The Breakfast Club starred a person.
Alexandra Elizabeth `` Ally '' Sheedy ( born June 13 , 1962 ) is an American film and stage actress , as well as the author of two books . Following her film debut in 1983 's Bad Boys , she became known as one of the Brat Pack group of actors in the films The Breakfast Club ( 1985 ) and St. Elmo 's Fire ( 1985 ) . She also acted in WarGames ( 1983 ) and Short Circuit ( 1986 ) . For her performance in Lisa Cholodenko 's High Art ( 1998 ) , Sheedy won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead . Michael Anthony Hall ( born April 14 , 1968 ) , known professionally as Anthony Michael Hall , is an American actor , film producer , and director who starred in several teen-oriented films of the 1980s . Hall began his career in commercials and on stage as a child , and made his screen debut in 1980 . His films with director-screenwriter John Hughes , beginning with the popular 1983 comedy National Lampoon 's Vacation and the coming-of-age comedy Sixteen Candles , shaped his early career . Hall 's next movies with Hughes were the teen classics The Breakfast Club and Weird Science , both in 1985 . Hall diversified his roles to avoid becoming typecast as his geek persona , joining the cast of Saturday Night Live ( 1985 -- 1986 ) and starring in films such as Out of Bounds ( 1986 ) , Johnny Be Good ( 1988 ) , Edward Scissorhands ( 1990 ) and Six Degrees of Separation ( 1993 ) . After a series of minor roles in the 1990s , he starred as Microsoft 's Bill Gates in the 1999 television film Pirates of Silicon Valley . He had the leading role in the USA Network series The Dead Zone from 2002 to 2007 . Emilio Estevez ( [ ɛˈmiljoʊ_ɛstˈɛbɛs ] born May 12 , 1962 ) is an American actor , director , and writer . He started his career as an actor and is well known for being a member of the acting Brat Pack of the 1980s , starring in The Breakfast Club , St. Elmo 's Fire , and also acting in the 1983 hit movie The Outsiders . He is also known for Repo Man , The Mighty Ducks and its sequels , Stakeout , Maximum Overdrive , Bobby ( which he also wrote and directed ) , and his performances in Western films such as Young Guns and its sequel . Judd Asher Nelson ( born November 28 , 1959 ) is an American actor , screenwriter , and producer . He is known for his roles as John Bender in The Breakfast Club , Alec Newbary in St. Elmo 's Fire , Hot Rod and Rodimus Prime in The Transformers : The Movie and Transformers : Animated , Joe Hunt in Billionaire Boys Club , Nick Peretti in New Jack City , Billy Beretti in Empire , and Jack Richmond in Suddenly Susan . Molly Kathleen Ringwald ( born February 18 , 1968 ) is an American actress , singer , dancer , and author . She was cast in her first major role as Molly in The Facts of Life ( 1979 -- 80 ) after a casting director saw her playing an orphan in a stage production of the musical `` Annie '' . She and several other members of the original Facts of Life cast were let go when the show was reworked by the network . She made her motion picture debut in the independent film Tempest ( 1982 ) , which earned her a Golden Globe nomination . Paul Xavier Gleason ( May 4 , 1939 -- May 27 , 2006 ) was an American film and television actor , known for his roles on television series such as All My Children and films such as The Breakfast Club , Trading Places , and Die Hard . The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film written , produced , and directed by John Hughes , starring Emilio Estevez , Paul Gleason , Anthony Michael Hall , Judd Nelson , Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy .