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

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2022
Saturday Night Live
1983
The View
2003
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
2020
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
Twin Peaks
2017
ER
2001
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
2003
Late Night with David Letterman
1987
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2002

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
181
Directing
1
Writing
3
Producing
4
2026
Catch the Wind
as James
2026
K9 PD with Jim Belushi
as Narrator
2025
The Chronology of Water
as Ken Kesey
2025
Song Sung Blue
as Tom D'Amato
2024
Fight Another Day
as Duke
2024
A History of the World in Six Glasses
as Self
2022
Gigi & Nate
as Dan Gibson
2022
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2020
Belushi
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Growing Belushi
as Self
2020
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2019
John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster
as Narrator
2018
Salvage
as Duke
2018
Katie Says Goodbye
as Bear
2018
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
as Coach Wittenberg (voice)
2017
Wonder Wheel
as Humpty
2017
Sollers Point
as Carol
2017
A Change of Heart
as Hank
2017
Tell It Martin
as Self
2017
The Polish Accountant
as Self
2017
The Number of Completion
as Self
2017
A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth
as Self
2017
Twin Peaks
as Bradley Mitchum
2016
The Whole Truth
as Boone Lassiter
2016
Undrafted
as Jim
2016
The Hollow Point
as Shepard
2016
The 7D
as Coach Coachy (voice)
2016
TripTank
as Guy (voice)
2015
Home Sweet Hell
as Les
2015
The Curious Case of the Chicago Cubs
2015
Good Girls Revolt
as William "Wick" McFadden
2015
Show Me a Hero
as Angelo Martinelli
2015
Buccaneers & Bones
2014
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
as The Cowardly Lion (voice)
2014
Stan Lee's Mighty 7
as Mr. Cross (voice)
2013
The Secret Lives of Dorks
as Bronko
2012
Thunderstruck
as Coach Amross
2011
Cougars, Inc.
as Dan Fox
2011
New Year's Eve
as Building Super
2011
The Talk
as Self
2010
The Ghost Writer
as John Maddox
2010
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage)
2010
The Defenders
as Nick Morelli
2008
Snow Buddies
as Bernie (voice)
2008
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
as Glob (voice)
2008
Yin Yang Yo!
as The Puffin (voice)
2007
Underdog
as Dan Unger
2006
Farce of the Penguins
as They're All Bitches Penguin (voice)
2006
The Wild
as Benny (voice)
2006
Casper's Scare School
as Alder (voice)
2006
Behind the Smile
as Jeffrey Stone (as James Belushi)
2006
Second City: First Family of Comedy
as Self
2006
Me, Eloise
as Bartolome T. Baxter III (voice)
2005
Hoodwinked!
as The Woodsman (voice)
2005
The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
as Self
2005
Tugger: The Jeep® 4x4 Who Wanted to Fly
as Tugger (voice)
2005
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
as Self
2005
George Lopez
as The Inspector
2005
My Crazy Life
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2004
DysEnchanted
as Doctor
2004
East Meets West: "Red Heat" and the Kings of Carolco
as Self (archive)
2004
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
2004
Fatherhood
2004
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self
2004
Less than Perfect
as Eddie Smirkoff
2003
Toronto Rocks
as Self
2003
Easy Sex
as Elvis (as James Belushi)
2003
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
The View
as Self
2003
I'm with Her
as Leslie Buren
2003
Ozzy & Drix
as Captain Quinine (voice)
2003
America's Funniest Home Videos
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
2003
E!'s 101
as Self
2003
Biography
as Self
2003
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)
2002
K-9: P.I.
