Judd Nelson

ActorProductionWriter Nov 28 (age 66) Portland, Maine, USA 1983–2026 (43 year career)

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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

Film

The Breakfast Club

John Bender

Film

Girl in the Basement

Don

Film

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Sheriff

Film

The Transformers: The Movie

Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime (voice)

Film

New Jack City

Nick Peretti

Film

Airheads

Jimmie Wing

Film

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

Concezio Yakavetta

Film

St. Elmo's Fire

Alec Newbary

Filmography

Acting (135)

Movies (113)

Yellow Lights

2026 Upcoming

as Dan Caufield

Dec 1

The Final Run

2025

as Sam Sloane

5.5

BRATS

2024

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

South of Hope Street

as Tom

The Engagement Plan

as Dash Donnelly

Dante's Hotel

as Brayer

#Unknown

as Garrett Stance

A Tale of Two Guns

as Captain Mathias

The Most Dangerous Game

2022

as Marcus Rainsford

4.3

Save Christmas

2022

as Malcolm

Girl in the Basement

as Don

Clerk

as Self

Dead Water

as McLean

Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics

as Self

Electric Jesus

as Pastor Wember

Iceland is Best

as Mr. Sonquit

The Downside of Bliss

2020

as Doug

1.5

Dauntless: The Battle of Midway

2019

as Rear Admirial Raymond Spruance

4.3

Madness in the Method

as Miscreant

Santa Fake

as Seb

Billionaire Boys Club

2018

as Ryan Hunt

5.7

Cojot: A Second Chance Comes Only Once

2018

as Narrator

Transformers: Power of the Primes

2018

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

8.7

1/1

2018

as Robert

5.1

From Straight A's to XXX

2017

as Don

5.8

Transformers: Titans Return

2017

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

6.9

Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story

2016

as Sid

4.4

Kreep

2016

as Whitman Thaw

The Bandit Hound

as Manny

This Is Happening

as Steven (Father)

Private Number

as Garrett Stance

When Duty Calls

as Gary Lawton

Haunting of the Innocent

as Mr. Franklin

Bigfoot Wars

as Dr. Leonard Evans

Road to the Open

as Anger Management Therapist

2.5

Nurse 3-D

2013

as Dr. Robert Morris

5.4

Kristin's Christmas Past

as Glenn

Down and Dangerous

as Charles Ward

Bad Kids Go to Hell

as Headmaster Nash

Just 45 Minutes from Broadway

as Jimmy D'Angelo

Mayor Cupcake

as Donald Maroni

Cancel Christmas

as Santa Claus / Kris Frost

5.2

Shadow People

2011

as Sheriff Donnelly

3.5

Don't You Forget About Me

as Self

Endure

as Emory Lane

The Terror Experiment

2010

as Agent Wilson

4.2

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

2009

as Concezio Yakavetta

Little Hercules

as Kevin

Nevermore

as Jonathan Usher

Teen Spirit: Teenagers and Hollywood

as Self

A Single Woman

as Jewish Reporter

Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest

2008

as John Bender (uncredited) (voice)

Infected

as Malcolm Burgess

Sincerely Yours

as Self

The Day the Earth Stopped

as Charlie

The Caretaker

as Ella's Dad

Netherbeast Incorporated

2007

as Steven P.D. Landry

Black Friday

as Glen

The Black Hole

as Eric Bryce

National Lampoon's TV: The Movie

2006

as Fear Factor Host / Self

The Lost Angel

as Father Brian

Lethal Eviction

as Shep

Three Wise Guys

as George

The Freediver

as Ziad

Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party

as Self

Cybermutt

as Alex

White Rush

as Brian Nathanson

Deceived

as Jack Jones

Santa, Jr.

as Darryl Bedford

The Cure for Boredom

as Max

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

as Sheriff

Falcon Down

as Harold Peters

Lost Voyage

as Aaron Roberts

Strange Frequency

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

4.3

Dark Asylum

2001

as Quitz

3.7

Return to Cabin by the Lake

as Stanley Caldwell

The Spiral Staircase

as Phillip Warren

The New Adventures of Spin and Marty: Suspect Behavior

as Jack Hulka

Cabin by the Lake

as Stanley

Light It Up

as Ken Knowles

Mr. Rock n Roll: The Alan Freed Story

as Alan Freed

Steel

as Nathaniel Burke

Circumstances Unknown

1995

as Paul Kinsey

5.0

For a Few Lousy Dollars

1995

as Hitman

3.0

Blackwater Trail

1995

as Matt

Caroline at Midnight

as Phil Gallo

Airheads

as Jimmie Wing

Every Breath

as Jimmy

Blindfold: Acts of Obsession

as Dr. Jennings

Flinch

as Harry Mirapolsky

Hail Caesar

as Prisoner One

Conflict of Interest

as Gideon

Entangled

as David Merkin

Primary Motive

as Andrew Blumenthal

New Jack City

as Nick Peretti

The Dark Backward

as Marty Malt

Far Out Man

as Himself

Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes

1990

as Pete Dunham

5.8

Relentless

1989

as Arthur 'Buck' Taylor

5.3

Never on Tuesday

1989

as Motorcycle cop (uncredited)

3.8

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

1987

as (voice)

7.1

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

1987

as Vietnam Soldier

Billionaire Boys Club

1987

as Joseph 'Joe' Hunt

6.6

From the Hip

1987

as Robin "Stormy" Weathers

5.8

The Transformers: The Movie

1986

as Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime (voice)

7.1

Blue City

1986

as Billy Turner

4.7

Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs

1986

as Self - (Visitor in Town)

The Breakfast Club

as John Bender

Fandango

as Phil Hicks

St. Elmo's Fire

as Alec Newbary

Making the Grade

as Eddie Keaton

Rock 'n' Roll Hotel

as Johnny

Kill Me Now

Television (22)

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

2023

as Self

7.5

Transformers: Power of the Primes

2018

8.8

Transformers: Titans Return

as Hot Rod

Empire

as Baretti

Nikita

as Ronald Peller

Eleventh Hour

as Dr. Bruce Nesic

Phineas and Ferb

as The Guru (voice)

Transformers: Animated

as Rodimus (voice)

Psych

as Steven Reidman

CSI: NY

as Cigarette Company Executive

Two and a Half Men

as Chris

Las Vegas

as Ollie

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

as Mick Sheridan

7.6

Family Guy

1999

as John Bender (voice) (uncredited)

7.4

Hollywood Squares

1998

as Self - Panelist

7.3

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Jack Hulka

Suddenly Susan

as Jack Richmond

The Outer Limits

as Harry Longworth

Tales from the Crypt

as Gaston

Billionaire Boys Club

as Joe Hunt

Hometime

Moonlighting

as Policeman

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

White Rush

Associate Producer

Every Breath

Writer