Christian Slater
{{Short description|American actor (born 1969)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Christian Slater
| image = Christian Slater by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Slater in 2024
| birth_name = Christian Michael Leonard Slater
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|8|18|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|producer}}
| years_active = 1977–present
| spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Ryan Haddon
|2000|2007|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|Brittany Lopez
|2013}}}}
| children = 4
| parents = {{ubl|Michael Hawkins|Mary Jo Slater}}
| relatives = Bill Slater (great-uncle)
Dayle Haddon (former-mother-in-law)
}}
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) and gained wider recognition for his breakout role as Jason "J.D." Dean, a sociopathic high school student, in the satire Heathers (1988). 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 fantasy series The Spiderwick Chronicles (2024), Slater received the Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Performer.{{Cite web |last=Schneider |first=Michael |title=Children's & Family Emmys 2024 Nominations: 'Percy Jackson,' 'Sesame Street,' 'Spiderwick Chronicles' Lead; Ceremony Moves to March |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/childrens-family-emmys-2023-nominations-full-list-2-1236246611/ |date=December 12, 2024 |access-date=December 12, 2024 |website=Variety}}
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.
Early life and education
Slater was born on August 18, 1969, in New York City, the son of Michael Hawkins (born Thomas Knight Slater), an actor also known as Michael Gainsborough; and Mary Jo Slater (née Lawton), an actors’ agent turned casting executive and producer.{{cite episode|title=Christian Slater|series=Inside the Actors Studio|network=Bravo|airdate=October 13, 2008|season=15|number=16}}{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/71/Christian-Slater.html|title=Christian Slater profile|publisher=FilmReference.com|access-date=April 7, 2011}} He has a maternal half-brother, Ryan Slater, who also became an actor.{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800026672/bio|title=Christian Slater profile|publisher=Yahoo.com|access-date=April 7, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100308003152/https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800026672/bio| archive-date = 2010-03-08}} His great-uncle was radio personality Bill Slater.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BkaULNjRIm8C&q=%22Christian+Slater%22+%22Bill+Slater%22&pg=PT369 |title=Radio Master: The Life and Times of Sports Broadcasting Great Ted Husing |author=John Lewis |page=369 |date=November 22, 2011 |publisher=Publish Green |isbn=9781936183869 |access-date=July 28, 2016}}
He attended the Dalton School, the Professional Children's School and the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts.
Career
=1977–1990: Early success=
Slater played his first television role at the age of eight, on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live.{{cite web|last1=Grady|first1=Constance|title=Watch: Christian Slater as an 8-year-old soap star|url=https://www.vox.com/2016/7/13/12171782/christian-slater-jimmy-fallon-one-life-to-live|website=Vox|date=July 13, 2016|access-date=July 15, 2016}} Following a run on Ryan's Hope, 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 Copperfield, Merlin, Macbeth, Side Man, and The Glass Menagerie. He also 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 The Legend of Billie Jean (1985), playing Billie Jean's brother Binx. The film had been expected to be a big hit, but fell short at the box office. It has since gained a cult following. His career improved with a role in The Name of the Rose (1986), playing alongside Sean Connery.{{cite web|url=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/christian-slater.html|title=Christian Slater profile|publisher=The Biography Channel|access-date=September 20, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214095721/http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/christian-slater.html|archive-date=February 14, 2010}} Slater played Connery's apprentice monk, and they investigated a series of murders at a Benedictine abbey. Slater next played Junior Tucker in Francis Ford Coppola's Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988).
At the age of 18, Slater played the dark character J.D. in the 1988 film Heathers alongside Winona Ryder. Slater was chosen for the part over many other actors, including Brad Pitt, and his performance drew a comparison with a young Jack Nicholson. Slater also starred in Gleaming the Cube and appeared in Beyond the Stars (both 1989). After Heathers, Slater had offers to play other troubled youths, including a rebellious teen in Pump Up the Volume (1990) and a wild gunman in Young Guns II (1990). In the latter, Slater acted alongside Emilio Estevez, Lou Diamond Phillips and Kiefer Sutherland.
