Bio
Christian Slater is an American actor known for his roles as a leading man in films such as Pump Up The Volume, Untamed Heart, True Romance, Broken Arrow, hard Rain, Very Bad Things, and Who Is Cletis Tout?.
In 2007, Slater starred opposite Anthony Hopkins in the feature film Slipstream, which Hopkins also wrote and directed. The film was screened at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
Slater also starred in the film He Was a Quiet Man, opposite William H. Macy and Elisha Cuthbert. The film was written and directed by Frank Cappello.
In 2006, Slater starred in the Weinstein Company film Bobby which was written and directed by Emilio Estevez. The feature also stars Anthony Hopkins, Demi Moore, Sharon Stone and William H. Macy.
It concerns the assassination of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, on June 6, 1968, and centres around 22 people who were at the Los Angeles Ambassador Hotel when he was killed. Slater plays the hotel's catering and kitchen manager - the assassination took place in the hotel's kitchen.
Also in 2006, Slater returned to London to reprise his critically acclaimed role as Randle P. McMurphy in the Really Useful Group's production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. It re-opened in March 2006 and ran through May 2006.
The play, which previewed at the Edinburgh Festival, opened in London's West End on September 6, 2004 to rave reviews. The huge success of the play led to two extensions, finally closing on January 22, 2005 after over 150 sold-out shows.
Slater won a Whatsonstage Best Actor Award for his performance.
In 2005, Slater continued his theatre success by starring in The Glass Menagerie on Broadway opposite Jessica Lange in the role of Tom. He was selected to replace another actor in the play a few weeks before opening and he quickly mastered the role and delivered a remarkable performance.
He received an award for Favorite Featured Actor in a Broadway Play at the Broadway.com Audience Awards. The play ran from March 22 through July 3, 2005.
In 2005, Slater was also seen in Churchill: The Hollywood Years, opposite Neve Campbell.
In 2002 and 2003, Slater made his mark on primetime television with two guest star character arcs: on The West Wing, Slater portrayed Lt. Commander Jack Reese, and as Neil Caplan, a vulnerable scientist on Alias, Slater found himself entangled with terrorists eager to exploit his intelligence.
Making his film debut in 1985 in The Legend of Billie Jean, Slater's extensive credits prove his versatility in various genres.
As an action hero, he was seen in John Woo's Windtalkers opposite Nicolas Cage, and in Broken Arrow with John Travolta.
Slater has also proven his ability to portray characters whose roles create a cult following, such as his performance as Clarence Worley in True Romance, as Robert Boyd in Very Bad Things, and as Jason Dean in Michael Lehmann's Heathers.
His other film credits include The Contender, Bed of Roses, Murder in the First, Interview with a Vampire, Untamed Heart, Pump Up the Volume, Jean-Jacques Annaud's The Name of the Rose, Francis Ford Coppola's Tucker: The Man and His Dream, and Gleaming the Cube.
Slater's producing credits include Basil and Hard Rain, in both of which he also starred. He also served as an executive producer on Peter Berg's Very Bad Things.
In 1996, Slater made his directorial debut with Museum of Love, a short film for Showtime.
As an alum of the prestigious Dalton School and the Professional Children's School in New York City, Slater debuted on Broadway at the age of nine in The Music Man alongside Dick Van Dyke, and went on to play the title lead in Oliver.
More recently, Slater has garnered critical acclaim for his starring role in the Broadway production of Sideman. Macbeth, David Copperfield, and Merlin also number among his Broadway credits.
Off-Broadway, Slater starred in such productions as Landscape of the Body, Between Daylight, Boonville, Dry Land and Somewhere's Better.