Judd Nelson

Judd Nelson

Known for
Acting
Born
November 28, 1959 (age 66)
Birthplace
Portland, Maine, USA

Biography

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.

Known For

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Filmography

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You Are Here poster

You Are Here

Movie · as Zachary

2026
Yellow Lights

Yellow Lights

Movie · as Dan Caufield

2026
Kill Me Now poster

Kill Me Now

Movie

2025
The Final Run poster

The Final Run

Movie · as Sam Sloane

2024
South of Hope Street poster

South of Hope Street

Movie · as Tom

2024
BRATS poster

BRATS

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2024
The Engagement Plan poster

The Engagement Plan

Movie · as Dash Donnelly

2023
Dante's Hotel poster

Dante's Hotel

Movie · as Brayer

2023
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields poster

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2022
#Unknown poster

#Unknown

Movie · as Garrett Stance

2022
A Tale of Two Guns poster

A Tale of Two Guns

Movie · as Captain Mathias

2022
The Most Dangerous Game poster

The Most Dangerous Game

Movie · as Marcus Rainsford

2022
Save Christmas poster

Save Christmas

Movie · as Malcolm

2021
Clerk poster

Clerk

Movie · as Self

2021
Girl in the Basement poster

Girl in the Basement

Movie · as Don

2020
The Downside of Bliss poster

The Downside of Bliss

Movie · as Doug

2020
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics poster

Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics

Movie · as Self

2020
Electric Jesus poster

Electric Jesus

Movie · as Pastor Wember

2020
Iceland is Best poster

Iceland is Best

Movie · as Mr. Sonquit

2019
Madness in the Method poster

Madness in the Method

Movie · as Miscreant

2019
Dauntless: The Battle of Midway poster

Dauntless: The Battle of Midway

Movie · as Rear Admirial Raymond Spruance

2019
Dead Water poster

Dead Water

Movie · as McLean

2019
Santa Fake poster

Santa Fake

Movie · as Seb

2018
Billionaire Boys Club poster

Billionaire Boys Club

Movie · as Ryan Hunt

2018
1/1 poster

1/1

Movie · as Robert

2018
Transformers: Power of the Primes poster

Transformers: Power of the Primes

Movie · as Hot Rod / Rodimus Cron / Rodimus Unicronus / Unicron (voice)

2018
Transformers: Power of the Primes poster

Transformers: Power of the Primes

TV · 10 eps

2017
From Straight A's to XXX poster

From Straight A's to XXX

Movie · as Don

2017
Transformers: Titans Return poster

Transformers: Titans Return

Movie · as Rodimus Prime (voice)/Hot Rod (voice)

2017
Transformers: Titans Return poster

Transformers: Titans Return

TV · as Hot Rod · 10 eps

2016
The Bandit Hound poster

The Bandit Hound

Movie · as Manny

2016
Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story poster

Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story

Movie · as Sid

2016
Kreep poster

Kreep

Movie · as Whitman Thaw

2015
Private Number poster

Private Number

Movie · as Garrett Stance

2015
This Is Happening poster

This Is Happening

Movie · as Steven (Father)

