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: Acting

Born: Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1954-06-15

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1978	The Fury	Beach Bum (uncredited)	63
2	1980	The Cleansing	Bobby	0
3	1981	Thief	Barry Stratagakis	72
4	1983	Trading Places	Harvey	72
5	1984	The Best Legs in Eighth Grade	Saint Valentine	67
6	1984	Pinocchio	Mario	48
7	1985	Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter	Clayton Pyle	0
8	1985	The Man with One Red Shoe	Morris	57
9	1986	Birthday Boy	Bobby	50
10	1986	Mutant Video	Bobby	0
11	1986	Salvador	Doctor Rock	70
12	1986	About Last Night...	Bernie Litgo	60
13	1986	Jumpin' Jack Flash	Sperry Repairman	61
14	1986	Little Shop of Horrors	Patrick Martin	69
15	1987	The Principal	Rick Latimer	65
16	1987	Real Men	Nick Pirandello	62
17	1988	Red Heat	Art Ridzik	62
18	1989	Who's Harry Crumb?	Man on Bus (uncredited)	59
19	1989	K-9	Mike Dooley	61
20	1989	Homer and Eddie	Homer Lanza	56
21	1989	Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary	Self	75
22	1990	The Palermo Connection	Carmine Bonavia	62
23	1990	Wedding Band	Reverend	60
24	1990	Taking Care of Business	Jimmy Dworski	62
25	1990	Masters of Menace	Gypsy	56
26	1990	Mr. Destiny	Larry Burrows	63
27	1990	Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe	Principal Latimer	35
28	1991	Only the Lonely	Salvatore Buonarte (as James Belushi)	60
29	1991	Curly Sue	Bill Dancer	64
30	1991	Diary of a Hitman	Shandy	52
31	1992	Once Upon a Crime	Neil Schwary	57
32	1992	Traces of Red	Jack Dobson	54
33	1993	Last Action Hero	James Belushi	65
34	1994	Parallel Lives	Nick Dimas	58
35	1994	Royce	Shane Royce	52
36	1995	The Louie N' Louie Show	Louie	0
37	1995	The Pebble and the Penguin	Rocko (voice)	51
38	1995	Sahara	Sgt. Joe Gunn	63
39	1995	Destiny Turns on the Radio	Tuerto	52
40	1995	Canadian Bacon	Charles Jackal, NBS Reporter	58
41	1995	Separate Lives	Tom Beckwith	45
42	1996	Race the Sun	Frank Machi	52
43	1996	Jingle All the Way	Mall Santa	60
44	1997	Retroactive	Frank	61
45	1997	Gold In The Streets	Mario (as James Belushi)	0
46	1997	Dog's Best Friend	Skippy (voice)	20
47	1997	Bad Baby	Dad (voice)	65
48	1997	Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off	Phil Palmfeather (voice)	67
49	1997	Living in Peril	Oliver Harrison	44
50	1997	Gang Related	Detective Frank K Divinci	63
51	1997	Babes in Toyland	Gonzargo (voice)	50
52	1997	Wag the Dog	Jim Belushi	70
53	1999	Justice	Frank Spello	52
54	1999	Angel's Dance	Rosellini	61
55	1999	The Florentine	Billy Belasco	52
56	1999	Made Men	Bill Manucci	53
57	1999	Visit Fabulous Las Vegas	Self	0
58	1999	The Nuttiest Nutcracker	Reginald (Voice)	41
59	1999	Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero	Self	0
60	1999	K-911	Mike Dooley	56
61	2000	Return to Me	Joe Dayton	66
62	2000	Who Killed Atlanta's Children?	Pat Laughlin	55
63	2001	Into the Valley of Death	Self	0
64	2001	Joe Somebody	Chuck Scarett	57
65	2002	Snow Dogs	Demon (voice)	56
66	2002	One Way Out	Harry Woltz	58
67	2002	K-9: P.I.	Mike Dooley	57
68	2002	A Scooby-Doo! Christmas	Asa Buckwald (voice)	84
69	2002	Rugrats: Babies in Toyland	Santa Claus (voice)	60
70	2003	Toronto Rocks	Self	80
71	2003	Easy Sex	Elvis (as James Belushi)	55
72	2004	DysEnchanted	Doctor	77
73	2005	Tugger: The Jeep 4x4 Who Wanted to Fly	Tugger (voice)	62
74	2005	The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music	Self	0
75	2005	Hoodwinked!	The Woodsman (voice)	62
76	2006	The Wild	Benny (voice)	55
77	2006	Casper's Scare School	Alder (voice)	50
78	2006	Farce of the Penguins	They're all bitches Penguin (voice)	40
79	2007	Underdog	Dan Unger	55
80	2008	Snow Buddies	Bernie (voice)	61
81	2008	Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King	Glob (voice)	77
82	2010	The Ghost Writer	John Maddox	68
83	2010	2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift	(archive footage)	66
