St. Elmo's Fire
1985
Search results
Judd's next film role was as the stodgy ROTC cadet, Phil Hicks, in the ensemble comedy Fandango (1985). Important and diverse roles in the brat-pack films The Breakfast Club (1985) and St. Elmo's Fire (1985) quickly followed.
Nelson began acting in the mid-1980s, starring in Making the Grade (1984), and in Fandango (1985) opposite Kevin Costner. It was his roles in John Hughes's The Breakfast Club (1985) and Joel Schumacher's St. Elmo's Fire (1985) that made Nelson a star.
John Bender : Oh God, you richies are so smart, that's exactly why I'm not heavy into activities. Claire Standish : You're a big coward. Brian Johnson : I'm in the math club. Claire Standish : See, you're afraid that they won't take you, you don't belong, so you have to just dump all over it.
Feb 15, 1985 · Comedy Drama. Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a great deal more in common than they thought. Director. John Hughes. Writer. John Hughes. Stars. Emilio Estevez. Judd Nelson.
The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American indie teen coming-of-age comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by John Hughes. It stars Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy.
Mar 30, 2021 · Judd Nelson is an American actor who made his film debut in Making the Grade in 1984. The next year, his role in The Breakfast Club made him a star. He next starred in St. Elmo’s Fire,...
Mar 11, 2015 · As part of a cast of characters that included "a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal," Judd Nelson played the latter in 1985's "The Breakfast Club" — a part he played to...
Dec 28, 2018 · "The Breakfast Club" made stars out of its young cast, and teenagers across the country particularly fell in love with the film's "criminal" and resident bad boy John Bender, played by then...
Judd Nelson is not yet as well known, but his character creates the strong center of the film; his aggression is what breaks the silence and knocks over the walls.
May 7, 2024 · Due to Judd Nelson taking a method approach to his role in The Breakfast Club, John Hughes saw him as a menace and nearly fired him.