2015
When Duty Calls poster

When Duty Calls

Movie · as Gary Lawton

2015
Empire poster

Empire

TV · as Billy Baretti · 4 eps

2014
Haunting of the Innocent poster

Haunting of the Innocent

Movie · as Mr. Franklin

2014
Road to the Open poster

Road to the Open

Movie · as Anger Management Therapist

2014
Bigfoot Wars poster

Bigfoot Wars

Movie · as Dr. Leonard Evans

2013
Down and Dangerous poster

Down and Dangerous

Movie · as Charles Ward

2013
Kristin's Christmas Past poster

Kristin's Christmas Past

Movie · as Glenn

2013
Nurse 3-D poster

Nurse 3-D

Movie · as Dr. Robert Morris

2012
Bad Kids Go to Hell poster

Bad Kids Go to Hell

Movie · as Headmaster Nash

2012
Just 45 Minutes from Broadway poster

Just 45 Minutes from Broadway

Movie · as Jimmy D'Angelo

2011
Mayor Cupcake poster

Mayor Cupcake

Movie · as Donald Maroni

2011
Cancel Christmas poster

Cancel Christmas

Movie · as Santa Claus / Kris Frost

2011
Shadow People poster

Shadow People

Movie · as Sheriff Donnelly

2010
Don't You Forget About Me poster

Don't You Forget About Me

Movie · as Self

2010
Endure poster

Endure

Movie · as Emory Lane

2010
The Terror Experiment poster

The Terror Experiment

Movie · as Agent Wilson

2010
Nikita poster

Nikita

TV · as Ronald Peller · 2 eps

2009
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day poster

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

Movie · as Concezio Yakavetta

2009
Nevermore

Nevermore

Movie · as Jonathan Usher

2009
Little Hercules poster

Little Hercules

Movie · as Kevin

2009
Teen Spirit: Teenagers and Hollywood poster

Teen Spirit: Teenagers and Hollywood

Movie · as Self

2008
Infected poster

Infected

Movie · as Malcolm Burgess

2008
The Day the Earth Stopped poster

The Day the Earth Stopped

Movie · as Charlie

2008
The Caretaker poster

The Caretaker

Movie · as Ella's Dad

2008
The Kidnapping poster

The Kidnapping

Movie · as Glen

2008
A Single Woman poster

A Single Woman

Movie · as Jewish Reporter

2008
Sincerely Yours poster

Sincerely Yours

Movie · as Self

2008
Eleventh Hour poster

Eleventh Hour

TV · as Dr. Bruce Nesic · 1 ep

2007
Netherbeast Incorporated poster

Netherbeast Incorporated

Movie · as Steven P.D. Landry

2007
Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest poster

Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest

Movie · as John Bender (uncredited) (voice)

2007
Phineas and Ferb poster

Phineas and Ferb

TV · as The Guru (voice) · 1 ep

2007
Transformers: Animated poster

Transformers: Animated

TV · as Rodimus (voice) · 1 ep

2006
The Black Hole poster

The Black Hole

Movie · as Eric Bryce

2006
National Lampoon's TV: The Movie poster

National Lampoon's TV: The Movie

Movie · as Fear Factor Host / Self

2006
Psych poster

Psych

TV · as Steven Reidman · 1 ep

2005
Three Wise Guys poster

Three Wise Guys

Movie · as George

2005
The Lost Angel poster

The Lost Angel

Movie · as Father Brian

2005
Lethal Eviction poster

Lethal Eviction

Movie · as Shep

2004
The Freediver poster

The Freediver

Movie · as Ziad

2004
Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party poster

Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party

Movie · as Self

2004
CSI: NY poster

CSI: NY

TV · as Cigarette Company Executive · 1 ep

2003
Cybermutt poster

Cybermutt

Movie · as Alex

2003
White Rush poster

White Rush

Movie · as Brian Nathanson

2003
Las Vegas poster

Las Vegas

TV · as Ollie · 1 ep

2003
Two and a Half Men poster

Two and a Half Men

TV · as Chris · 2 eps

2002
Deceived poster

Deceived

Movie · as Jack Jones

2002
Santa, Jr. poster

Santa, Jr.

Movie · as Darryl Bedford

2001
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back poster

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Movie · as Sheriff

2001
Return to Cabin by the Lake poster

Return to Cabin by the Lake

Movie · as Stanley Caldwell

2001
Falcon Down poster

Falcon Down

Movie · as Harold Peters

2001
Lost Voyage poster

Lost Voyage

Movie · as Aaron Roberts

2001
Strange Frequency poster

Strange Frequency

Movie · as Martin Potter (segment 'More Than a Feeling')

