Judd Nelson

Known for: Acting
Born: November 28, 1959, Portland, Maine, USA
Movies: 114

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.

Upcoming Judd Nelson Movies

Yellow Lights

2026

December 1, 2026

You Are Here

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

7.7

The Breakfast Club

1985

6.3

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

2001

7.6

Girl in the Basement

2021

6.0

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

2009

6.2

Airheads

1994

7.2

The Transformers: The Movie

1986

6.7

New Jack City

1991

6.1

St. Elmo's Fire

1985

5.3

Nurse 3-D

2013

5.7

Billionaire Boys Club

2018

Filmography

2026	Yellow Lights	Dan Caufield
2026	Kill Me Now
2025	The Final Run	Sam Sloane
2024	The Engagement Plan	Dash Donnelly
2024	BRATS	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024	South of Hope Street	Tom
2023	Dante's Hotel	Brayer
2022	Save Christmas	Malcolm
2022	The Most Dangerous Game	Marcus Rainsford
2022	A Tale of Two Guns	Captain Mathias
2022	#Unknown	Garrett Stance
2021	Clerk	Self
2021	Girl in the Basement	Don
2020	The Downside of Bliss	Doug
2020	Electric Jesus	Pastor Wember
2020	Iceland is Best	Mr. Sonquit
2020	Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics	Self
2019	Dauntless: The Battle of Midway	Rear Admirial Raymond Spruance
2019	Santa Fake	Seb
2019	Madness in the Method	Miscreant
2019	Dead Water	McLean
2018	Billionaire Boys Club	Ryan Hunt
2018	1/1	Robert
2018	Transformers: Power of the Primes	Hot Rod / Rodimus Cron / Rodimus Unicronus / Unicron (voice)
2017	Transformers: Titans Return	Rodimus Prime (voice)/Hot Rod (voice)
2017	From Straight A's to XXX	Don
2016	Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story	Sid
2016	The Bandit Hound	Manny
2016	Kreep	Whitman Thaw
2015	When Duty Calls	Gary Lawton
2015	This Is Happening	Steven (Father)
2015	Private Number	Garrett Stance
2014	Road to the Open	Anger Management Therapist
2014	Bigfoot Wars	Dr. Leonard Evans
2014	Haunting of the Innocent	Mr. Franklin
2013	Kristin's Christmas Past	Glenn
2013	Nurse 3-D	Dr. Robert Morris
2013	Down and Dangerous	Charles Ward
2012	Bad Kids Go to Hell	Headmaster Nash
2012	Just 45 Minutes from Broadway	Jimmy D'Angelo
2011	Cancel Christmas	Santa Claus / Kris Frost
2011	Mayor Cupcake	Donald Maroni
2011	Shadow People	Sheriff Donnelly
2010	Don't You Forget About Me	Self
2010	The Terror Experiment	Agent Wilson
2010	Endure	Emory Lane
2009	The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day	Concezio Yakavetta
2009	Little Hercules	Kevin
2009	Teen Spirit: Teenagers and Hollywood	Self
2009	Nevermore	Jonathan Usher
2008	The Day the Earth Stopped	Charlie
2008	A Single Woman	Jewish Reporter
2008	Infected	Malcolm Burgess
2008	Sincerely Yours	Self
2008	The Caretaker	Ella's Dad
2008	The Kidnapping	Glen
2007	Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest	John Bender (uncredited) (voice)
2007	Netherbeast Incorporated	Steven P.D. Landry
2006	National Lampoon's TV: The Movie	Fear Factor Host / Self
2006	The Black Hole	Eric Bryce
2005	Three Wise Guys	George
2005	The Lost Angel	Father Brian
2005	Lethal Eviction	Shep
2004	Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party	Self
2004	The Freediver	Ziad
2003	Cybermutt	Alex
2003	White Rush	Brian Nathanson
2002	Santa, Jr.	Darryl Bedford
2002	Deceived	Jack Jones
2001	Dark Asylum	Quitz
2001	Lost Voyage	Aaron Roberts
2001	The Cure for Boredom	Max
2001	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	Sheriff
2001	Return to Cabin by the Lake	Stanley Caldwell
2001	Falcon Down	Harold Peters
2001	Strange Frequency	Martin Potter (segment 'More Than a Feeling')
2000	Endsville	Rufus the Buck-Toothed Sluggard
2000	The New Adventures of Spin and Marty: Suspect Behavior	Jack Hulka
2000	The Spiral Staircase	Phillip
2000	Cabin by the Lake	Stanley
1999	Light It Up	Ken Knowles
1999	Mr. Rock n Roll: The Alan Freed Story	Alan Freed
1997	Steel	Nathaniel Burke
1995	For a Few Lousy Dollars	Hitman
1995	Blackwater Trail	Matt
1995	Circumstances Unknown	Paul Kinsey
1994	Flinch	Harry Mirapolsky
1994	Airheads	Jimmie Wing
1994	Blindfold: Acts of Obsession	Dr. Jennings
1994	Hail Caesar	Prisoner One
1994	Every Breath	Jimmy
1994	Caroline at Midnight	Phil Gallo
1993	Conflict of Interest	Gideon
1993	Entangled	David Merkin
1992	Primary Motive	Andrew Blumenthal
1991	The Dark Backward	Marty Malt
1991	New Jack City	Nick Peretti
1990	Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes	Pete Dunham
1990	Far Out Man	Judd Nelson
1989	Relentless	Arthur 'Buck' Taylor
1989	Never on Tuesday	Motorcycle cop (uncredited)
1987	Billionaire Boys Club	Joseph 'Joe' Hunt
1987	Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville	Vietnam Soldier
1987	Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam	(voice)
1987	From the Hip	Robin "Stormy" Weathers
1986	Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs	Self - (Visitor in Town)
1986	The Transformers: The Movie	Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime (voice)
1986	Blue City	Billy Turner
1985	St. Elmo's Fire	Alec Newbary
1985	The Breakfast Club	John Bender
1985	Fandango	Phil Hicks
1984	Making the Grade	Eddie Keaton
1983	Rock 'n' Roll Hotel	Johnny

Directing, Writing & Producing

1994

Every Breath

Writer

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