Judd NelsonFilmography

Don't You Forget About Me

Actors: Matt Austin-Sadowski, Kari Hollend, Mike Facciolo, Lenny Panzer

Synopsis: A group of Canadian filmmakers take a road trip in order to track down filmmaker-turned-Hollywood-recluse, John Hughes, as they travel through America in this Alliance Films documentary. Past Hughes alumni Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Mia Sara and Andrew McCarthy appear in interview segments. ~ Hal Read More

Crenshaw Nights

Actors: Judd Nelson, Vondie Curtis-Hall

The Day the Earth Stopped

Actors: C. Thomas Howell, Judd Nelson

Synopsis: C. Thomas Howell and Judd Nelson star in this sci-fi thriller that finds the citizens of planet Earth forced to prove their worth or else suffer complete and total annihilation. As hundreds of enormous intergalactic robots appear in major cities throughout the world, the future of our civilization Read More

Little Hercules

Actors: Hulk Hogan

Infected

Actors: Gil Bellows, Maxim Roy, Bruce Dinsmore, Mark Camacho, Jesse Todd

Synopsis: A young science wiz and an ambitious reporter make a connection between a popular vitamin drink and a highly infectious alien virus in this sci-fi thriller starring Gil Bellows and Isabella Rossellini. If you live in Boston, odds are you're guzzling Hydropure by the gallon; it's the latest health Read More

Nevermore

Synopsis: The reclusive former head of a Fortune 500 company descends ever deeper into the abyss of insanity, ultimately becoming unable to discern whether his paranoia concerning his estranged wife is founded in fact, or just the bitter delusion of a fractured psyche. Jonathan Hollis (Judd Nelson) used to Read More

The Caretaker

Synopsis: A simple Halloween prank turns deadly after a group of teens ditch Homecoming to explore a grapefruit orchard with a dark past in this campy fright fest featuring Jedd Nelson and Jennifer Tilly. The fall winds are blowing, and the harvest moon is high in the sky - what better time than to cut out Read More

Netherbeast Incorporated

Actors: Judd Nelson, Amy Davidson, Dave Foley, Jason Mewes, Steve Burns

Synopsis: The familiar vampire legend gets a quirky twist in this take of undead office politics set in contemporary corporate America. For more than a century, Berm-Tech Industries has been run entirely by vampires. Though the tight-lipped employees have successfully managed to keep this secret from coming Read More

The Black Hole

Actors: Judd Nelson, Kristy Swanson, David Selby

Synopsis: A botched science experiment unleashes a destructive otherworldly force with the power to devour the planet in this science fiction disaster thriller starring Judd Nelson and Kristy Swanson. Science has finally gone too far, and as a giant black hole opens up over St. Louis, the terrified denizens Read More

Three Wise Guys

Actors: Eddie McClintock, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Judd Nelson, Nick Turturro, Roddy Piper

Synopsis: If Damon Runyon, the author of the story on which The Three Wise Guys was based, were to summarize it, it might sound something like this: One December day around Christmastime I am in the city of Las Vegas talking to Harry the Horse about this and that, when I hear this yarn about a citizen by Read More

Grayson Arms

Actors: Judd Nelson, Jennifer Carpenter, Stacey Dash, Michael Bowen, Michael Learned, James Avery

Synopsis: The new owner of a dilapidated apartment building becomes the prime suspect in a series of brutal murders in this thriller starring Judd Nelson, Jennifer Carpenter, and Stacey Dash. Amanda Winters has just purchased the Grayson Arms, a crumbling apartment complex filled with rent-controlled Read More

The Lost Angel

Synopsis: When the sister of police inspector Billie Palmer becomes the target of a relentless serial killer, the tables are turned as the dedicated law woman becomes the subject of a media witch hunt in this thriller from director Dimitri Logothetis. It hasn't been long since Palmer watched in helpless Read More

Cybermutt

Actors: Judd Nelson, Paulina Mielech, Michelle Nolden, Joe Pingue, Pedro Salvin

Synopsis: This French/German co-production stars Judd Nelson as eccentric scientist Alex Branson, who, after his life is saved by a courageous golden retriever named Rex, returns the favor by operating upon the seriously injured canine. Implanting a high-tech "thetachip" in Rex, Alex transforms the pooch Read More

White Rush

Synopsis: A drug deal gone awry leads to harrowing consequences for a group of campers in this thriller from Firestarter director Mark L. Lester. When they stumble across the aftermath of a botched, deep-woods drug deal, Chick (Louis Mandylor) convinces his nature-bound friends to pocket the cash and sell Read More

Santa Jr.

