Acting
Jim Belushi
Acting · 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. 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.
Credits · 169
K9 PD with Jim Belushi
2026 · Narrator
FilmSong Sung Blue
2025 · Tom D'Amato
FilmThe Chronology of Water
2025 · Ken Kesey
FilmFight Another Day
2024 · Duke
A History of the World in Six Glasses
2024 · Self
FilmGigi & Nate
2022 · Dan Gibson
Growing Belushi
2020 · Self
FilmBelushi
2020 · Self (archive footage)
FilmJohn Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster
2019 · Narrator
FilmHey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
2018 · Coach Wittenberg (voice)
FilmKatie Says Goodbye
2018 · Bear
FilmTwin Peaks: The Phenomenon
2017 · Self
FilmThe Polish Accountant
2017 · Self
FilmThe Number of Completion
2017 · Self
FilmTell It Martin
2017 · Self
FilmA Bloody Finger in Your Mouth
2017 · Self
FilmWonder Wheel
2017 · Humpty
FilmSollers Point
2017 · Carol
FilmA Change of Heart
2017 · Hank
FilmThe Hollow Point
2016 · Shepard
FilmUndrafted
2016 · Jim
FilmThe Whole Truth
2016 · Boone Lassiter
Good Girls Revolt
2015 · William "Wick" McFadden
Show Me a Hero
2015 · Angelo Martinelli
FilmHome Sweet Hell
2015 · Les
The 7D
2014 · Coach Coachy (voice)
FilmLegends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
2014 · The Cowardly Lion (voice)
TripTank
2014 · Guy (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
FilmStan Lee's Mighty 7
2014 · Mr. Cross (voice)
FilmThe Secret Lives of Dorks
2013 · Bronko
FilmBorn In Chicago
2013 · Executive Producer
FilmThunderstruck
2012 · Coach Amross
FilmNew Year's Eve
2011 · Building Super
FilmCougars, Inc.
2011 · Dan Fox
Buccaneers & Bones
2010
The Talk
2010 · Self
The Defenders
2010 · Nick Morelli
Film2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010 · (archive footage)
FilmThe Ghost Writer
2010 · John Maddox
FilmScooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
2008 · Glob (voice)
FilmSnow Buddies
2008 · Bernie (voice)
FilmUnderdog
2007 · Dan Unger
FilmFarce of the Penguins
2006 · They're all bitches Penguin (voice)
FilmCasper's Scare School
2006 · Alder (voice)
Me, Eloise
2006 · Bartolome T. Baxter III (voice)
Yin Yang Yo!
2006 · The Puffin (voice)
Second City: First Family of Comedy
2006 · Self
FilmThe Wild
2006 · Benny (voice)
FilmBehind the Smile
2006 · Jeffrey Stone (as James Belushi)
FilmHoodwinked!
2005 · The Woodsman (voice)
FilmTugger: The Jeep® 4x4 Who Wanted to Fly
2005 · Tugger (voice)
FilmSaturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005 · Self
My Crazy Life
My Crazy Life
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · Self
The Tony Danza Show
The Tony Danza Show
2004 · Self - Guest
FilmEast Meets West: "Red Heat" and the Kings of Carolco
2004 · Self (archive)
Fatherhood
2004
FilmDysEnchanted
2004 · Doctor
FilmEasy Sex
2003 · Elvis (as James Belushi)
I'm with Her
2003 · Leslie Buren
FilmToronto Rocks
2003 · Self
E!'s 101
E!'s 101
2003 · Self
Celebrities Uncensored
2003 · Self
FilmABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003 · Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self
FilmRugrats: Babies in Toyland
2002 · Santa Claus (voice)
FilmA Scooby-Doo! Christmas
2002 · Asa Buckwald (voice)
Less than Perfect
2002 · Eddie Smirkoff
Ozzy & Drix
2002 · Captain Quinine (voice)
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002 · Asa Buckwald (voice)
FilmK-9: P.I.
2002 · Mike Dooley
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
2002 · Coach Gruber (voice)
George Lopez
2002 · The Inspector
FilmOne Way Out
2002 · Harry Woltz
FilmSnow Dogs
2002 · Demon (voice)
FilmJoe Somebody
2001 · Chuck Scarett
According to Jim
2001 · Jim
FilmWho Killed Atlanta's Children?
