“Work is my hobby, staying sober is my job”
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Christian Slater
Christian Michael Leonard Slater 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 (1989).
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Born 18 August 1969 · Q204590
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2026· 1 entry
2023· 1 entry
The Guardian: Pump Up the Volume: can Christian Slater’s teen movie become a musical hit like Heathers?
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2018· 1 entry
Slater appeared in The Public, the latest film by Estevez
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2017· 1 entry
The Guardian: Glengarry Glen Ross review – Christian Slater is top dog among cut-throat conmen
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2016· 3 entries
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for Mr. Robot (2016).
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The Guardian: Christian Slater: Harrison Ford smooched me at the Golden Globes
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With additional nominations in 2017 and 2018
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2015· 1 entry
And concluded in 2019 with its fourth season
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2013· 3 entries
Slater married Brittany Lopez in Florida after three years of dating
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That he was developing and making a film based on Will Viharo's 1993 neo-noir novel Love Stories Are Too Violent for Me, the first of three works to feature Vic Valentine
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“s 1993 neo-noir novel Love Stories Are Too Violent for Me, 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. Slater voices the character”
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2011· 2 entries
Starred in the television series, Breaking In, which ran for two seasons
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Co-starred in the action film The River Murders, with Ray Liotta and Ving Rhames
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2009· 1 entry
Slater visited Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where he contributed work for the television show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
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2005· 1 entry
Slater was arrested in Manhattan, after allegedly groping a woman on the street
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2003· 1 entry
Haddon was arrested for assaulting Slater during an argument at a Hard Rock Cafe while on vacation in Las Vegas
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2000· 1 entry
Slater married Ryan Haddon, the daughter of model Dayle Haddon
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1999· 1 entry
And a daughter, Eliana Sophia, born in 2001
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1998· 1 entry
Slater appeared in crime movie Hard Rain alongside Morgan Freeman
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1997· 1 entry
Slater was convicted of punching his girlfriend, Michelle Jonas, and assaulting a police officer while under the influence of heroin, cocaine, and alcohol
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1996· 1 entry
Opposite Mary Stuart Masterson, then that of Riley Hale in the big-budget John Woo film Broken Arrow (1996), which also starred John Travolta
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1994· 1 entry
Was arrested when he tried to board a commercial plane with a gun in his baggage
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1993· 1 entry
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
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1991· 1 entry
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
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1989· 1 entry
Slater was arrested for drunk driving
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1969· 2 entries
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
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Born 1969-08-18.
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