=1991–1999: Box office success=
In 1991, Slater was cast as Will Scarlett in the Hollywood big budget production of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves alongside Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman and Alan Rickman. The film was a commercial success, taking US$390 million worldwide, and Slater became one of the major A-list stars of the 1990s.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=robinhoodprinceofthieves.htm|title=Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Box Office Mojo|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=September 20, 2010}} With Slater being a big Star Trek fan (in addition to his mother, Mary Jo Slater, serving as the casting director for the film), he accepted a cameo role in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, shortly after playing Charlie Luciano in the crime drama Mobsters. The following year he expanded his film genre and starred in the comedy Kuffs opposite Milla Jovovich. In 1993, Slater again stretched his acting skills, playing opposite Marisa Tomei in Untamed Heart and playing Clarence Worley in True Romance, written by Quentin Tarantino, which received many rave reviews. In his review of True Romance, Roger Ebert awarded the movie 3 stars out of 4 and said, "the energy and style of the movie are exhilarating. Christian Slater has the kind of cocky recklessness the movie needs."{{cite news|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19930910/REVIEWS/309100304/1023|title=True Romance|date=September 10, 1993|author=Roger Ebert|newspaper=Chicago Sun Times|access-date=February 12, 2011|archive-date=December 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203224711/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19930910/REVIEWS/309100304/1023|url-status=dead}} In the same year, he was the first choice for the role of Eric Draven in the movie The Crow, directed by Alex Proyas.
He gained the role of the interviewer Daniel Molloy in Interview with the Vampire (1994) after the death of his friend River Phoenix, who was originally cast. Slater subsequently donated his earnings from the film to Phoenix's favorite charities. He played the character of Lewis in the romance film Bed of Roses in 1996 opposite Mary Stuart Masterson, then that of Riley Hale in the big-budget John Woo film Broken Arrow (1996), which also starred John Travolta. In 1998 Slater appeared in crime movie Hard Rain alongside Morgan Freeman. The same year he also starred in the dark comedy Very Bad Things opposite Cameron Diaz.
=2000–present: Television roles, ''Mr. Robot''=
Since 2000 Slater has mixed TV work with leading roles in mainly lower budget films, along with supporting roles in a few mainstream productions. He appeared in the successful The West Wing and Alias TV series. He was also part of Hollywood films, including Bobby and 3000 Miles to Graceland. He has also worked as a voice-over artist in productions, including the character of 'Pips' in the successful Australian animated film FernGully: The Last Rainforest, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, and TV documentaries, including Prehistoric Planet and Dinosaur Planet. Slater also voiced the character John Watson a.k.a. "Wonko the Sane" in BBC Radio 4's production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4461153.stm|work=BBC|title=Slater joining Hitchhiker's play|date=April 19, 2005|access-date=April 1, 2010}}
Slater starred in the television series My Own Worst Enemy in 2008 and The Forgotten in 2009. In 2011 he co-starred in the action film The River Murders, with Ray Liotta and Ving Rhames. Also in 2011, he starred in the television series, Breaking In, which ran for two seasons. Slater co-starred with Rhames again in the film Soldiers of Fortune (2012), and in the Sylvester Stallone action thriller Bullet to the Head (2013), directed by Walter Hill. He co-starred in the 2014 television series, Mind Games, which was cancelled after five episodes were aired.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/03/abc-mind-games-cancelled-replaced-by-celebrity-wife-swap-resurrection-repeats-705661/|title='Mind Games' Cancelled: ABC Replaces Series With Repeats|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie| date=March 27, 2014|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=March 28, 2014}} He was part of the ensemble in Lars von Trier's controversial film, Nymphomaniac.{{cite web|last1=Lewis|first1=Hillary|title='Nymphomaniac' N.Y. Premiere: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Christian Slater Support Controversial Director Lars von Trier|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nymphomaniac-ny-premiere-charlotte-gainsbourg-688550|website=Hollywood Reporter|date=March 13, 2014|access-date=January 10, 2016}}
