Christian Michael Leonard Slater was born on August 18, 1969 in New York to Michael Hawkins, a well-known soap actor and Mary Jo Slater, a casting agent. Christian started in show business early, appearing on the soap opera "The Edge of Night" (1956) in 1976 at the age of 7. He went on to star in many Broadway shows in the early-1980s.He rose to fame in Hollywood after landing the role of Binx Davey in The Legend of Billie Jean (1985). He moved to Los Angeles in 1987 to pursue a further acting car - www.imdb.com

Christian Slater made a splash early in his screen career as a rebellious youth in Heathers (1989) and Pump Up the Volume (1990). A professional actor since childhood, his early film roles as an adult included The Name of the Rose (1986, starring Sean Connery) and Francis Ford Coppola's Tucker: The Man and His Dreams (1988, starring Jeff Bridges). Then his new-generation version of Jack Nicholson in Heathers -- opposite rising star Winona Ryder -- earned Slater rave reviews and made him a star. He proved a - www.answers.com

Christian Slater became the poster child of angst-ridden, outsider teens by starring as mobilizing rebels in "Heathers" (1989) and "Pump Up the Volume" (1990), both of which painted a dark portrait of high school hierarchy. Slater's screen persona as a handsome and insightful but gun-toting scofflaw - complete with Jack Nicholson mannerisms - played out well in films like "True Romance" (1993), but by then it was glaringly apparent that Slater's "act" was no a - movies.yahoo.com

Actor. Born Christian Michael Leonard Slater on August 18, 1969, in New York, New York. During the 1980s, Christian Slater emerged as one of film’s leading young actors. He also became somewhat notorious for his life off-screen as well. The son of an actor and a casting director, Slater landed his first acting job as a child, appearing on the soap opera One Life to Live.In 1980, Slater made his Broadway debut in a revival of The Music Man starring Dick Van Dyke. Several more stage roles soon followed - www.biography.com