Jim Belushi
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.
178 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 178
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Saturday Night Live
1975
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
ER
1994
Twin Peaks
1990
The View
1997
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
Hey Arnold!
1996
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Hercules
1998
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
2002
Gargoyles
1994
Cow and Chicken
1997
Laverne & Shirley
1976
Duckman
1994
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
According to Jim
2001
The Talk
2010
Trading Places
1983
The Tony Danza Show
2004
America's Funniest Home Videos
1989
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
The 7D
2014
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
1994
Yin Yang Yo!
2006
Less than Perfect
2002
Biography
1987
The Defenders
2010
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
Pinky and the Brain
1995
George Lopez
2002
Ozzy & Drix
2002
Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series
1996
The Tick
1994
Jingle All the Way
1996
TripTank
2014
Song Sung Blue
2025
I'm with Her
2003
The Chronology of Water
2025
Hoodwinked!
2005
Red Heat
1988
Last Action Hero
1993
E!'s 101
2003
Show Me a Hero
2015
Bruno the Kid
1996
Thief
1981
The Wild
2006
Gigi & Nate
2022
Me, Eloise
2006
Buccaneers & Bones
2010
Little Shop of Horrors
1986
Dumb and Dumber
1995
Wild Palms
1993
Total Security
1997
Wag the Dog
1997
Underdog
2007
Santo Bugito
1995
The Ghost Writer
2010
New Year's Eve
2011
Snow Dogs
2002
The Whole Truth
2016
The Fury
1978
Good Girls Revolt
2015
Fatherhood
2004
Curly Sue
1991
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
2018
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
K-9
1989
Thunderstruck
2012
Second City: First Family of Comedy
2006
Snow Buddies
2008
Salvador
1986
A History of the World in Six Glasses
2024
The Man with One Red Shoe
1985
Working Stiffs
1979
Home Sweet Hell
2015
The Principal
1987
Wonder Wheel
2017
Mr. Destiny
1990
Race the Sun
1996
About Last Night...
1986
Return to Me
2000
Who's Watching the Kids?
1978
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
Only the Lonely
1991
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
2014
Joe Somebody
2001
Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986
K-9: P.I.
2002
The Hollow Point
2016
Gang Related
1997
Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off
1997
Who's Harry Crumb?
1989
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005
Once Upon a Crime
1992
Farce of the Penguins
2006
K-911
2000
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
2008
Sahara
1995
Sollers Point
2017
Canadian Bacon
1995
The Pebble and the Penguin
1995
Taking Care of Business
1990
Belushi
2020
My Crazy Life
2005
Casper's Scare School
2006
Real Men
1987
Undrafted
2016
The Florentine
1999
Cougars, Inc.
2011
Growing Belushi
2020
K9 PD with Jim Belushi
2026
Destiny Turns on the Radio
1995
Retroactive
1997
Pinocchio
1984
Made Men
1999
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe
1990
Royce
1994
Homer and Eddie
1989
Diary of a Hitman
1991
The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
2005
Fight Another Day
2024
Angel's Dance
1999
Easy Sex
2003
Rugrats: Babies in Toyland
2002
Separate Lives
1995
Babes in Toyland
1997
Masters of Menace
1990
Katie Says Goodbye
2018
Justice
1999
Stan Lee's Mighty 7
2014
Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
2000
Catch the Wind
2026
Bad Baby
1997
Tugger: The Jeep® 4x4 Who Wanted to Fly
2005
Salvage
2018
A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth
2017
One Way Out
2002
Behind the Smile
2006
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon
2017
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
Traces of Red
1992
A Scooby-Doo! Christmas
2002
A Change of Heart
2017
Wedding Band
1990
The Number of Completion
2017
Parallel Lives
1994
Dog's Best Friend
1997
Karate Ghost
—
Living in Peril
1997
The Louie N' Louie Show
1995
The Secret Lives of Dorks
2013
Toronto Rocks
2003
The Palermo Connection
1990
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero
1999
The Best Legs in Eighth Grade
1984
Green Bank
—
Visit Fabulous Las Vegas
1999
The Nuttiest Nutcracker
1999
Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter
1985
Tell It Martin
2017
DysEnchanted
2004
The Polish Accountant
2017
Gold In The Streets
1997
Mutant Video
1986
Birthday Boy
1986
Into the Valley of Death
2001
John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster
2019
The Cleansing
1980
Sugar or Plain
1984
The Curious Case of the Chicago Cubs
2015