84	2011	Cougars, Inc.	Dan Fox	50
85	2011	New Year's Eve	Building Super	59
86	2012	Thunderstruck	Coach Amross	61
87	2013	The Secret Lives of Dorks	Bronko	49
88	2014	Stan Lee's Mighty 7	Mr. Cross (voice)	57
89	2014	Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return	The Cowardly Lion (voice)	63
90	2015	Home Sweet Hell	Les	54
91	2015	The Curious Case of the Chicago Cubs		0
92	2016	The Whole Truth	Boone Lassiter	65
93	2016	Undrafted	Jim	73
94	2016	The Hollow Point	Shepard	58
95	2017	A Change of Heart	Hank	20
96	2017	Sollers Point	Carol	52
97	2017	Wonder Wheel	Humpty	64
98	2017	Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon	Self	0
99	2017	The Number of Completion	Self	55
100	2017	Tell It Martin	Self	50
101	2017	The Polish Accountant	Self	60
102	2017	A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth	Self	60
103	2018	Salvage		0
104	2018	Katie Says Goodbye	Bear	66
105	2018	Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie	Coach Wittenberg (voice)	76
106	2019	John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster	Narrator	70
107	2020	Belushi	Self (archive footage)	68
108	2024	Fight Another Day		35
109		Fairytale	James	0
110	2022	Gigi & Nate	Dan Gibson	77
111		The Chronology of Water		0
112		Song Sung Blue		0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1975	Saturday Night Live		69
2	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Various Characters	69
3	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	69
4	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self	69
5	1976	Laverne & Shirley		72
6	1978	Who's Watching the Kids?		50
7	1979	Working Stiffs		35
8	1982	Late Night with David Letterman	Self	59
9	1982	Faerie Tale Theatre	Mario	82
10	1987	Biography	Self	62
11	1989	America's Funniest Home Videos		65
12	1990	Twin Peaks	Bradley Mitchum	83
13	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		54
14	1992	The Larry Sanders Show		77
15	1993	Wild Palms	Harry Wyckoff	64
16	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	71
17	1994	The Tick	Mr. Fleener (voice)	73
18	1994	ER	Dan Harris	78
19	1994	Gargoyles	Fang (voice)	81
20	1994	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters	Simon the Monster Hunter (voice)	78
21	1995	Santo Bugito	Baby Face (voice)	0
22	1995	Die Harald Schmidt Show	Self	70
23	1996	E! True Hollywood Story		81
24	1996	Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series	Phil (voice)	56
25	1996	Hey Arnold!	Coach Wittenberg (voice)	80
26	1997	The View	Self	45
27	1997	Cow and Chicken		71
28	1997	Total Security		0
29	1998	Hercules	Nestor (voice)	68
30	1999	The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn	Self - Guest	42
31	2001	According to Jim	Jim	65
32	2002	George Lopez		76
33	2002	The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	Coach Gruber (voice)	74
34	2002	Ozzy & Drix	Captain Quinine (voice)	78
35	2002	What's New, Scooby-Doo?	Asa Buckwald (voice)	79
36	2002	Less than Perfect	Eddie Smirkoff	69
37	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!		55
38	2003	Real Time with Bill Maher	Self	60
39	2003	Celebrities Uncensored	Self	25
40	2003	E!'s 101	Self	0
41	2003	I'm with Her	Leslie Buren	66
42	2004	Fatherhood		42
43	2004	The Tony Danza Show	Self - Guest	61
44	2005	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Self	68
45	2005	My Crazy Life		0
46	2006	Second City: First Family of Comedy	Self	0
47	2006	Yin Yang Yo!	The Puffin (voice)	76
48	2006	Me, Eloise	Bartolome T. Baxter III (voice)	100
49	2010	The Defenders	Nick Morelli	69
50	2010	The Talk	Self	34
51	2010	Buccaneers & Bones		40
52	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	54
53	2014	TripTank	Guy (voice)	51
54	2014	The 7D	Coach Coachy (voice)	60
55	2015	Show Me a Hero	Angelo Martinelli	70
56	2015	Good Girls Revolt	William "Wick" McFadden	69
57	2020	Growing Belushi	Self	86
58	2024	A History of the World in Six Glasses	Self	0