Judd Nelson Biography

Fast Facts

• Has supported the nonprofit organization Therapeutic Living Centers for the Blind
• Won the Silver Bucket of Excellence Award along with other "The Breakfast Club" cast members at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards
• Nominated for a Maverick Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Down and Dangerous" in 2013
• Attended Haverford College and studied acting with drama coach Stella Adler in Manhattan
• Made his screen acting debut in the film "Rock 'n' Roll Hotel" in 1983
• Quote: "I think that there's room for everyone․ I don't think that if one person succeeds then another must fail․ That's lunacy․"
• Quote: "(On "The Breakfast Club" director John Hughes): "He was the first guy who saw someone who was young and that did not mean that they were less, it just means that they were young․""
• Quote: "(On being a member of the "Brat Pack"): "At the time this whole gang was supposedly cruising the Sunset Strip, I was living in New York․""
• Starred in influential coming-of-age films in the 1980s such as "The Breakfast Club" and "St․ Elmo's Fire" along with fellow members of the Brat Pack
• Starred as Jack Richmond in the TV series "Suddenly Susan․"
• Enjoys playing golf, reading and riding motorbikes