Synopsis: The title character in this made-for-cable comedy is a youthful slacker (Nick Stabile) who has long been a source of disappointment and embarrassment for his famous jolly-old-elf father. Anxious to prove his worth, Nick (as our hero is known) decides to clamber down a few chimneys just prior to Read More

Deceived

Actors: Louis Gossett, Jr., Jefferson Mappin, Judd Nelson, Stewart Bick, Deborah Odell, Ramona Milano, Leigh Lewis, Richard Nester, Michelle Nolden

Synopsis: Christian independent film company Cloud Ten Productions presents this science fiction-tinged thriller in the same vein of their other offerings, such as Left Behind. Directed by Andre vanHeerden, Deceived stars Judd Nelson as Jack Jones, a scientist brought in to help discern the purpose and Read More

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Actors: Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Ben Affleck, Shannon Elizabeth

Synopsis: The frequently recurring title characters, employed by writer and director Kevin Smith as supporting players in several of his films, are put to rest with this comedy that focuses on them exclusively. Jay (Jason Mews) and Silent Bob (Smith) are a pair of stoned New Jersey slackers who have long Read More

Return to Cabin by the Lake

Actors: Judd Nelson, Brian Krause, Dahlia Salem, Claudette Mink, Michael P. Northey

Synopsis: Most screenwriters fight to protect their creative vision, but one man goes a good bit farther than most in this sequel to the made-for-TV horror flick Cabin by the Lake. Murderous scriptwriter Stanley Caldwell (Judd Nelson) is missing and thought to be dead, but the strange stories of his grisly Read More

Dark Asylum

Actors: Paulina Porizkova, Judd Nelson, Larry Drake

Synopsis: In this high-tension thriller, a notorious serial killer called "The Trasher" has been captured, and has been locked up in an unusual high-tech mental institution for the criminally insane. However, the female psychiatrist who has been attempting to learn the killer's secrets is suddenly in a Read More

The Lost Voyage

Synopsis: Decades after being mysteriously swallowed up in the bottomless belly of the Bermuda Triangle, the reappearance of the cruise ship Corona Queen leads to a terrifying journey into the unknown in this dark tale from filmmaker Christian McIntire. For years, Aaron Roberts (Judd Nelson) has been Read More

Cabin by the Lake

Actors: Judd Nelson, Hedy Burress, Michael Weatherly

Synopsis: A writer's deadly secret is about to rise to the surface in this made-for-TV suspense thriller. Stanley Caldwell (Judd Nelson) is a screenwriter working on a story for a suspense film about a lunatic who kidnaps and murders young women. However, Stanley's research methods are more than a bit Read More

The New Adventures of Spin and Marty

Actors: David Gallagher, Charles Shaughnessy, Jeremy Foley, Yancy Butler, Dan Zukovic, Judd Nelson

Sex and Bullets

Synopsis: Sex and Bullets stars Judd Nelson and Seymour Cassel as a pair of hitmen who are on the run from a powerful mobster after they whack one of the mobster's sons. The two go their separate ways in order to hide more effectively, but each ends up being involved in a bizarre adventure. Max (Nelson) Read More

Strange Frequency

Synopsis: The Twilight Zone goes rock & roll in VH1's creepy anthology series Strange Frequency. In "Disco Inferno," metalheads Buck (Erik Palladino) and Randy (Danny Masterson) wander into a strange nightclub while looking for roadside assistance following a late-night car accident. "My Generation" finds a Read More

Falcon Down

Synopsis: A secret project turns out to not have been so secret after all as an air disaster threatens to become an international incident in this action thriller. Peter Stanton is an aviation engineer who is asked by the United States military to design a new super-sized stealth aircraft. Since Stanton's Read More

The Spiral Staircase

Actors: Nicollette Sheridan, Judd Nelson, Alex McArthur, Debbe Dunning, Holland Taylor

Synopsis: Ethel Lina White's suspense novel Some Must Watch was first filmed under the title The Spiral Staircase in 1946. This same title was applied to a subsequent 1962 TV special adaptation, and a 1975 British TV-movie remake. The Spiral Staircase resurfaced again in 2000 as a made-for-cable feature Read More

Light It Up

Actors: Usher Raymond, Forest Whitaker, Rosario Dawson, Robert Ri'chard, Judd Nelson, Fredro Starr

Synopsis: Noted R&B artist and producer Kenneth (Babyface) Edmonds served as executive producer for this tough urban drama. After a shooting incident in a neglected inner-city school leaves a police officer wounded, a group of students holds the cop hostage, in a desperate effort to force improvements to Read More

Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story

Actors: Judd Nelson, Mädchen Amick, David Gianopoulos

Synopsis: Judd Nelson stars as Alan Freed, the controversial Cleveland DJ who helped make rock 'n' roll music a crucial component of American culture by tapping into the hearts and wallets of the youth market. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

Steel

Actors: Shaquille O'Neal, Annabeth Gish, Judd Nelson, Richard Roundtree, Irma P. Hall

