Jim Belushi

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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

Trading Places

Harvey

Last Action Hero

James Belushi

Jingle All the Way

Mall Santa

Twin Peaks

Bradley Mitchum

The Ghost Writer

John Maddox

New Year's Eve

Building Super

Hoodwinked!

The Woodsman (voice)

Little Shop of Horrors

Patrick Martin

Full Filmography

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

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