Christian Slater Net Worth

Christian Slater's Quotes

• People need something to fill their papers, and I'm happy to provide.
• Good judgement comes from experience. Sometimes, experience comes from bad judgement.
• I've always been fond of Winona Ryder.
• [on being accused of copying Jack Nicholson] If I make a move, like raise my eyebrows, some critic says I'm doing Nicholson. What am I supposed to do, cut off my eyebrows?
• It still amazes me when I look at some of the films I've been a part of, and some of the people I've gotten to meet and work with. I also look back sometimes and realize that I was lucky to have lived through them and even to have survived them, at times.

Interesting Facts about Christian Slater

1. (April 6, 1999) Birth of his son, Jaden Christopher Haddon-Slater, with girlfriend Ryan Haddon.
2. (January 14, 1998) Starts three month jail sentence. Released after 59 days for good behavior.
3. (August 11, 1997) Arrested by Los Angeles police and charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon and one count of battery.
4. Older half-brother of actor Ryan Slater.
5. (December 29, 1989) Arrested in West Hollywood, California, after allegedly leading sheriff's deputies on a car chase. A sheriff's spokesman said Slater crashed into a telephone pole, kicked a cop after getting out of his car, then tried to escape over a fence. He was charged with evading police, driving under the influence, assault with a deadly weapon {his cowboy boots} and driving with a suspended license.
6. He was arrested at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport in December 1994 and charged with criminal possession of a weapon (the actor had packed a handgun). Slater reached a plea agreement in early 1995 that required him to spend three days working with homeless children.
7. His godfather was the late soap actor Michael Zaslow.
8. Sold his house in the Hollywood Hills to Tim Allen. [December 1999]
9. Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#79) (1995).
10. Won the roles of the Interviewer in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) and Eric Draven in The Crow (1994) after the death of friend and fellow actor River Phoenix (who had been cast in the first role and turned down the second). Slater also turned down the lead in The Crow (1994), leading producers to actor Brandon Lee - who would become permanently linked with the film and its story when he was accidentally killed on the set.
11. (August 15, 2001) Daughter, Eliana Sophia, born.
12. Is a green belt in kempo karate. [August 2003]
13. (December 1, 1997) Sentenced to three months in jail (he served 59 days in a private Los Angeles jail in La Verne, California), and 36 months probation for assaulting his girlfriend Michelle Jonas and a police officer, as well as cocaine abuse.
14. Past girlfriends include Kim Walker, whom he broke up with during the filming of Heathers (1989) for Winona Ryder, later Samantha Mathis, Christina Applegate and Patricia Arquette. Has also been engaged to actress/model Nina Huang.
15. His mother, Mary Jo Slater, was the casting director in four of his film appearances: Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country (1991), Murder in the First (1995), The Contender (2000) and Who Is Cletis Tout? (2001).
16. London stage debut as Randle P. McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" in August 2004, delayed by a bout of chicken pox. Received a standing ovation on his first night performing.
17. Attended Dalton School and the Professional Children's School.
18. Made his theater debut in the musical "The Music Man" at age 9.
19. The trousers worn by him in Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country (1991) are the same ones worn by William Shatner in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982). He noticed the name label still inside them. In subsequent interviews, he quipped that he was "proud" to get into Shatner's pants.
20. Donated all of his paycheck from Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) to River Phoenix's favorite charities after the young actor's untimely death at age 23.