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.

Filmography

• 2026How to Rob a Bank — Walton
• 2025If I Had Legs I'd Kick You — Father
• 2024Blink Twice — Vic
• Dexter: Original Sin — Harry Morgan
• The Spiderwick Chronicles — Mulgarath / Dr. Dorian Brauer
• 2024Unfrosted — Mike Diamond
• 2023Chupa — Richard Quinn
• 2023Freelance — Sebastian Earle
• Fleishman Is in Trouble — Archer Sylvan
• 2022Garbage Pail Kids in Mad Mike: Fury Load — Mad Mike
• The Boys Presents: Diabolical — The Narrator (voice)
• Vindicators 2 — Vance Maximus (voice)
• Willow — Allagash
• 2022Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called — Christian Slater (archive footage)
• Dr. Death — Dr. Randall Kirby, Executive Producer
• Inside Job — Rand Ridley (voice)
• 2021LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales — Ren (voice)
• 2020We Can Be Heroes — Tech-No
• Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? — Christian Slater (voice)
• 2019The Public — Josh Davis
• Dirty John — Dan Broderick
• Explained — Narrator (voice)
• 2018Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay — Deadshot (voice)
• 2018The Wolf: True Alpha — The Wolf
• 2017The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar — Ushari (voice)
• 2017The Summit — Dereck McKinley
• 2017The Wife — Nathaniel Bone
• 2017The Wolf — The Wolf
• Justice League Action — Deadshot (voice)
• 2016King Cobra — Stephen (Bryan Kocis)
• Milo Murphy's Law — Elliot (voice)
• 2016The Adderall Diaries — Hans Reiser
• The Lion Guard — Ushari (voice)
• Dawn of the Croods — Gurg (voice)
• 2015Hot Tub Time Machine 2 — Choozy Doozy Host
• Mr. Robot — Mr. Robot, Producer
• 2014Ask Me Anything — Paul Spooner
• Mind Games — Ross Edwards
• 2014Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials — Various (voice) (archive sound)
• 2014Stan Lee's Mighty 7 — Lazer Lord (voice)
• 2014Way of the Wicked — Henry
• 2013Assassins Run — Michael Mason
• 2013Nymphomaniac: Vol. I — Joe's Father
• 2013Nymphomaniac: Vol. II — Joe's Father
• Rick and Morty — Maximus Renegade Star Soldier (voice)
• 2013Stranded — Col. Gerard Brauchman
• 2013The Power of Few — Clyde
• 2012Assassin's Bullet — Robert
• 2012Back to the Sea — Jack (voice)
• 2012Bullet to the Head — Marcus Baptiste
• 2012Dawn Rider — John
• 2012El Gringo — Lieutenant West
• 2012Freaky Deaky — Skip Gibbs
• 2012Guns, Girls and Gambling — John Smith
• 2012Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood — Governor Bramlette
• 2012Playback — Frank Lyons
• 2012Rites of Passage — Delgado
• 2012Soldiers of Fortune — Craig Mackenzie
• Breaking In — Oz
• China, IL — (voice)
• 2011Sacrifice — Father Porter
• 2011The River Murders — Agent Vuckovitch
• 2011Without Men — Gordon
• Archer — Slater (voice)
• 2009Dolan's Cadillac — Dolan
• 2009Lies & Illusions — Wes Wilson
• The Forgotten — Alex Donovan
• 2008Igor — Dr. Schadenfreude's Igor (voice)
• 2008Love Lies Bleeding — Pollen
• My Own Worst Enemy — Henry Spivey / Edward Albright
• 2007He Was a Quiet Man — Bob Maconel
• 2007Slipstream — Ray / Matt Dobbs / Patrolman #2
• 2007The Ten Commandments — Moses (voice)
• 2006Bobby — Daryl Timmons
• 2006Crossing the Line — Narrator
• 2006Hollow Man II — Michael Griffin
• 2005Alone in the Dark — Edward Carnby
• My Name Is Earl — Woody
• Robot Chicken — Composite Santa Claus / Drug Kingpin (voice)
• 2005The Deal — Tom Hanson, Executive Producer
• The Office — Christian Slater
• 2004Churchill: The Hollywood Years — Winston Churchill
• Entourage — Christian Slater
• 2004Mindhunters — J.D. Reston
• 2004Pursued — Vincent Palmer
• 2004The Good Shepherd — Daniel Clemens
• Dinosaur Planet — Narrator (voice)
• 2003Jimmy Neutron: Operation: Rescue Jet Fusion — Jet Fusion (voice)
• 2003Masked and Anonymous — Crew Guy #1
• Two and a Half Men — Christian Slater
• 2002Hard Cash — Taylor
• Prehistoric Planet — Narrator (voice)
• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius — Jet Fusion (voice)