In October 2014,{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/10/christian-slater-cast-mr-robot-pilot-usa-856559/|title=Christian Slater To Star In USA Pilot 'Mr. Robot'|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=2014-10-21|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=2019-11-21}} Slater signed on for his title role in the television series on USA Network Mr. Robot. Slater plays a computer hacker, "Mr. Robot," who recruits Rami Malek's character, Elliot, into Slater's band of hackers called fsociety. The series premiered on June 24, 2015, and concluded in 2019 with its fourth season.{{cite web |last1=Lamont |first1=Tom |title=Rami Malek: 'Being offered the part of Freddie Mercury was a gun-to-the-head moment' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/oct/14/rami-malek-being-offered-the-part-of-freddie-mercury-was-a-gun-to-the-head-moment- |website=The Guardian |access-date=December 4, 2018 |date=October 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112083448/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/oct/14/rami-malek-being-offered-the-part-of-freddie-mercury-was-a-gun-to-the-head-moment- |archive-date=November 12, 2018 |url-status=live }} For his performance, he earned the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 2016, with additional nominations in 2017 and 2018.{{cite web|title=Christian Slater|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/christian-slater|website=GoldenGlobes.com|publisher=Hollywood Foreign Press Association|access-date=March 2, 2018}}
Prior to beginning his role in Mr. Robot, Slater announced in 2013 that he was developing and making a film based on Will Viharo's 1993 neo-noir novel Love Stories Are Too Violent for Me,Tony DuShane (October 23, 2013). [http://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Christian-Slater-rescues-Will-Viharo-s-pulpy-novel-4920245.php "Christian Slater rescues Will Viharo's pulpy novel"], sfgate.com; accessed August 18, 2014. the first of three works to feature Vic Valentine. However, the success of Mr. Robot and contracts for additional seasons has delayed his being able to develop his adaptation.{{cite news |last=Karp |first=Evan |url=https://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Delayed-movie-inspires-big-changes-6716204.php |title=Delayed movie inspires big changes |work=San Francisco Chronicle#Web/SFGate |date=December 23, 2015 |access-date=January 29, 2019 }}
Slater voices the character "Slater" on the FX original series Archer. He also provided the voice of Ushari the Egyptian Cobra in The Lion Guard. He also made a short film for HP called The Wolf, which shows how easily malware can spread on unprotected printers and computers.Hewlett-Packard Company [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3QXMMV-Srs&index=18&t=0s&list=PLoMwRIIUViGQ48XKzXNxTjvICAiZTLv8I "The Wolf : HP Studios"], February 14, 2017. Retrieved on October 9, 2018. In 2018, Slater appeared in The Public, the latest film by Estevez. At the world premiere of the film at the Toronto Film Festival, Slater discussed his role, Josh Davis, with Ikon London Magazine:
"He (Josh Davis) is definitely the character in the movie who represents that side of politics where he is not as open-hearted as you'd like him to be. He is definitely the guy who feels this is all a mess. And he is a law and order politician in this movie. So hopefully, he is the kind of guy you love to hate".{{cite web|url= http://www.ikonlondonmagazine.com/christian-slater/ |title=Christian Slater about playing 'The kind of guy you love to hate'|website= Ikon London Magazine|first1=Tamara|last1=Orlova-Alvarez |first2=Joe|last2=Alvarez|date=September 26, 2018|access-date=September 29, 2018}}From 2021 to 2022, he voiced the character Rand Ridley on the adult sci-fi animated sitcom Inside Job. The show's creator announced the cancellation of the show in January 2023.{{cite web |last1=Simons |first1=Roxy |title=Netflix cancels 'Inside Job'—Creator shares upset at show ending |url=https://www.newsweek.com/inside-job-season-2-canceled-shion-takeuchi-update-1772186 |website=Newsweek |access-date=January 9, 2023 |language=en |date=January 9, 2023}}
Personal life