as Mike Dooley
2002
One Way Out
as Harry Woltz
2002
Rugrats: Babies in Toyland
as Santa Claus (voice)
2002
Snow Dogs
as Demon (voice)
2002
A Scooby-Doo! Christmas
as Asa Buckwald (voice)
2002
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
as Coach Gruber (voice)
2002
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2002
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
as Asa Buckwald (voice)
2001
Joe Somebody
as Chuck Scarett
2001
Into the Valley of Death
as Self
2001
According to Jim
as Jim
2001
ER
as Dan Harris
2000
Return to Me
as Joe Dayton
2000
K-911
as Mike Dooley
2000
Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
as Pat Laughlin
2000
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self - Guest
2000
TFI Friday
1999
Made Men
as Bill Manucci
1999
Angel's Dance
as Rosellini
1999
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero
as Self
1999
The Florentine
as Billy Belasco
1999
Visit Fabulous Las Vegas
as Self
1999
The Nuttiest Nutcracker
as Reginald (Voice)
1999
Justice
as Frank Spello
1998
E! True Hollywood Story
1998
Hercules
as Nestor (voice)
1997
Retroactive
as Frank
1997
Gang Related
as Detective Frank K Divinci
1997
Living in Peril
as Oliver Harrison
1997
Babes in Toyland
as Gonzargo (voice)
1997
Dog's Best Friend
as Skippy (voice)
1997
Gold In The Streets
as Mario (as James Belushi)
1997
Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off
as Phil Palmfeather (voice)
1997
Wag the Dog
as Jim Belushi
1997
Bad Baby
as Dad (voice)
1997
The Larry Sanders Show
as Jim Belushi
1997
Total Security
1997
Bruno the Kid
1997
Cow and Chicken
as Butch (voice)
1996
Race the Sun
as Frank Machi
1996
Jingle All the Way
as Mall Santa
1996
Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series
as Phil (voice)
1996
Hey Arnold!
as Coach Wittenberg (voice)
1996
The Tick
as Mr. Fleener (voice)
1996
Dumb and Dumber
as Duker (voice)
1996
Dumb and Dumber
as Manager (voice)
1995
Canadian Bacon
as Charles Jackal, NBS Reporter
1995
Sahara
as Sgt. Joe Gunn
1995
Destiny Turns on the Radio
as Tuerto
1995
The Louie N' Louie Show
as Louie
1995
The Pebble and the Penguin
as Rocko (voice)
1995
Separate Lives
as Tom Beckwith
1995
Gargoyles
as Fang (voice)
1995
Die Harald Schmidt Show
as Self
1995
Santo Bugito
as Baby Face (voice)
1995
Duckman
as Saul Monella (voice)
1995
Pinky and the Brain
as Maguire (voice)
1994
Royce
as Shane Royce
1994
Parallel Lives
as Nick Dimas
1994
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
as Simon the Monster Hunter (voice)
1993
Last Action Hero
as James Belushi
1993
Wild Palms
as Harry Wyckoff
1992
Once Upon a Crime
as Neil Schwary
1992
Traces of Red
as Jack Dobson
1991
Only the Lonely
as Salvatore Buonarte (as James Belushi)
1991
Curly Sue
as Bill Dancer
1991
Diary of a Hitman
as Shandy
1990
Mr. Destiny
as Larry Burrows
1990
Taking Care of Business
as Jimmy Dworski
1990
Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe
as Principal Latimer
1990
Masters of Menace
as Gypsy
1990
The Palermo Connection
as Carmine Bonavia
1990
Wedding Band
as Reverend
1989
K-9
as Mike Dooley
1989
Homer and Eddie
as Homer Lanza
1989
Who's Harry Crumb?
as Man on Bus (uncredited)
1989
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
as Self
1988
Red Heat
as Art Ridzik
1987
The Principal
as Rick Latimer
1987
Real Men
as Nick Pirandello
1987
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self
1986
Jumpin' Jack Flash
as Sperry Repairman
1986
Salvador
as Doctor Rock
1986
About Last Night...
as Bernie Litgo
1986
Birthday Boy
as Bobby
1986
Mutant Video
as Bobby
1986
Little Shop of Horrors
as Patrick Martin
1985
The Man with One Red Shoe
as Morris
1985
Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter
as Clayton Pyle
1984
The Best Legs in Eighth Grade
as Saint Valentine
1984
Pinocchio
as Mario
1984
Sugar or Plain
as Bobby
1984
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Mario
1983
Trading Places
as Harvey
1983
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Various Characters
1982
Laverne & Shirley
1981
Thief
as Barry Stratagakis
1980
The Cleansing
as Bobby
1979
Working Stiffs
as Ernie O'Rourke
1978
The Fury
as Beach Bum (uncredited)
1978
Who's Watching the Kids?
Karate Ghost
Green Bank