Jim Belushi
Known for Acting · 179 credits
- Born
- 1954-06-15 (age 72)
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- James Adam Belushi · Jim Belushi · James Belushi · Джим Белуши · Джеймс Белуши · James A. Belushi
Biography
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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Known For
TV Shows (60)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Various Characters / Self (uncredited)
ER
1994
as Dan Harris
Twin Peaks
1990
as Bradley Mitchum
The View
1997
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
2002
as Coach Gruber (voice)
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Talk
2010
as Self
According to Jim
2001
as Jim
Cow and Chicken
1997
as Butch (voice)
America's Funniest Home Videos
1989
Hey Arnold!
1996
as Coach Wittenberg (voice)
Gargoyles
1994
as Fang (voice)
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002
as Asa Buckwald (voice)
Duckman
1994
as Saul Monella (voice)
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Jim Belushi
Laverne & Shirley
1976
Hercules
1998
as Nestor (voice)
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
1994
as Simon the Monster Hunter (voice)
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Mario
The 7D
2014
as Coach Coachy (voice)
Biography
1987
as Self
George Lopez
2002
as The Inspector
Less than Perfect
2002
as Eddie Smirkoff
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
as Self - Guest
Yin Yang Yo!
2006
as The Puffin (voice)
Pinky and the Brain
1995
as Maguire (voice)
The Defenders
2010
as Nick Morelli
The Tick
1994
as Mr. Fleener (voice)
TripTank
2014
as Guy (voice)
Dumb and Dumber
1995
as Duker (voice) / Manager (voice)
Show Me a Hero
2015
as Angelo Martinelli
Ozzy & Drix
2002
as Captain Quinine (voice)
Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series
1996
as Phil (voice)
E!'s 101
2003
as Self
I'm with Her
2003
as Leslie Buren
Me, Eloise
2006
as Bartolome T. Baxter III (voice)
Bruno the Kid
1996
Total Security
1997
Wild Palms
1993
as Harry Wyckoff
Santo Bugito
1995
as Baby Face (voice)
Good Girls Revolt
2015
as William "Wick" McFadden
Fatherhood
2004
Buccaneers & Bones
2010
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Second City: First Family of Comedy
2006
as Self
Who's Watching the Kids?
1978
A History of the World in Six Glasses
2024
as Self
Working Stiffs
1979
My Crazy Life
2005
K9 PD with Jim Belushi
2026
as Narrator
Growing Belushi
2020
as Self
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
as Self
Movies (119)
Trading Places
1983
as Harvey
Song Sung Blue
2025
as Tom D'Amato
Hoodwinked!
2005
as The Woodsman (voice)
Jingle All the Way
1996
as Mall Santa
New Year's Eve
2011
as Building Super
Little Shop of Horrors
1986
as Patrick Martin
Last Action Hero
1993
as James Belushi
Red Heat
1988
as Art Ridzik
Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986
as Sperry Repairman
The Wild
2006
as Benny (voice)
The Chronology of Water
2025
as Ken Kesey
Underdog
2007
as Dan Unger
Thief
1981
as Barry Stratagakis
Snow Dogs
2002
as Demon (voice)
The Whole Truth
2016
as Boone Lassiter
Wonder Wheel
2017
as Humpty
The Ghost Writer
2010
as John Maddox
Thunderstruck
2012
as Coach Amross
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
2014
as The Cowardly Lion (voice)
Sahara
1995
as Sgt. Joe Gunn
Home Sweet Hell
2015
as Les
K-9
1989
as Mike Dooley
The Man with One Red Shoe
1985
as Morris
About Last Night...
1986
as Bernie Litgo
The Fury
1978
as Beach Bum (uncredited)
The Pebble and the Penguin
1995
as Rocko (voice)
Easy Sex
2003
as Elvis (as James Belushi)
Babes in Toyland
1997
as Gonzargo (voice)
Curly Sue
1991
as Bill Dancer
Taking Care of Business
1990
as Jimmy Dworski
Return to Me
2000
as Joe Dayton
Real Men
1987
as Nick Pirandello
Wag the Dog
1997
as Jim Belushi
A Scooby-Doo! Christmas
2002
as Asa Buckwald (voice)
Gigi & Nate
2022
as Dan Gibson
Casper's Scare School
2006
as Alder (voice)
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
2018
as Coach Wittenberg (voice)
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
2008
as Glob (voice)
Who's Harry Crumb?
