Actor
Jim Belushi
- Born June 15, 1954 in 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.
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Known for
Trading Places1983
Last Action Hero1993
Jingle All the Way1996
Twin Peaks1990
The Ghost Writer2010
New Year's Eve2011
Hoodwinked!2005
Little Shop of Horrors1986
Filmography
- TBAKarate GhostFilm
- TBAGreen BankFilm
- 2026K9 PD with Jim BelushiSeriesNarrator, Creator
- 2026Catch the WindFilmJames
- 2025Song Sung BlueFilmTom D'Amato
- 2025The Chronology of WaterFilmKen Kesey
- 2024Fight Another DayFilmDuke
- 2024A History of the World in Six GlassesSeriesSelf
- 2022Gigi & NateFilmDan Gibson
- 2020BelushiFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2020Growing BelushiSeriesSelf
- 2019John Wayne Gacy: Defending a MonsterFilmNarrator
- 2018Hey Arnold! The Jungle MovieFilmCoach Wittenberg (voice)
- 2018Katie Says GoodbyeFilmBear
- 2018SalvageFilmDuke
- 2017Wonder WheelFilmHumpty
- 2017Sollers PointFilmCarol
- 2017A Change of HeartFilmHank
- 2017The Number of CompletionFilmSelf
- 2017A Bloody Finger in Your MouthFilmSelf
- 2017Tell It MartinFilmSelf
- 2017The Polish AccountantFilmSelf
- 2016The Whole TruthFilmBoone Lassiter
- 2016The Hollow PointFilmShepard
- 2016UndraftedFilmJim
- 2015Home Sweet HellFilmLes
- 2015Show Me a HeroSeriesAngelo Martinelli
- 2015Good Girls RevoltSeriesWilliam "Wick" McFadden
- 2015The Curious Case of the Chicago CubsFilm
- 2014Legends of Oz: Dorothy's ReturnFilmThe Cowardly Lion (voice)
- 2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSeriesSelf - Guest
- 2014The 7DSeriesCoach Coachy (voice)
- 2014Stan Lee's Mighty 7FilmMr. Cross (voice)
- 2014TripTankSeriesGuy (voice)
- 2013The Secret Lives of DorksFilmBronko
- 2013Born In ChicagoFilmExecutive Producer
- 2012ThunderstruckFilmCoach Amross
- 2011New Year's EveFilmBuilding Super
- 2011Cougars, Inc.FilmDan Fox
- 2010The Ghost WriterFilmJohn Maddox
- 2010The DefendersSeriesNick Morelli
- 20102Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo DriftFilm(archive footage)
- 2010The TalkSeriesSelf
- 2010Buccaneers & BonesSeries
- 2008Snow BuddiesFilmBernie (voice)
- 2008Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin KingFilmGlob (voice)
- 2007UnderdogFilmDan Unger
- 2006The WildFilmBenny (voice)
- 2006Yin Yang Yo!SeriesThe Puffin (voice)
- 2006Casper's Scare SchoolFilmAlder (voice)
- 2006Farce of the PenguinsFilmThey're All Bitches Penguin (voice)
- 2006Behind the SmileFilmJeffrey Stone (as James Belushi)
- 2006Me, EloiseSeriesBartolome T. Baxter III (voice)
- 2006Second City: First Family of ComedySeriesSelf
- 2005Hoodwinked!FilmThe Woodsman (voice)
- 2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSeriesSelf
- 2005Tugger: The Jeep® 4x4 Who Wanted to FlyFilmTugger (voice)
- 2005Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and FoundFilmSelf
- 2005My Crazy LifeSeries
- 2005The Blues Brothers: Transposing The MusicFilmSelf
- 2004The Tony Danza ShowSeriesSelf - Guest
- 2004DysEnchantedFilmDoctor
- 2004FatherhoodSeries
- 2004East Meets West: "Red Heat" and the Kings of CarolcoFilmSelf (archive)
- 2003Real Time with Bill MaherSeriesSelf
- 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!SeriesSelf
- 2003Easy SexFilmElvis (as James Belushi)
- 2003Celebrities UncensoredSeriesSelf
- 2003I'm with HerSeriesLeslie Buren
- 2003Toronto RocksFilmSelf
- 2003ABC's 50th Anniversary CelebrationFilmSelf
- 2003E!'s 101SeriesSelf
- 2002The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy GeniusSeriesCoach Gruber (voice)
- 2002Snow DogsFilmDemon (voice)
- 2002What's New, Scooby-Doo?SeriesAsa Buckwald (voice)
- 2002K-9: P.I.FilmMike Dooley
- 2002George LopezSeriesThe Inspector
- 2002Ozzy & DrixSeriesCaptain Quinine (voice)
- 2002A Scooby-Doo! ChristmasFilmAsa Buckwald (voice)
- 2002Less than PerfectSeriesEddie Smirkoff