Jim Belushi
James Adam Belushi (born June 15, 1954) is an American actor, comedian, singer and musician. He is best known for his title role of James "Jim" Orenthal on the American sitcom According to Jim. He is the younger brother of the late comic actor John Belushi. Belushi was born in Chicago to Adam Anastos Belushi, an Albanian from Qytezë, Korçë, and Agnes Demetri (Samaras) Belushi, who was born in Ohio from Greek-Albanian immigrants from Korçë. He was raised in Wheaton, a Chicago suburb, along with his three siblings: Older brother John, older sister Marian, and younger brother Billy. After graduating from Wheaton Central High School, Jim Belushi attended the College of DuPage, and graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a degree in Speech and Theatre Arts. This page is based on a Wikipedia article written by contributors. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · The Chronology of Water as Ken Kesey
- 2024 · Fight Another Day as Duke
- 2020 · Belushi as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie as Coach Wittenberg (voice)
- 2018 · Salvage as
- 2017 · Wonder Wheel as Humpty
- 2016 · The Hollow Point as Shepard
- 2016 · The Whole Truth as Boone Lassiter
- 2015 · Home Sweet Hell as Les
- 2014 · The 7D as Coach Coachy (voice)
- 2014 · TripTank as Guy (voice)
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2013 · The Secret Lives of Dorks as Bronko
- 2012 · Thunderstruck as Coach Amross
- 2011 · New Year's Eve as Building Super
- 2010 · The Talk as Self
- 2010 · The Defenders as Nick Morelli
- 2010 · The Ghost Writer as John Maddox
- 2008 · Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King as Glob (voice)
- 2008 · Snow Buddies as Bernie (voice)
- 2007 · Underdog as Dan Unger
- 2006 · Casper's Scare School as Alder (voice)
- 2006 · Me, Eloise as Bartolome T. Baxter III (voice)
- 2006 · Yin Yang Yo! as The Puffin (voice)
- 2006 · The Wild as Benny (voice)
- 2005 · Hoodwinked! as The Woodsman (voice)
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
- 2003 · I'm with Her as Leslie Buren
- 2003 · E!'s 101 as Self
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Less than Perfect as Eddie Smirkoff
- 2002 · What's New, Scooby-Doo? as Asa Buckwald (voice)
- 2002 · Ozzy & Drix as Captain Quinine (voice)
- 2002 · The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius as Coach Gruber (voice)
- 2002 · George Lopez as
- 2002 · One Way Out as Harry Woltz
- 2002 · Snow Dogs as Demon (voice)
- 2001 · According to Jim as Jim
- 2000 · Who Killed Atlanta's Children? as Pat Laughlin
- 2000 · Return to Me as Joe Dayton
- 1999 · Made Men as Bill Manucci
- 1999 · The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
- 1998 · Hercules as Nestor (voice)
- 1997 · Wag the Dog as Jim Belushi
- 1997 · Cow and Chicken as
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Retroactive as Frank
- 1996 · Jingle All the Way as Mall Santa
- 1996 · Hey Arnold! as Coach Wittenberg (voice)
- 1996 · Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series as Phil (voice)
- 1996 · Race the Sun as Frank Machi
- 1995 · Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
- 1995 · Separate Lives as Tom Beckwith
- 1995 · Canadian Bacon as Charles Jackal, NBS Reporter
- 1995 · The Pebble and the Penguin as Rocko (voice)
- 1995 · The Louie N' Louie Show as Louie
- 1994 · Aaahh!!! Real Monsters as Simon the Monster Hunter (voice)
- 1994 · Gargoyles as Fang (voice)
- 1994 · ER as Dan Harris
- 1994 · The Tick as Mr. Fleener (voice)
- 1994 · Duckman as Saul Monella (voice)
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Last Action Hero as James Belushi
- 1992 · The Larry Sanders Show as
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1992 · Once Upon a Crime as Neil Schwary
- 1991 · Diary of a Hitman as Shandy
- 1991 · Curly Sue as Bill Dancer
- 1990 · Twin Peaks as Bradley Mitchum
- 1989 · America's Funniest Home Videos as
- 1989 · K-9 as Mike Dooley
- 1988 · Red Heat as Art Ridzik
- 1987 · The Principal as Rick Latimer
- 1987 · Biography as Self
- 1986 · Little Shop of Horrors as Patrick Martin
- 1986 · Jumpin' Jack Flash as Sperry Repairman
- 1983 · Trading Places as Harvey
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as Mario
- 1982 · Late Night with David Letterman as Self