In 2000, Slater married Ryan Haddon, the daughter of model Dayle Haddon. They have two children, a son, Jaden Christopher, born in 1999, and a daughter, Eliana Sophia, born in 2001. In 2003, Haddon was arrested for assaulting Slater during an argument at a Hard Rock Cafe while on vacation in Las Vegas.{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|title=Slater, wife: An altercation?|url= https://articles.latimes.com/keyword/ryan-haddon|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120309193824/http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/ryan-haddon|url-status= dead|archive-date= March 9, 2012|work=Los Angeles Times}} Haddon allegedly threw a glass bottle and cut Slater's neck. The wound required 20 stitches. Haddon was charged with domestic battery, booked at Las Vegas' Clark County Detention Center, and freed after posting bond.{{cite magazine|author= Gary Susman|title=Very Bad Things|url=https://ew.com/article/2003/11/11/christian-slaters-wife-arrested-domestic-battery/ | magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=November 11, 2003}} They announced their separation over Christmas in 2004. Slater was living in London at the time, performing in a stage version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The couple officially separated in 2005 and divorced in 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/Christian+Slater-2263.html|title=Christian Slater splits from wife Ryan Haddon|publisher=Female First|date=November 30, 2001|access-date=September 20, 2010}}
On December 2, 2013, Slater married Brittany Lopez in Florida after three years of dating.{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/487124/christian-slater-marries-brittany-lopez|title=Christian Slater Marries Brittany Lopez—See Their Wedding Pics!|date=December 3, 2013|publisher=Eonline.com|access-date=February 28, 2014}}{{cite web|last=Cosgrove|first=Sheila|url=https://people.com/celebrity/christian-slater-marries-brittany-lopez/ |title=Christian Slater Marries Brittany Lopez - Marriage, Wedding, Christian Slater |publisher=People |date=January 14, 2013|access-date=February 28, 2014}} They have a daughter together, born in August 2019, and a son, born in July 2024.{{cite news|author=Mark Gray|title= Christian Slater and his wife of nearly six years, Brittany Lopez, have welcomed a baby girl.|publisher= MSN.com |date=August 29, 2019|url= https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/christian-slater-and-his-wife-welcome-baby-girl/ar-AAGw6Df}}
Slater practices Kempo Karate{{cite news|title= 25 Things You Don't Know About Me: Christian Slater|publisher= US|url= http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/25-things-you-dont-know-about-me-christian-slater-2011274|access-date=July 28, 2016}} and divides his time between Coconut Grove in Miami, Florida{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/christian-slater-house-ac_n_3321976|title=LOOK: Guess Who Just Bought The CUTEST Villa Ever?!?!|date=May 22, 2013|website=HuffPost}} and Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/dirt/real-estalker/christian-slater-new-york-city-condo-1201957316/|title=Christian Slater Turns Small Profit on Modest New York City Condo|first1=Mark|last1=David|date=January 10, 2017}}
=Legal issues=
Slater has had difficulties with substance abuse and has undergone treatment. In 1989, Slater was arrested for drunk driving. He was sentenced to ten days in jail.{{cite news|url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/christian-slater-jailed-for-drug-assault-1288032.html|title=Christian Slater jailed for drug assault|newspaper=The Independent|date=December 11, 1997|access-date=September 20, 2010|first=Margaret|last=Rogerson}} At one time he said, "Work is my hobby, staying sober is my job."{{cite web|url=http://www.bravo.co.uk/features/jailbirds.php?ssid=6|title=Christian Slater Top Ten Jailbirds|publisher=Bravo|access-date=September 20, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101026102840/http://bravo.co.uk/features/jailbirds.php?ssid=6|archive-date=October 26, 2010}} After living in recovery, he said in 2009, "Work is my job, and having adventures with my kids. My kids are all-important."{{cite news |first=Stacy Jenel|last=Smith|url=https://www.creators.com/read/hollywood-exclusive/10/09/a-wiser-christian-slater-looks-back-on-life-turmoilmario-lopez-looking-for-dog-first-good-woman-after |title=A Wiser Christian Slater Looks Back on Life Turmoil |work=Creators |date= October 5, 2009 |access-date=January 29, 2019 }}
The illusion of being very cool, that drinking is the hip thing to do and that you'll seem like Clark Gable. You go to a party and have a drink and feel like a superhero when the truth is you're looking rather foolish. Showing up for life 24/7 straight and sober can be tough if you're riddled with insecurities. Actually, the fastest way of knowing who you are is to know who you're not.
