Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

170

Gender

Male

Birthday

1954-06-15 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

James Adam Belushi
Jim Belushi
James Belushi
Джим Белуши
Джеймс Белуши
James A. Belushi
جیم بلوشی

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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Acting

—		Catch the Wind as James
—		The Chronology of Water
—		Song Sung Blue

2024		Fight Another Day
2024		A History of the World in Six Glasses as Self

2022

Gigi & Nate as Dan Gibson

2020		Belushi as Self (archive footage)
2020		Growing Belushi as Self

2019

John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster as Narrator

2018		Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie as Coach Wittenberg (voice)
2018		Katie Says Goodbye as Bear
2018		Salvage

2017		The Number of Completion as Self
2017		A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth as Self
2017		Tell It Martin as Self
2017		The Polish Accountant as Self
2017		Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon as Self
2017		Wonder Wheel as Humpty
2017		Sollers Point as Carol
2017		A Change of Heart as Hank

2016		The Hollow Point as Shepard
2016		Undrafted as Jim
2016		The Whole Truth as Boone Lassiter

2015		Good Girls Revolt as William "Wick" McFadden
2015		The Curious Case of the Chicago Cubs
2015		Show Me a Hero as Angelo Martinelli
2015		Home Sweet Hell as Les

2014		The 7D as Coach Coachy (voice)
2014		Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return as The Cowardly Lion (voice)
2014		TripTank as Guy (voice)
2014		Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014		Stan Lee's Mighty 7 as Mr. Cross (voice)

2013

The Secret Lives of Dorks as Bronko

2012

Thunderstruck as Coach Amross

2011		New Year's Eve as Building Super
2011		Cougars, Inc. as Dan Fox

2010		Buccaneers & Bones
2010		The Talk as Self
2010		The Defenders as Nick Morelli
2010		2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift as (archive footage)
2010		The Ghost Writer as John Maddox

2008		Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King as Glob (voice)
2008		Snow Buddies as Bernie (voice)

2007

Underdog as Dan Unger

2006		Farce of the Penguins as They're all bitches Penguin (voice)
2006		Casper's Scare School as Alder (voice)
2006		Me, Eloise as Bartolome T. Baxter III (voice)
2006		Yin Yang Yo! as The Puffin (voice)
2006		Second City: First Family of Comedy as Self
2006		The Wild as Benny (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		My Crazy Life
2005		The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self

2004		The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
2004		Fatherhood
2004		DysEnchanted as Doctor

2003		Easy Sex as Elvis (as James Belushi)
2003		I'm with Her as Leslie Buren
2003		Toronto Rocks as Self
2003		E!'s 101 as Self
2003		Celebrities Uncensored as Self
2003		Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
2003		Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2002		Rugrats: Babies in Toyland as Santa Claus (voice)
2002		A Scooby-Doo! Christmas as Asa Buckwald (voice)
2002		Less than Perfect as Eddie Smirkoff
2002		What's New, Scooby-Doo? as Asa Buckwald (voice)
2002		Ozzy & Drix as Captain Quinine (voice)
2002		K-9: P.I. as Mike Dooley
2002		The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius as Coach Gruber (voice)
2002		George Lopez
2002		One Way Out as Harry Woltz
2002		Snow Dogs as Demon (voice)

2001		Joe Somebody as Chuck Scarett
2001		According to Jim as Jim
2001		Into the Valley of Death as Self

2000		Who Killed Atlanta's Children? as Pat Laughlin
2000		Return to Me as Joe Dayton

1999		K-911 as Mike Dooley
1999		Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero as Self
1999		The Nuttiest Nutcracker as Reginald (Voice)
1999		Visit Fabulous Las Vegas as Self
1999		Made Men as Bill Manucci
1999		The Florentine as Billy Belasco
1999		The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
1999		Angel's Dance as Rosellini
1999		Justice as Frank Spello

1998

Hercules as Nestor (voice)

1997		Wag the Dog as Jim Belushi
1997		Babes in Toyland as Gonzargo (voice)
1997		Gang Related as Detective Frank K Divinci
1997		Total Security
1997		Cow and Chicken
1997		The View as Self
1997		Living in Peril as Oliver Harrison
1997		Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off as Phil Palmfeather (voice)
1997		Bad Baby as Dad (voice)
1997		Dog's Best Friend as Skippy (voice)
1997		Gold In The Streets as Mario (as James Belushi)
1997		Retroactive as Frank

1996		Jingle All the Way as Mall Santa
1996		Hey Arnold! as Coach Wittenberg (voice)
1996		Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series as Phil (voice)
1996		E! True Hollywood Story
1996		Race the Sun as Frank Machi

1995		Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
1995		Separate Lives as Tom Beckwith
1995		Canadian Bacon as Charles Jackal, NBS Reporter
1995		Destiny Turns on the Radio as Tuerto
1995		Sahara as Sgt. Joe Gunn
1995		The Pebble and the Penguin as Rocko (voice)
1995		The Louie N' Louie Show as Louie
1995		Santo Bugito as Baby Face (voice)

1994		Aaahh!!! Real Monsters as Simon the Monster Hunter (voice)
1994		Gargoyles as Fang (voice)
1994		ER as Dan Harris
1994		The Tick as Mr. Fleener (voice)
1994		Royce as Shane Royce
1994		Parallel Lives as Nick Dimas

1993		Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1993		Last Action Hero as James Belushi
1993		Wild Palms as Harry Wyckoff

1992		Traces of Red as Jack Dobson
1992		The Larry Sanders Show
1992		The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992		Once Upon a Crime as Neil Schwary

1991		Diary of a Hitman as Shandy
1991		Curly Sue as Bill Dancer
1991		Only the Lonely as Salvatore Buonarte (as James Belushi)

1990		Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe as Principal Latimer
1990		Mr. Destiny as Larry Burrows
1990		Masters of Menace as Gypsy
1990		Taking Care of Business as Jimmy Dworski
1990		Twin Peaks as Bradley Mitchum
1990		Wedding Band as Reverend
1990		The Palermo Connection as Carmine Bonavia

1989		America's Funniest Home Videos
1989		Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary as Self
1989		Homer and Eddie as Homer Lanza
1989		K-9 as Mike Dooley
1989		Who's Harry Crumb? as Man on Bus (uncredited)

1988

Red Heat as Art Ridzik

1987		Real Men as Nick Pirandello
1987		The Principal as Rick Latimer
1987		Biography as Self

1986		Little Shop of Horrors as Patrick Martin
1986		Jumpin' Jack Flash as Sperry Repairman
1986		About Last Night... as Bernie Litgo
1986		Salvador as Doctor Rock
1986		Mutant Video as Bobby
1986		Birthday Boy as Bobby

1985		The Man with One Red Shoe as Morris
1985		Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter as Clayton Pyle

1984		Pinocchio as Mario
1984		The Best Legs in Eighth Grade as Saint Valentine

1983

Trading Places as Harvey

1982		Faerie Tale Theatre as Mario
1982		Late Night with David Letterman as Self

1981

Thief as Barry Stratagakis

1980

The Cleansing as Bobby

1979

Working Stiffs

1978		Who's Watching the Kids?
1978		The Fury as Beach Bum (uncredited)

1976

Laverne & Shirley

1975		Saturday Night Live
1975		Saturday Night Live as Self - Various Characters
1975		Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975		Saturday Night Live as Self

Directing

2001

According to Jim as Director

Production

2013

Born In Chicago as Executive Producer

2001

According to Jim as Producer

1986

Birthday Boy as Producer

Writing

1987

Number One with a Bullet as Screenplay

1986

Birthday Boy as Writer