Judd Nelson is an American actor, producer and screenwriter, a native of Portland (USA). He took part in the creation of 135 films, among which there are such popular films as “Breakfast Club”, “Lights of St. Elm”. He was engaged in dubbing the cartoon "Transformers". Starred in such famous TV shows as Empire, CSI: Crime Scene, Beyond the Possible, Detective Agency Moonlight and others. According to the horoscope sign Sagittarius. His height is 178 cm. In 1988, he was among the nominees for the Golden Globe Award as "Best Actor in a TV Mini-Series". He became famous for playing the role of negative characters.
Biography
Judd Nelson was born into a Jewish family on November 28, 1959 in the city of Portland (USA). His mother's name was Merla, she worked in court, his father Leonard was engaged in legal activities. Three children grew up in the family: Judd and his two sisters. First, the future actor was trained in the town of Concord, then he moved to a school located in Portland. After that, he ended up in a college in Pennsylvania, which he dropped out after completing his second year. In 1980, he went to Manhattan to study acting at the Stella Adler Conservatory.
Trail to the cinema
Four years later, he first appeared on the set as an actor in the film “Making the Grade”. In this picture, he played the smart, but poor guy Eddie Keaton, attending classes in one educational institution instead of the lazy son of the rich Widrow, who, meanwhile, decided to relax in Europe. The deception can be revealed at any moment, and if this happens, it will not be good for both the rich and poor Eddie, who has already managed to fall in love with one of the students of this school and who, due to the circumstances, now does not want to look like a liar in her eyes.
The first step in the cinema was not a breakthrough for Nelson, but his next work in the film "Club" Breakfast "" turned out for him to gain fame and obtain the status of a rising star. The picture was watched by 13 million viewers in the United States alone, and the cost of its production paid off many times. Judd Nelson might not have played in this film. Since it was not originally planned to take on the role of Bender, which was already assigned to the actor Emilio Estevez. However, it so happened that the director of the project could not find the actor for the role of Andrew Clark, so he decided that she would go to Estevez, and he had to put Judd Nelson in the vacant seat.
In 1985, he played in the comedy drama Fandango, where he was lucky to share the set with Kevin Costner. This story tells of a company of friends who have just become university graduates who decide to mark the beginning of a new life with a trip to Texas.
In the same year, Judd Nelson appeared on US movie screens, playing in the lights of St. Elm in Joel Schumacher's film, the success of which was facilitated by Demi Moore and Rob Lowe.
In 1986, the actor voiced one of the characters in the science-fiction cartoon Transformers. Then he appeared in one of the series of the television project "Detective Agency" Moonlight "" with Bruce Willis, where he played a policeman.
Nominee
In 1987, the actor played a major role in the thriller of the television format Club of Billionaires. His work received good reviews from critics and allowed him to become a nominee for the 1988 Golden Globe Award.
Roles of the 1990s
In 1990, there was an impressive role in the film "Hiroshima: From the Dust," based on real events connected with an unprecedented brutality of the American nuclear attack on Japanese cities during the end of World War II.
Since 1991, Judd Nelson, whose photo is posted in this article, has played a major role in Adam Rifkin's comedy Back to Darkness, where the actor was accompanied by Bill Paxton and Lara Flynn Boyle. Then there were roles in the thriller "Primary Motive" and in the comedy series "Tales from the Crypt."
In 1994, he participated in several projects: Shiver, Blind Murder, or Captive of Obsession (which also starred Shannen Doherty), and Hollow-headed. Then there was work in the science fiction series Beyond the Possible, which aired on television for seven seasons.
In 1999, the film “Lake House” was presented to the audience, in which Judd Nelson played the main character. This is a story about a successful screenwriter renting a house by the lake in order to hide the bodies of girls whom he kills because of his obsession with the desire to find a suitable theme for his work in such a monstrous way. Miraculously escaping from his deadly embrace, one of the victims leads the police to a secret place where the bodies of the victims of this maniac are located. However, the bloody screenwriter then manages to get out of the water dry, and he again captivates the runaway.
Roles of the 2000s
In the 2000s, Judd Nelson, whose films for the most part are still in great demand by the viewer, starred in television projects such as Clairvoyant, Black Hole. "Transformers", "Compromising", "Infection" and others.
In 2007, she starred in the comedy detective about the vampires "Monster Corporation." In 2013, Judd Nelson put on his list of roles a job in the horror movie Nurse. This is a story about a medical worker who at night changes her positive status as a savior of people to the opposite, killing those who are unlucky to stand on her bloody path.
In 2017, he was among the actors who starred in the television project “From an Excellence in a Pornstar”.
Judd Nelson’s personal life is the path of an unmarried person. The media has information that at one time he was engaged to Shannen Doherty, but the relationship was not developed and did not lead to the creation of a family.