In 1994, he was arrested when he tried to board a commercial plane with a gun in his baggage. He was sentenced to three days of community service.{{cite magazine|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=Spring 2000|issue=540|page=90|title=5 Famous Gun-Toting Celebs in the '90s}}{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800026672/bio|title=Christian Slater Biography |website=Yahoo! Movies|access-date=September 20, 2010}}
In 1997, Slater was convicted of punching his girlfriend, Michelle Jonas, and assaulting a police officer while under the influence of heroin, cocaine, and alcohol. He had consumed them for two days straight and had little to no sleep. He was treated for more than 100 days in a rehabilitation facility while on bail, and then was sentenced to a three-month term in jail, followed by three months in a residential rehab center. He was released from prison after 59 days on the basis of good behavior.
On May 24, 2005, Slater was arrested in Manhattan, after allegedly groping a woman on the street.{{cite news|title=Christian Slater arrested on sexual harassment charge|date=May 31, 2005|access-date=May 31, 2005|first=Cheryl|last=Bronson|url=http://articles.cnn.com/2005-05-31/entertainment/slater.arrested_1_third-degree-sexual-abuse-actor-christian-slater-three-counts?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ|work=CNN|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009063854/http://articles.cnn.com/2005-05-31/entertainment/slater.arrested_1_third-degree-sexual-abuse-actor-christian-slater-three-counts?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ|archive-date=October 9, 2012}} Slater was charged with third-degree sexual abuse.{{cite news|title=Christian Slater Arrested|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=698631n | work=CBS News}} The charges were later dropped due to lack of evidence and on the condition that Slater keep out of trouble for six months.{{cite news|title=Charges Against Actor Dropped
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/20/nyregion/metro-briefing-new-york-manhattan-charges-against-actor-dropped.html|date=September 20, 2005|first=Andrew|last=Jacobs|work=The New York Times}}
Philanthropy
Slater has been a supporter of several charities, including 21st Century Leaders, Global Green, and Whatever It Takes.{{cite web|url=http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1046-christian-slater|title=Christian Slater's Charity Work, Events and Causes|publisher=LookToTheStars.org}} Slater appeared in an educational video on behalf of Nelson Mandela’s 46664 charity for AIDS awareness.{{cite web|url=http://www.t5m.com/46664/christian-slater-for-46664.html|title=Christian Slater for 46664|work=tm5 Networks|publisher=46664.com|access-date=November 28, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209014906/http://www.t5m.com/46664/christian-slater-for-46664.html|archive-date=December 9, 2008}} He has also worked to promote humanitarian work in South Africa.{{cite web|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/brangelina-inspired-christian-slater-to-do-more-good_10012319.html|title=Brangelina inspired Christian Slater to do more good|work=Thaindian News |publisher=TheIndian News|access-date=January 10, 2008}} In early May 2009, Slater visited wounded and recovering soldiers of Walter Reed Army Medical Center for the USO. On December 10, 2009, Slater visited Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where he contributed work for the television show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The episode aired on March 21, 2010.{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article-View/Article/573878/extreme-home-for-mississippi-guardsman-airs-march-21/|title='Extreme Home' for Mississippi Guardsman airs March 21|publisher=National Guard|date=March 18, 2009|access-date=January 29, 2019}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class = "wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes |
