Judd Nelson
Judd Nelson is known for The Breakfast Club (1985), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), Girl in the Basement (2021).
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.
Questions about Judd Nelson
How many Judd Nelson films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 111 films with Judd Nelson, from 1983 to 2026.
What is the best rated Judd Nelson film?
The best rated Judd Nelson film in the catalogue is The Breakfast Club (1985), rated 7.7.
What was the first Judd Nelson film?
The first Judd Nelson film in the catalogue is Fandango, from 1985.
Who has Judd Nelson worked with the most?
In the catalogue, Judd Nelson shares the most credits with Ally Sheedy (3 films), Emilio Estevez (3 films) and Andrew McCarthy (2 films).
People data: TMDb.
- Nominations
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor (1988)
Known for
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7.7 The Breakfast Club
1985
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5.9 From Straight A's to XXX
2017
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7.6 Girl in the Basement
2021
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6.4 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001
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7.2 The Transformers: The Movie
1986
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6.2 Airheads
1994
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6.0 The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
2009
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6.1 St. Elmo's Fire
1985
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6.7 New Jack City
1991
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5.3 Nurse 3-D
2013
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5.7 Billionaire Boys Club
2018
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4.2 Steel
1997
Coming up
Trivia
- Also works as
- screenwriter · manufacturer · voice actor · film producer
- Studied at
- Haverford College · St. Paul's School · Waynflete School · Stella Adler Studio of Acting
Trivia from Wikidata, licensed CC0.
Full filmography
114 films — 111 in the catalogue
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Yellow Lights
2026 · Dan Caufield
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6.7 The Final Run
2025 · Sam Sloane
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7.5 The Engagement Plan
2024 · Dash Donnelly
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6.0 BRATS
2024 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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5.4 South of Hope Street
2024 · Tom
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3.8 Dante's Hotel
2023 · Brayer
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Save Christmas
2022 · Malcolm
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4.6 The Most Dangerous Game
2022 · Marcus Rainsford
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5.9 A Tale of Two Guns
2022 · Captain Mathias
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3.9 #Unknown
2022 · Garrett Stance
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6.2 Clerk
2021 · Self
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7.6
Girl in the Basement
2021 · Don
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1.5 The Downside of Bliss
2020 · Doug
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5.5 Electric Jesus
2020 · Pastor Wember
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4.1 Iceland is Best
2020 · Mr. Sonquit
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6.0 Dead Water
2020 · McLean
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6.6 Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
2020 · Self
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4.3 Dauntless: The Battle of Midway
2019 · Rear Admirial Raymond Spruance
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3.7 Santa Fake
2019 · Seb
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5.2 Madness in the Method
2019 · Miscreant
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5.7
Billionaire Boys Club
2018 · Ryan Hunt
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5.1 1/1
2018 · Robert
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8.3 Transformers: Power of the Primes
2018 · Hot Rod / Rodimus Cron / Rodimus Unicronus / Unicron (voice)
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6.9 Transformers: Titans Return
2017 · Rodimus Prime (voice)/Hot Rod (voice)
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5.9
From Straight A's to XXX
2017 · Don
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4.5 Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story
2016 · Sid
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4.6 The Bandit Hound
2016 · Manny
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Kreep
2016 · Whitman Thaw
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6.5 When Duty Calls
2015 · Gary Lawton
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4.0 This Is Happening
2015 · Steven (Father)
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4.2 Private Number
2015 · Garrett Stance
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2.5 Road to the Open
2014 · Anger Management Therapist
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4.0 Bigfoot Wars
2014 · Dr. Leonard Evans
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3.0 Haunting of the Innocent
2014 · Mr. Franklin
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5.9 Kristin's Christmas Past
2013 · Glenn
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5.3
Nurse 3-D
2013 · Dr. Robert Morris
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4.8 Down and Dangerous
2013 · Charles Ward
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4.6 Bad Kids Go to Hell
2012 · Headmaster Nash
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2.0 Just 45 Minutes from Broadway
2012 · Jimmy D'Angelo
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5.2 Cancel Christmas
2011 · Santa Claus / Kris Frost
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5.4 Mayor Cupcake
2011 · Donald Maroni
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3.5 Shadow People
2011 · Sheriff Donnelly
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5.2 Don't You Forget About Me
2010 · Self
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4.1 The Terror Experiment
2010 · Agent Wilson
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6.3 Endure
2010 · Emory Lane
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6.0
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
2009 · Concezio Yakavetta
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3.5 Little Hercules
2009 · Kevin
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6.0 Teen Spirit: Teenagers and Hollywood
2009 · Self
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5.8
Nevermore
2009 · Jonathan Usher
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3.5 The Day the Earth Stopped
2008 · Charlie
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5.5 A Single Woman
2008 · Jewish Reporter
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4.5 Infected
2008 · Malcolm Burgess
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Sincerely Yours
2008 · Self
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4.7 The Caretaker
2008 · Ella's Dad
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5.3 The Kidnapping
2008 · Glen
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7.4 Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
2007 · John Bender (uncredited) (voice)
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4.8 Netherbeast Incorporated
2007 · Steven P.D. Landry
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4.3 National Lampoon's TV: The Movie
2006 · Fear Factor Host / Self
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4.4 The Black Hole
2006 · Eric Bryce
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4.3 Three Wise Guys
2005 · George
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4.1 The Lost Angel
2005 · Father Brian
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5.2 Lethal Eviction
2005 · Shep
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6.4 Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party
2004 · Self
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3.5 The Freediver
2004 · Ziad
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6.5 Cybermutt
2003 · Alex
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5.1 White Rush
2003 · Brian Nathanson
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5.6 Santa, Jr.