Synopsis: Low-rent, poorly-lit superhero action is the order of the day in this film from television director Kenneth Johnson -- who makes several references to his series Alien Nation throughout the course of the movie. NBA basketball superstar Shaquille O'Neal stars as John Henry Irons, a weapons designer Read More

Blackwater Trail

Actors: Judd Nelson, Dee Smart, Peter Phelps, Mark Lee, Brett Climo

Synopsis: In this Australian thriller set in Queensland, a writer returns from LA to Michelton, his tiny hometown, to attend the funeral of his best friend, and finds himself involved in a manhunt for a deranged serial killer. It all begins at the funeral when Matt Curran sees the sister of Andy, his late Read More

Circumstances Unknown

Actors: Judd Nelson, William R. Moses, Isabel Glasser, Rhys Huber, Phillip MacKenzie

Synopsis: A celebration becomes a desperate struggle for survival when a murderous crazy decides to terrorize his childhood friend's wife. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Hail Caesar

Actors: Anthony Michael Hall

Synopsis: A young man (director Hall) narrates this story of how he tried to impress the spoiled, bratty daughter of the millionaire owner of an eraser factory. He manages to ingratiate his way into the family and becomes the manager of the eraser plant. He then discovers that her father is actually a Read More

Airheads

Actors: Daniel Zacapa, Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi, Adam Sandler, Joe Mantegna, Chris Farley

Synopsis: Airheads is a variation on Dog Day Afternoon, as well as a comic look at the trials and tribulations of both the music business and Generation X. A hapless rock trio consisting of Chazz (Brendan Fraser), Rex (Steve Buscemi), and Pip (Adam Sandler) hits a brick wall with their attempts to get their Read More

Flinch

Entangled

Actors: Judd Nelson, Laurence Treil, Roy Dupuis, Pierce Brosnan

Synopsis: Entangled, directed by Max Fischer, is a confusing, indifferently acted story of fashion-model Annabelle (Laurence Treil) and the men who fall in love with her. In flashbacks, Annabella meets writer David Merkin (Judd Nelson) who writes a novel which she submits anonymously to a competition. Read More

Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle

Synopsis: The Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Co. authorized this documentary commemorating the 90th anniversary of the company. Shown are film clips from news footage, movies and television shows that featured the company's motorcycles, and such stars as James Caan, Peter Fonda and Larry Hagman are interviewed Read More

Everybreath

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Judd Nelson, Joanna Pacula, Patrick Bauchau, Willie Garson, Rebeca Arthur

Synopsis: Judd Nelson is the ex-brat-packer in this particular direct-to-video gem. Befriended by a wealthy but depraved young couple (Joanna Pacula and Patrick Bauchau), Nelson joins the pair in their bizarre notions of fun and games. He thinks he knows the score, but even he isn't parade for the Read More

Primary Motive

Actors: Judd Nelson, Justine Bateman, Richard Jordan, John Savage, Malachi Throne

Synopsis: In this political thriller, an ambitious press secretary discovers that the opposing political candidate has feathered the nest of his campaigns with terrible lies. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Conflict of Interest

Actors: Judd Nelson

Synopsis: A small-time crook (Judd Nelson) runs a nightclub and conspires to ruin the life of a cop (Christopher McDonald) by killing his wife and framing his son for murder. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

New Jack City

Actors: Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Mario Van Peebles, Allen Payne, Judd Nelson

Synopsis: The ruthless leader of a New York City drug syndicate battles to maintain his power and avoid imprisonment in this fast-moving action drama. While the film's heroes are Scotty (Ice-T) and Nick (Judd Nelson), a pair of tough, streetwise cops, the main focus is their target, drug lord Nino Brown (Wesley Snipes Read More

The Dark Backward

Actors: Judd Nelson, Bill Paxton, Wayne Newton, Lara Flynn Boyle, Rob Lowe

Synopsis: Writer/director Adam Rifkin's The Dark Backward is set in a dark, grimy, garbage-strewn urban netherworld, where a company named "Blump's" apparently owns everything. Marty Malt (Judd Nelson of The Breakfast Club) is an unhappy garbageman who moonlights as an atrociously unfunny standup comic. His Read More

Far Out Man

Actors: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Shelby Chong, Paris Chong, C. Thomas Howell, Martin Mull, Judd Nelson

Synopsis: Starring many of his family members, this is Tommy Chong's (of the well-known duo, Cheech and Chong) first solo production. As an outdated hippie, Far Out Man (Tommy Chong) searches to relive his lost youth by traveling across the country. C. Thomas Howell, Judd Nelson, and Cheech Marin all make Read More

Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes

Synopsis: The made-for-television Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes recounts the August, 1945 nuclear bombing of Hiroshima through the eyes of a number of survivors, including Japanese soldiers, citizens, and American prisoners of war. The film is partly based on Michihiko Hachiya's Hiroshima Diary. ~ Stephen Read More

