Jim Belushi
Department: Acting
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. 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
Toronto Rocks
2003
Canadian Bacon
1995
The Principal
1987
K-9
1989
Only the Lonely
1991
Mr. Destiny
1990
Return to Me
2000
The Man with One Red Shoe
1985
Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986
Hoodwinked!
2005
Taking Care of Business
1990
Thief
1981
Underdog
2007
Salvador
1986
The Ghost Writer
2010
Curly Sue
1991
Joe Somebody
2001
Once Upon a Crime
1992
Farce of the Penguins
2006
Made Men
1999
Red Heat
1988
Retroactive
1997
The Wild
2006
Gang Related
1997
K-911
2000
Cougars, Inc.
2011
Real Men
1987
Sahara
1995
Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe
1990
Destiny Turns on the Radio
1995
The Louie N' Louie Show
1995
K-9: P.I.
2002
Homer and Eddie
1989
About Last Night...
1986
Masters of Menace
1990
Diary of a Hitman
1991
The Pebble and the Penguin
1995
One Way Out
2002
The Palermo Connection
1990
Angel's Dance
1999
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
2014
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero
1999
Traces of Red
1992
The Florentine
1999
Separate Lives
1995
Visit Fabulous Las Vegas
1999
DysEnchanted
2004
Royce
1994
Thunderstruck
2012
The Cleansing
1980
The Secret Lives of Dorks
2013
Living in Peril
1997
Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
2000
Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter
1985
The Nuttiest Nutcracker
1999
Birthday Boy
1986
The Best Legs in Eighth Grade
1984
Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon
2017
Babes in Toyland
1997
Snow Buddies
2008
Race the Sun
1996
Parallel Lives
1994
The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
2005
The Whole Truth
2016
Dog's Best Friend
1997
Justice
1999
Salvage
2018
Fight Another Day
2024
Who's Harry Crumb?
1989
Home Sweet Hell
2015
Stan Lee's Mighty 7
2014
Jingle All the Way
1996
Undrafted
2016
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
Katie Says Goodbye
2018
New Year's Eve
2011
The Hollow Point
2016
Wonder Wheel
2017
Sollers Point
2017
Catch the Wind
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Pinocchio
1984
Last Action Hero
1993
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
Easy Sex
2003
Gold In The Streets
1997
Casper's Scare School
2006
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
2008
Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off
1997
The Fury
1978
Trading Places
1983
Wag the Dog
1997
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
2018
Rugrats: Babies in Toyland
2002
Bad Baby
1997
Mutant Video
1986
John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster
2019
Wedding Band
1990
Tugger: The Jeep® 4x4 Who Wanted to Fly
2005
The Curious Case of the Chicago Cubs
2015
A Change of Heart
2017
Snow Dogs
2002
Belushi
2020
Into the Valley of Death
2001
Gigi & Nate
2022
A Scooby-Doo! Christmas
2002
Tell It Martin
2017
The Polish Accountant
2017
The Number of Completion
2017
A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth
2017
The Chronology of Water
2025
Song Sung Blue
2025
Little Shop of Horrors
1986
Behind the Smile
2006
Karate Ghost
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Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
Sugar or Plain
1984
Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series
1996
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Fatherhood
2004
Gargoyles
1994
According to Jim
2001
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
2002
The View
1997
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
1994
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Wild Palms
1993
George Lopez
2002
Laverne & Shirley
1976
Good Girls Revolt
2015
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
I'm with Her
2003
Ozzy & Drix
2002
America's Funniest Home Videos
1989
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
Who's Watching the Kids?
1978
Working Stiffs
1979
Total Security
1997
My Crazy Life
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
E!'s 101
2003
The Defenders
2010
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
Show Me a Hero
2015
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
Hercules
1998
The 7D
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Hey Arnold!
1996
Santo Bugito
1995
Second City: First Family of Comedy
2006
TripTank
2014
The Tick
1994
A History of the World in Six Glasses
2024
ER
1994
Buccaneers & Bones
2010
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002
Twin Peaks
1990
Yin Yang Yo!
2006
Saturday Night Live
1975
Me, Eloise
2006
Growing Belushi
2020
The Talk
2010
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Less than Perfect
2002
Biography
1987
Duckman
1994
Bruno the Kid
1996
K9 PD with Jim Belushi
2026
Dumb and Dumber
1995
Dumb and Dumber
1995
Cow and Chicken
1997