Name: Judd Nelson
Birthdate: November 28, 1959
Hometown: Portland, Maine
Judd Nelson was born in Portland, Maine, the son of Merle, a court mediator and former member of the Maine state legislature, and Leonard Nelson, an attorney who was the first Jewish president of the Portland Symphony Orchestra. He has two sisters, Eve and Julie. He went to school at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, and studied at Haverford College in Pennsylvania, leaving part way through his sophomore year. He subsequently moved to Manhattan where he studied with Stella Adler.
Judd was a member of the 1980s "Brat Pack", starring in such films as Joel Schumacher's St. Elmo's Fire and John Hughes' The Breakfast Club (which was his most popular role as rebel "John Bender"), as well as providing the voice of Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime in Transformers: The Movie. He also starred in a film titled Making the Grade and co-starred alongside a young Kevin Costner in the road-rip movie Fandango. He worked steadily throughout the late 80s and early 90s in a number of films. In 1996 he received a starring role on the NBC television sitcom Suddenly Susan, which saw enormous success for a four-season run.
Recently Judd has had guest roles on shows such as CSI, Las Vegas, and CSI: New York.