Christian Slater

Christian Slater has had romantic relationship with numerous personalities including actresses Winona Ryder and Samantha Mathis, and model Christy Turlington. He finally tied the nuptial knot with Ryan Haddon in 2000. The couple was blessed with two children, Jaden Christopher and Eliana Sophia. However, things deteriorated between the two as they headed for a split in 2005. Two years later, Slater and Haddon officially divorced.

In December 2013, Slater married Brittany Lopez. The two had dated for three years before getting married.

Slater has been arrested and held on several occasions for various reasons including drunk driving, trying to carry a gun on a commercial plane, sexually assaulting women, and drug addiction.

Christian Slater was born on August 18, 1969 in New York City to Michael Hawkins (né Thomas Knight Slater) and Mary Jo Slater (née Lawton). While his father was an actor, his mother was as an acting agent turned casting executive and producer.

Slater gained his education from Dalton School and the Professional Children's School before enrolling at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts.

Born into a family that had a strong film background, it was only natural for Christian Slater to follow suit. Following the footsteps of his father, Slater found his first acting role in the ABC soap opera ‘One Life to Live.’ He was just eight years old then.

He then made his Broadway debut as the lisping Winthrop Paroo opposite Dick Van Dyke in the 1980 revival of ‘The Music Man.’ The debut was soon followed by other Broadway stage shows including ‘Copperfield’, ‘Merlin’, ‘Macbeth’, ‘Side Man’, and ‘The Glass Menagerie.’ In addition, he performed in London's West End in ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest’ and ‘Swimming With Sharks.’

In 1985, Slater’s big breakthrough came in with the film ‘The Legend of Billie Jean.’ In it, he played the character of Billie Jean’s brother ‘Binx.’ Though the film was assumed to be a grand hit, it fell short of expectations. Nevertheless, it gained a cult following.

It was in the 1986 film ‘The Name of the Rose’ that Slater established his status as an actor. Starring alongside Sean Connery, he played the role of Connery's apprentice monk while they investigate a series of murders at a Benedictine abbey. Next, he was seen in a few films including ‘Tucker: The Man and His Dream’, ‘Beyond the Stars’ and ‘Gleaming the Cube’, the last one being his first film as a lead actor.

Though Slater was a few films old by the late 1980s, a major hit eluded him until 1989 when he starred in the dark comedy ‘Heathers’. In the film, he donned the dark character of JD, a rebellious teen, who alongside the character played by Winona Ryder, undermines their high school’s social hierarchy, dominated by several girls named Heather. ‘Heathers’ gained phenomenal success as a cult film and was billed as the top teen film of the 1980s.

The magnum opus of Christian Slater’s career so far came in the late 1980s with the dark comedy ‘Heathers.’ The film gained phenomenal success at as a cult hit and was billed as the best teen film of the 1980s. Slater’s reputation as a popular actor was built with this role.

Though films gained him immense fame and recognition, it was the television series ‘Mr Robot’ that made Slater a household name. The highly acclaimed television series, currently running in its third season, has Slater in a solid performance. He brilliantly performed his titular character as the leader of an underground hacktivist group. For his excellent role portrayal, he received his first Golden Globe award.