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Kelly Slater

Acting

Born February 11, 1972 · Cocoa Beach, FL, USA

Also known as Келли Слэйтер · Келли Слейтер

Biography

Robert Kelly Slater is an American professional surfer who has been crowned World Surf League champion a record 11 times. He is widely regarded as the greatest professional surfer of all time, and holds 56 Championship Tour victories. Slater won the Laureus World Sports Awards category of Action Sportsperson of the Year four times. and Lifetime Achievement Award (2025). He is also the oldest surfer still active in the World Surf League, winning his 8th Billabong Pipeline Masters title at age 49.

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Awards & recognition

  • Surfers Hall of Fame · 2002

Filmography36 titles

Minds in the Water

2012as Self

80 Waves

2010as Self

Waterman

2022as Self

The September Sessions

2002as Himself

Hit & Run

2000as Himself

Riding Giants

2004as Kelly Slater

The Pursuit

2008

Lilo & Stitch: The Series

2003as Himself (voice)

Andy Irons: Kissed by God

2018as Himself

The Search for Freedom

2015as Self

The Ultimate Wave Tahiti

2010as Himself

Step Into Liquid

2003as Himself

Momentum Generation

2018as Himself

Ballers

2015as Kelly Slater

Arli$$

1996as Kelly Slater

View from a Blue Moon

2015as Self

StarTalk

2015as Self

Thicker Than Water

2000as Himself

Surf's Up

2007as Kelly (voice)

Greatness Code

2020as Self

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

2017as Self

Make or Break

2022as Self

Shorebreak: The Clark Little Story

2016as Himself

Bustin' Down the Door

2008as Self

Baywatch

1989as Jimmy Slade

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003as Self

The Big Bounce

2004as Kelly Slater

Bra Boys

2007as Self

Fighting Fear

2011as Himself

The Greatest Surf Movie in the Universe

2023as The GOAT

Birth of The Endless Summer: Discovery of Cape St. Francis

2023as Self

Surfing Morning of the Sun

2020as Self

Tokyo Rising

2020as Self

Saca - O filme de Tiago Pires

2016as Kelly Slater

Making Headlines

2006

Chasing Dora

2006