Christian Slater's Road From '80s Movie Heartthrob To Television Legend

In the '80s and '90s, Christian Slater enjoyed a "Hollywood bad boy" reputation. Not only did he play dangerous types on-screen in films like "Heathers," "Mobsters," and "True Romance," but he acted out that role off-screen, too, compiling a long police record. In 1990, he was sentenced to 10 days in jail over a drunk driving arrest the previous year. He fled from police, and the chase ended when Slater hit a utility pole and reportedly kicked a police officer when he exited his vehicle. Five years later, Slater was arrested at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York on an illegal gun charge. He'd packed a weapon in his suitcase, which is a big no-no. (He later made a bargain with prosecutors, and as a result, he spent time working with less fortunate kids to avoid prison.) 

In the summer of 1997, some people at a party in Los Angeles summoned police to calm down Slater after he got into a fight with a man who tried to prevent the actor from striking his girlfriend. Reportedly swinging his arms and screaming, Slater also allegedly lashed out at a police officer. After later admitting that he was under the influence of cocaine, heroin, alcohol, and a lack of sleep, he was sentenced to three months in prison. Then in 2005, New York police arrested Slater on a third-degree abuse charge over an incident in which the actor, reportedly intoxicated, grabbed the rear end of a woman on the street.