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

• 2026Catch the Wind — James
• K9 PD with Jim Belushi — Narrator, Creator
• 2025Song Sung Blue — Tom D'Amato
• 2025The Chronology of Water — Ken Kesey
• 2024Fight Another Day — Duke
• 2022Gigi & Nate — Dan Gibson
• 2019John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster — Narrator
• 2018Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie — Coach Wittenberg (voice)
• 2018Katie Says Goodbye — Bear
• 2018Salvage — Duke
• 2017A Change of Heart — Hank
• 2017Sollers Point — Carol
• 2017Wonder Wheel — Humpty
• 2016The Hollow Point — Shepard
• 2016The Whole Truth — Boone Lassiter
• 2016Undrafted — Jim
• Good Girls Revolt — William "Wick" McFadden
• 2015Home Sweet Hell — Les
• Show Me a Hero — Angelo Martinelli
• 2015The Curious Case of the Chicago Cubs
• 2014Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return — The Cowardly Lion (voice)
• 2014Stan Lee's Mighty 7 — Mr. Cross (voice)
• The 7D — Coach Coachy (voice)
• TripTank — Guy (voice)
• 2013Born In Chicago — Executive Producer
• 2013The Secret Lives of Dorks — Bronko
• 2012Thunderstruck — Coach Amross
• 2011Cougars, Inc. — Dan Fox
• 2011New Year's Eve — Building Super
• 20102Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift — (archive footage)
• Buccaneers & Bones
• The Defenders — Nick Morelli
• 2010The Ghost Writer — John Maddox
• 2008Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King — Glob (voice)
• 2008Snow Buddies — Bernie (voice)
• 2007Underdog — Dan Unger
• 2006Behind the Smile — Jeffrey Stone (as James Belushi)
• 2006Casper's Scare School — Alder (voice)
• 2006Farce of the Penguins — They're All Bitches Penguin (voice)
• Me, Eloise — Bartolome T. Baxter III (voice)
• 2006The Wild — Benny (voice)
• Yin Yang Yo! — The Puffin (voice)
• 2005Hoodwinked! — The Woodsman (voice)
• My Crazy Life
• 2005Tugger: The Jeep® 4x4 Who Wanted to Fly — Tugger (voice)
• 2004DysEnchanted — Doctor
• Fatherhood
• 2003Easy Sex — Elvis (as James Belushi)
• I'm with Her — Leslie Buren
• 2002A Scooby-Doo! Christmas — Asa Buckwald (voice)
• George Lopez — The Inspector
• 2002K-9: P.I. — Mike Dooley
• Less than Perfect — Eddie Smirkoff
• 2002One Way Out — Harry Woltz
• Ozzy & Drix — Captain Quinine (voice)
• 2002Rugrats: Babies in Toyland — Santa Claus (voice)
• 2002Snow Dogs — Demon (voice)
• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius — Coach Gruber (voice)
• What's New, Scooby-Doo? — Asa Buckwald (voice)
• According to Jim — Jim, Director, Producer
• 2001Joe Somebody — Chuck Scarett
• 2000K-911 — Mike Dooley
• 2000Return to Me — Joe Dayton
• 2000Who Killed Atlanta's Children? — Pat Laughlin
• 1999Angel's Dance — Rosellini
• 1999Justice — Frank Spello
• 1999Made Men — Bill Manucci
• 1999The Florentine — Billy Belasco
• 1999The Nuttiest Nutcracker — Reginald (Voice)
• Hercules — Nestor (voice)
• 1997Babes in Toyland — Gonzargo (voice)
• 1997Bad Baby — Dad (voice)
• Cow and Chicken — Butch (voice)
• 1997Dog's Best Friend — Skippy (voice)
• 1997Gang Related — Detective Frank K Divinci
• 1997Gold In The Streets — Mario (as James Belushi)
• 1997Living in Peril — Oliver Harrison
• 1997Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off — Phil Palmfeather (voice)
• 1997Retroactive — Frank
• Total Security
• 1997Wag the Dog — Jim Belushi
• Bruno the Kid
• E! True Hollywood Story
• Hey Arnold! — Coach Wittenberg (voice)
• 1996Jingle All the Way — Mall Santa
• Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series — Phil (voice)
• 1996Race the Sun — Frank Machi
• TFI Friday
• 1995Canadian Bacon — Charles Jackal, NBS Reporter
