Christian Slater

Actor Christian Slater attends the 2005 Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala, May 2, 2005, in New York.

Slater got his start in film at age 16, in the teen outlaw flick "The Legend of Billie Jean." The same year he won a leading role opposite Sean Connery in the religious murder mystery "The Name of the Rose." More teen rebel roles followed, in "Gleaming the Cube," "Pump Up The Volume" and "Heathers." He's maintained an active career into adulthood, appearing in films such as "Tucker," "True Romance" and "Broken Arrow."

Slater, then 25 years old, attends the Academy Awards, March 21, 1994, in Los Angeles.

Director John Woo is flanked by Slater, left, and John Travolta, the stars of "Broken Arrow," at the world premiere of their film, Feb. 5, 1996, in Los Angeles.

Slater is led out of a West Hollywood, Calif., police station, Aug. 11, 1997. He was arrested after he allegedly bit a man in the stomach and threw a police officer against a wall during a rowdy party. The actor, who later admitted to have been taking cocaine and heroin at the time, pleaded no contest to the charges and served 90 days in jail.

Slater has had several brushes with the law. In 1989, he was arrested for leading the police on a drunken car chase. Five years later he was again arrested, for taking a gun aboard the plane. Most recently, he was charged with groping a woman on a Manhattan street over Memorial Day weekend 2005.

Slater pauses for photographers at the premiere of "Hard Rain," Jan. 13, 1998, in Los Angeles. Slater starred opposite Morgan Freeman in the heist flick.

Slater and his new bride, television producer Ryan Haddon, cut the cake after their wedding at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., Feb. 12, 2000. The couple, who had a son, Jaden, in 1999 and a daughter, Eliana, in 2001, announced they were separating in early 2005.

Slater attends the Giorgio Armani Exhibition at New York's Guggenheim Museum, Oct. 18, 2000.

Director John Woo, center, stands between Slater, left, and actor Nicolas Cage during a ceremony at Mann's Chinese Theater during which Woo added his cement hand and foot prints to the permanent collection at the theater, May 21, 2002, in Los Angeles. Woo directed Slater and Cage in 2002's "Windtalkers."

Slater, left, and Limp Bizkit singer Fred Durst arrive at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards, Feb. 23, 2003, in New York.

Slater and his wife, Ryan Haddon, are shown at the "Rodeo Drive Walk Of Style" event, in Beverly Hills, Calif., Sept. 9, 2003.

Slater and his wife, Ryan Haddon, share a cell phone at the Merecedes-Benz Spring Fashion Show, Oct. 29, 2003, in Los Angeles.

Ryan Haddon, Slater's wife, is shown in a police booking photo released Nov. 11, 2003. Haddon was arrested after she was accused of hitting Slater with a drinking glass during a fight in their Las Vegas hotel room, authorities said. She was jailed for a mandatory 12-hour period, but no charges were filed.

Slater attends the United Kingdom premiere of "Finding Neverland," in Leicester Square, London, Oct. 17, 2004. Slater was in London performing as Randle P. McMurphy in a revival of the play "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest."

Slater arrives with actress Jessica Lange at the American Theatre Wing benefit to honor CBS and its president, Leslie Moonves, April 11, 2005, in New York. The pair were appearing together on Broadway in "The Glass Menagerie."

Slater and Jessica Lange appear in a publicity photo promoting the 2005 Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie."

Slater appears opposite Tara Reid in a scene from the 2005 horror movie "Alone in the Dark."

Slater arrives for the British Academy Film Awards in London, Feb. 12, 2005.

Slater exits Manhattan criminal court, May 31, 2005, after appearing on a charge he groped a woman. It happened when Slater and his girlfriend were arguing at a small grocery store on the Upper East Side, a prosecutor said. Another woman was buying a soda in the store when Slater allegedly walked up behind her and grabbed her buttocks, the prosecutor said. The woman, who wasn't identified, flagged down police, said police spokesman Detective John Sweeney. Slater was found nearby and the woman identified him. The actor was charged with third-degree sexual abuse and given a July 14 court date.

Slater holds up a television producer's lost sandal as he exits Manhattan criminal court, May 31, 2005.