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I don't think of myself as offbeat and weird. As a kid, I saw myself as the type of guy who would run into a burning building to save the baby.

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Christian Slater
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: August 18
Actor
Film Actor
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Stage Actor
Television Actor
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New York City
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Christian Michael Leonard Slater
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