Relentless

Actors: Judd Nelson, Robert Loggia, Leo Rossi, Meg Foster, Patrick O'Bryan

Synopsis: A man who fails to make the grade as a Los Angeles cop goes on a killing spree as the dangerous "Sunset Killer," to show the dupes who wouldn't hire him. He uses all his cop smarts to try to elude all who dare try capture him. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Never on Tuesday

Actors: Claudia Christian, Andrew Lauer, Peter Berg, Gilbert Gottfried, Charlie Sheen

Synopsis: Two dudes endeavor to exchange the slow lane life of their midwestern hometown for life in the fast lane of exciting LA and so hop into a car and begin the long drive out West. This comedy chronicles their exploits when a head-on collision leaves them stranded in a desert with beautiful Tuesday. Read More

From the Hip

Actors: Elizabeth Perkins, John Hurt, Darren McGavin, Dan Monahan

Synopsis: Director Bob Clark, whose previous cinematic endeavors ran the gamut from Porky's to A Christmas Story, called the shots on From the Hip. Fresh out of law school, Robin Weathers (Judd Nelson) is hired by a law firm not known for its ethics. Weathers' first client is a man who, up to trial time Read More

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Actors: Tom Berenger, Ellen Burstyn, J. Kenneth Campbell, Richard Chaves, Josh Cruze

Synopsis: Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam was first telecast April 3, 1988, over the HBO cable service. Based on the book of the same name, the program is devoted to poignant recitations of letters to and from American participants of the Vietnam war. The letters are heard over images culled from Read More

Billionaire Boys Club

Actors: Judd Nelson, Ron Silver

Synopsis: Billionaire Boys Club is the two-part TV adaptation of a book by Sue Horton (unpublished at the time of the film's first telecast). In flashback form, the story recounts the murder of Beverly Hills con artist Ron Levin (Ron Silver). The culprit is yuppie Joe Hunt (Judd Nelson), a sharp young Read More

The Transformers: The Movie

Actors: Leonard Nimoy, Robert Stack, Judd Nelson, Eric Idle, Orson Welles

Synopsis: In this theatrically released chapter of the 1984-1987 syndicated animated series, the struggle between the heroic Autobots and evil Decepticons is taken twenty years into the future as both sides must deal with a world-devouring being called Unicron (voiced by Orson Welles). Set in 2005, The Read More

Blue City

Actors: Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, David Caruso, Paul Winfield, Scott Wilson

Synopsis: When prodigal son Billy Turner (Judd Nelson) returns to his Florida home town, he's caught in a brawl and thrown in jail. He tells the guards to call his father, the mayor, who will have him released; however, he soon discovers his father has been killed. After Turner finally gets out of jail, he Read More

Moonlighting: Camille

Synopsis: Whoopi Goldberg earned an Emmy nomination for her guest-star turn as a con artist named Camille Brand (Whoopi Goldberg). While evading arrest, Camille unintentionally saves the life of a politician. Duly impressed, Maddie (Cybill Shepherd) is convinced that the highly untrustworthy Camille might Read More

Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs

The Breakfast Club

Actors: Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy, Paul Gleason

Synopsis: John Hughes wrote and directed this quintessential 1980s high school drama featuring the hottest young stars of the decade. Trapped in a day-long Saturday detention in a prison-like school library are Claire, the princess (Molly Ringwald); Andrew, the jock (Emilio Estevez); John, the criminal (Judd Nelson Read More

Fandango

Actors: Kevin Costner, Judd Nelson, Sam Robards, Chuck Bush, Brian Cesak

Synopsis: The still unknown Kevin Costner carries this film that involves five college roommates on a last "fandango" before they separately face the harsh realities of an unpredictable future. It is 1971, and the Vietnam War has not yet ended. Gardner Barnes (Costner) has extended his college years by six Read More

St. Elmo's Fire

Actors: Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Andrew McCarthy, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez, Mare Winningham, Andie MacDowell

Synopsis: Post-collegiate angst, '80s style, is the subject of this coming-of-age ensemble piece, which traces the fortunes of a group of Georgetown grads as they enter the real world and grapple with work, infidelity, and adulthood. The most outwardly upscale member of the gang, Jules (Demi Moore), hides a Read More

Making the Grade

Actors: Judd Nelson, Jonna Lee, Gordon Jump, Walter Olkewicz, Ronald Lacey, Dana Olsen

Synopsis: The time-worn clash between the rich and poor, brought out by switched identities, is the ploy used here to put a streetwise kid into an upper-crust prep school. Palmer (Dana Olsen) does not want to stay at school for his final year, but he needs to graduate in order to receive his mega-buck trust Read More