2000 · Pat Laughlin
FilmReturn to Me
2000 · Joe Dayton
FilmK-911
2000 · Mike Dooley
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero
FilmArnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero
1999 · Self
FilmThe Nuttiest Nutcracker
1999 · Reginald (Voice)
FilmMade Men
1999 · Bill Manucci
FilmThe Florentine
1999 · Billy Belasco
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999 · Self - Guest
FilmAngel's Dance
1999 · Rosellini
FilmJustice
1999 · Frank Spello
Hercules
1998 · Nestor (voice)
FilmWag the Dog
1997 · Jim Belushi
FilmBabes in Toyland
1997 · Gonzargo (voice)
FilmGang Related
1997 · Detective Frank K Divinci
Total Security
1997
Cow and Chicken
1997 · Butch (voice)
The View
1997 · Self
FilmLiving in Peril
1997 · Oliver Harrison
FilmMighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off
1997 · Phil Palmfeather (voice)
FilmBad Baby
1997 · Dad (voice)
FilmDog's Best Friend
1997 · Skippy (voice)
FilmGold In The Streets
1997 · Mario (as James Belushi)
FilmRetroactive
1997 · Frank
FilmJingle All the Way
1996 · Mall Santa
Hey Arnold!
1996 · Coach Wittenberg (voice)
Bruno the Kid
1996
Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series
1996 · Phil (voice)
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
FilmRace the Sun
1996 · Frank Machi
TFI Friday
1996
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995 · Self
Dumb and Dumber
1995 · Duker (voice)
Pinky and the Brain
1995 · Maguire (voice)
FilmSeparate Lives
1995 · Tom Beckwith
FilmCanadian Bacon
1995 · Charles Jackal, NBS Reporter
FilmDestiny Turns on the Radio
1995 · Tuerto
FilmSahara
1995 · Sgt. Joe Gunn
FilmThe Pebble and the Penguin
1995 · Rocko (voice)
Santo Bugito
1995 · Baby Face (voice)
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
1994 · Simon the Monster Hunter (voice)
Gargoyles
1994 · Fang (voice)
ER
1994 · Dan Harris
The Tick
1994 · Mr. Fleener (voice)
FilmRoyce
1994 · Shane Royce
FilmParallel Lives
1994 · Nick Dimas
Duckman
1994 · Saul Monella (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
FilmLast Action Hero
1993 · James Belushi
Wild Palms
1993 · Harry Wyckoff
FilmTraces of Red
1992 · Jack Dobson
The Larry Sanders Show
1992 · Jim Belushi
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
FilmOnce Upon a Crime
1992 · Neil Schwary
FilmDiary of a Hitman
1991 · Shandy
FilmCurly Sue
1991 · Bill Dancer
FilmOnly the Lonely
1991 · Salvatore Buonarte (as James Belushi)
FilmAbraxas, Guardian of the Universe
1990 · Principal Latimer
FilmMr. Destiny
1990 · Larry Burrows
FilmMasters of Menace
1990 · Gypsy
FilmTaking Care of Business
1990 · Jimmy Dworski
Twin Peaks
1990 · Bradley Mitchum
FilmWedding Band
1990 · Reverend
FilmThe Palermo Connection
1990 · Carmine Bonavia
America's Funniest Home Videos
1989
FilmSaturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989 · Self
FilmHomer and Eddie
1989 · Homer Lanza
FilmK-9
1989 · Mike Dooley
FilmWho's Harry Crumb?
1989 · Man on Bus (uncredited)
FilmRed Heat
1988 · Art Ridzik
FilmReal Men
1987 · Nick Pirandello
FilmThe Principal
1987 · Rick Latimer
Biography
1987 · Self
FilmNumber One with a Bullet
1987 · Writer
FilmLittle Shop of Horrors
1986 · Patrick Martin
FilmJumpin' Jack Flash
1986 · Sperry Repairman
FilmAbout Last Night...
1986 · Bernie Litgo
FilmSalvador
1986 · Doctor Rock
FilmBirthday Boy
1986 · Bobby
FilmThe Man with One Red Shoe
1985 · Morris
FilmPinocchio
1984 · Mario
FilmThe Best Legs in Eighth Grade
1984 · Saint Valentine
FilmTrading Places
1983 · Harvey
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · Mario
Late Night with David Letterman
1982 · Self
FilmThief
1981 · Barry Stratagakis
Working Stiffs
1979 · Ernie O'Rourke
Who's Watching the Kids?
Who's Watching the Kids?
1978
FilmThe Fury
1978 · Beach Bum (uncredited)
Laverne & Shirley
1976
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Various Characters