• 1995Destiny Turns on the Radio — Tuerto
• Dumb and Dumber — Duker (voice), Manager (voice)
• Pinky and the Brain — Maguire (voice)
• 1995Sahara — Sgt. Joe Gunn
• Santo Bugito — Baby Face (voice)
• 1995Separate Lives — Tom Beckwith
• 1995The Louie N' Louie Show — Louie
• 1995The Pebble and the Penguin — Rocko (voice)
• Aaahh!!! Real Monsters — Simon the Monster Hunter (voice)
• Duckman — Saul Monella (voice)
• ER — Dan Harris
• Gargoyles — Fang (voice)
• 1994Parallel Lives — Nick Dimas
• 1994Royce — Shane Royce
• The Tick — Mr. Fleener (voice)
• 1993Last Action Hero — James Belushi
• Wild Palms — Harry Wyckoff
• 1992Once Upon a Crime — Neil Schwary
• The Larry Sanders Show — Jim Belushi
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• 1992Traces of Red — Jack Dobson
• 1991Curly Sue — Bill Dancer
• 1991Diary of a Hitman — Shandy
• 1991Only the Lonely — Salvatore Buonarte (as James Belushi)
• 1990Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe — Principal Latimer
• 1990Masters of Menace — Gypsy
• 1990Mr. Destiny — Larry Burrows
• 1990Taking Care of Business — Jimmy Dworski
• 1990The Palermo Connection — Carmine Bonavia
• Twin Peaks — Bradley Mitchum
• 1990Wedding Band — Reverend
• America's Funniest Home Videos
• 1989Homer and Eddie — Homer Lanza
• 1989K-9 — Mike Dooley
• 1989Who's Harry Crumb? — Man on Bus (uncredited)
• 1988Red Heat — Art Ridzik
• 1987Number One with a Bullet — Writer
• 1987Real Men — Nick Pirandello
• 1987The Principal — Rick Latimer
• 1986About Last Night... — Bernie Litgo
• 1986Birthday Boy — Bobby, Writer, Producer
• 1986Jumpin' Jack Flash — Sperry Repairman
• 1986Little Shop of Horrors — Patrick Martin
• 1986Mutant Video — Bobby, Producer
• 1986Salvador — Doctor Rock
• 1985Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter — Clayton Pyle
• 1985The Man with One Red Shoe — Morris
• 1984Pinocchio — Mario
• 1984Sugar or Plain — Bobby
• 1984The Best Legs in Eighth Grade — Saint Valentine
• 1983Trading Places — Harvey
• Faerie Tale Theatre — Mario
• 1981Thief — Barry Stratagakis
• 1980The Cleansing — Bobby
• Working Stiffs — Ernie O'Rourke
• 1978The Fury — Beach Bum (uncredited)
• Who's Watching the Kids?
• Laverne & Shirley
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Various Characters, Self (uncredited), Writer
• Green Bank
• Karate Ghost

Appearances as themselves (31)

• A History of the World in Six Glasses — Self
• 2020Belushi — Self (archive footage)
• Growing Belushi — Self
• 2017A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth — Self
• 2017Tell It Martin — Self
• 2017The Number of Completion — Self
• 2017The Polish Accountant — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• The Talk — Self
• Second City: First Family of Comedy — Self
• 2005Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found — Self
• 2005The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
• 2004East Meets West: "Red Heat" and the Kings of Carolco — Self (archive)
• The Tony Danza Show — Self - Guest
• 2003ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration — Self
• Celebrities Uncensored — Self
• E!'s 101 — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• 2003Toronto Rocks — Self
• 2001Into the Valley of Death — Self
• 1999Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn — Self - Guest
• 1999Visit Fabulous Las Vegas — Self
• The View — Self
• Die Harald Schmidt Show — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• 1989Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary — Self
• Biography — Self
• Late Night with David Letterman — Self