John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an American comedian, actor, and musician best known as one of the original cast members of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live and for his roles in the films National Lampoon's Animal House and The Blues Brothers. He was the older brother of Jim Belushi.

Filmography

• 2025John Candy: I Like Me — Self - Actor, Saturday Night Live (archive footage)
• 2024An SNL Thanksgiving — (archive footage)
• 2005Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd — Various Characters (archive footage)
• 1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special — (archive footage)
• 1993The Best of the Blues Brothers — Jake Blues (archive footage)
• 1985The Best of John Belushi — Various Characters
• 1981Continental Divide — Ernie Souchak
• 1981Neighbors — Earl Keese
• 1981Steve Martin's Best Show Ever — Zhelezna Postruk
• 1980The Blues Brothers — 'Joliet' Jake Blues
• 19791941 — Capt. Wild Bill Kelso
• 1979Old Boyfriends — Eric
• 1978Animal House — John 'Bluto' Blutarski
• 1978Goin' South — Hector
• 1978The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland — Joliet Jake Blues
• 1978The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash — Ron Decline
• The Richard Pryor Show
• 1977The Richard Pryor Special? — Slave Driver / Bartender
• 1976The Beach Boys: It's OK — Cop #2, Writer
• 1976The Beach Boys: It's OK — Cop #2, Writer
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Various Characters, Self (uncredited), Self / Various (archive footage), Self / Eleanor of Gaunt (uncredited), Writer
• 1973Lemmings — Various, Writer

Appearances as themselves (20)

• 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self (archive footage)
• 2024Jim Henson Idea Man — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Belushi — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Zappa — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Cola Wars — Self (archive footage)
• 2018Studio 54 — Self (archive footage)
• 2018TVTV: Video Revolutionaries — Self
• 2015Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead — Self - Actor (archive footage)
• Too Young to Die — Self (archive footage)
• 2008Animal House: The Inside Story — Self (archive footage)
• 2008Frank Zappa: The Broadcast Archives — Self
• 2006The American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story — Self
• 2005Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live — Self
• 2005Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi — Self / Various (archive footage)
• 2005The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music — Self (archive footage)
• 1999Saturday Night Live: Christmas — Self (archive footage)
• 1998The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' — Self (archive footage)
• 1998The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion — Self - Bluto (archive footage)
• 1989Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary — Self (archive footage)
• 1978The Things We Did Last Summer — Self