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Christian Michael Leonard Slater born
August 18, 1969
Birthplace: New York City
Following a run on the
ABC soap opera One Life to Live, Slater 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. In
addition he has 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 1985's film The Legend of Billie Jean, and had significant
roles in the 1986 mystery film The Name of the Rose, the 1989 dark
comedy Heathers and Skateboarding flick Gleaming The Cube, and the
1990 teen film Pump Up the Volume. His most notable roles from the
'90s include the role of outlaws "Arkansas" Dave Rudabaugh in 1990's
Young Guns II and Clarence Worley in 1993's True Romance. He also
voiced the character John Watson a.k.a. "Wonko the Sane" in BBC
Radio 4's production of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy..
Christian Slater has signed on to join The Forgotten, ABC's new
crime drama from producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Premiering Tuesday,
Sept. 22 (leading out of the Dancing with the Stars results show),
The Forgotten revolves around the Identity Network, a team of
amateur sleuths who work on cases involving unidentified victims. |
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Filmography
* The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)
* Twisted (1986)
* The Name of the Rose (1986)
* Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
* Beyond the Stars (1989)
* The Wizard (1989)
* Heathers (1989)
* Gleaming the Cube (1989)
* Tales From The Darkside: The Movie (1990)
* Pump Up The Volume (1990)
* Young Guns II (1990)
* Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)[14]
* Mobsters (1991)[14]
* Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country (1991)[15]
* Kuffs (1992)
* FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) (voice only)
* Untamed Heart (1993)
* True Romance (1993)
* Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
* Jimmy Hollywood (1994)
* Murder in the First (1995)
* Bed of Roses (1996)
* Broken Arrow (1996)
* Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery (1997)
* Julian Po (1997)
* Basil (1997)
* Hard Rain (1998)
* Very Bad Things (1998)
* Home Team (1999)
* The Contender (2000)
* Who Is Cletis Tout? (2001)
* 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
* Hard Cash (2002)
* Windtalkers (2002)
* Prehistoric Planet (2002) TV narrator, Season 2
* Dinosaur Planet (2003) TV narrator
* The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2003-2005) (TV)
(voice only)
* Masked and Anonymous (2003)
* Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004)
* The Confessor (2004)
* Pursued (2004)
* Alone in the Dark (2005)[16]
* Mindhunters (2005)
* The Deal (2005)
* My Name is Earl (2006) (TV)
* Crossing the Line (2006) (narrator)
* Bobby (2006)
* Hollow Man 2 (2006)
* He Was a Quiet Man (2007)
* Slipstream (2007)
* The Ten Commandments (2007)[17] (voice only)
* Love Lies Bleeding (2008)
* Igor (2008) (voice only)
* My Own Worst Enemy (2008) (TV)
* Dolan's Cadillac (2009)
* Lies & Illusions (2009)
Television
* Tales From The Darkside - Episode, "A Case of the Stubborns"
(1984)
* The Equalizer - "Joy Ride" (1986)
* Hosted the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards
* Unbroke:What You Need To Know About Money - Television special
(2009)
* My Own Worst Enemy
* Family Guy
* The West Wing - Season 4 (2002)
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