Jim 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
Acting History
2025
Song Sung Blue as Tom D'Amato
2025The Chronology of Water as Ken Kesey
2024Fight Another Day as Duke
2024A History of the World in Six Glasses as Self
2022Gigi & Nate as Dan Gibson
2020Growing Belushi as Self
2020Belushi as Self (archive footage)
2019John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster as Narrator
2018Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie as Coach Wittenberg (voice)
2018Katie Says Goodbye as Bear
2018Salvage
2017The Number of Completion as Self
2017The Polish Accountant as Self
2017A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth as Self
2017Tell It Martin as Self
2017Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon as Self
2017Wonder Wheel as Humpty
2017Sollers Point as Carol
2017A Change of Heart as Hank
2016The Hollow Point as Shepard
2016Undrafted as Jim
2016The Whole Truth as Boone Lassiter
2015Good Girls Revolt as William "Wick" McFadden
2015The Curious Case of the Chicago Cubs
2015Show Me a Hero as Angelo Martinelli
2015Home Sweet Hell as Les
2014The 7D as Coach Coachy (voice)
2014Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return as The Cowardly Lion (voice)
2014TripTank as Guy (voice)
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014Stan Lee's Mighty 7 as Mr. Cross (voice)
2013The Secret Lives of Dorks as Bronko
2012Thunderstruck as Coach Amross
2011New Year's Eve as Building Super
2011Cougars, Inc. as Dan Fox
2010Buccaneers & Bones
2010The Talk as Self
2010The Defenders as Nick Morelli
20102Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift as (archive footage)
2010The Ghost Writer as John Maddox
2008Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King as Glob (voice)
2008Snow Buddies as Bernie (voice)
2007Underdog as Dan Unger
2006Farce of the Penguins as They're all bitches Penguin (voz)
2006Casper's Scare School as Alder (voice)
2006Me, Eloise as Bartolome T. Baxter III (voice)
2006Yin Yang Yo! as The Puffin (voice)
2006Second City: First Family of Comedy as Self
2006The Wild as Benny (voice)
2006Behind the Smile as Jeffrey Stone (as James Belushi)
2005Hoodwinked! as The Woodsman (voice)
2005The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music as Self
2005Tugger: The Jeep® 4x4 Who Wanted to Fly as Tugger (voice)
2005Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found as Self
2005My Crazy Life
2005The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
2004The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
2004Fatherhood
2004DysEnchanted as Doctor
2003Easy Sex as Elvis (as James Belushi)
2003I'm with Her as Leslie Buren
2003Toronto Rocks as Self
2003E!'s 101 as Self
2003Celebrities Uncensored as Self
2003Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2002Rugrats: Babies in Toyland as Santa Claus (voice)
2002A Scooby-Doo! Christmas as Asa Buckwald (voice)
2002Less than Perfect as Eddie Smirkoff
2002What's New, Scooby-Doo? as Asa Buckwald (voice)
2002Ozzy & Drix as Captain Quinine (voice)
2002K-9: P.I. as Mike Dooley
2002The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius as Coach Gruber (voice)
2002George Lopez as The Inspector
2002One Way Out as Harry Woltz
2002Snow Dogs as Demon (voice)
2001Joe Somebody as Chuck Scarett
2001According to Jim as Jim
2001Into the Valley of Death as Self
2000Who Killed Atlanta's Children? as Pat Laughlin
2000Return to Me as Joe Dayton
2000K-911 as Mike Dooley
1999Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero as Self
1999The Nuttiest Nutcracker as Reginald (Voice)
1999Visit Fabulous Las Vegas as Self
1999Made Men as Bill Manucci
1999The Florentine as Billy Belasco
1999The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
1999Angel's Dance as Rosellini
1999Justice as Frank Spello
1998Hercules as Nestor (voice)
1997Wag the Dog as Jim Belushi
1997Babes in Toyland as Gonzargo (voice)
1997Gang Related as Detective Frank K Divinci
1997Total Security
1997Cow and Chicken
1997The View as Self
1997Living in Peril as Oliver Harrison
1997Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off as Phil Palmfeather (voice)
1997Bad Baby as Dad (voice)
1997Dog's Best Friend as Skippy (voice)
1997Gold In The Streets as Mario (as James Belushi)
1997Retroactive as Frank
1996Jingle All the Way as Mall Santa
1996Hey Arnold! as Coach Wittenberg (voice)
1996Bruno the Kid
1996Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series as Phil (voice)
1996E! True Hollywood Story
1996Race the Sun as Frank Machi
1995Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
1995Separate Lives as Tom Beckwith
1995Canadian Bacon as Charles Jackal, NBS Reporter
1995Destiny Turns on the Radio as Tuerto
1995Sahara as Sgt. Joe Gunn
1995The Pebble and the Penguin as Rocko (voice)
1995The Louie N' Louie Show as Louie
1995Santo Bugito as Baby Face (voice)
1994Aaahh!!! Real Monsters as Simon the Monster Hunter (voice)
1994Gargoyles as Fang (voice)
1994ER as Dan Harris
1994The Tick as Mr. Fleener (voice)
1994Royce as Shane Royce
1994Parallel Lives as Nick Dimas
1994Duckman as Saul Monella (voice)
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1993Last Action Hero as James Belushi
1993Wild Palms as Harry Wyckoff
1992Traces of Red as Jack Dobson
1992The Larry Sanders Show
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992Once Upon a Crime as Neil Schwary
1991Diary of a Hitman as Shandy
1991Curly Sue as Bill Dancer
1991Only the Lonely as Salvatore Buonarte (as James Belushi)
1990Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe as Principal Latimer
1990Mr. Destiny as Larry Burrows
1990Masters of Menace as Gypsy
1990Taking Care of Business as Jimmy Dworski
1990Twin Peaks as Bradley Mitchum
1990Wedding Band as Reverend
1990The Palermo Connection as Carmine Bonavia
1989America's Funniest Home Videos
1989Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary as Self
1989Homer and Eddie as Homer Lanza
1989K-9 as Mike Dooley
1989Who's Harry Crumb? as Man on Bus (uncredited)
1988Red Heat as Art Ridzik
1987Real Men as Nick Pirandello
1987The Principal as Rick Latimer
1987Biography as Self
1986Little Shop of Horrors as Patrick Martin
1986Jumpin' Jack Flash as Sperry Repairman
1986About Last Night... as Bernie Litgo
1986Salvador as Doctor Rock
1986Mutant Video as Bobby
1986Birthday Boy as Bobby
1985The Man with One Red Shoe as Morris
1985Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter as Clayton Pyle
1984Pinocchio as Mario
1984The Best Legs in Eighth Grade as Saint Valentine
1983Trading Places as Harvey
1982Faerie Tale Theatre as Mario
1982Late Night with David Letterman as Self
1981Thief as Barry Stratagakis
1980The Cleansing as Bobby
1979Working Stiffs
1978Who's Watching the Kids?
1978The Fury as Beach Bum (uncredited)
1976Laverne & Shirley
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Various Characters
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
—Karate Ghost
—Catch the Wind as James