Christian Slater

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.