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Judd Nelson
Age
53
Birthday
Nov. 28th, 1959
Born in
Portland, Maine,
Height
5' 10
Judd Nelson's Main TV Roles
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Main Movie Roles2011 - TV: The Movie2009 - The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day 2007 - Netherbeast Incorporated 2003 - White Rush 2001 - Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back 2000 - Falcon Down 1999 - Light It Up 1997 - Steel 1994 - Airheads 1993 - Conflict of Interest 1991 - New Jack City 1990 - Far Out Man 1987 - From the Hip 1986 - Transformers: The Movie 1985 - Fandango 1985 - The Breakfast Club 1985 - St. Elmo's Fire |
Judd Asher Nelson (born November 28, 1959) is an American actor, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for being a member of the "Brat Pack" in the mid-1980s; and for his roles as John Bender in The Breakfast Club, Alec Newbary in St. Elmo's Fire, Hot Rod and Rodimus Prime in The Transformers: The Movie and Jack Richmond in Suddenly Susan.[1][2]
Early life Nelson was born in Portland, Maine, the son of Merle (née Royte), a court mediator and former member of the Maine state legislature, and Leonard Nelson, a corporate lawyer. His family is Jewish and his father was the first Jewish president of the Portland Symphony Orchestra.[3][4][5] He has two sisters, Eve and Julie. He went to school at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire and Waynflete School in Portland, Maine, and studied at Haverford College in Pennsylvania, leaving during his sophomore year. He subsequently moved to Manhattan to study acting with Stella Adler
TRIVIA:
- Was once engaged to 'Shannen Doherty' (qv).
- Currently resides in Los Angeles. [2006]
- Graduated from the prestigious Haverford College in Pennsylvania.
- Loves to write.
- Loves to play golf, read and ride his motorbike.
- HAD a Staffordshire Bull Terrier named Talluah Bighead (deceased).
- Was one of the nine original members of the 1980s "brat pack", along with 'Andrew McCarthy (I)' (qv), 'Mare Winningham' (qv), 'Anthony Michael Hall' (qv), 'Demi Moore' (qv), 'Rob Lowe (I)' (qv), 'Molly Ringwald' (qv), 'Emilio Estevez' (qv) and 'Ally Sheedy' (qv)
- Has two younger sisters, Eve and Julie.

