Judd Nelson

Acting

Judd Nelson

Born November 28, 1959Portland, Maine, USA135 credits

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

Yellow Lights

Movie

2026

The Final Run
6.0

The Final Run

Movie

2025

The Engagement Plan
6.8

The Engagement Plan

Movie

2024

BRATS
6.0

BRATS

Movie

2024

South of Hope Street
5.5

South of Hope Street

Movie

2024

Dante's Hotel
3.8

Dante's Hotel

Movie

2023

Filmography

Y
2026Yellow Lightsas Dan CaufieldMovie
The Final Run
2025The Final Runas Sam SloaneMovie
The Engagement Plan
2024The Engagement Planas Dash DonnellyMovie
BRATS
2024BRATSas Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Movie
South of Hope Street
2024South of Hope Streetas TomMovie
Dante's Hotel
2023Dante's Hotelas BrayerMovie
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023Pretty Baby: Brooke Shieldsas SelfTV
Save Christmas
2022Save Christmasas MalcolmMovie
The Most Dangerous Game
2022The Most Dangerous Gameas Marcus RainsfordMovie
A Tale of Two Guns
2022A Tale of Two Gunsas Captain MathiasMovie
#Unknown
2022#Unknownas Garrett StanceMovie
Clerk
2021Clerkas SelfMovie
Girl in the Basement
2021Girl in the Basementas DonMovie
The Downside of Bliss
2020The Downside of Blissas DougMovie
Electric Jesus
2020Electric Jesusas Pastor WemberMovie
Iceland is Best
2020Iceland is Bestas Mr. SonquitMovie
Dead Water
2020Dead Wateras McLeanMovie
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
2020Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelicsas SelfMovie
Dauntless: The Battle of Midway
2019Dauntless: The Battle of Midwayas Rear Admirial Raymond SpruanceMovie
Santa Fake
2019Santa Fakeas SebMovie
Madness in the Method
2019Madness in the Methodas MiscreantMovie
Billionaire Boys Club
2018Billionaire Boys Clubas Ryan HuntMovie
1/1
20181/1as RobertMovie
Cojot: A Second Chance Comes Only Once
2018Cojot: A Second Chance Comes Only Onceas NarratorMovie
Transformers: Power of the Primes
2018Transformers: Power of the Primesas Hot Rod / Rodimus Cron / Rodimus Unicronus / Unicron (voice)Movie
Transformers: Power of the Primes
2018Transformers: Power of the PrimesTV
Transformers: Titans Return
2017Transformers: Titans Returnas Rodimus Prime (voice)/Hot Rod (voice)Movie
Transformers: Titans Return
2017Transformers: Titans Returnas Hot RodTV
From Straight A's to XXX
2017From Straight A's to XXXas DonMovie
Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story
2016Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Storyas SidMovie
The Bandit Hound
2016The Bandit Houndas MannyMovie
Kreep
2016Kreepas Whitman ThawMovie
When Duty Calls
2015When Duty Callsas Gary LawtonMovie
This Is Happening
2015This Is Happeningas Steven (Father)Movie
Private Number
2015Private Numberas Garrett StanceMovie
Empire
2015Empireas Billy BarettiTV
Road to the Open
2014Road to the Openas Anger Management TherapistMovie
Bigfoot Wars
2014Bigfoot Warsas Dr. Leonard EvansMovie
Haunting of the Innocent
2014Haunting of the Innocentas Mr. FranklinMovie
Kristin's Christmas Past
2013Kristin's Christmas Pastas GlennMovie
Nurse 3-D
2013Nurse 3-Das Dr. Robert MorrisMovie
Down and Dangerous
2013Down and Dangerousas Charles WardMovie
Bad Kids Go to Hell
2012Bad Kids Go to Hellas Headmaster NashMovie
Just 45 Minutes from Broadway
2012Just 45 Minutes from Broadwayas Jimmy D'AngeloMovie
Cancel Christmas
2011Cancel Christmasas Santa Claus / Kris FrostMovie
Mayor Cupcake
2011Mayor Cupcakeas Donald MaroniMovie
Shadow People
2011Shadow Peopleas Sheriff DonnellyMovie
Nikita
2010Nikitaas Ronald PellerTV
Don't You Forget About Me
2010Don't You Forget About Meas SelfMovie
The Terror Experiment
2010The Terror Experimentas Agent WilsonMovie
Endure
2010Endureas Emory LaneMovie
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
2009The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Dayas Concezio YakavettaMovie
Little Hercules
2009Little Herculesas KevinMovie
Teen Spirit: Teenagers and Hollywood
2009Teen Spirit: Teenagers and Hollywoodas SelfMovie
N
2009Nevermoreas Jonathan UsherMovie
The Day the Earth Stopped
2008The Day the Earth Stoppedas CharlieMovie
Eleventh Hour
2008Eleventh Houras Dr. Bruce NesicTV
A Single Woman
2008A Single Womanas Jewish ReporterMovie
Infected
2008Infectedas Malcolm BurgessMovie
Sincerely Yours
2008Sincerely Yoursas SelfMovie
The Caretaker
2008The Caretakeras Ella's DadMovie
Transformers: Animated
2007Transformers: Animatedas Rodimus (voice)TV
Black Friday
2007Black Fridayas GlenMovie
Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
