Jim Belushi
Known for acting · Born 15 June 1954 · 72 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
186 credits
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.
Known for
According to Jim
2001
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
1994
Saturday Night Live
1975
Yin Yang Yo!
2006
Red Heat
1988
Wonder Wheel
2017
The Wild
2006
K-9
1989
Underdog
2007
Curly Sue
1991
Salvador
1986
Hoodwinked!
2005
Acting (179)
2026K9 PD with Jim BelushiNarrator · 20 episodesSeries
2026Catch the WindJamesFilm
2025Song Sung BlueTom D'AmatoFilm
2025The Chronology of WaterKen KeseyFilm
2024Fight Another DayDukeFilm
2024A History of the World in Six GlassesSelf · 6 episodesSeries
2022Gigi & NateDan GibsonFilm
2020BelushiSelf (archive footage)Film
2020Growing BelushiSelf · 12 episodesSeries
2019John Wayne Gacy: Defending a MonsterNarratorFilm
2018Hey Arnold! The Jungle MovieCoach Wittenberg (voice)Film
2018Katie Says GoodbyeBearFilm
2018SalvageDukeFilm
2017Wonder WheelHumptyFilm
2017Sollers PointCarolFilm
2017A Change of HeartHankFilm
2017The Number of CompletionSelfFilm
2017A Bloody Finger in Your MouthSelfFilm
2017Tell It MartinSelfFilm
2017The Polish AccountantSelfFilm
2016The Whole TruthBoone LassiterFilm
2016The Hollow PointShepardFilm
2016UndraftedJimFilm
2015Home Sweet HellLesFilm
2015Show Me a HeroAngelo Martinelli · 6 episodesSeries
2015Good Girls RevoltWilliam "Wick" McFadden · 4 episodesSeries
2015The Curious Case of the Chicago CubsFilm
2014Legends of Oz: Dorothy's ReturnThe Cowardly Lion (voice)Film
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - GuestSeries
2014The 7DCoach Coachy (voice)Series
2014Stan Lee's Mighty 7Mr. Cross (voice)Film
2014TripTankGuy (voice)Series
2013The Secret Lives of DorksBronkoFilm
2012ThunderstruckCoach AmrossFilm
2011New Year's EveBuilding SuperFilm
2011Cougars, Inc.Dan FoxFilm
2010The Ghost WriterJohn MaddoxFilm
2010The DefendersNick Morelli · 18 episodesSeries
20102Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift(archive footage)Film
2010The TalkSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2010Buccaneers & Bones · 21 episodesSeries
2008Snow BuddiesBernie (voice)Film
2008Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin KingGlob (voice)Film
2007UnderdogDan UngerFilm
2006The WildBenny (voice)Film
2006Yin Yang Yo!The Puffin (voice) · 71 episodesSeries
2006Casper's Scare SchoolAlder (voice)Film
2006Farce of the PenguinsThey're All Bitches Penguin (voice)Film
2006Behind the SmileJeffrey Stone (as James Belushi)Film
2006Me, EloiseBartolome T. Baxter III (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2006Second City: First Family of ComedySelf · 3 episodesSeries
2005Hoodwinked!The Woodsman (voice)Film
2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelfSeries
2005Tugger: The Jeep® 4x4 Who Wanted to FlyTugger (voice)Film
2005Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and FoundSelfFilm
2005My Crazy LifeSeries
2005The Blues Brothers: Transposing The MusicSelfFilm
2004The Tony Danza ShowSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
2004DysEnchantedDoctorFilm
2004Fatherhood · 26 episodesSeries
2004East Meets West: "Red Heat" and the Kings of CarolcoSelf (archive)Film
2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelfSeries
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self · 4 episodesSeries
2003Easy SexElvis (as James Belushi)Film
2003Celebrities UncensoredSelfSeries
2003I'm with HerLeslie BurenSeries
2003Toronto RocksSelfFilm
2003ABC's 50th Anniversary CelebrationSelfFilm
2003E!'s 101SelfSeries
2002The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy GeniusCoach Gruber (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
2002Snow DogsDemon (voice)Film
2002What's New, Scooby-Doo?Asa Buckwald (voice)Series
2002K-9: P.I.Mike DooleyFilm
2002George LopezThe InspectorSeries
2002Ozzy & DrixCaptain Quinine (voice)Series
2002A Scooby-Doo! ChristmasAsa Buckwald (voice)Film
2002Less than PerfectEddie SmirkoffSeries
2002One Way OutHarry WoltzFilm
2002Rugrats: Babies in ToylandSanta Claus (voice)Film
2001According to JimJim · 182 episodesSeries
2001Joe SomebodyChuck ScarettFilm
2001Into the Valley of DeathSelfFilm
2000Return to MeJoe DaytonFilm
2000K-911Mike DooleyFilm
