Judd Nelson

Known for: Acting

Born: 1959-11-28 (age 66)

From: 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.

Filmography (137)

MOVIE
Yellow Lights
2026
as Dan Caufield
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Final Run
2025
as Sam Sloane
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Engagement Plan
2024
as Dash Donnelly
MOVIE★ 6.0
BRATS
2024
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.5
South of Hope Street
2024
as Tom
MOVIE★ 3.8
Dante's Hotel
2023
as Brayer
TV★ 7.4
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023
as Self
MOVIE
Save Christmas
2022
as Malcolm
MOVIE★ 4.5
The Most Dangerous Game
2022
as Marcus Rainsford
MOVIE★ 5.9
A Tale of Two Guns
2022
as Captain Mathias
MOVIE★ 3.9
#Unknown
2022
as Garrett Stance
MOVIE★ 6.1
Clerk
2021
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.6
Girl in the Basement
2021
as Don
MOVIE★ 1.5
The Downside of Bliss
2020
as Doug
MOVIE★ 5.5
Electric Jesus
2020
as Pastor Wember
MOVIE★ 4.1
Iceland is Best
2020
as Mr. Sonquit
MOVIE★ 6.0
Dead Water
2020
as McLean
MOVIE★ 6.6
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
2020
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.3
Dauntless: The Battle of Midway
2019
as Rear Admirial Raymond Spruance
MOVIE★ 3.7
Santa Fake
2019
as Seb
MOVIE★ 5.2
Madness in the Method
2019
as Miscreant
MOVIE★ 5.7
Billionaire Boys Club
2018
as Ryan Hunt
MOVIE★ 5.1
1/1
2018
as Robert
MOVIE
Cojot: A Second Chance Comes Only Once
2018
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 8.3
Transformers: Power of the Primes
2018
as Hot Rod / Rodimus Cron / Rodimus Unicronus / Unicron (voice)
TV★ 8.8
Transformers: Power of the Primes
2018
MOVIE★ 6.9
Transformers: Titans Return
2017
as Rodimus Prime (voice)/Hot Rod (voice)
TV★ 9.4
Transformers: Titans Return
2017
as Hot Rod
MOVIE★ 5.9
From Straight A's to XXX
2017
as Don
MOVIE★ 4.5
Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story
2016
as Sid
MOVIE★ 4.6
The Bandit Hound
2016
as Manny
MOVIE
Kreep
2016
as Whitman Thaw
MOVIE★ 6.5
When Duty Calls
2015
as Gary Lawton
MOVIE★ 4.0
This Is Happening
2015
as Steven (Father)
MOVIE★ 4.2
Private Number
2015
as Garrett Stance
TV★ 7.1
Empire
2015
as Billy Baretti
MOVIE★ 2.5
Road to the Open
2014
as Anger Management Therapist
MOVIE★ 4.0
Bigfoot Wars
2014
as Dr. Leonard Evans
MOVIE★ 3.0
Haunting of the Innocent
2014
as Mr. Franklin
MOVIE★ 5.9
Kristin's Christmas Past
2013
as Glenn
MOVIE★ 5.4
Nurse 3-D
2013
as Dr. Robert Morris
MOVIE★ 4.8
Down and Dangerous
2013
as Charles Ward
MOVIE★ 4.6
Bad Kids Go to Hell
2012
as Headmaster Nash
MOVIE★ 2.0
Just 45 Minutes from Broadway
2012
as Jimmy D'Angelo
MOVIE★ 5.2
Cancel Christmas
2011
as Santa Claus / Kris Frost
MOVIE★ 5.3
Mayor Cupcake
2011
as Donald Maroni
MOVIE★ 3.5
Shadow People
2011
as Sheriff Donnelly
TV★ 7.3
Nikita
2010
as Ronald Peller
MOVIE★ 5.3
Don't You Forget About Me
2010
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.1
The Terror Experiment
2010
as Agent Wilson
MOVIE★ 6.3
Endure
2010
as Emory Lane
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
2009
as Concezio Yakavetta
MOVIE★ 3.6
Little Hercules
2009
as Kevin
MOVIE★ 6.0
Teen Spirit: Teenagers and Hollywood
2009
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.8
Nevermore
2009
as Jonathan Usher
MOVIE★ 3.5
The Day the Earth Stopped
2008
as Charlie
TV★ 6.6
Eleventh Hour
2008
as Dr. Bruce Nesic
MOVIE★ 5.5
A Single Woman
2008
as Jewish Reporter
MOVIE★ 4.5
Infected
2008
as Malcolm Burgess
MOVIE
Sincerely Yours
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.7
The Caretaker
2008
as Ella's Dad
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Kidnapping
2008
as Glen
TV★ 8.0
Transformers: Animated
2007
as Rodimus (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.5
Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
2007
as John Bender (uncredited) (voice)
TV★ 7.9
Phineas and Ferb
2007
as The Guru (voice)
MOVIE★ 4.7
Netherbeast Incorporated
2007
as Steven P.D. Landry
MOVIE★ 4.3
National Lampoon's TV: The Movie
