
Jim Belushi
Known for Acting · 179 credits
- Born
- 1954-06-15 (age 71)
- 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

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Various Characters / Self (uncredited)

Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self

ER
1994
as Dan Harris

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self

The View
1997
as Self

Twin Peaks
1990
as Bradley Mitchum

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self

Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
as Self

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992

Late Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self

Hey Arnold!
1996
as Coach Wittenberg (voice)

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
2002
as Coach Gruber (voice)

According to Jim
2001
as Jim

Cow and Chicken
1997
as Butch (voice)

Hercules
1998
as Nestor (voice)

Laverne & Shirley
1976

Gargoyles
1994
as Fang (voice)

The Defenders
2010
as Nick Morelli

America's Funniest Home Videos
1989

Duckman
1994
as Saul Monella (voice)

The Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Jim Belushi
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest

What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002
as Asa Buckwald (voice)

The 7D
2014
as Coach Coachy (voice)

The Talk
2010
as Self

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
1994
as Simon the Monster Hunter (voice)

Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Mario

Less than Perfect
2002
as Eddie Smirkoff

Yin Yang Yo!
2006
as The Puffin (voice)

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
as Self - Guest

Pinky and the Brain
1995
as Maguire (voice)

Biography
1987
as Self

George Lopez
2002
as The Inspector

Ozzy & Drix
2002
as Captain Quinine (voice)

Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series
1996
as Phil (voice)

TripTank
2014
as Guy (voice)

The Tick
1994
as Mr. Fleener (voice)
E!'s 101
2003
as Self

I'm with Her
2003
as Leslie Buren

Bruno the Kid
1996

Me, Eloise
2006
as Bartolome T. Baxter III (voice)

Show Me a Hero
2015
as Angelo Martinelli

Buccaneers & Bones
2010

Dumb and Dumber
1995
as Duker (voice) / Manager (voice)

Wild Palms
1993
as Harry Wyckoff

Santo Bugito
1995
as Baby Face (voice)

Total Security
1997

Second City: First Family of Comedy
2006
as Self

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

Good Girls Revolt
2015
as William "Wick" McFadden

Working Stiffs
1979

Fatherhood
2004
Who's Watching the Kids?
1978

A History of the World in Six Glasses
2024
as Self
My Crazy Life
2005

Growing Belushi
2020
as Self

K9 PD with Jim Belushi
2026
as Narrator

Celebrities Uncensored
2003
as Self
Movies (119)

Trading Places
1983
as Harvey

Hoodwinked!
2005
as The Woodsman (voice)

Red Heat
1988
as Art Ridzik

Last Action Hero
1993
as James Belushi

The Chronology of Water
2025
as Ken Kesey

Song Sung Blue
2025
as Tom D'Amato

The Wild
2006
as Benny (voice)

Jingle All the Way
1996
as Mall Santa

Little Shop of Horrors
1986
as Patrick Martin

Thief
1981
as Barry Stratagakis

Snow Dogs
2002
as Demon (voice)

Underdog
2007
as Dan Unger

The Fury
1978
as Beach Bum (uncredited)

New Year's Eve
2011
as Building Super

Gang Related
1997
as Detective Frank K Divinci

The Whole Truth
2016
as Boone Lassiter

Curly Sue
1991
as Bill Dancer

The Ghost Writer
2010
as John Maddox

K-9
1989
as Mike Dooley

The Man with One Red Shoe
1985
as Morris

Gigi & Nate
2022
as Dan Gibson

Wag the Dog
1997
as Jim Belushi

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
2014
as The Cowardly Lion (voice)

K-911
2000
as Mike Dooley

Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
2018
as Coach Wittenberg (voice)

Real Men
1987
as Nick Pirandello

Joe Somebody
2001
as Chuck Scarett

Salvador
1986
as Doctor Rock

The Pebble and the Penguin
1995
as Rocko (voice)

Wonder Wheel
2017
as Humpty

Taking Care of Business
1990
as Jimmy Dworski

Thunderstruck
2012
as Coach Amross

K-9: P.I.
2002
as Mike Dooley

About Last Night...
1986
as Bernie Litgo

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
as Self

Casper's Scare School
2006
as Alder (voice)

