Jim Belushi
Known for: Acting
Born: June 15, 1954
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
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Filmography
121 movies · 61 TV shows, newest first
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Catch the Wind
2026
8.0
K9 PD with Jim Belushi
2026
7.4
Song Sung Blue
2025
6.8
The Chronology of Water
2025
5.7
Fight Another Day
2024
7.0
A History of the World in Six Glasses
2024
7.6
Gigi & Nate
2022
8.8
Growing Belushi
2020
7.0
Belushi
2020
7.0
John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster
2019
7.6
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
2018
6.5
Katie Says Goodbye
2018NR
Salvage
2018
8.0
Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon
2017
5.0
Tell It Martin
2017
6.0
The Polish Accountant
2017
5.5
The Number of Completion
2017
6.0
A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth
2017
6.4
Wonder Wheel
2017
4.8
Sollers Point
2017
1.7
A Change of Heart
2017
5.7
The Hollow Point
2016
7.0
Undrafted
2016
6.6
The Whole Truth
2016
7.0
Good Girls Revolt
2015NR
The Curious Case of the Chicago Cubs
2015
7.1
Show Me a Hero
2015
5.4
Home Sweet Hell
2015
6.2
The 7D
2014
6.3
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
2014
5.2
TripTank
2014
5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
5.8
Stan Lee's Mighty 7
2014
4.9
The Secret Lives of Dorks
2013
5.7
Born In Chicago
2013
6.2
Thunderstruck
2012
5.9
New Year's Eve
2011
4.8
Cougars, Inc.
2011
4.0
Buccaneers & Bones
2010
3.0
The Talk
2010
7.2
The Defenders
2010
6.1
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
6.8
The Ghost Writer
2010
7.6
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
2008
6.1
Snow Buddies
2008
5.5
Underdog
2007
4.2
Farce of the Penguins
2006
5.3
Casper's Scare School
2006
10.0
Me, Eloise
2006
7.6
Yin Yang Yo!
2006
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Second City: First Family of Comedy
2006
5.6
The Wild
2006
5.0
Behind the Smile
2006
6.3
Hoodwinked!
2005
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The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
2005
6.4
Tugger: The Jeep® 4x4 Who Wanted to Fly
2005
8.0
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
20057.0
My Crazy Life
2005
6.8
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
20056.4
The Tony Danza Show
2004
8.0
East Meets West: "Red Heat" and the Kings of Carolco
2004
4.8
Fatherhood
2004
5.6
DysEnchanted
2004
5.3
Easy Sex
2003
6.8
I'm with Her
2003
8.0
Toronto Rocks
2003NR
E!'s 101
2003
4.9
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
8.0
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
6.1
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
6.0
Rugrats: Babies in Toyland
2002
8.2
A Scooby-Doo! Christmas
2002
6.7
Less than Perfect
2002
8.1
Ozzy & Drix
2002
7.8
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002
5.9
K-9: P.I.
2002
7.4
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
2002
7.5
George Lopez
2002
5.7
One Way Out
2002
5.6
Snow Dogs
2002
5.7
Joe Somebody
2001
6.5
According to Jim
2001NR
Into the Valley of Death
2001
5.6
Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
2000
6.7
Return to Me
2000
5.7
K-911
20008.0
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero
1999
4.6
The Nuttiest Nutcracker
1999
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Visit Fabulous Las Vegas
1999
5.3
Made Men
1999
5.7
The Florentine
1999
5.3
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
6.1
Angel's Dance
1999
4.8
Justice
1999
6.9
Hercules
1998
6.9
Wag the Dog
1997
5.3
Babes in Toyland
1997
6.4
Gang Related
1997
7.0
Total Security
1997
7.1
Cow and Chicken
1997
4.3
The View
1997
4.7
Living in Peril
1997
6.7
Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off
1997
6.2
Bad Baby
1997
3.0
Dog's Best Friend
1997
5.0
Gold In The Streets
1997
6.1
Retroactive
1997
6.1
Jingle All the Way
1996
8.0
Hey Arnold!
1996
6.8
Bruno the Kid
1996
6.5
Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series
1996
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
5.2
Race the Sun
1996
7.1
TFI Friday
1996
7.3
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
5.8
Dumb and Dumber
1995
7.7
Pinky and the Brain
1995
4.8
Separate Lives
1995
5.7
Canadian Bacon
1995
5.0
Destiny Turns on the Radio
1995
6.6
Sahara
1995
5.2
The Pebble and the Penguin
1995
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The Louie N' Louie Show
1995
7.0
Santo Bugito
1995
7.8
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
1994
8.1
Gargoyles
1994
7.8
ER
1994
7.5
The Tick
1994
5.1
Royce
1994
5.7
Parallel Lives
1994
7.2
Duckman
1994
7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
6.5
Last Action Hero
1993
6.2
Wild Palms
1993
5.5
Traces of Red
1992
7.7
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
5.7
Once Upon a Crime
1992
5.4
Diary of a Hitman
1991
6.4
Curly Sue
1991
6.2
Only the Lonely
1991
3.5
Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe
1990
6.3
Mr. Destiny
1990
5.8
Masters of Menace
1990
6.3
Taking Care of Business
1990
8.3
Twin Peaks
1990
5.0
Wedding Band
1990
6.2
The Palermo Connection
1990
6.6
America's Funniest Home Videos
1989
7.8
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
5.6
Homer and Eddie
1989
6.2
K-9
1989
6.0
Who's Harry Crumb?
1989
6.2
Red Heat
1988
6.1
Real Men
1987
6.5
The Principal
1987
6.7
Biography
1987
4.6
Number One with a Bullet
1987
7.0
Little Shop of Horrors
1986
6.1
Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986
6.1
About Last Night...
1986
7.0
Salvador
1986
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Mutant Video
1986
5.8
Birthday Boy
1986
5.7
The Man with One Red Shoe
1985
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Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter
1985
5.2
Pinocchio
1984
5.7
The Best Legs in Eighth Grade
1984NR
Sugar or Plain
1984
7.2
Trading Places
1983
8.1
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
6.1
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
7.2
Thief
1981NR
The Cleansing
1980
5.3
Working Stiffs
19797.5
Who's Watching the Kids?
1978
6.3
The Fury
1978
7.1
Laverne & Shirley
1976
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975NR
Karate Ghost
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Green Bank
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