Christian Slater

Slater currently has the titular role in the USA Network TV series Mr. Robot (2015–), for which he earned the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 2016, with additional nominations in 2017 and 2018.\n', ' Slater was born in New York City, the son of Michael Hawkins (born Thomas Knight Slater), an actor also known as Michael Gainsborough, and Mary Jo Slater (née Lawton), an acting agent turned casting executive and producer. Slater has a maternal half-brother, Ryan Slater, who is also an actor. His great-uncle was radio personality Bill Slater. He attended the Dalton School, the Professional Children\'s School and the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts.\n', ' Slater\'s first television role was on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live when he was 8 years old. Following a run on Ryan\'s Hope, he made his Broadway debut as the lisping Winthrop Paroo opposite Dick Van Dyke in the 1980 revival of The Music Man. Additional Broadway credits include Copperfield, Merlin, Macbeth, Side Man, and The Glass Menagerie. In addition he has performed in London\'s West End in One Flew Over the Cuckoo\'s Nest and Swimming With Sharks.\n', '