Judd Nelson looked worlds away from the clean-cut college graduate he played in St. Elmo's Fire as he stepped out in West Hollywood sporting a long grey beard.
The actor, 66, was all smiles during the rare sighting on Saturday afternoon, wearing a grey baseball cap and dark wraparound sunglasses as he stood beside his motorcycle.
For fans who remember his breakthrough performances in two of the most enduring films of the 1980s, his appearance offered a striking reminder that more than four decades have passed since he first became a household name.
Yet there was something familiar about his relaxed, layered outfit, which would not have looked entirely out of place on his rebellious Breakfast Club character, John Bender.
Judd Nelson's rare West Hollywood appearance
Judd wore a brown T-shirt beneath an open checked shirt and an oversized black blazer, teaming the layers with camouflage cargo trousers. His hair curled out from beneath his cap, while his greying beard gave him a markedly different look from the dark-haired young actor audiences first came to know.
In one photograph, he smiled broadly towards the camera. Another showed him holding a sticker-covered motorcycle helmet, wi...