- 1981 · Thief as Barry Stratagakis
- 1976 · Laverne & Shirley as
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Various Characters
- Future · Karate Ghost as
- 2025 · Song Sung Blue as
- 2024 · A History of the World in Six Glasses as Self
- 2022 · Gigi & Nate as Dan Gibson
- 2020 · Growing Belushi as Self
- 2019 · John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster as Narrator
- 2018 · Katie Says Goodbye as Bear
- 2017 · The Polish Accountant as Self
- 2017 · Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon as Self
- 2017 · The Number of Completion as Self
- 2017 · A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth as Self
- 2017 · Tell It Martin as Self
- 2017 · Sollers Point as Carol
- 2017 · A Change of Heart as Hank
- 2016 · Undrafted as Jim
- 2015 · Good Girls Revolt as William "Wick" McFadden
- 2015 · The Curious Case of the Chicago Cubs as
- 2015 · Show Me a Hero as Angelo Martinelli
- 2014 · Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return as The Cowardly Lion (voice)
- 2014 · Stan Lee's Mighty 7 as Mr. Cross (voice)
- 2011 · Cougars, Inc. as Dan Fox
- 2010 · Buccaneers & Bones as
- 2010 · 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift as (archive footage)
- 2006 · Farce of the Penguins as They're all bitches Penguin (voice)
- 2006 · Second City: First Family of Comedy as Self
- 2006 · Behind the Smile as Jeffrey Stone (as James Belushi)
- 2005 · The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music as Self
- 2005 · Tugger: The Jeep® 4x4 Who Wanted to Fly as Tugger (voice)
- 2005 · Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found as Self
- 2005 · My Crazy Life as
- 2004 · Fatherhood as
- 2004 · DysEnchanted as Doctor
- 2003 · Easy Sex as Elvis (as James Belushi)
- 2003 · Toronto Rocks as Self
- 2003 · Celebrities Uncensored as Self
- 2002 · Rugrats: Babies in Toyland as Santa Claus (voice)
- 2002 · A Scooby-Doo! Christmas as Asa Buckwald (voice)
- 2002 · K-9: P.I. as Mike Dooley
- 2001 · Joe Somebody as Chuck Scarett
- 2001 · Into the Valley of Death as Self
- 1999 · K-911 as Mike Dooley
- 1999 · Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero as Self
- 1999 · The Nuttiest Nutcracker as Reginald (Voice)
- 1999 · Visit Fabulous Las Vegas as Self
- 1999 · The Florentine as Billy Belasco
- 1999 · Angel's Dance as Rosellini
- 1999 · Justice as Frank Spello
- 1997 · Babes in Toyland as Gonzargo (voice)
- 1997 · Gang Related as Detective Frank K Divinci
- 1997 · Total Security as
- 1997 · Living in Peril as Oliver Harrison
- 1997 · Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off as Phil Palmfeather (voice)
- 1997 · Bad Baby as Dad (voice)
- 1997 · Dog's Best Friend as Skippy (voice)
- 1997 · Gold In The Streets as Mario (as James Belushi)
- 1996 · Bruno the Kid as
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1995 · Destiny Turns on the Radio as Tuerto
- 1995 · Sahara as Sgt. Joe Gunn
- 1995 · Santo Bugito as Baby Face (voice)
- 1994 · Royce as Shane Royce
- 1994 · Parallel Lives as Nick Dimas
- 1993 · Wild Palms as Harry Wyckoff
- 1992 · Traces of Red as Jack Dobson
- 1991 · Only the Lonely as Salvatore Buonarte (as James Belushi)
- 1990 · Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe as Principal Latimer
- 1990 · Mr. Destiny as Larry Burrows
- 1990 · Masters of Menace as Gypsy
- 1990 · Taking Care of Business as Jimmy Dworski
- 1990 · Wedding Band as Reverend
- 1990 · The Palermo Connection as Carmine Bonavia
- 1989 · Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary as Self
- 1989 · Homer and Eddie as Homer Lanza
- 1989 · Who's Harry Crumb? as Man on Bus (uncredited)
- 1987 · Real Men as Nick Pirandello
- 1986 · About Last Night... as Bernie Litgo
- 1986 · Salvador as Doctor Rock
- 1986 · Mutant Video as Bobby
- 1986 · Birthday Boy as Bobby
- 1985 · The Man with One Red Shoe as Morris
- 1985 · Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter as Clayton Pyle
- 1984 · Pinocchio as Mario
- 1984 · The Best Legs in Eighth Grade as Saint Valentine
- 1980 · The Cleansing as Bobby
- 1979 · Working Stiffs as
- 1978 · Who's Watching the Kids? as
- 1978 · The Fury as Beach Bum (uncredited)
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- Future · Catch the Wind as James