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Christian Slater

Christian Slater
Christian Michael Leonard Slater was born on August 18, 1969 in New York and started his show business career at the age of 7 in the soap opera "The Edge Of Night". He went on to star in a number of Broadway shows, before making his big break in 1985 with his role in "The Legend Of Billie Jean". He is best known for his bad-boy roles in such films as "Heathers" with Winona Ryder, "Young Guns 2 - Blaze Of Glory", and "Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves" among many others.


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Christian Slater - news / articles


  • Ryder and Slater on board for Heathers 2 - 2 June 2009
    -Actress Winona Ryder will reprise her most iconic role in a sequel to Heathers - and co-star Christian Slater is also on board.- -The duo starred in the cult 1989 comedy about four girls who form a clique at a surburban high school, and rumours of a follow-up film have b


  • Slater signs up for sequel - 25 August 2006
    s success does not guarantee that of its sequel, Heathers 2 has Waters scripting the movie and Winona Ryder and, most recently, Christian Slater signed up for acting roles.-Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Ryder said: "I don't know how much is official. But it takes


  • Slater arrested again after street scene - 1 June 2005
    One of Hollywood's bad boys, Christian Slater, is back in trouble again, having been arrested on a charge of sexually harassing a woman on the street.-It is not the first time Slater has been in trouble with the law, after he assaulted his girlfriend in 1998, leading to a

Christian Slater - what members say


  • Gleaming the Cube
  • Gleaming the Cube review by from Derbyshire
    Rated - 2 stars Good stuff! 29 December 2003
    ...his flm was made in the 80's, before high tech special effects ruled the world! Christian Slater plays a skating dude who sets out with his chums to bring down the bad guys! Th...  
  • Heathers
  • Heathers review by from London
    Rated - 4 stars Nasty, bitchy, funny and so 'very' 3 August 2004
    ...The premise of a teen comedy starring Winona Ryder, Christian Slater and Shannen Doherty may seem about as irresistible as a 'Blossom' Reunion Tour, but this is a surprisingly ...  
  • Interview With The Vampire
  • Interview With The Vampire review by williamsgwynfa from gwaenysgor in flintshire
    Rated - 5 stars superb.................. 19 October 2007
    ... a 200 year-old vampire, is telling his life story to an interviewer (played by Christian Slater), who is shocked by his supernatural revelation. 'I am flesh and blood,' Louis ...  

Christian Slater - filmography


  • He Was A Quiet Man on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Christian Slater,  Elisha Cuthbert,  William H. Macy
    Director: Frank A. Cappello
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A troubled loner and intent on killing his colleagues and himself, Bob Maconel is easy to dislike. As he plans to put a revolver to his head and the heads of those around him he drops the bullet. While on the floor searching for it someone else in despair of life with the same plan beats him to it. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 8,951 members
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  • Slipstream on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Camryn Manheim,  Jeff,  Christian Slater
    Director: Anthony Hopkins
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins took a turn behind the camera for the first time since 1996's AUGUST with this mind-bending fantasy that he also wrote and stars in. Hopkins plays Felix Bonhoeffer a screenwriter with a habit of getting lost in his own head. Felix begins to doubt reality itself, ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 35% from 14 members
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  • The Deal on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Christian Slater,  Selma Blair,  Robert Loggia
    Director: Harvey Kahn
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    At a time when the US is seized by the worst oil shortage in history, Wall Street big shot Tom Hansen (Christian Slater) is asked to oversee a big oil merger. Tom jumps at the chance to kickstart his faltering career, while at the same time, embarking on a sexually-charged love affair with ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 3,121 members
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  • Windtalkers on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  Christian Slater,  Adam Beach
    Director: John Woo
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    WINDTALKERS begins quietly--with widescreen aerial shots of clouds that gradually clear to reveal the beautiful mesas of Monument Valley. A bus collects Navajo volunteers Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach) and Charlie Whitehorse (Roger Willie). It's 1943, and the U.S. has developed an indecipherable secret ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 11,266 members
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  • The Contender on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Gary Oldman,  Joan Allen,  Jeff Bridges
    Director: Rod Lurie
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In THE CONTENDER, the sudden death of the vice president of the United States forces U.S. president Jackson Evans (Jeff Bridges) to pick a replacement. He decides against picking the popular governor of Virginia, Jack Hathaway (William Petersen), and instead makes the radical choice of Senator ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 1,128 member
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  • Hard Rain on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  Christian Slater,  Randy Quaid
    Director: Mikael Salomon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Rising flood waters imperil the residents of a Midwestern town, but to a gang of thieves, the disaster is an opportunity--to waltz off with the contents of a bank vault abandoned by the evacuated townspeople. Something they didn't count on is armed truck driver Christian Slater, called upon to ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 4,482 members
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  • Basil on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Christian Slater,  Claire Forlani,  David Ross
    Director: Radha Bharardwaj
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This visually stunning film explores passion, betrayal, vengeance and revenge and their effect on the life of a naive and unseasoned young man. Basil, yearning for freedom from the constraints of aristocracy, disregards his position and wealth to pursue the passionate love of a beautiful woman. ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 97 members
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  • Bed of Roses (1996)
    Starring: Christian Slater,  Mary Stuart Masterson
    Director: Michael Goldenberg
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A hard-working single woman is surprised at home by a stunning floral arrangement delivered by a secret admirer. But she must find a way to put the past behind her to accept and open up to the man who could turn out to be the love of her life.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 151 members
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  • Interview With The Vampire on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Brad Pitt,  Kirsten Dunst
    Director: Neil Jordan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Horror author Anne Rice penned the screenplay for this full-blooded adaptation of her novel, which chronicles the life of 18th-century nobleman Louis (Brad Pitt) after he is bitten by powerful, charismatic vampire Lestat (Tom Cruise). Though enthralled with the undead lifestyle at first, Louis is ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 15,412 members
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  • True Romance on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Christian Slater,  Patricia Arquette,  Dennis Hopper
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When inexperienced call girl Alabama Whitman (Patricia Arquette) is paid to seduce comic-book-nerd and Elvis fanatic Clarence Worley (Christian Slater), she doesn't expect to fall for him. But these two lost souls seem to be made for each other and quickly pledge their love, marrying at Detroit's ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 20,949 members
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  • Untamed Heart on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Christian Slater,  Rosie Perez,  Marisa Tomei
    Director: Tony Bill
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    UNTAMED HEART is a tender tale about the romance between Adam (Christian Slater), a severely introverted busboy with a congenital heart problem and Caroline (Marisa Tomei), a waitress with a penchant for men who reject her. Walking home late one night from the Minneapolis diner where she and Adam ..read more »
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  • Kuffs (1992)
    Starring: Christian Slater,  Milla Jovovich,  Bruce Boxleitner
    Director: Bruce A. Evans
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Christian Slater stars in Kuffs as 21-year-old George, a high school dropout with his own ideas of how to achieve the American Dream. George Kuffs is too smart to stand still and too determined to quit, yet when his girlfriend (Milla Jovovich) asks for the one thing George fears most, commitment, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 311 members
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  • Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Kevin Costner,  Morgan Freeman,  Christian Slater
    Director: Kevin Reynolds
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Robin of Locksley escapes death in a foreign land. Returning home to England with a Moor named Azeem he discovers that his father has been killed by the Sheriff of Nottingham who has seized power in the King's absence. Now Robin must become a fugitive and fight for retribution.
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  • Heathers on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Winona Ryder,  Christian Slater,  Shannen Doherty
    Director: Michael Lehmann
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    The Westerburg High School has an elite quartet called the 'Heathers' which consists of three girls called Heather and one called Veronica who pick on the weak and less fortunate. One day Veronica becomes tired of the 'Heathers' and goes off with the male school bully Jason Dean and together they ..read more »
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  • Gleaming the Cube on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Christian Slater,  Steven Bauer,  Ed Lauter
    Director: Graeme Clifford
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    To 16-year-old Brian, life is an empty pool and a skateboard, until his brother is found dead and it's declared a suicide. Determined to uncover the truth, Brian risks all as he crosses into a world of deceit, contraband, and murder.
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  • Dinosaur Planet (2 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Christian Slater
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    The Discovery Channel continues their excellent and entertaining computer animation series of life in the dinosaur kingdom. This release features over three hours of entertainment looking at dinosaur life from their own visual perspective.
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  • Pursued on DVD
    Starring: Christian Slater,  Gil Bellows,  Estella Warren
    Director: Kristoffer Tabori
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Vincent Palmer (Christian Slater, TRUE ROMANCE, HEATHERS, CRUEL AND UNUSUAL) takes his job as a corporate headhunter very seriously--and literally. In order to wrangle a 'yes' from his prospect, he's willing to go to any extreme, whether monetary, material, or just plain threatening. Ben Keats (Gil ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 2,280 members
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Christian Slater - watch online


  • He Was A Quiet Man to Watch Now (2007)
    Starring: Christian Slater,  Elisha Cuthbert,  William H. Macy
    Director: Frank A. Cappello
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 92 minutes
    Disgruntled office worker Bob Maconel (Christian Slater) is having another bad day at work. Trapped in his dull cubicle, mostly ignored by his co-workers and bullied by his superiors, Bob daydreams of blowing his office skyscraper sky-high, before ending his own miserable existence. But on this ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 10 members
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  • Heathers to Watch Now (1989)
    Starring: Winona Ryder,  Christian Slater,  Shannen Doherty
    Director: Michael Lehmann
    Certificate: Certificate: 18 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 99 minutes
    Tired of the standard high school cliques; the preppie jocks, geeks and popular girls ?The Heathers', Veronica and rebellious boyfriend J.D. team up to put these kids in their place with lethal consequences. This black comedy was an instant cult teen classic, and it remains so.
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 79% from 59 members
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  • Gleaming the Cube to Watch Now (1988)
    Starring: Christian Slater,  Steven Bauer,  Ed Lauter
    Director: Graeme Clifford
    Certificate: Certificate: 12 (TBC)
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    Run time: 101 minutes
    Christian Slater plays his typical teen rebel with a cause in this spectacular skateboarding drama. Brian Kelly (Slater) is a skateboarder, alienated from his family, in particular his adopted Vietnamese brother Vinh (Chudabala), a brilliant student. When Vinh is found dead the verdict is ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 8 members
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Christian Slater facts

5 most recent films

Lies And Illusions - BLU-RAY Version - 0.5 stars
My Own Worst Enemy - The Complete Series - 3.5 stars
Lies And Illusions - 1.5 stars
Love Lies Bleeding - 2.5 stars
He Was A Quiet Man - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

True Romance - BLU-RAY Version - 4.5 stars
True Romance - 4.0 stars
Interview with the Vampire - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Pump Up The Volume - 3.5 stars
Murder In The First - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Lies And Illusions - BLU-RAY Version - 0.5 stars
Lies And Illusions - 1.5 stars
10 Hollywood Leading Men - 1.5 stars
Who is Cletis Tout? - 1.5 stars
Slipstream - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Gary Oldman - 4 times - show films
Val Kilmer - 4 times - show films
Brad Pitt - 4 times - show films
Samantha Mathis - 3 times - show films
Alfre Woodard - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Woo - 4 times - show films
David Semel - 3 times - show films
Bryan Spicer - 3 times - show films
Frederick King Keller - 3 times - show films
Graeme Clifford - 2 times - show films