Biography
Christian Slater became the poster child of angst-ridden, outsider teens by starring as mobilizing rebels in "Heathers" (1989) and "Pump Up the Volume" (1990), both of which painted a dark portrait of high school hierarchy. Slater's screen persona as a handsome and insightful but gun-toting scofflaw - complete with Jack Nicholson mannerisms - played out well in films like "True Romance" (1993), but by then it was glaringly apparent that …
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Career Milestones
| Raised in NYC | ||
1976 | Made TV debut on the ABC soap opera, "One Life to Live" | |
1980 | Stage debut, opposite Dick Van Dyke, in the touring revival of "The Music Man"; also played NYC's City Center | |
1982 | Made TV-movie debut in "Robbers, Rooftops and Witches" | |
1985 | Feature acting debut, "The Legend of Billie Jean" | |
1985 | Played regular role of DJ LaSalle on the ABC soap, "Ryan's Hope" | |
1986 | First starring role in a feature, "Twisted" (released on video 1991) | |
1986 | Had significant supporting role in "The Name of the Rose" | |
1987 | Moved to Los Angeles | |
1988 | First released film as lead, "Gleaming the Cube" | |
1989 | Breakthrough role as teenaged killer in the black comedy, "Heathers" | |
1990 | Portrayed Will Scarlett in "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" | |
1992 | Stage directorial debut, "The Laughter Epidemic"; proceeds went to the Pediatric AIDS Foundation | |
1994 | Replaced the late River Phoenix as the interviewer in "Interview with the Vampire" | |
1996 | Co-starred opposite John Travolta in the John Woo directed, "Broken Arrow" | |
1996 | Directed the 30-minute short film for Showtime entitled, "Museum of Love"; starred Samantha Mathis and Sandra Bernhard | |
1997 | Debut as producer (also starred), "Hard Rain" | |
1998 | Returned to Broadway after a 15-year absence to play the narrator Clifford in the Broadway drama, "Side Man" | |
1998 | Was a co-executive producer on "Very Bad Things"; also played one of the leads | |
2000 | Played a young senator in the Rod Lurie directed, "The Contender" | |
2001 | Appeared in "3000 Miles to Graceland," with Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner | |
2001 | Starred with Tim Allen in the caper comedy, "Who is Cletis Tout?" (released in the US in 2002) | |
2002 | Appeared in the John Woo directed war film, "Windtalkers," opposite Nicolas Cage | |
2003 | Cast in the Bob Dylan film, "Masked and Anonymous" | |
2004 | Starred as Randle Patrick McMurphy in the stage production of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" in London's West End | |
2005 | Co-produced and co-starred in the political thriller, "The Deal" | |
2005 | Played an FBI agent in the Renny Harlin directed thriller, "Mindhunters" (lensed 2002) | |
2005 | Starred in the West End revival of Tennessee William's "Sweet Bird of Youth" as gigolo Chance Wayne; also starred in the Broadway revival of "The Glass Menagerie" as Tom, the narrator of the Tennessee Williams drama | |
2006 | Co-starred in Emilio Estevez's directorial debut, "Bobby"; an ensemble centered around the night of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination | |
2007 | Returned to London's West End to star in the stage adaptation of the 1994 movie, "Swimming With Sharks" | |
2009 | Cast as former detective Alex Donovan in ABC's crime drama, "The Forgotten" | |
Awards
1991 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead in Pump Up the Volume |
1992 | MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Male in Kuffs |
1993 | MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Male in Untamed Heart |
1994 | MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss in True Romance |
2007 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in Bobby |