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). He gained wider recognition for his breakout role as Jason "J.D." Dean, a sociopathic high school student, in the satire Heathers (1989). 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 the fantasy series The Spiderwick Chronicles (2024), Slater received the Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Performer. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christian Slater, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
116 movies · 64 shows
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
2025·6.3
Blink Twice
2024·6.7
Unfrosted
2024·5.4
Freelance
2023·6.4
Chupa
2023·6.3
Willow: Behind the Magic
2023·4.3
A Journey to Sundance
2023·0.0
Garbage Pail Kids in Mad Mike: Fury Load
2022·0.0
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022·2.0
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called
2022·7.7
LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales
2021·6.8
We Can Be Heroes
2020·5.9
The Public
2019·6.5
The Wolf: True Alpha
2018·6.7
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
2018·7.1
The Wife
2017·7.1
The Summit
2017·5.9
The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar
2017·8.3
Heroes Manufactured
2017·6.7
The Wolf
2017·10.0
King Cobra
2016·5.9
Mr. Robot_dec0d3d.doc
2016·8.5
The Adderall Diaries
2016·5.3
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
2015·5.2
Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials
2014·8.3
Way of the Wicked
2014·4.2
Ask Me Anything
2014·5.6
Stan Lee's Mighty 7
2014·5.8
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
2013·6.9
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2013·6.7
Stranded
2013·3.7
Assassins Run
2013·4.7
The Power of Few
2013·5.3
Bullet to the Head
2012·5.6
Guns, Girls and Gambling
2012·5.4
Assassin's Bullet
2012·3.9
Soldiers of Fortune
2012·4.8
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
2012·6.1
Dawn Rider
2012·5.6
El Gringo
2012·6.3
Rites of Passage
2012·4.9
Freaky Deaky
2012·5.1
Playback
2012·4.2
Back to the Sea
2012·4.2
The River Murders
2011·5.2
Without Men
2011·3.8
Sacrifice
2011·4.6
Lies & Illusions
2009·4.0
Dolan's Cadillac
2009·5.9
Igor
2008·6.0
Dreaming Slipstream Dream
2008·0.0
Naked Movie
2008·3.7
Love Lies Bleeding
2008·6.1
He Was a Quiet Man
2007·6.4
The Ten Commandments
2007·5.6
Slipstream
2007·4.9
Crossing the Line
2006·7.5
Bobby
2006·6.4
Hollow Man II
2006·4.9
Robot Chicken's Christmas Special
2005·0.0
The Deal
2005·5.7
Alone in the Dark
2005·3.3
Pursued
2004·5.2
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
2004·5.3
Mindhunters
2004·6.5
The Good Shepherd
2004·5.3
Jimmy Neutron: Operation: Rescue Jet Fusion
2003·6.5
Masked and Anonymous
2003·5.2
Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.
2002·6.8
Windtalkers
2002·6.3
Hard Cash
2002·4.6
Zoolander
2001·6.2
Who Is Cletis Tout?
2001·5.9
3000 Miles to Graceland
2001·5.9
Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads
2001·10.0
The Contender
2000·6.7
Very Bad Things
1998·6.3
Basil
1998·5.5
Hard Rain
1998·5.9
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
1998·7.7
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
1998·4.5
Merry Christmas, George Bailey
1997·6.0
Julian Po
1997·6.5
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997·6.6
Broken Arrow
1996·6.1
Bed of Roses
1996·5.9
Catwalk
1995·7.8
Murder in the First
1995·7.1
Interview with the Vampire
1994·7.4
Jimmy Hollywood
1994·5.2
True Romance
1993·7.5
Untamed Heart
1993·6.8
Where the Day Takes You
1992·6.1
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
1992·6.4
Kuffs
1992·5.8
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991·7.0
Mobsters
1991·6.3
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991·6.9
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
1991·6.5
Pump Up the Volume
1990·7.1
Young Guns II
1990·6.5
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990·6.2
The Wizard
1989·6.1
The Edge
1989·4.0
Heathers
1989·7.3
Beyond the Stars
1989·5.1
Desperate for Love
1989·5.6
Gleaming the Cube
1989·6.0
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1988·6.7
La rosa dei nomi
1987·5.8
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
1986·6.7
The Name of the Rose
1986·7.5
Twisted
1985·4.9
The Legend of Billie Jean
1985·6.6
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
1983·7.3
Sherlock Holmes: The Strange Case of Alice Faulkner
1981·7.0