2000Who Killed Atlanta's Children?Pat LaughlinFilm
1999Made MenBill ManucciFilm
1999Angel's DanceRoselliniFilm
1999The Nuttiest NutcrackerReginald (Voice)Film
1999The Late Late Show with Craig KilbornSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
1999The FlorentineBilly BelascoFilm
1999JusticeFrank SpelloFilm
1999Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood HeroSelfFilm
1999Visit Fabulous Las VegasSelfFilm
1998HerculesNestor (voice)Series
1997Wag the DogJim BelushiFilm
1997Cow and ChickenButch (voice)Series
1997RetroactiveFrankFilm
1997Gang RelatedDetective Frank K DivinciFilm
1997The ViewSelf · 4 episodesSeries
1997Babes in ToylandGonzargo (voice)Film
1997Living in PerilOliver HarrisonFilm
1997Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-OffPhil Palmfeather (voice)Film
1997Dog's Best FriendSkippy (voice)Film
1997Bad BabyDad (voice)Film
1997Gold In The StreetsMario (as James Belushi)Film
1997Total Security · 13 episodesSeries
1996Jingle All the WayMall SantaFilm
1996Hey Arnold!Coach Wittenberg (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
1996E! True Hollywood StorySeries
1996Race the SunFrank MachiFilm
1996Mighty Ducks: The Animated SeriesPhil (voice) · 26 episodesSeries
1996TFI FridaySeries
1996Bruno the KidSeries
1995Pinky and the BrainMaguire (voice)Series
1995Canadian BaconCharles Jackal, NBS ReporterFilm
1995The Pebble and the PenguinRocko (voice)Film
1995SaharaSgt. Joe GunnFilm
1995Destiny Turns on the RadioTuertoFilm
1995Separate LivesTom BeckwithFilm
1995Die Harald Schmidt ShowSelfSeries
1995Dumb and DumberDuker (voice), Manager (voice)Series
1995Santo BugitoBaby Face (voice)Series
1995The Louie N' Louie ShowLouieFilm
1994ERDan HarrisSeries
1994GargoylesFang (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
1994Aaahh!!! Real MonstersSimon the Monster Hunter (voice) · 102 episodesSeries
1994The TickMr. Fleener (voice)Series
1994DuckmanSaul Monella (voice)Series
1994RoyceShane RoyceFilm
1994Parallel LivesNick DimasFilm
1993Last Action HeroJames BelushiFilm
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - GuestSeries
1993Wild PalmsHarry Wyckoff · 5 episodesSeries
1992Once Upon a CrimeNeil SchwaryFilm
1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSeries
1992The Larry Sanders ShowJim Belushi · 2 episodesSeries
1992Traces of RedJack DobsonFilm
1991Curly SueBill DancerFilm
1991Only the LonelySalvatore Buonarte (as James Belushi)Film
1991Diary of a HitmanShandyFilm
1990Twin PeaksBradley Mitchum · 6 episodesSeries
1990Mr. DestinyLarry BurrowsFilm
1990Taking Care of BusinessJimmy DworskiFilm
1990Abraxas, Guardian of the UniversePrincipal LatimerFilm
1990The Palermo ConnectionCarmine BonaviaFilm
1990Masters of MenaceGypsyFilm
1990Wedding BandReverendFilm
1989K-9Mike DooleyFilm
1989Who's Harry Crumb?Man on Bus (uncredited)Film
1989Homer and EddieHomer LanzaFilm
1989America's Funniest Home VideosSeries
1989Saturday Night Live: 15th AnniversarySelfFilm
1988Red HeatArt RidzikFilm
1987The PrincipalRick LatimerFilm
1987Real MenNick PirandelloFilm
1987BiographySelfSeries
1986Little Shop of HorrorsPatrick MartinFilm
1986SalvadorDoctor RockFilm
1986Jumpin' Jack FlashSperry RepairmanFilm
1986About Last Night...Bernie LitgoFilm
1986Birthday BoyBobbyFilm
1986Mutant VideoBobbyFilm
1985The Man with One Red ShoeMorrisFilm
1985Tab Lloyd: Investigative ReporterClayton PyleFilm
1984The Best Legs in Eighth GradeSaint ValentineFilm
1984PinocchioMarioFilm
1984Sugar or PlainBobbyFilm
1983Trading PlacesHarveyFilm
1982Late Night with David LettermanSelfSeries
1982Faerie Tale TheatreMarioSeries
1981ThiefBarry StratagakisFilm
1980The CleansingBobbyFilm
1979Working StiffsErnie O'Rourke · 9 episodesSeries
1978The FuryBeach Bum (uncredited)Film
1978Who's Watching the Kids? · 16 episodesSeries
1976Laverne & ShirleySeries
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Various Characters · 36 episodes, Self (uncredited)Series
—Karate GhostFilm
—Green BankFilm
Creator (1)
2026K9 PD with Jim BelushiCreatorSeries
Directing (1)
2001According to JimDirector, ProducerSeries
Production (2)
2013Born In ChicagoExecutive ProducerFilm
1986Mutant VideoProducerFilm
Writing (3)
1987Number One with a BulletWriterFilm
1986Birthday BoyWriter, ProducerFilm
1975Saturday Night LiveWriterSeries