|---|
| 1985
| {{sortname|The|Legend of Billie Jean}} | Binx Davy | |
| rowspan="2" |1986
| Twisted | Mark Collins | |
| {{sortname|The|Name of the Rose|The Name of the Rose (film)}}
| Adso of Melk | |
| rowspan="2" |1988
| Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Preston Tucker Jr. | |
| Heathers
| Jason "J.D." Dean | |
| rowspan="4" |1989
| Cliff Petrie | |
| Beyond the Stars
| Eric Michaels | |
| {{sortname|The|Wizard|The Wizard (1989 film)}}
| Nick Woods | |
| Gleaming the Cube
| Brian Kelly | |
| rowspan="3" |1990
| Tales from the Darkside: The Movie | Andy Smith | Segment: "Lot 249" |
| Pump Up the Volume
| Mark Hunter | |
| Young Guns II
| |
| rowspan="3" |1991
| Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | |
| Mobsters
| |
| Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
| Excelsior Communications Officer | Cameo |
| rowspan="3" |1992
| Kuffs | George Kuffs | |
| Where the Day Takes You
| Social Worker | Uncredited |
| FernGully: The Last Rainforest
| Pips |
| rowspan="2" |1993
| Adam | |
| True Romance
| Clarence Worley | |
| rowspan=2|1994
| |
| Jimmy Hollywood
| William | |
| 1995
| James Stamphill | |
| rowspan="2" |1996
| Lewis Farrell | |
| Broken Arrow
| Captain Riley Hale | |
| rowspan="3" |1997
| Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | Easily Fooled Security Guard | Uncredited |
| Julian Po
| Julian Po | |
| Basil
| John Mannion | rowspan="2" |Also co-producer |
| rowspan="2" |1998
| Tom |
| Very Bad Things
| Robert Boyd | Also executive producer |
| 2000
| {{sortname|The|Contender|The Contender (2000 film)}} | Reginald Webster | |
| rowspan="3" |2001
| Trevor Allen Finch | |
| 3000 Miles to Graceland
| Hanson | |
| Zoolander
| Himself | Cameo |
| rowspan="2" |2002
| Thomas Taylor | Direct-to-video |
| Windtalkers
| Sgt. Pete "Ox" Henderson | |
| 2003
| Crew Guy #1 | |
| rowspan="4" |2004
| Churchill: The Hollywood Years | |
| Mindhunters
| J.D. Reston | |
| The Confessor
| Father Daniel Clemens | |
| Pursued
| Vincent Palmer | Direct-to-video |
| rowspan="2" |2005
| Edward Carnby | |
| {{sortname|The|Deal|The Deal (2005 film)}}
| Tom Hanson | Also executive producer |
| rowspan="3" |2006
| Himself | Documentary |
| Bobby
| Daryl Timmons | |
| Hollow Man 2
| Direct-to-video |
| rowspan="3" |2007
| Bob Maconel | |
| Slipstream
| Ray / Matt Dodds / Patrolman #2 | |
| {{sortname|The|Ten Commandments|The Ten Commandments (2007 film)}}
| Moses |
| rowspan="2" |2008
| Pollen | Direct-to-video |
| Igor
| Doctor Schadenfreude's Igor |
| rowspan="2" |2009
| Jimmy Dolan | rowspan="2" |Direct-to-video |
| Lies & Illusions
| Wes Wilson |
| 2010
| Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey | Jammer | Voice |
| rowspan="4" |2011
| Father Porter | Direct-to-video |
| The River Murders
| Agent Vuckovitch | |
| Guns, Girls and Gambling
| John Smith / Lee | |
| Without Men
| Gordon Smith | |
| rowspan="9" |2012
| Playback | Frank Lyons | |
| Soldiers of Fortune
| Craig Mackenzie | |
| El Gringo
| Lieutenant West | Direct-to-video |
| Freaky Deaky
| Skip Gibbs | |
| Dawn Rider
| "Cincinnati" John Mason | rowspan="3" |Direct-to-video |
| Rites of Passage
| Delgado |
| Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
| Governor Bramlette |
| Back to the Sea
| Jack |
| Assassin's Bullet
| Robert Diggs | Direct-to-video |
| rowspan="5" |2013
| Marcus Baptiste | |
| The Power of Few
| Clyde | |
| Stranded
| Col. Gerard Brauchman | rowspan="2" |Direct-to-video |
| Assassins Run
| Michael Mason |
| Nymphomaniac
| Joe's father | |
| rowspan="2" |2014
| Paul Spooner | |
| Way of the Wicked
| Henry | Direct-to-video |
| rowspan="2" |2015
| Brett McShaussey | Uncredited |
| The Adderall Diaries
| |
| 2016
| |
| rowspan="3" |2017
| Dereck McKinley | |
| Mune: Guardian of the Moon
| Leeyoon |
| The Wife
| Nathanial Bone | |
| rowspan="2" |2018
| Josh Davis | |
| Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay |
| 2020
| Tech-No | |
| rowspan="2" |2023