2007Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvestas John Bender (uncredited) (voice)Movie
Phineas and Ferb
2007Phineas and Ferbas The Guru (voice)TV
Netherbeast Incorporated
2007Netherbeast Incorporatedas Steven P.D. LandryMovie
National Lampoon's TV: The Movie
2006National Lampoon's TV: The Movieas Fear Factor Host / SelfMovie
Psych
2006Psychas Steven ReidmanTV
The Black Hole
2006The Black Holeas Eric BryceMovie
Three Wise Guys
2005Three Wise Guysas GeorgeMovie
The Lost Angel
2005The Lost Angelas Father BrianMovie
Lethal Eviction
2005Lethal Evictionas ShepMovie
Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party
2004Oh, What a Lovely Tea Partyas SelfMovie
CSI: NY
2004CSI: NYas Cigarette Company ExecutiveTV
The Freediver
2004The Freediveras ZiadMovie
Las Vegas
2003Las Vegasas OllieTV
Two and a Half Men
2003Two and a Half Menas ChrisTV
Cybermutt
2003Cybermuttas AlexMovie
White Rush
2003White Rushas Brian NathansonMovie
Santa, Jr.
2002Santa, Jr.as Darryl BedfordMovie
Deceived
2002Deceivedas Jack JonesMovie
Dark Asylum
2001Dark Asylumas QuitzMovie
Lost Voyage
2001Lost Voyageas Aaron RobertsMovie
The Cure for Boredom
2001The Cure for Boredomas MaxMovie
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001Jay and Silent Bob Strike Backas SheriffMovie
Return to Cabin by the Lake
2001Return to Cabin by the Lakeas Stanley CaldwellMovie
Falcon Down
2001Falcon Downas Harold PetersMovie
Strange Frequency
2001Strange Frequencyas Martin Potter (segment 'More Than a Feeling')Movie
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigationas Mick SheridanTV
The New Adventures of Spin and Marty: Suspect Behavior
2000The New Adventures of Spin and Marty: Suspect Behavioras Jack HulkaMovie
The Spiral Staircase
2000The Spiral Staircaseas Phillip WarrenMovie
Cabin by the Lake
2000Cabin by the Lakeas StanleyMovie
Light It Up
1999Light It Upas Ken KnowlesMovie
Mr. Rock n Roll: The Alan Freed Story
1999Mr. Rock n Roll: The Alan Freed Storyas Alan FreedMovie
Family Guy
1999Family Guyas John Bender (voice) (uncredited)TV
Hollywood Squares
1998Hollywood Squaresas Self - PanelistTV
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997The Wonderful World of Disneyas Jack HulkaTV
Steel
1997Steelas Nathaniel BurkeMovie
Suddenly Susan
1996Suddenly Susanas Jack RichmondTV
For a Few Lousy Dollars
1995For a Few Lousy Dollarsas HitmanMovie
Blackwater Trail
1995Blackwater Trailas MattMovie
Circumstances Unknown
1995Circumstances Unknownas Paul KinseyMovie
The Outer Limits
1995The Outer Limitsas Harry LongworthTV
Flinch
1994Flinchas Harry MirapolskyMovie
Airheads
1994Airheadsas Jimmie WingMovie
Blindfold: Acts of Obsession
1994Blindfold: Acts of Obsessionas Dr. JenningsMovie
Hail Caesar
1994Hail Caesaras Prisoner OneMovie
Every Breath
1994Every Breathas JimmyMovie
Caroline at Midnight
1994Caroline at Midnightas Phil GalloMovie
Conflict of Interest
1993Conflict of Interestas GideonMovie
Entangled
1993Entangledas David MerkinMovie
Primary Motive
1992Primary Motiveas Andrew BlumenthalMovie
The Dark Backward
1991The Dark Backwardas Marty MaltMovie
New Jack City
1991New Jack Cityas Nick PerettiMovie
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1990Hiroshima: Out of the Ashesas Pete DunhamMovie
Far Out Man
1990Far Out Manas HimselfMovie
Relentless
1989Relentlessas Arthur 'Buck' TaylorMovie
Tales from the Crypt
1989Tales from the Cryptas GastonTV
Never on Tuesday
1989Never on Tuesdayas Motorcycle cop (uncredited)Movie
Billionaire Boys Club
1987Billionaire Boys Clubas Joseph 'Joe' HuntMovie
Billionaire Boys Club
1987Billionaire Boys Clubas Joe HuntTV
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudevilleas Vietnam SoldierMovie
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnamas (voice)Movie
From the Hip
1987From the Hipas Robin "Stormy" WeathersMovie
Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs
1986Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugsas Self - (Visitor in Town)Movie
H
1986HometimeTV
The Transformers: The Movie
1986The Transformers: The Movieas Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime (voice)Movie
Blue City
1986Blue Cityas Billy TurnerMovie
St. Elmo's Fire
1985St. Elmo's Fireas Alec NewbaryMovie
Moonlighting
1985Moonlightingas PolicemanTV
The Breakfast Club
1985The Breakfast Clubas John BenderMovie
Fandango
1985Fandangoas Phil HicksMovie
Making the Grade
1984Making the Gradeas Eddie KeatonMovie
R
1983Rock 'n' Roll Hotelas JohnnyMovie
K
—Kill Me NowMovie