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Biography

James Belushi was born June 15, 1954 in Chicago but grew up in Wheaton, Illinois. He is the third of four children of Adam…more

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Birth Name

James Aaron Belushi

Gender

Male

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Star (13)

Role
- The Defenders
  Nick Morelli
  - S 1: Ep 18 Morelli v. Kaczmarek
    3/11/11
  - S 1: Ep 17 Nevada v. Greene
    3/4/11
  - S 1: Ep 16 Noland v. Galloway Pharmaceuticals
    2/25/11
  - S 1: Ep 15 Nevada v. Hunter
    2/18/11
  - S 1: Ep 14 Nevada v. Doug the Mule
    2/11/11
  - + 13 More Credits
- According to Jim
  Jim
  - S 8: Ep 18 Heaven Opposed To Hell
    6/2/09
  - S 8: Ep 17 Diamonds are a Ghoul's Best Friend
    6/2/09
  - S 8: Ep 15 King of the Nerds
    5/26/09
  - S 8: Ep 16 I Hate the High Road
    5/26/09
  - S 8: Ep 14 Happy Jim
    5/12/09
  - + 176 More Credits
- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
  Glob
  - S 3: Ep 1 Scooby Doo and the Goblin King
    10/5/08
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 31: Ep 20 Lost & Found: SNL in the '80s
    11/20/05
  - S 10: Ep 18 Howard Cosell/Greg Kihn
    4/13/85
  - S 10: Ep 17 Christopher Reeve/Santana
    4/6/85
  - S 10: Ep 16 Hulk Hogan, Mr. T/The Commodores
    3/30/85
  - S 10: Ep 14 Pamela Sue Martin/Power Station
    2/16/85
  - + 30 More Credits
- Hey Arnold!
  Coach Jack Wittenberg
  - S 5: Ep 24 Grandpa's Packard / Phoebe's Little Problem
    6/8/04
  - S 5: Ep 22 A Day in the Life of a Classroom / Big Bob's Crisis
    11/15/03
  - S 5: Ep 23 Ghost Bride / Gerald v.s. Jamie O.
    11/11/03
  - S 5: Ep 21 Timberly Loves Arnold / Eugene, Eugene!
    1/28/03
  - S 5: Ep 19 The Journal (1)
    11/11/02
  - + 97 More Credits
- Saturday Night Live
  Various
  - — The Best of Game Show Parodies
    2/28/00
- Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
  Tapir (US)
- Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
  voice of Simon the Monster Hunter
  - S 4: Ep 13 Laugh, Krumm, Laugh / Rookie Monsters
    12/6/97
  - S 4: Ep 12 Showdown / Internal Affairs
    11/29/97
  - S 4: Ep 11 Clockwise / Gromble Soup
    11/22/97
  - S 4: Ep 10 Spy vs. Monster / Misery Date
    11/15/97
  - S 4: Ep 9 Side by Side / Hooked on Phobics
    11/8/97
  - + 54 More Credits
- Total Security
  Steve Wegman
  - S 1: Ep 6 Who's Poppa?
    11/8/97
  - S 1: Ep 5 Citizen Canine
    10/25/97
  - S 1: Ep 4 Looking for Mr. Goombah
    10/18/97
  - S 1: Ep 3 Dental Men Prefer Blondes
    10/11/97
  - S 1: Ep 2 One Wedding and a Funeral
    10/4/97
  - + 8 More Credits
- Mighty Ducks
  Phil Palmfeather
  - S 1: Ep 26 To Catch a Duck
    1/10/97
  - S 1: Ep 25 Duck Hard
    1/3/97
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Return of Astroth
    12/27/96
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Most Dangerous Huck Hunt
    12/20/96
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Iced Duck Cometh
    12/13/96
  - + 21 More Credits
- Wild Palms
  Harry Wyckoff
- Working Stiffs
  Ernie O'Rourke
  - S 1: Ep 6 Pal Joey
    10/20/79
  - S 1: Ep 4 My Boys Are Having a Baby.
    10/6/79
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Bank Robbery
    9/29/79
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Preview Presentation
    9/15/79
  - S 1: Ep 9 Sagebrush Estates
  - + 4 More Credits
- Who's Watching the Kids
  Bert Gunkel
  - S 1: Ep 9 Frankie's 16th Birthday
    12/15/78
  - S 1: Ep 8 Good News, Bad News
    12/8/78
  - S 1: Ep 7 Hit and Run
    11/24/78
  - S 1: Ep 6 Rustic Retreat
    11/10/78
  - S 1: Ep 5 Love Finds Bert Gunkel
    11/3/78
  - + 10 More Credits
Recurring Role (5)