• 2002Windtalkers — Sergeant Peter Henderson
• 20013000 Miles to Graceland — Hanson
• Alias — Neil Caplan
• 2001Who Is Cletis Tout? — Trevor Allen Finch
• 2001Zoolander — Christian Slater
• Curb Your Enthusiasm — Christian Slater
• 2000The Contender — Reginald Webster
• The West Wing — Jack Reese
• 1998Basil — John Mannion, Co-Producer
• 1998Hard Rain — Tom, Co-Producer
• 1998Very Bad Things — Robert Boyd, Executive Producer
• 1997Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery — Easily Fooled Security Guard (uncredited)
• 1997Julian Po — Julian Po
• 1997Merry Christmas, George Bailey — Harry Bailey / Sam Wainwright
• 1996Bed of Roses — Lewis Farrell
• 1996Broken Arrow — Riley Hale
• 1996Museum of Love — Director
• 1995Murder in the First — James Stamphill
• 1994Interview with the Vampire — Malloy
• 1994Jimmy Hollywood — William
• 1993True Romance — Clarence Worley
• 1993Untamed Heart — Adam
• 1992FernGully: The Last Rainforest — Pips (voice)
• 1992Kuffs — George Kuffs
• Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories — Narrator (voice)
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• 1992Where the Day Takes You — Social Worker (uncredited)
• 1991Mobsters — Charlie "Lucky" Luciano
• 1991Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves — Will Scarlett
• 1991Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country — Excelsior Communications Officer
• 1990Pump Up the Volume — Mark Hunter
• 1990Tales from the Darkside: The Movie — Andy (segment ‘Lot 249’)
• 1990Young Guns II — Arkansas Dave Rudabaugh
• 1989Beyond the Stars — Eric Michaels
• 1989Desperate for Love — Cliff Petrie
• 1989Gleaming the Cube — Brian Kelly
• 1989Heathers — J.D.
• 1989The Edge — The Kid (Professional Man)
• 1989The Wizard — Nick
• 1988Tucker: The Man and His Dream — Junior
• Crime Story — Teen Boy
• L.A. Law — Andy Prescott
• 1986The Name of the Rose — Adso of Melk
• The Equalizer — Michael Winslow
• 1985The Legend of Billie Jean — Binx
• 1985Twisted — Mark Collins
• Tales from the Darkside — Jody Tolliver
• 1983Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story — Walt Willey
• 1981Sherlock Holmes: The Strange Case of Alice Faulkner — uncredited
• ABC Weekend Specials
• Last Call of a Dying Hawk — Jason Grey-Cameron
• The Hole
• Young Guns 3: Alias Billy the Kid — Arkansas Dave Rudabaugh

Appearances as themselves (39)

• 2024A Look Through His Lens — Self
• 2023A Journey to Sundance — Self
• 2023Willow: Behind the Magic — Self - 'Allagash'
• 2022An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose — Self (archive footage)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2017Heroes Manufactured — Self (archive footage)
• 2016Mr. Robot_dec0d3d.doc — Self - Mr. Robot
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self, Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Conan — Self
• 2008Dreaming Slipstream Dream — Self
• 2008Naked Movie — Self
• 8 Out of 10 Cats — Self
• The Friday Night Project — Self - Host
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway — Self
• 2002Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. — Self
• Top Gear — Self
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross — Self - Guest
• 2001Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads — Self
• 1998Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley — Self
• 1998Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman — Self
• The View — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• 1995Catwalk — Self
• Die Harald Schmidt Show — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• 1991Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• This Morning — Self
• Going Live! — Self
• 1987La rosa dei nomi — Self
• 1986The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' — Self
• MTV Video Music Awards — Self - Host
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host, Self (uncredited)
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Oscars — Self