Christian Slater

The trousers Christian Slater wore in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) were the same ones William Shatner had worn in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982). He noticed the name tag was still inside them. In later interviews he said he was "proud" to have gotten into Shatner's trousers.

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The long-running rumor about Christian Slater's eyebrows — that he shaved them off to look like Spock and they never grew back properly — is in fact false. He was joking with a reporter in one of his first interviews, and it somehow got printed as fact. Roughly twenty years later he said he regretted saying it, because he was still being asked about the "Halloween costume gone bad."

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Christian Slater was arrested in West Hollywood, California, on suspicion of leading sheriff's deputies on a car chase. A sheriff's spokesman said Slater hit a telephone pole, kicked an officer after getting out of his car, and then tried to flee over a fence. He was charged with evading police, driving under the influence, assault with a deadly weapon (his cowboy boots) and driving without a license.

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Christian Slater was sentenced to three months in jail (he served 59 days at a private Los Angeles jail facility in La Verne, California) and to 36 months' probation for assaulting his girlfriend Michelle Jonas and a police officer, as well as for his cocaine addiction.

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Christian Slater's favorite films are The Witches of Eastwick (1987) and The Shining (1980), both of which star his idol Jack Nicholson.

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Christian Slater's August 2004 stage debut in London as Randle P. McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" was postponed because he had chickenpox. He received a standing ovation at his first-night performance.

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In December 1994 Christian Slater was arrested at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport and charged with criminal possession of a weapon (the actor had a handgun with him). In early 1995 he reached a plea agreement that required him to do three days of work with homeless children.

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Christian Slater is not related to actress Helen Slater, who played his sister in The Legend of Billie Jean (1985).

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Christian Slater's past girlfriends include Kim Walker, from whom he split during the filming of Heathers (1989), and later Samantha Mathis, Christina Applegate and Patricia Arquette. He was also engaged to actress/model Nina Huang.

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Christian Slater sold his home in the Hollywood Hills to Tim Allen.

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Christian Slater appeared opposite both leads of Face/Off (1997), John Travolta and Nicolas Cage, in Broken Arrow (1996) and Windtalkers (2002) respectively. All three films were directed by John Woo.

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In his youth Christian Slater appeared in "Merlin," one of the most expensive and notoriously ill-fated flops in Broadway history. The show was designed as a vehicle for Doug Henning's magic, with Henning playing the wizard of the title. Slater played "Young Merlin" and "Arthur"; the other stars included Chita Rivera and Nathan Lane (it was only Lane's second Broadway role).

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Christian Slater married 26-year-old Brittany Lopez, whom he had been with for three years, in Coral Gables, Florida.

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Christian Slater's godfather was the late television actor Michael Zaslow.

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Christian Slater began serving a three-month jail sentence. He was released after 59 days for good behavior.

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Christian Slater was named by Empire magazine as one of the 100 sexiest stars in film history (#79).

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Christian Slater is good friends with actress Sandra Bernhard.

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On June 9, 2025, Christian Slater was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar and director Michael Lehmann were the guest speakers at the ceremony.

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Christian Slater's favorite television series are Boston Legal (2004) and Entourage (2004).

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Christian Slater attended the Dalton School and the Professional Children's School.

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Christian Slater is the stepson of his mother's third husband, William Henry Taron. He is the stepbrother of Taron's two children, Joshua (b. 1977) and Emily (b. 1980).

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Christian Slater sold his home in Brentwood, California, to move back to New York, where he was born.

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Christian Slater is the older half-brother of actor Ryan Slater.

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Christian Slater holds a green belt in Kempo karate and divides his time between Coconut Grove in Miami, Florida, and Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan, New York City.

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Christian Slater is of English, German, Irish, Welsh and minor Dutch and Scottish descent.

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Christian Slater attended the 61st Cannes Film Festival in France.

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Christian Slater attended the 63rd Venice International Film Festival.

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Christian Slater attended the grand opening of Duo at the Four Seasons Maui in Hawaii.

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Christian Slater attended the 60th Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland.

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