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