1989
as Man on Bus (uncredited)
Pinocchio
1984
as Mario
Gang Related
1997
as Detective Frank K Divinci
Snow Buddies
2008
as Bernie (voice)
Salvador
1986
as Doctor Rock
Race the Sun
1996
as Frank Machi
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
as Self
The Hollow Point
2016
as Shepard
Canadian Bacon
1995
as Charles Jackal, NBS Reporter
The Principal
1987
as Rick Latimer
Diary of a Hitman
1991
as Shandy
Only the Lonely
1991
as Salvatore Buonarte (as James Belushi)
Katie Says Goodbye
2018
as Bear
Joe Somebody
2001
as Chuck Scarett
Stan Lee's Mighty 7
2014
as Mr. Cross (voice)
Belushi
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Crime
1992
as Neil Schwary
K-911
2000
as Mike Dooley
Farce of the Penguins
2006
as They're all bitches Penguin (voice)
Angel's Dance
1999
as Rosellini
The Florentine
1999
as Billy Belasco
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
as Self
K-9: P.I.
2002
as Mike Dooley
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero
1999
as Self
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005
as Self
A Change of Heart
2017
as Hank
Mr. Destiny
1990
as Larry Burrows
Into the Valley of Death
2001
as Self
Destiny Turns on the Radio
1995
as Tuerto
The Nuttiest Nutcracker
1999
as Reginald (Voice)
Parallel Lives
1994
as Nick Dimas
Traces of Red
1992
as Jack Dobson
Separate Lives
1995
as Tom Beckwith
Fight Another Day
2024
as Duke
Retroactive
1997
as Frank
Cougars, Inc.
2011
as Dan Fox
Behind the Smile
2006
as Jeffrey Stone (as James Belushi)
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
as (archive footage)
Undrafted
2016
as Jim
Green Bank
DysEnchanted
2004
as Doctor
The Palermo Connection
1990
as Carmine Bonavia
The Secret Lives of Dorks
2013
as Bronko
East Meets West: "Red Heat" and the Kings of Carolco
2004
as Self (archive)
The Polish Accountant
2017
as Self
Living in Peril
1997
as Oliver Harrison
Sollers Point
2017
as Carol
The Number of Completion
2017
as Self
Tell It Martin
2017
as Self
Gold In The Streets
1997
as Mario (as James Belushi)
Dog's Best Friend
1997
as Skippy (voice)
Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe
1990
as Principal Latimer
Catch the Wind
2026
as James
Justice
1999
as Frank Spello
The Louie N' Louie Show
1995
as Louie
Royce
1994
as Shane Royce
Wedding Band
1990
as Reverend
Homer and Eddie
1989
as Homer Lanza
Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off
1997
as Phil Palmfeather (voice)
Mutant Video
1986
as Bobby
Tugger: The Jeep® 4x4 Who Wanted to Fly
2005
as Tugger (voice)
Rugrats: Babies in Toyland
2002
as Santa Claus (voice)
The Best Legs in Eighth Grade
1984
as Saint Valentine
Masters of Menace
1990
as Gypsy
The Cleansing
1980
as Bobby
A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth
2017
as Self
Karate Ghost
Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
2000
as Pat Laughlin
Made Men
1999
as Bill Manucci
Toronto Rocks
2003
as Self
The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
2005
as Self
Birthday Boy
1986
as Bobby
One Way Out
2002
as Harry Woltz
Bad Baby
1997
as Dad (voice)
Visit Fabulous Las Vegas
1999
as Self
Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon
2017
as Self
Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter
1985
as Clayton Pyle
The Curious Case of the Chicago Cubs
2015
Sugar or Plain
1984
as Bobby
Salvage
2018
John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster
2019
as Narrator
About 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 sist… With 179 credits spanning from 1975 to 2026, Jim Belushi has appeared in 119 films and 60 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jim Belushi Movies
- Trading Places (1983) — as Harvey
- Song Sung Blue (2025) — as Tom D'Amato
- Hoodwinked! (2005) — as The Woodsman (voice)
- Jingle All the Way (1996) — as Mall Santa
- New Year's Eve (2011) — as Building Super
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