Why did Christian Slater’s career go straight down the shitter?

Saw him walking in HK on 9th Ave. a few years ago, he's sexy - in Heathers he does Jack Nicholson, i don't remember much about Allan Moyle's "Pump Up the Volume" tho.

That weird biting incident and the fact that he mimicked Jack Nicholson in many of his movies.

He exceeded his caviar allotment.

He was lucky to have a career in the first place. If his mom hadn't been a big casting agent, you would never have heard of him.

I always thought Helen Slater of Legend of Billie Jean was his sister, since they played brother and sister in the movie and have the same real life surname, but they’re not related.

Dexter’s father: How to raise a psychopath

Actor Christian Slater speaks with EL PAÍS about his return to television. In ‘Dexter: Original Sin,’ he plays a key character in the prequel to the popular series: that of the adoptive father, who taught the famous killer to only kill murderers

Did it though? He's been working consistently in TV and movies throughout his career.

He had a very short role at the end of Interview with the Vampire. I liked Tom Cruise in that movie.

Christian Slater is currently in NYC starring Off-Broadway with Calista Flockhart in Sam Shepard's play, "Curse of the Starving Class."

Drugs. Many.

Cause he showed his underage peen on screen in Name of the Rose.

The "Legal Issues" section of his Wiki may provide some clues...drugs, alcohol, physical assaults. But he seems to work fairly steadily, nevertheless. A lot of voice work.