 8 Out of 10 Cats as Self
- Alone in the Dark as Edward Carnby
- The Deal as Tom Hanson
- Robot Chicken's Christmas Special as Composite Santa Claus (voice)
- The Friday Night Project as Self - Host
2004
- Entourage as Christian Slater
- Mindhunters as J.D. Reston
- The Good Shepherd as Daniel Clemens
- Churchill: The Hollywood Years as Winston Churchill
- Pursued as Vincent Palmer
2003
- Two and a Half Men as Christian Slater
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Masked and Anonymous as Crew Guy #1
- Dinosaur Planet as Narrator (voice)
- Jimmy Neutron: Operation: Rescue Jet Fusion as Jet Fusion (voice)
2002
- Top Gear as Self
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius as Jet Fusion (voice)
- Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self
- Windtalkers as Sergeant Peter Henderson
- Prehistoric Planet as Narrator (voice)
- Hard Cash as Taylor
- Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. as Self
2001
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest
- Alias as Neil Caplan
- Zoolander as Christian Slater
- 3000 Miles to Graceland as Hanson
- Who Is Cletis Tout? as Trevor Allen Finch
- Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads as Self
2000
- Curb Your Enthusiasm as Christian Slater
- The Contender as Reginald Webster
1999
- The West Wing as Jack Reese
1998
- Very Bad Things as Robert Boyd
- Hard Rain as Tom
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman as Self
- Basil as John Mannion
- Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley as Self
1997
- The View as Self
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery as Easily Fooled Security Guard (uncredited)
- Merry Christmas, George Bailey as Harry Bailey / Sam Wainwright
- Julian Po as Julian Po
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Broken Arrow as Riley Hale
- Bed of Roses as Lewis Farrell
- Museum of Love ... (Director)
1995
- Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self - Guest
- Murder in the First as James Stamphill
- Catwalk as Self
1994
- Interview with the Vampire as Malloy
- Jimmy Hollywood as William
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- True Romance as Clarence Worley
- Untamed Heart as Adam
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories as Narrator (voice)
- FernGully: The Last Rainforest as Pips (voice)
- Where the Day Takes You as Social Worker (uncredited)
- Kuffs as George Kuffs
1991
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves as Will Scarlett
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country as Excelsior Communications Officer
- Mobsters as Charlie "Lucky" Luciano
- Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie as Self
1990
- Young Guns II as Arkansas Dave Rudabaugh
- Tales from the Darkside: The Movie as Andy (segment ‘Lot 249’)
- Pump Up the Volume as Mark Hunter
1989
- Heathers as Jason 'J.D.' Dean
- The Wizard as Nick
- Gleaming the Cube as Brian Kelly
- Beyond the Stars as Eric Michaels
- The Edge as The Kid (Professional Man)
- Desperate for Love as Cliff Petrie
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- Tucker: The Man and His Dream as Junior
- This Morning as Self
1987
- Going Live! as Self
- La rosa dei nomi as Self
1986
- L.A. Law as Andy Prescott
- Crime Story as Teen Boy
- The Name of the Rose as Adso of Melk
- The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' as Self
1985
- The Equalizer as Michael Winslow
- The Legend of Billie Jean as Binx
- Twisted as Mark Collins
1984
- Tales from the Darkside as Jody Tolliver
- MTV Video Music Awards as Self - Host
1983
- Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story as Walt Willey
1981
- Sherlock Holmes: The Strange Case of Alice Faulkner as uncredited
1977
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1962
1953
- The Oscars as Self