Christian Slater (born Christian Michael Leonard Hawkins on August 18, 1969 in New York) is an American actor. His mother is Hollywood casting director Mary Jo Slater , who gave her Star Trek-obsessed son a cameo in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).

On August 11, 1997, Slater was arrested by police in Los Angeles and charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon and one count of battery after Slater, drunk and high on heroin, punched his girlfriend in the face at a party. He was sentenced to three months in prison, serving 59 days for good behavior.

Slater is a father of two: his son born in 1999 and his daughter in 2001.

In 2000, he was married to reporter Ryan Haddon . In 2003, Haddon was arrested for beating up Slater at a Hard Rock Cafe while on a trip to Las Vegas and he was later receiving stitches. That year in 2005, Slater filed for divorce from Haddon for spousal abuse.

Partial filmography

• Alone in the Dark (2005)
• Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004)
• Windtalkers (2002)
• Cletis Tout (2001)
• 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
• The Contender (2000)
• Hard Rain (1998)
• Very Bad Things (1998)
• Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery (1997)
• Bed of Roses (1996)
• Broken Arrow (1996)
• Murder in the First (1995)
• Interview With The Vampire (1994)
• Jimmy Hollywood (1994)
• True Romance (1993)
• Untamed Heart (1993)
• (1992)
• Kuffs (1992)
• Robin Hood Prince of Thieves (1991)
• (1991)
• Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
• Young Guns II (1990)
• Pump Up the Volume (1990)
• Heathers (1989)
• Gleaming the Cube (1989)
• The Wizard (1989)
• Beyond the Stars (1989)
• Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
• The Name of the Rose (1986)
• The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)

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