Actor
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Jim Belushi
Born 1954-06-15
📍 Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
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Filmography 169
Catch the Wind
as James
2026
K9 PD with Jim Belushi
as Narrator
2026
Song Sung Blue
as Tom D'Amato
2025
The Chronology of Water
as Ken Kesey
2025
Fight Another Day
as Duke
2024
A History of the World in Six Glasses
as Self
2024
Gigi & Nate
as Dan Gibson
2022
Growing Belushi
as Self
2020
Belushi
as Self (archive footage)
2020
John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster
as Narrator
2019
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
as Coach Wittenberg (voice)
2018
Katie Says Goodbye
as Bear
2018
Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon
as Self
2017
The Number of Completion
as Self
2017
Tell It Martin
as Self
2017
The Polish Accountant
as Self
2017
A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth
as Self
2017
Wonder Wheel
as Humpty
2017
Sollers Point
as Carol
2017
A Change of Heart
as Hank
2017
The Hollow Point
as Shepard
2016
Undrafted
as Jim
2016
The Whole Truth
as Boone Lassiter
2016
Good Girls Revolt
as William "Wick" McFadden
2015
Show Me a Hero
as Angelo Martinelli
2015
Home Sweet Hell
as Les
2015
The 7D
as Coach Coachy (voice)
2014
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
as The Cowardly Lion (voice)
2014
TripTank
as Guy (voice)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
Stan Lee's Mighty 7
as Mr. Cross (voice)
2014
The Secret Lives of Dorks
as Bronko
2013
Thunderstruck
as Coach Amross
2012
New Year's Eve
as Building Super
2011
Cougars, Inc.
as Dan Fox
2011
Buccaneers & Bones
2010
The Talk
as Self
2010
The Defenders
as Nick Morelli
2010
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage)
2010
The Ghost Writer
as John Maddox
2010
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
as Glob (voice)
2008
Snow Buddies
as Bernie (voice)
2008
Underdog
as Dan Unger
2007
Farce of the Penguins
as They're all bitches Penguin (voz)
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
Second City: First Family of Comedy
as Self
2006
The Wild
as Benny (voice)
2006
Behind the Smile
as Jeffrey Stone (as James Belushi)
2006
Hoodwinked!
as The Woodsman (voice)
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
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2005
Fatherhood
2004
DysEnchanted
as Doctor
2004
Easy Sex
as Elvis (as James Belushi)
2003
I'm with Her
as Leslie Buren
2003
Toronto Rocks
as Self
2003
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self
2003
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
Rugrats: Babies in Toyland
as Santa Claus (voice)
2002
A Scooby-Doo! Christmas
as Asa Buckwald (voice)
2002
Less than Perfect
as Eddie Smirkoff
2002
Ozzy & Drix
as Captain Quinine (voice)
2002
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
as Asa Buckwald (voice)
2002
K-9: P.I.
as Mike Dooley
2002
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
as Coach Gruber (voice)
2002
George Lopez
as The Inspector
2002
One Way Out
as Harry Woltz
2002
Snow Dogs
as Demon (voice)
2002
Joe Somebody
as Chuck Scarett
2001
According to Jim
as Jim
2001
Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
as Pat Laughlin
2000
Return to Me
as Joe Dayton
2000
K-911
as Mike Dooley
2000
The Nuttiest Nutcracker
as Reginald (Voice)
1999
Visit Fabulous Las Vegas
as Self
1999
Made Men
as Bill Manucci
1999
The Florentine
as Billy Belasco
1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self - Guest
1999
Angel's Dance
as Rosellini
1999
Justice
as Frank Spello
1999
Hercules
as Nestor (voice)
1998
Wag the Dog
as Jim Belushi
1997
Babes in Toyland
as Gonzargo (voice)
1997
Gang Related
as Detective Frank K Divinci
1997
Total Security
1997
Cow and Chicken
as Butch (voice)
1997
The View
as Self
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)
1997
Retroactive
as Frank
1997
Jingle All the Way
as Mall Santa
1996
Hey Arnold!
as Coach Wittenberg (voice)
1996
Bruno the Kid
1996
Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series
as Phil (voice)
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Race the Sun
as Frank Machi
1996
Die Harald Schmidt Show
as Self
1995
Dumb and Dumber
as Duker (voice)
1995
Dumb and Dumber
as Manager (voice)
1995
Pinky and the Brain
as Maguire (voice)
1995
Separate Lives
as Tom Beckwith
1995
Canadian Bacon
as Charles Jackal, NBS Reporter
1995
Destiny Turns on the Radio
as Tuerto
1995
Sahara
as Sgt. Joe Gunn
1995
The Pebble and the Penguin
as Rocko (voice)
1995
The Louie N' Louie Show
as Louie
1995
Santo Bugito
as Baby Face (voice)
1995
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
Royce
as Shane Royce
1994
Parallel Lives
as Nick Dimas
1994
Duckman
as Saul Monella (voice)
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
Last Action Hero
as James Belushi
1993
Wild Palms
as Harry Wyckoff
1993
Traces of Red
as Jack Dobson
1992
The Larry Sanders Show
as Jim Belushi
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Once Upon a Crime
as Neil Schwary
1992
Diary of a Hitman
as Shandy
1991
Curly Sue
as Bill Dancer
1991
Only the Lonely
as Salvatore Buonarte (as James Belushi)
1991
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
Twin Peaks
as Bradley Mitchum
1990
Wedding Band
as Reverend
1990
The Palermo Connection
as Carmine Bonavia
1990
America's Funniest Home Videos
1989
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
as Self
1989
Homer and Eddie
as Homer Lanza
1989
K-9
as Mike Dooley
1989
Who's Harry Crumb?
as Man on Bus (uncredited)
1989
Red Heat
as Art Ridzik
1988
Real Men
as Nick Pirandello
1987
The Principal
as Rick Latimer
1987
Biography
as Self
1987
Little Shop of Horrors
as Patrick Martin
1986
Jumpin' Jack Flash
as Sperry Repairman
1986
About Last Night...
as Bernie Litgo
1986
Salvador
as Doctor Rock
1986
Mutant Video
as Bobby
1986
Birthday Boy
as Bobby
1986
The Man with One Red Shoe
as Morris
1985
Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter
as Clayton Pyle
1985
Pinocchio
as Mario
1984
The Best Legs in Eighth Grade
as Saint Valentine
1984
Trading Places
as Harvey
1983
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Mario
1982
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self
1982
Thief
as Barry Stratagakis
1981
Working Stiffs
1979
The Fury
as Beach Bum (uncredited)
1978
Laverne & Shirley
1976
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Various Characters
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Green Bank