2006
as Fear Factor Host / Self
TV★ 7.9
Psych
2006
as Steven Reidman
MOVIE★ 4.4
The Black Hole
2006
as Eric Bryce
MOVIE★ 4.3
Three Wise Guys
2005
as George
MOVIE★ 4.1
The Lost Angel
2005
as Father Brian
MOVIE★ 5.2
Lethal Eviction
2005
as Shep
MOVIE★ 6.4
Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party
2004
as Self
TV★ 7.3
CSI: NY
2004
as Cigarette Company Executive
MOVIE★ 3.5
The Freediver
2004
as Ziad
TV★ 7.0
Las Vegas
2003
as Ollie
TV★ 7.5
Two and a Half Men
2003
as Chris
MOVIE★ 6.5
Cybermutt
2003
as Alex
MOVIE★ 5.1
White Rush
2003
as Brian Nathanson
MOVIE★ 5.6
Santa, Jr.
2002
as Darryl Bedford
MOVIE★ 5.0
Deceived
2002
as Jack Jones
MOVIE★ 4.0
Dark Asylum
2001
as Quitz
MOVIE★ 4.7
Lost Voyage
2001
as Aaron Roberts
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Cure for Boredom
2001
as Max
MOVIE★ 6.4
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001
as Sheriff
TV★ 6.6
Strange Frequency
2001
as Martin Potter
MOVIE★ 4.8
Return to Cabin by the Lake
2001
as Stanley Caldwell
MOVIE★ 5.0
Falcon Down
2001
as Harold Peters
MOVIE★ 4.9
Strange Frequency
2001
as Martin Potter (segment 'More Than a Feeling')
TV★ 7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Mick Sheridan
MOVIE★ 9.0
The New Adventures of Spin and Marty: Suspect Behavior
2000
as Jack Hulka
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Spiral Staircase
2000
as Phillip Warren
MOVIE★ 5.1
Cabin by the Lake
2000
as Stanley
MOVIE★ 6.7
Light It Up
1999
as Ken Knowles
MOVIE★ 5.6
Mr. Rock n Roll: The Alan Freed Story
1999
as Alan Freed
TV★ 7.4
Family Guy
1999
as John Bender (voice) (uncredited)
TV★ 7.6
Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist
TV★ 6.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997
as Jack Hulka
MOVIE★ 4.3
Steel
1997
as Nathaniel Burke
TV★ 5.9
Suddenly Susan
1996
as Jack Richmond
MOVIE★ 4.5
For a Few Lousy Dollars
1995
as Hitman
MOVIE★ 9.0
Blackwater Trail
1995
as Matt
MOVIE★ 6.0
Circumstances Unknown
1995
as Paul Kinsey
TV★ 7.7
The Outer Limits
1995
as Harry Longworth
MOVIE★ 4.0
Flinch
1994
as Harry Mirapolsky
MOVIE★ 6.2
Airheads
1994
as Jimmie Wing
MOVIE★ 4.0
Blindfold: Acts of Obsession
1994
as Dr. Jennings
MOVIE★ 3.4
Hail Caesar
1994
as Prisoner One
MOVIE★ 4.2
Every Breath
1994
as Jimmy
MOVIE★ 3.9
Caroline at Midnight
1994
as Phil Gallo
MOVIE★ 4.5
Conflict of Interest
1993
as Gideon
MOVIE★ 3.4
Entangled
1993
as David Merkin
MOVIE★ 7.0
Primary Motive
1992
as Andrew Blumenthal
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Dark Backward
1991
as Marty Malt
MOVIE★ 6.7
New Jack City
1991
as Nick Peretti
MOVIE★ 6.3
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1990
as Pete Dunham
MOVIE★ 5.5
Far Out Man
1990
as Himself
MOVIE★ 5.3
Relentless
1989
as Arthur 'Buck' Taylor
TV★ 8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Gaston
MOVIE★ 4.1
Never on Tuesday
1989
as Motorcycle cop (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Billionaire Boys Club
1987
as Joseph 'Joe' Hunt
TV★ 8.7
Billionaire Boys Club
1987
as Joe Hunt
MOVIE★ 8.0
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987
as Vietnam Soldier
MOVIE★ 7.1
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
as (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.9
From the Hip
1987
as Robin "Stormy" Weathers
MOVIE★ 5.0
Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs
1986
as Self - (Visitor in Town)
TV★ 6.5
Hometime
1986
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Transformers: The Movie
1986
as Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime (voice)
MOVIE★ 4.8
Blue City
1986
as Billy Turner
MOVIE★ 6.1
St. Elmo's Fire
1985
as Alec Newbary
TV★ 7.5
Moonlighting
1985
as Policeman
MOVIE★ 7.7
The Breakfast Club
1985
as John Bender
MOVIE★ 6.7
Fandango
1985
as Phil Hicks
MOVIE★ 5.1
Making the Grade
1984
as Eddie Keaton
MOVIE★ 7.5
Rock 'n' Roll Hotel
1983
as Johnny
MOVIE
Kill Me Now
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MOVIE
You Are Here
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as Zachary