18 Christian Slater facts
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Actor Christian Slater |
- The actor Christian Slater (birth name Christian Michael Leonard Hawkins) was born on August 18, 1969 in New York City.
- Christian Slater made his debut as an actor in television at the age of 8 in the TV soap- opera "One Life to Live".
- Christian Slater appeared on the big screen when he was 16 in "The Legend of Billy Jean".
- Other important films on his career are: "Tucker", "A Man and his Dream", but a real success for Christian was "Heathers". This movie made him a real star in Hollywood.
- Christian Slater had relationships with Christina Applegate (actress; born November 25, 1971; dated 1996), Nina Huang (actress; 1994-1995), Samantha Mathis (actress; born May 12, 1970), Winona Ryder (actress; born October, 29, 1971; dated in 1988), Kim Walker (actress; dated 1986-1988).
- Christian Slater has a son, Jaden Christopher Slater (born on April 6, 1999; mother: Ryan Haddon) and a daughter, Eliana Sophia (born on August 15, 2001; mother: Ryan Haddon).
- His best role was as Will Scarlett in Kevin Reynolds' "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" (1991).
- In 1999, Christian Slater sold his house, located in Hollywood Hills, to actor Tim Allen.
- Christian Slater fell from a roof at Paris Hilton's neighbour's house while drunk at a party.
- The pants worn by Slater in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) are the same that were worn by William Shatner in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982).
- Christian Slater has been hired to voice a dirty germ in a British Television advertising health campaign.
- Slater shares a birthday with the following actors: Oscar-nominated actor Edward Norton, Denis Leary, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Patrick Swayze and Robert Redford.
- In 2001, Slater ran the Los Angeles Marathon. It was 26.2 miles.
- Slater's feature film debut was in the 1985 film, The Legend of Billie Jean.
- Slater's mother was the casting director in four of his feature film appearances: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991); Murder In The First (1995); The Contender (2000) and Who Is Cletis Tout? (2001).
- Slater made his theatre debut at the age of nine in The Music Man.
- Christian Slater has been on the cover of People Magazine, Gear, Theatregoer, Bazaar, Entertainment Weekly, Movieline, YM, and Details.
- In 1995, Empire Magazine ranked Christian Slater as number 79 on their list of the "100 Sexiest Stars in film history."