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Christian Slater

Born 1969-08-18

📍 New York City, New York, USA

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.

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If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

Dexter: Original Sin

as Harry Morgan

as Mike Diamond

The Spiderwick Chronicles

as Mulgarath / Dr. Dorian Brauer

as Sebastian Earle

as Richard Quinn

Willow: Behind the Magic

as Self - 'Allagash'

A Journey to Sundance

Fleishman Is in Trouble

as Archer Sylvan

Garbage Pail Kids in Mad Mike: Fury Load

Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called

as Christian Slater (archive footage)

The Boys Presents: Diabolical

as The Narrator (voice)

as Rand Ridley (voice)

LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales

as Dr. Randall Kirby

We Can Be Heroes

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

as Christian Slater (voice)

as Dan Broderick

The Wolf: True Alpha

as Narrator (voice)

Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay

as Deadshot (voice)

as Nathaniel Bone

as Dereck McKinley

The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar

as Ushari (voice)

Heroes Manufactured

as Self (archive footage)

Justice League Action

as Deadshot (voice)

as Stephen (Bryan Kocis)

Milo Murphy's Law

as Elliot (voice)

Mr. Robot_dec0d3d.doc

as Self - Mr. Robot

The Adderall Diaries

as Ushari (voice)

Dawn of the Croods

as Gurg (voice)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self - Guest

Hot Tub Time Machine 2

as Choozy Doozy Host

Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials

as Various (voice) (archive sound)

Way of the Wicked

Ask Me Anything

as Paul Spooner

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Ross Edwards

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Stan Lee's Mighty 7

as Lazer Lord (voice)

Nymphomaniac: Vol. I

as Joe's Father

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

as Joe's Father

as Maximus Renegade Star Soldier (voice)

as Col. Gerard Brauchman

as Michael Mason

The Power of Few

Bullet to the Head

as Marcus Baptiste

Guns, Girls and Gambling

Assassin's Bullet

Soldiers of Fortune

as Craig Mackenzie

Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood

as Governor Bramlette

as Lieutenant West

Rites of Passage

Back to the Sea

as Jack (voice)

The River Murders

as Agent Vuckovitch

as Father Porter

as Alex Donovan

as Slater (voice)

Lies & Illusions

Dolan's Cadillac

My Own Worst Enemy

as Henry Spivey / Edward Albright

as Dr. Schadenfreude's Igor (voice)

Love Lies Bleeding

He Was a Quiet Man

The Ten Commandments

as Moses (voice)

as Ray / Matt Dobbs / Patrolman #2

Crossing the Line

as Daryl Timmons

as Michael Griffin

Robot Chicken's Christmas Special

as Composite Santa Claus (voice)

My Name Is Earl

8 Out of 10 Cats

as Christian Slater

as Composite Santa Claus / Drug Kingpin (voice)

The Friday Night Project

Alone in the Dark

as Edward Carnby

as Vincent Palmer

Churchill: The Hollywood Years

as Winston Churchill

as Christian Slater

The Good Shepherd

as Daniel Clemens

Dinosaur Planet

as Narrator (voice)

Jimmy Neutron: Operation: Rescue Jet Fusion

as Jet Fusion (voice)

Two and a Half Men

as Christian Slater

Masked and Anonymous

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.

Prehistoric Planet

as Narrator (voice)

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

as Jet Fusion (voice)

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

as Sergeant Peter Henderson

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

as Self - Guest

as Christian Slater

Who Is Cletis Tout?

as Trevor Allen Finch

3000 Miles to Graceland

Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads

Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Christian Slater

as Reginald Webster

Very Bad Things

as John Mannion

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman

Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley

Merry Christmas, George Bailey

as Harry Bailey / Sam Wainwright

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

as Easily Fooled Security Guard (uncredited)

as Lewis Farrell

Die Harald Schmidt Show

as Self - Guest

Murder in the First

as James Stamphill

Interview with the Vampire

Jimmy Hollywood

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

as Clarence Worley

Where the Day Takes You

as Social Worker (uncredited)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

as Narrator (voice)

FernGully: The Last Rainforest

as Pips (voice)

as George Kuffs

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

as Excelsior Communications Officer

as Charlie "Lucky" Luciano

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

as Will Scarlett

Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie

Pump Up the Volume

as Arkansas Dave Rudabaugh

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

as Andy (segment ‘Lot 249’)

as The Kid (Professional Man)

as Jason 'J.D.' Dean

Beyond the Stars

as Eric Michaels

Desperate for Love

as Cliff Petrie

Gleaming the Cube

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

La rosa dei nomi

The Name of the Rose

as Adso of Melk

as Andy Prescott

as Michael Winslow

as Mark Collins

The Legend of Billie Jean

Tales from the Darkside

as Jody Tolliver

MTV Video Music Awards

Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story

Sherlock Holmes: The Strange Case of Alice Faulkner

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

as Self (uncredited)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Arkansas Dave Rudabaugh

Last Call of a Dying Hawk

as Jason Grey-Cameron