2002 · Darryl Bedford
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5.0 Deceived
2002 · Jack Jones
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4.1 Dark Asylum
2001 · Quitz
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4.7 Lost Voyage
2001 · Aaron Roberts
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9.0 The Cure for Boredom
2001 · Max
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6.4
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001 · Sheriff
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4.8 Return to Cabin by the Lake
2001 · Stanley Caldwell
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5.0 Falcon Down
2001 · Harold Peters
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4.9 Strange Frequency
2001 · Martin Potter (segment 'More Than a Feeling')
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10.0
Endsville
2000 · Rufus the Buck-Toothed Sluggard
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9.0 The New Adventures of Spin and Marty: Suspect Behavior
2000 · Jack Hulka
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5.5 The Spiral Staircase
2000 · Phillip
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5.1 Cabin by the Lake
2000 · Stanley
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6.6 Light It Up
1999 · Ken Knowles
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5.6 Mr. Rock n Roll: The Alan Freed Story
1999 · Alan Freed
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4.2
Steel
1997 · Nathaniel Burke
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4.5 For a Few Lousy Dollars
1995 · Hitman
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9.0 Blackwater Trail
1995 · Matt
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6.0 Circumstances Unknown
1995 · Paul Kinsey
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4.0 Flinch
1994 · Harry Mirapolsky
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6.2
Airheads
1994 · Jimmie Wing
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4.0 Blindfold: Acts of Obsession
1994 · Dr. Jennings
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3.4 Hail Caesar
1994 · Prisoner One
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5.2 Every Breath
1994 · Jimmy
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3.9 Caroline at Midnight
1994 · Phil Gallo
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4.5 Conflict of Interest
1993 · Gideon
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3.4 Entangled
1993 · David Merkin
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7.0 Primary Motive
1992 · Andrew Blumenthal
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5.7 The Dark Backward
1991 · Marty Malt
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6.7
New Jack City
1991 · Nick Peretti
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6.3 Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1990 · Pete Dunham
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5.5 Far Out Man
1990 · Himself
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5.3 Relentless
1989 · Arthur 'Buck' Taylor
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3.9 Never on Tuesday
1989 · Motorcycle cop (uncredited)
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6.7 Billionaire Boys Club
1987 · Joseph 'Joe' Hunt
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8.0 Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987 · Vietnam Soldier
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7.1 Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987 · (voice)
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5.9 From the Hip
1987 · Robin "Stormy" Weathers
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5.0 Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs
1986 · Self - (Visitor in Town)
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7.2
The Transformers: The Movie
1986 · Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime (voice)
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4.8 Blue City
1986 · Billy Turner
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6.1
St. Elmo's Fire
1985 · Alec Newbary
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7.7
The Breakfast Club
1985 · John Bender
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6.7 Fandango
1985 · Phil Hicks
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5.1 Making the Grade
1984 · Eddie Keaton
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7.5
Rock 'n' Roll Hotel
1983 · Johnny
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Kill Me Now
no date
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You Are Here
no date · Zachary
Series and TV shows
17 titles
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7.5
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023 · Appearance · 2 ep.
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7.1
Empire
2015 · Billy Baretti · 4 ep.
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7.3
Nikita
2010 · Ronald Peller · 2 ep.
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6.6
Eleventh Hour
2008 · Dr. Bruce Nesic
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7.9
Phineas and Ferb
2007 · The Guru (voice)
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8.0
Transformers: Animated
2007 · Rodimus (voice)
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7.9
Psych
2006 · Steven Reidman
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7.3
CSI: NY
2004 · Cigarette Company Executive
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7.5
Two and a Half Men
2003 · Chris · 2 ep.
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7.0
Las Vegas
2003 · Ollie
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7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · Mick Sheridan
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7.4
Family Guy
1999 · John Bender (voice) (uncredited)
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6.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997 · Jack Hulka
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6.0
Suddenly Susan
1996 · Jack Richmond · 71 ep.
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7.7
The Outer Limits
1995 · Harry Longworth
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8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Gaston
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7.5
Moonlighting
1985 · Policeman
People data: TMDb.
Cast
