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 ...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Song Sung Blue
2025
Two down-on-their-luck musicians form a Neil Diamond tribute band to follow their dreams and prove that it's never too late to find love.

The Chronology of Water
2025
as Ken Kesey
Growing up in an environment torn apart by violence and alcohol, a young woman struggles to find her path. She manages to escape her family and enters...

Fight Another Day
2024
as Duke
Follows a tough cop, who after being transported to a dystopian future, must enter a deadly combat tournament to be able to return to his past.

Gigi & Nate
2022
as Dan Gibson
A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.

Belushi
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Using previously unheard audiotapes recorded shortly after John Belushi’s death, director R.J. Cutler’s documentary feature examines the too-short lif...

John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster
2019
as Narrator
"Sam, could you do me a favor?" A seemingly simple request sparks the story that has now become part of America’s true crime hall of fame - the journ...

Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
2018
as Coach Wittenberg (voice)
When their trip to San Lorenzo takes a turn for the worst, Arnold and his classmate’s only hope of getting home is retracing the dangerous path that l...

Katie Says Goodbye
2018
as Bear
A kindhearted seventeen-year-old in the American Southwest turns to prostitution to fulfill her dream of a new life in San Francisco.
Salvage
2018
An ex-cop living in rural Florida is drawn into an investigation involving a sunken treasure.

Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon
2017
as Self
"Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon" is a three-part short documentary briefly chronicling the history of Twin Peaks. Produced and released on YouTube as part...

The Number of Completion
2017
as Self
Short documentary about Twin Peaks: The Return.

Tell It Martin
2017
as Self
Short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.

The Polish Accountant
2017
as Self
Short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.

A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth
2017
as Self
A short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return. This time focused in the planing and technical execution of some particular scenes.

Wonder Wheel
2017
as Humpty
The story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny, an emotionally ...

Sollers Point
2017
as Carol
Keith, a small-time drug dealer, is under house arrest at the home of his father in Baltimore. He re-enters a community scarred by unemployment, negle...

A Change of Heart
2017
as Hank
Discouraged with cards that life has felt him, Hank is a man whose circumstances have steered him to fear change, but his town is adhering less to tra...

The Hollow Point
2016
as Shepard
Los Reyes County, Arizona. Leland, a retired lawman, works with Wallace, the new sheriff who replaces him, when a vicious hit man, sent by a Mexican d...

Undrafted
2016
as Jim
A team of misfit intramural baseball players become important to a player who was overlooked in the MLB draft, as he tries to come to grips with his d...

The Whole Truth
2016
as Boone Lassiter
A defense attorney works to get his teenage client acquitted of murdering his wealthy father.
The Curious Case of the Chicago Cubs
2015
During the Chicago Cubs’ 108-year championship drought, the franchise endured its fair share of heartache. Ranging from a billy goat curse to a black ...

Home Sweet Hell
2015
as Les
Don Champagne seems to have it all, but when his wife, Mona, learns of his affair with a pretty new salesgirl, she will stop at nothing to maintain th...

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
2014
as The Cowardly Lion (voice)
Dorothy wakes in post-tornado Kansas, only to be whisked back to Oz to try to save her old friends, the Scarecrow, the Lion, the Tin Man, and Glinda, ...

Stan Lee's Mighty 7
2014
as Mr. Cross (voice)
When seven aliens crash land in the desert night, Stan Lee discovers that they are being chased by a top-secret military force led by Mr. Cross and hi...

The Secret Lives of Dorks
2013
as Bronko
In The Secret Lives of Dorks, Payton (Gaelan Connell) is a pathetic dork, a comic book geek whose high school career is one hopeless faux pas after an...

Born In Chicago
2013
Executive Producer
"Born In Chicago" is a soulful documentary film that chronicles a uniquely musical passing of the torch. It’s the story of first generation blues perf...

Thunderstruck
2012
as Coach Amross
After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts strugglin...

New Year's Eve
2011
as Building Super
The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.

Cougars, Inc.
2011
as Dan Fox
When Sam learns his mother cannot afford to send him to another school after he is kicked out, he and his friends start their own escort service for m...

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
as (archive footage)
The team of smart-talkin' toddlers known as Everything Is Terrible! have once again emerged from their VHS cocoons to conjure a jam on culture so cult...

The Ghost Writer
2010
as John Maddox
A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island aft...

Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
2008
as Glob (voice)
Scooby-Doo and Shaggy must go into the underworld ruled by The Goblin King in order to stop a mortal named The Amazing Krudsky who wants power and is ...

Snow Buddies
2008
as Bernie (voice)
Dylan Sprouse, Jim Belushi and Kris Kristofferson lend their voices to this family-friendly tale about a feisty pack of golden retriever puppies that ...

Underdog
2007
as Dan Unger
A lab accident gives a beagle named Shoeshine some serious superpowers -- a secret that the dog eventually shares with the young boy who becomes his o...

Farce of the Penguins
2006
as They're all bitches Penguin (voice)
In this spoof of "March of the Penguins," nature footage of penguins near the South Pole gets a soundtrack of human voices. Carl and Jimmy, best frien...

Casper's Scare School
2006
as Alder (voice)
When Casper's been being friendly lately even when playing with a boy named Jimmy, Kibosh: The King of the Underworld has Casper enrolled into a Scare...

The Wild
2006
as Benny (voice)
An adolescent lion is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his zoo pals must put aside their differences to help br...

Behind the Smile
2006
as Jeffrey Stone (as James Belushi)
A young stand-up comedian finds his burgeoning career threatened when he teams with a veteran comedy superstar.

Hoodwinked!
2005
as The Woodsman (voice)
Little Red Riding Hood: A classic story, but there's more to every tale than meets the eye. Before you judge a book by its cover, you've got to flip t...

The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
2005
as Self
A look at Dan and John's partnership and the music

Tugger: The Jeep® 4x4 Who Wanted to Fly
2005
as Tugger (voice)
Tugger is a little jeep. During World War II, his engine fan was replaced with a real airplane propeller. Since then, he's known that one day, he too ...

DysEnchanted
2004
as Doctor

Easy Sex
2003
as Elvis (as James Belushi)
Packard Schmidt is a burnt-out, middle-aged college English professor. In a desperate attempt to restore some sense of vitality to his lonely existenc...

Toronto Rocks
2003
as Self
Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto was a benefit rock concert that was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on July 30, 2003. It was also known as "Toronto...

Rugrats: Babies in Toyland
2002
as Santa Claus (voice)
The Rugrats discover that Christmas means more than just presents and tradition when they find themselves stranded in the Stu-inspired displays at a C...

A Scooby-Doo! Christmas
2002
as Asa Buckwald (voice)
On the way to Daphne's relatives' condominium, the Mystery Inc. gang detours through the town of Winter Hollow, where the vengeful Headless Snowman ha...

K-9: P.I.
2002
as Mike Dooley
Dooley and his K-9 partner Jerry Lee are ready to retire from the police force. But before he can retire with his pension he must work as a P.I. to fi...

One Way Out
2002
as Harry Woltz
Harry Woltz is a homicide cop with a gambling problem; a problem that leaves him owing a great deal of money to the Russell brothers. To clear the deb...

Snow Dogs
2002
as Demon (voice)
When a Miami dentist inherits a team of sled dogs, he's got to learn the trade or lose his pack to a crusty mountain man.

Joe Somebody
2001
as Chuck Scarett
When underappreciated video specialist Joe Scheffer is brutally humiliated by office bully Mark McKinney in front of his daughter, Joe begins a quest ...
Into the Valley of Death
2001
as Self
Documentary on the making of Salvador (1986).

Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
2000
as Pat Laughlin
From 1979 to 1981, 29 African-American males, mostly children, were either missing or found murdered in metro Atlanta. The cases plagued the city unti...

Return to Me
2000
as Joe Dayton
It took a lot of cajoling to get Bob, a recently widowed architect, to go on a blind date at a quirky Irish-Italian eatery. Once there, he's smitten i...

K-911
1999
as Mike Dooley
LAPD detective Mike Dooley and his dog, the German Shepherd Jerry Lee, have been successfully partnered for ten years, but Jerry’s advancing age has D...
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero
1999
as Self
Documentary tribute to actor and former bodybuilder, Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The Nuttiest Nutcracker
1999
as Reginald (Voice)
A group of fruit and vegetables try to help the Nutcracker's army get a star up on a Christmas tree before midnight, and stop a rodent army from destr...

Visit Fabulous Las Vegas
1999
as Self
A fresh look at the everchanging adult Disneyland of Las Vegas, featuring pirate ships, volcanos, 25 casinos on the Strip, 10 more casinos in Glitter ...

Made Men
1999
as Bill Manucci
A man and a woman are on the run from gangsters whom he has stolen $12.5 million. When the gangsters show up, he takes them supposedly to where the mo...

