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CHRISTIAN SLATER (Malloy) has completed 18 major feature films at the age of 25. In addition to "Interview With the Vampire," he will star this fall in "Murder in the First" opposite Kevin Bacon and Gary Oldman, under the direction of Marc Rocco.
Slater made his theatrical debut at the age of nine in a Broadway revival of "The Music Man." The New York City native attended both the Dalton School and the Professional Children's School before appearing on Broadway in such productions as "Macbeth" with Nicol Williamson, "Merlin" and "David Copperfield." He appeared in "The Christmas Carol" at Radio City Music Hall and starred Off-Broadway in "Landscape of the Body. "
He made his film debut in 1985, co-starring with Helen Slater in "The Legend of Billie Jean," and followed by starring opposite Sean Connery in "The Name of the Rose" and Jeff Bridges in Francis Ford Coppola's "Tucker: The Man and His Dream."
Slater's emergence as a leading man came with his celebrated performance opposite Winona Ryder in "Heathers." In 1990, he appeared in "Young Guns II" and starred in the summer hit "Pump Up The Volume." Slater starred opposite Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman in the 1991 smash hit "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" and played Lucky Luciano in "Mobsters. "
That same year, Slater directed "The Laughter Epidemic," a children's musical benefitting the Pediatric AIDS Foundation, which ran a second time at the Westwood Playhouse due to its success. Shortly thereafter he starred in "Kuffs," the sleeper comedy film directed by Bruce Evans.
In 1993, Slater drew praise from critics and audiences with his portrayal of a lonely, infatuated busboy in "Untamed Heart," and starred opposite Patricia Arquette in "True Romance," directed by Tony Scott and co-starring Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken, Brad Pitt and Val Kilmer.
Slater's other film
credits include "Jimmy Hollywood," directed by Barry Levinson and co-starring
Joe Pesci; "The Wizard, " co-starring Beau Bridges; the HBO anthology series
"The Edge," co-starring Bridget Fonda; "Cry Wolf" with Dina Merrill; and
"Gleaming the Cube. "
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