2001
Dark Asylum poster

Dark Asylum

Movie · as Quitz

2001
The Cure for Boredom poster

The Cure for Boredom

Movie · as Max

2001
Strange Frequency poster

Strange Frequency

TV · as Martin Potter · 1 ep

2000
Cabin by the Lake poster

Cabin by the Lake

Movie · as Stanley

2000
The Spiral Staircase poster

The Spiral Staircase

Movie · as Phillip

2000
The New Adventures of Spin and Marty: Suspect Behavior poster

The New Adventures of Spin and Marty: Suspect Behavior

Movie · as Jack Hulka

2000
Endsville

Endsville

Movie · as Rufus the Buck-Toothed Sluggard

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Mick Sheridan · 1 ep

1999
Light It Up poster

Light It Up

Movie · as Ken Knowles

1999
Mr. Rock n Roll: The Alan Freed Story poster

Mr. Rock n Roll: The Alan Freed Story

Movie · as Alan Freed

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as John Bender (voice) (uncredited) · 1 ep

1998
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as Self - Panelist · 5 eps

1997
Steel poster

Steel

Movie · as Nathaniel Burke

1997
The Wonderful World of Disney poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV · as Jack Hulka · 1 ep

1996
Suddenly Susan poster

Suddenly Susan

TV · as Jack Richmond · 71 eps

1995
Circumstances Unknown poster

Circumstances Unknown

Movie · as Paul Kinsey

1995
Blackwater Trail poster

Blackwater Trail

Movie · as Matt

1995
For a Few Lousy Dollars poster

For a Few Lousy Dollars

Movie · as Hitman

1995
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as Harry Longworth · 1 ep

1994
Airheads poster

Airheads

Movie · as Jimmie Wing

1994
Blindfold: Acts of Obsession poster

Blindfold: Acts of Obsession

Movie · as Dr. Jennings

1994
Flinch poster

Flinch

Movie · as Harry Mirapolsky

1994
Every Breath poster

Every Breath

Movie · as Jimmy

1994
Caroline at Midnight poster

Caroline at Midnight

Movie · as Phil Gallo

1994
Hail Caesar poster

Hail Caesar

Movie · as Prisoner One

1993
Conflict of Interest poster

Conflict of Interest

Movie · as Gideon

1993
Entangled poster

Entangled

Movie · as David Merkin

1992
Primary Motive poster

Primary Motive

Movie · as Andrew Blumenthal

1991
New Jack City poster

New Jack City

Movie · as Nick Peretti

1991
The Dark Backward poster

The Dark Backward

Movie · as Marty Malt

1990
Far Out Man poster

Far Out Man

Movie · as Judd Nelson

1990
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes poster

Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes

Movie · as Pete Dunham

1989
Relentless poster

Relentless

Movie · as Arthur 'Buck' Taylor

1989
Never on Tuesday poster

Never on Tuesday

Movie · as Motorcycle cop (uncredited)

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Gaston · 1 ep

1987
From the Hip poster

From the Hip

Movie · as Robin "Stormy" Weathers

1987
Billionaire Boys Club poster

Billionaire Boys Club

Movie · as Joseph 'Joe' Hunt

1987
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville poster

Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville

Movie · as Vietnam Soldier

1987
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam poster

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Movie · as (voice)

1987
Billionaire Boys Club poster

Billionaire Boys Club

TV · as Joe Hunt · 2 eps

1986
The Transformers: The Movie poster

The Transformers: The Movie

Movie · as Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime (voice)

1986
Blue City poster

Blue City

Movie · as Billy Turner

1986
Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs poster

Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs

Movie · as Self - (Visitor in Town)

1986
Hometime

Hometime

TV · 104 eps

1985
The Breakfast Club poster

The Breakfast Club

Movie · as John Bender

1985
Fandango poster

Fandango

Movie · as Phil Hicks

1985
St. Elmo's Fire poster

St. Elmo's Fire

Movie · as Alec Newbary

1985
Moonlighting poster

Moonlighting

TV · as Policeman · 1 ep

1984
Making the Grade poster

Making the Grade

Movie · as Eddie Keaton

1983
Rock 'n' Roll Hotel

Rock 'n' Roll Hotel

Movie · as Johnny