Snow Buddies
2008
as Bernie (voice)

Only the Lonely
1991
as Salvatore Buonarte (as James Belushi)

Return to Me
2000
as Joe Dayton

Who's Harry Crumb?
1989
as Man on Bus (uncredited)

Once Upon a Crime
1992
as Neil Schwary

Home Sweet Hell
2015
as Les

The Principal
1987
as Rick Latimer

Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
2008
as Glob (voice)

Canadian Bacon
1995
as Charles Jackal, NBS Reporter

Destiny Turns on the Radio
1995
as Tuerto

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
as Self

Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986
as Sperry Repairman

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
as (archive footage)

DysEnchanted
2004
as Doctor

Race the Sun
1996
as Frank Machi

Farce of the Penguins
2006
as They're all bitches Penguin (voz)

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005
as Self

Sahara
1995
as Sgt. Joe Gunn

The Florentine
1999
as Billy Belasco

A Change of Heart
2017
as Hank

Justice
1999
as Frank Spello

Mr. Destiny
1990
as Larry Burrows

Cougars, Inc.
2011
as Dan Fox

Living in Peril
1997
as Oliver Harrison

Retroactive
1997
as Frank

Royce
1994
as Shane Royce

The Hollow Point
2016
as Shepard

Babes in Toyland
1997
as Gonzargo (voice)

Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off
1997
as Phil Palmfeather (voice)

Traces of Red
1992
as Jack Dobson

Homer and Eddie
1989
as Homer Lanza

Separate Lives
1995
as Tom Beckwith

Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
2000
as Pat Laughlin

Diary of a Hitman
1991
as Shandy

Katie Says Goodbye
2018
as Bear

Belushi
2020
as Self (archive footage)

Pinocchio
1984
as Mario

A Scooby-Doo! Christmas
2002
as Asa Buckwald (voice)

Made Men
1999
as Bill Manucci

Rugrats: Babies in Toyland
2002
as Santa Claus (voice)

Masters of Menace
1990
as Gypsy

Easy Sex
2003
as Elvis (as James Belushi)

Tugger: The Jeep® 4x4 Who Wanted to Fly
2005
as Tugger (voice)

The Secret Lives of Dorks
2013
as Bronko

Bad Baby
1997
as Dad (voice)

The Nuttiest Nutcracker
1999
as Reginald (Voice)

The Palermo Connection
1990
as Carmine Bonavia

Undrafted
2016
as Jim

Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe
1990
as Principal Latimer

Fight Another Day
2024
as Duke

Angel's Dance
1999
as Rosellini
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero
1999
as Self

Parallel Lives
1994
as Nick Dimas

Stan Lee's Mighty 7
2014
as Mr. Cross (voice)

Sollers Point
2017
as Carol

Toronto Rocks
2003
as Self
Salvage
2018

Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon
2017
as Self

Visit Fabulous Las Vegas
1999
as Self

A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth
2017
as Self

The Number of Completion
2017
as Self

Behind the Smile
2006
as Jeffrey Stone (as James Belushi)

The Best Legs in Eighth Grade
1984
as Saint Valentine

Gold In The Streets
1997
as Mario (as James Belushi)

Birthday Boy
1986
as Bobby
Karate Ghost

The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
2005
as Self

Tell It Martin
2017
as Self

The Polish Accountant
2017
as Self

The Louie N' Louie Show
1995
as Louie
Into the Valley of Death
2001
as Self

Wedding Band
1990
as Reverend

Green Bank

Dog's Best Friend
1997
as Skippy (voice)

Catch the Wind
2026
as James

John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster
2019
as Narrator

One Way Out
2002
as Harry Woltz
The Curious Case of the Chicago Cubs
2015
The Cleansing
1980
as Bobby

Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter
1985
as Clayton Pyle
Sugar or Plain
1984
as Bobby

Mutant Video
1986
as Bobby
East Meets West: "Red Heat" and the Kings of Carolco
as Self (archive)
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
- Hoodwinked! (2005) — as The Woodsman (voice)
- Red Heat (1988) — as Art Ridzik
- Last Action Hero (1993) — as James Belushi
- The Chronology of Water (2025) — as Ken Kesey
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