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Judd Nelson

Actor

Born: November 28, 1959 (age 66) · Portland, Maine, USA

Judd Asher Nelson (born November 28, 1959) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as John Bender in The Breakfast Club, Alec Newbury in St. Elmo's Fire, Joe Hunt in Billionaire Boys Club, Nick Peretti in New Jack City, Billy Beretti in Empire, and Jack Richmond in the television series Suddenly Susan.

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Known for

The Breakfast Club
February 15, 1985
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
August 22, 2001
Girl in the Basement
February 27, 2021
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
November 24, 2009
Airheads
August 5, 1994
The Transformers: The Movie
August 8, 1986
New Jack City
March 8, 1991
St. Elmo's Fire
June 28, 1985
Nurse 3-D
September 28, 2013
Billionaire Boys Club
July 19, 2018
Steel
August 15, 1997
Transformers: Titans Return
November 14, 2017

Acting114

2026Yellow Lights as Dan Caufield
2026Kill Me Now
2025The Final Run as Sam Sloane
2024The Engagement Plan as Dash Donnelly
2024BRATS as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024South of Hope Street as Tom
2023Dante's Hotel as Brayer
2022Save Christmas as Malcolm
2022The Most Dangerous Game as Marcus Rainsford
2022A Tale of Two Guns as Captain Mathias

2022#Unknown as Garrett Stance

2021Clerk as Self

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2021Girl in the Basement as Don
2020The Downside of Bliss as Doug
2020Electric Jesus as Pastor Wember
2020Iceland is Best as Mr. Sonquit
2020Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics as Self
2019Dauntless: The Battle of Midway as Rear Admirial Raymond Spruance
2019Santa Fake as Seb
2019Madness in the Method as Miscreant
2019Dead Water as McLean
2018Billionaire Boys Club as Ryan Hunt
20181/1 as Robert
2018Transformers: Power of the Primes as Hot Rod / Rodimus Cron / Rodimus Unicronus / Unicron (voice)
2017Transformers: Titans Return as Rodimus Prime (voice)/Hot Rod (voice)
2017From Straight A's to XXX as Don
2016Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story as Sid
2016The Bandit Hound as Manny
2016Kreep as Whitman Thaw
2015When Duty Calls as Gary Lawton
2015This Is Happening as Steven (Father)
2015Private Number as Garrett Stance
2014Road to the Open as Anger Management Therapist
2014Bigfoot Wars as Dr. Leonard Evans
2014Haunting of the Innocent as Mr. Franklin
2013Kristin's Christmas Past as Glenn
2013Nurse 3-D as Dr. Robert Morris
2013Down and Dangerous as Charles Ward
2012Bad Kids Go to Hell as Headmaster Nash
2012Just 45 Minutes from Broadway as Jimmy D'Angelo
2011Cancel Christmas as Santa Claus / Kris Frost
2011Mayor Cupcake as Donald Maroni
2011Shadow People as Sheriff Donnelly
2010Don't You Forget About Me as Self
2010The Terror Experiment as Agent Wilson
2010Endure as Emory Lane
2009The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day as Concezio Yakavetta
2009Little Hercules as Kevin
2009Teen Spirit: Teenagers and Hollywood as Self
2009Nevermore as Jonathan Usher
2008The Day the Earth Stopped as Charlie
2008A Single Woman as Jewish Reporter
2008Infected as Malcolm Burgess
2008Sincerely Yours as Self
2008The Caretaker as Ella's Dad
2008The Kidnapping as Glen
2007Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest as John Bender (uncredited) (voice)
2007Netherbeast Incorporated as Steven P.D. Landry
2006National Lampoon's TV: The Movie as Fear Factor Host / Self
2006The Black Hole as Eric Bryce
2005Three Wise Guys as George
2005The Lost Angel as Father Brian
2005Lethal Eviction as Shep
2004Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party as Self
2004The Freediver as Ziad
2003Cybermutt as Alex
2003White Rush as Brian Nathanson
2002Santa, Jr. as Darryl Bedford
2002Deceived as Jack Jones
2001Dark Asylum as Quitz
2001Lost Voyage as Aaron Roberts
2001The Cure for Boredom as Max
2001Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back as Sheriff
2001Return to Cabin by the Lake as Stanley Caldwell
2001Falcon Down as Harold Peters
2001Strange Frequency as Martin Potter (segment 'More Than a Feeling')
2000Endsville as Rufus the Buck-Toothed Sluggard
2000The New Adventures of Spin and Marty: Suspect Behavior as Jack Hulka
2000The Spiral Staircase as Phillip
2000Cabin by the Lake as Stanley
1999Light It Up as Ken Knowles
1999Mr. Rock n Roll: The Alan Freed Story as Alan Freed
1997Steel as Nathaniel Burke
1995For a Few Lousy Dollars as Hitman
1995Blackwater Trail as Matt
1995Circumstances Unknown as Paul Kinsey
1994Flinch as Harry Mirapolsky
1994Airheads as Jimmie Wing
1994Blindfold: Acts of Obsession as Dr. Jennings
1994Hail Caesar as Prisoner One
1994Every Breath as Jimmy
1994Caroline at Midnight as Phil Gallo
1993Conflict of Interest as Gideon
1993Entangled as David Merkin
1992Primary Motive as Andrew Blumenthal
1991The Dark Backward as Marty Malt
1991New Jack City as Nick Peretti
1990Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes as Pete Dunham
1990Far Out Man as Judd Nelson
1989Relentless as Arthur 'Buck' Taylor
1989Never on Tuesday as Motorcycle cop (uncredited)
1987Billionaire Boys Club as Joseph 'Joe' Hunt
1987Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville as Vietnam Soldier
1987Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam as (voice)
1987From the Hip as Robin "Stormy" Weathers
1986Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs as Self - (Visitor in Town)
1986The Transformers: The Movie as Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime (voice)
1986Blue City as Billy Turner
1985St. Elmo's Fire as Alec Newbary
1985The Breakfast Club as John Bender
1985Fandango as Phil Hicks
1984Making the Grade as Eddie Keaton
1983Rock 'n' Roll Hotel as Johnny
TBAYou Are Here as Zachary

Behind the camera2

2003White Rush Associate Producer
1994Every Breath Writer