Christian Slater

Christian Slater (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor.

Biography

Christian is the son of actor Michael Hawkins and Hollywood casting director Mary Jo Slater; Ryan Slater is his half-brother. Born Christian Michael Leonard Hawkins in New York City, Slater was educated at the Dalton School, the Professional Children's School, and the School of Performing Arts, all in Manhattan.

Following a run on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, he made his Broadway debut as the lisping Winthrop Paroo opposite Dick Van Dyke in the 1980 revival of The Music Man. Additional Broadway credits include Merlin, Macbeth, Side Man, and The Glass Menagerie.

He made his big screen debut in 1985 in the film The Legend of Billie Jean. In 1986, he appeared in the movie The Name of the Rose.

In recent years Slater has gone from being a box-office leading man, to starring in direct-to-video films and other low-budget projects. In 2004 he decided to return to the stage, and played Randle P. McMurphy (played on film by Jack Nicholson) in the play One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at the Edinburgh Fringe. He twice contracted chicken pox, delaying the show's opening^[1].

While continuing to appear in this play in London's West End, Slater was asked to play the role of John Watson aka Wonko the Sane for the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish, produced by Above the Title Productions. In 2005 and 2006 Slater returned to the stage and the , this time in London, to play McMurphy in Cuckoo's Nest. Slater is the advertizing voice of Panasonic on radio and television ads^[2].

On January 20 2006 Slater was the guest host for an episode in the second series of The Friday Night Project for Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. He appeared in the booth of Monday Night Football on November 6, 2006 for the Oakland Raiders at a Seattle Seahawks game.

Personal life

Slater has a well tabloid-publicized record of alcohol and drug abuse, and a series of high profile female relationships. He currently resides in London, England. He has two children with ex-wife Ryan Haddon: Jaden Zach Haddon-Slater (b. April 6 1999), and Eliana Sophia (b. August 15, 2001).

Slater has a long list of altercations with the police and other authorities. These include:

• 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. Slater, drunk and high on heroin, punched his then-girlfriend, fashion editor Michelle Jonas, in the face at a party and bit a man who attempted to protect her. Slater did not go quietly, but hid in a stairwell and fought with officers, reportedly shouting, "the Germans are coming and they will kill us!" He then attacked a police officer. All the felony charges against him were eventually dropped. He was sentenced to three months in prison, serving 59 days for good behavior^[3]
• In 2003, his wife, Ryan Haddon, was arrested for beating up Slater at a Hard Rock Cafe while on a trip to Las Vegas and he later received stitches.
• Slater divorced Haddon in November of 2006 ^[4]

Partial filmography

• The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)
• The Name of the Rose (1986)
• Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
• Heathers (1989)
• Gleaming the Cube (1989)
• The Wizard (1989)
• Beyond the Stars (1989)
• Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
• Young Guns II (1990)
• Pump Up the Volume (1990)
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) - the cameo role was given to Star Trek-obsessed Christian by his mother
• Robin Hood Prince of Thieves (1991)
• Mobsters: The Evil Empire (1991)
• FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
• Kuffs (1992)
• True Romance (1993)
• Untamed Heart (1993)
• Interview With The Vampire (1994)
• Jimmy Hollywood (1994)
• Murder in the First (1995)
• Bed of Roses (1996)
• Broken Arrow (1996)
• Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery (1997)
• Hard Rain (1998)
• Very Bad Things (1998)
• Home Team (1999)
• The Contender (2000)
• Cletis Tout (2001)
• 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
• Windtalkers (2002)
• Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004)
• Alone in the Dark (2005)
• Mindhunters (2005)
• He Was a Quiet Man (2006)
• Bobby (2006)
• Hollow Man 2 (2006)
• The Confessor (2006)
• Slipstream (2007)
• Igor (2008)

References

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