The Florentine
1999
as Billy Belasco
A slice-of-life story unfolds inside The Florentine, a bar in a Pennsylvania steel town whose brightest days are behind it, leaving behind many of lif...

Angel's Dance
1999
as Rosellini
A young hitman is asked to prove himself by killing an innocent woman.

Justice
1999
as Frank Spello
A lawyer and her partner run from the Colombian Mafia and the corrupt U.S. marshals and attorneys assigned to protect them.

Wag the Dog
1997
as Jim Belushi
During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President...

Babes in Toyland
1997
as Gonzargo (voice)
With just days to go before presents are scheduled for Christmas delivery, Toyland is buzzing with activity. However, curmudgeonly creditor Barnaby Cr...

Gang Related
1997
as Detective Frank K Divinci
Two corrupt cops have a successful, seemingly perfect money making scheme- they sell drugs that they seize from dealers, kill the dealers, and blame t...

Living in Peril
1997
as Oliver Harrison
The young architect Walter leaves his wife Linda to go to L.A. to draw a mansion for Harrison. On the highway a truck driver almost drives him off the...

Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off
1997
as Phil Palmfeather (voice)
A direct-to-video feature film, Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off, was released in 1997. It comprises three episodes of the animated series e...

Bad Baby
1997
as Dad (voice)
Approaching his second birthday, Baby is still quite a handful for his long-suffering sister and parents. He's very demanding, hard to put to sleep, a...

Dog's Best Friend
1997
as Skippy (voice)
Animals communicate with a boy while he's staying at his grandparents' farm and warn him about an impending foreclosure.

Gold In The Streets
1997
as Mario (as James Belushi)
An Irish immigrant lands in the Bronx, working at an Italian-owned bar while living with fellow undocumented immigrants. Fears of deportation and unce...

Retroactive
1997
as Frank
A psychiatrist makes multiple trips through time to save a woman that was murdered by her brutal husband.

Jingle All the Way
1996
as Mall Santa
Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposi...

Race the Sun
1996
as Frank Machi
A bunch of high school misfits in Hawaii, introduced by their new teacher, attend a science fair in which they draw up inspiration to build their own ...

Separate Lives
1995
as Tom Beckwith
Tom Beckwith has just quit his job as a police officer in order to study psychology. But his professor, Lauren Porter, is more interested in his crimi...

Canadian Bacon
1995
as Charles Jackal, NBS Reporter
The U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war with Canada.

Destiny Turns on the Radio
1995
as Tuerto
Johnny Destiny burns into Las Vegas in his hot Plymouth RoadRunner, stopping only to pick up a stranger stranded in the desert. But then, things aren'...

Sahara
1995
as Sgt. Joe Gunn
After the fall of Tobruk in June 1942, U.S. Army sergeant Joe Gunn leads his tank into the Sahara desert, in order to evade advancing Rommel's forces ...

The Pebble and the Penguin
1995
as Rocko (voice)
A bashful bachelor penguin named Hubie, who's partial to a pretty female named Marina. Ancient penguin ritual dictates that males present a pebble to ...

The Louie N' Louie Show
1995
as Louie
Louie the hamster and Louie the chameleon are jealous of the family dog getting all the attention.

Royce
1994
as Shane Royce
Royce is a member of the ultra-secret service "Black Hole", working for the US Government on top-secret missions. When the senator responsible for for...

Parallel Lives
1994
as Nick Dimas
A college reunion turns into a tangled web of passion, romance and intrigue as old friends and enemies catch up with each other's lives. Includes a lo...

Last Action Hero
1993
as James Belushi
After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is ...

Traces of Red
1992
as Jack Dobson
Jack, a Palm Beach detective, becomes involved in a case of multiple murders. All the women can be linked to Jack in some way. Jack and his partner ha...

Once Upon a Crime
1992
as Neil Schwary
On their way to Monte Carlo, Monaco, Marilyn and her husband, Neil, meet several other married couples, including Julian and Phoebe, who are traveling...

Diary of a Hitman
1991
as Shandy
A veteran hitman, Dekker is ready to call it quits and leave the profession. His final job, however, proves to be trickier than expected when a sadist...

Curly Sue
1991
as Bill Dancer
Bill is a penniless drifter who scams strangers out of just enough money to feed himself and his partner in crime, an orphan girl known as Curly Sue. ...