| Chupa | Richard Quinn | |
| Freelance
| Sebastian Earle | |
| rowspan="2" |2024
| Mike Diamond | |
| Blink Twice
| Vic | |
| 2025
| Charlie | Voice |
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=Television=
| class = "wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class = "unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1981
| Billy | Episode: "Sherlock Holmes" |
| 1982
| Pardon Me for Living | Virgil Meade | Television film |
| rowspan="2" | 1983
| Billy | Episode: "The Haunted Mansion Mystery" |
| Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
| Walt Willey | Television film |
| 1984
| Jody Tolliver | Episode: "A Case of the Stubborns" |
| 1984, 1986
| Scotty, Caleb Thompson | |
| 1985
| 6 episodes |
| rowspan="2" |1986
| Teen Boy | Episode: "Old Friends, Dead Ends" |
| The Equalizer
| Michael Winslow | Episode: "Joyride" |
| 1988
| L.A. Law | Andy Prescott | Episode: "Fetus Completus" |
| 1991, 1993
| Himself | Host |
| 1992
| Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories | Himself | Narrator |
| 1993
| Himself | Host |
| rowspan="3" |2002
| Alias | Neil Caplan | 2 episodes |
| The West Wing
| Lt. Cmdr. Jack Reese | 3 episodes |
| Great Books
| rowspan="3" |Narrator | Voice |
| 2002–2003
| Voice |
| 2003
| Voice |
| 2003, 2005
| {{sortname|The|Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius}} | Jet Fusion |
| 2004
| Top Gear | Himself | 1 episode |
| 2005–2012
| Various voices | Voice |
| rowspan="2" |2006
| Agent Brody | Episode: "29.5" |
| My Name Is Earl
| Woody | Episode: "Robbed a Stoner Blind" |
| 2008
| Edward Albright / Henry Spivey | 9 episodes |
| rowspan="2" |2009
| Alex Donovan | 17 episodes |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm
| rowspan="3" |Christian Slater | Episode: "The Hot Towel" |
| 2010
| Episode: "Sabre" |
| 2011
| Episode: "Out with a Bang" |
| 2011–2012
| Oz | 20 episodes; also producer |
| 2012
| Paul the Delivery Guy |
| 2013
| Johnny Slade |
| rowspan="2" |2014
| Ross Edwards | 10 episodes |
| Stan Lee's Mighty 7: Beginnings
| Lazer Lord |
| 2014–2016, 2022–2023 | Archer | Slater | Voice |
| rowspan="2" |2015
| Christian Slater | Episode: "Of Course He's Dead" |
| Jake and the Never Land Pirates
| The Grim Buccaneer | Voice |
| 2015–2019
| Mr. Robot | 45 episodes; also producer |
| rowspan="2" |2016–2017
| Gurg |
| Live with Kelly
| Himself | Guest host |
| rowspan="2" |2016–2019
| Ushari |
| Milo Murphy's Law
| Elliot Decker |
| rowspan="3" |2017
| Zergrees |
| Justice League Action
| Deadshot | Voice |
| Rick and Morty
| Vance Maximus | Voice |
| 2018
| Narrator | Voice |
| rowspan="2" |2020
| Dan Broderick | 8 episodes |
| Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
| Christian Slater | Voice |
| rowspan="2" |2021
| Dr. Randall Kirby | 8 episodes |
| Lego Star Wars: Terrifying Tales
| Ren |
| 2021–2022
| Rand Ridley | Voice |
| rowspan="3" |2022
| The Boys Presents: Diabolical | The Narrator: Paul | Voice |
| Willow
| Allagash | Episode: "Prisoners of Skellin" |
| Fleishman Is in Trouble
| Archer Sylvan |
| 2024
| Dr. Dorian Brauer / Mulgarath | 8 episodes |
| 2024–present
| Harry Morgan | Main role |
| {{TableTBA}}
| {{pending series|Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas}} | Torrance | Voice; post-production |
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=Stage=
| class = "wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Venue |
|---|
| 1978
|Mister Scrooge |
| 1980
| Winthrop Paroo |
| 1981
| Billy Mowcher |
| 1982
| Macbeth | Macduff's Son |
| 1983
| Merlin | Young Merlin / Arthur |
| 1984
| Bert Yearn |
| 1999
| Side Man | Clifford Glimmer |
| 2004–2005
| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| 2005
| Tom Wingfield |
| 2006
| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| 2007–2008
| Buddy Ackerman |
| 2015
| Spamalot |
| 2017–2018 |
| 2023
| Producer (one night cameo) |
| 2025
| Weston Tate |
Awards and nominations
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