Only the Lonely
1991
as Salvatore Buonarte (as James Belushi)
Danny Muldoon, a Chicago policeman, still lives with his overbearing mother Rose. He meets and falls in love with Theresa Luna , whose father owns the...

Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe
1990
as Principal Latimer
An alien policeman comes to Earth to hunt down a renegade of his own race.

Mr. Destiny
1990
as Larry Burrows
Larry Burrows is unhappy and feels powerless over his life. He believes his entire life could have turned out differently had he not missed that shot ...

Masters of Menace
1990
as Gypsy
The Masters of Menace are actually a motorcycle gang. When one of their own dies while performing a dangerous bike stunt, they decide to cross the cou...

Taking Care of Business
1990
as Jimmy Dworski
An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.

Wedding Band
1990
as Reverend
A couple who both work at wedding receptions encounter complications when they decide to marry.

The Palermo Connection
1990
as Carmine Bonavia
Carmine Bonavia wins election as the mayor of New York on a promise to legalize drugs. After the election, he marries Carrie and goes to his ancestral...

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
as Self
A TV special celebrating the 15th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts ret...

Homer and Eddie
1989
as Homer Lanza
A mentally disabled man gets help from a sociopath when he tries to reunite with his dying father, who years earlier disowned him.

K-9
1989
as Mike Dooley
The extravagant cop Michael Dooley needs some help to fight a drug dealer who has tried to kill him. A "friend" gives him a dog named Jerry Lee (Offic...

Who's Harry Crumb?
1989
as Man on Bus (uncredited)
Harry Crumb is a bumbling and inept private investigator who is hired to solve the kidnapping of a young heiress which he's not expected to solve beca...

Red Heat
1988
as Art Ridzik
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord w...

Real Men
1987
as Nick Pirandello
A womanizing CIA agent and an insecure insurance agent are paired together to make sure a deal goes through with aliens for the future of mankind.

The Principal
1987
as Rick Latimer
Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latimer bargained for. Gangs fight to control the school...

Number One with a Bullet
1987
Screenplay
Number One with a Bullet is a 1987 American police detective film directed by Jack Smight. A pair of detectives is assigned to investigate a murder, a...

Little Shop of Horrors
1986
as Patrick Martin
Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's; a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker, Audrey Fulquard, and...

Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986
as Sperry Repairman
Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day, she gets a strange coded message from an unknown s...

About Last Night...
1986
as Bernie Litgo
A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends.

Salvador
1986
as Doctor Rock
In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military...

Mutant Video
1986
as Bobby
A bizarre collection of short films featuring easy laughs, cheap thrills, gratuitous sex, rock & roll aliens, wacky religion, senseless violence, bogu...

Mutant Video
1986
Producer
A bizarre collection of short films featuring easy laughs, cheap thrills, gratuitous sex, rock & roll aliens, wacky religion, senseless violence, bogu...

Birthday Boy
1986
as Bobby
A salesman in a sporting-goods store takes a cross-country trip on his birthday in order to visit his old gym coach, and sell him a supply of basketba...

Birthday Boy
1986
Writer, Producer
A salesman in a sporting-goods store takes a cross-country trip on his birthday in order to visit his old gym coach, and sell him a supply of basketba...

The Man with One Red Shoe
1985
as Morris
A man is mistaken as a spy by the CIA when he arrives at the airport with one red shoe.

Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter
1985
as Clayton Pyle
Spoof comedy.

Pinocchio
1984
as Mario
A lonely wood-carver named Geppetto wishes for a son one night before going to bed. The Blue Fairy comes while he sleeps and partially grants the wish...

The Best Legs in Eighth Grade
1984
as Saint Valentine
Man reconsiders his life after a chance meeting with a childhood acquaintance.

Trading Places
1983
as Harvey
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

Thief
1981
as Barry Stratagakis
Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime an...
The Cleansing
1980
as Bobby
A comedic short about a devout Catholic girl, Mary, who brings home her new boyfriend to her equally devout parents. After pronouncing that the boyfri...

The Fury
1978
as Beach Bum (uncredited)
When a devious plot separates CIA agent Peter Sandza from his son, Robin, the distraught father manages to see through the ruse. Taken because of his ...

Catch the Wind
N/A
as James
Fairytale is a sweeping romantic story.
Karate Ghost
N/A
Set in a town ruled by absurd karate law, lonely teen Bobby forms an unlikely bond with the ghost of his late father’s favorite action hero, Johnny Ma...