Role
- Yin Yang Yo!
  The Puffin
  - S 2: Ep 32 Roboticus Maximus / Size Matters
    2/21/09
  - S 2: Ep 26 The Secret Life of Possum Panda / Dummy Up
    9/29/08
  - S 2: Ep 23 Welcome To The Dark Tomorrow
    8/11/08
  - S 2: Ep 9 Deja Foo
    3/10/08
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Manotaur / League of Evil
    2/25/08
- The View
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 164 May 15, 2006
    5/15/06
  - S 8: Ep 111 Frantz/Belushi
    2/8/05
  - S 7: Ep 176 Belushi/Rue
    5/18/04
  - S 6: Ep 111 February 17, 2003
    2/17/03
  - S 5: Ep 47 November 27, 2001
    11/27/01
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  HImself
  - S 3: Ep 124 Jim Belushi, Kelly Monaco, & Damian Marley
    9/19/05
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 56 Jim Belushi, Jennifer Morrison, & The Raveonettes
    5/2/05
  - S 3: Ep 20 Jim Belushi, Shia LeBeouf, & Greg Fitzsimmons
    2/21/05
  - S 2: Ep 3 Jim Belushi
    5/3/04
  - S 1: Ep 83 Jim Belushi, Scott Vostad, Fred Willard, Jason Lombard, & Marijuanalogues
    11/20/03
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 7: Ep 168 Show #1430
    6/27/00
  - S 5: Ep 126 Show #0988
    4/8/98
  - S 5: Ep 25 Show #0887
    10/9/97
  - S 2: Ep 7 Show #0226
    9/6/94
  - S 1: Ep 66 Show #0066
    11/29/93
Guest Star (64)

Role
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 23: Ep 137 April 7, 2011
    4/7/11
  - S 23: Ep 11 September 21, 2010
    9/21/10
  - S 19: Ep 208 July 30, 2007
    7/30/07
  - S 19: Ep 123 March 12, 2007
    3/12/07
  - S 19: Ep 38 October 26, 2006
    10/26/06
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Talk
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 67 Episode 67
    2/3/11
- Lopez Tonight
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 145 October 18, 2010
    10/18/10
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 76 Episode #3.076
    12/3/09
  - S 1: Ep 217 May 19, 2008
    5/19/08
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
  Coach Gruber
  - S 3: Ep 18 How to Sink a Sub / Lady Sings the News
    11/17/06
  - S 1: Ep 19 Maximum Hugh / Sleepless in Retroville
    5/17/03
  - S 1: Ep 9 See Jimmy Run / Trading Faces (a.k.a. A Mind Is A Terrible Thing, Two Ways)
    10/14/02
- My First Time
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 3 Sitcom Stylings
    7/12/06
- The Tony Danza Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 157 Episode 332
    5/16/06
  - S 1: Ep 173 Sitcom Superstars
    7/27/05
  - S 1: Ep 16 Episode 16
    10/4/04
- Movie Surfers
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 9 Jim Belushi Interview
    4/26/06
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 41 Jim Belushi/Parminder Nagra
    11/14/05
- This Week in Baseball
  Himself
  - S 28: Ep 6 Derrek Lee
    6/25/05
- Fatherhood
  The Officer
  - S 2: Ep 3 Truth or Scare
    5/24/05
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 16 Jim Belushi/Kim Raver/Population One
    1/24/05
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Guest
  - S 12: Ep 17 Jim Belushi, Eve, Keane
    9/28/04
  - S 10: Ep 115 Jim Belushi, Steve Zahn, Andy Blitz
    5/7/03
- ESPN25: Who's #1?
  Interviewee
  - S 1: Ep 9 Biggest Chokes
    8/10/04
  - S 1: Ep 5 Most Outrageous Characters
    7/13/04
- Less Than Perfect
  Eddie, the Sandwich Guy
  - S 2: Ep 21 Arctic Nights
    4/27/04
- Tavis Smiley
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 55 Barack Obama, Jim Belushi
    3/29/04
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 110 Mischa Barton/Jim Belushi/Tom Jones
    2/24/04
  - S 1: Ep 32 Jim Belushi/Mo'nique/Joss Stone
    10/21/03
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 12: Ep 100 Britney Spears; Jim Belushi
    11/17/03
  - S 11: Ep 90 Show #2364
    11/4/02
  - S 10: Ep 139 Show #2205
    1/28/02
- The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated)
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 47 11/4/03
    11/4/03
  - S 2: Ep 21 9/29/03
    9/29/03
  - — 5/3/04 (2004)
- America's Funniest Home Videos
  Himself
  - S 14: Ep 5 AFV's 300th Episode (1)
    11/2/03
- I'm With Her
  Leslie Buren
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Second Date
    9/30/03
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Himself
  - S 55: Ep 1 The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/21/03
- Ozzy & Drix
  Capt. Quinine
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Conqueror Worm
    9/13/03
- E!'s 101
  Interviewee
  - S 1: Ep 4 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment 40 - 21
    7/16/03
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 28: Ep 22 Dan Aykroyd/Beyonce Knowles
    5/17/03
  - S 15: Ep 1 15th Anniversary Special
    9/24/89
- The Caroline Rhea Show
  Himself
  - — May 2, 2003
    5/2/03
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 122 Jim Belushi, Maya, and 30 Seconds to Mars
    2/3/03
  - S 4: Ep 199 Jim Belushi, Elisa Donovan, and Travis Tritt
    5/21/02
  - S 4: Ep 104 Jason Alexander and Jim Belushi
    12/4/01
  - S 4: Ep 68 Jason Alexander and Jim Belushi
    10/8/01
  - S 3: Ep 100 Jim Belushi, Robin Tunney, and Evan & Jaron
    11/21/00
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Himself
- What's New Scooby-Doo?
  Asa Buckwald
  - S 2: Ep 14 Scooby-Doo Christmas
    12/13/02
- Rugrats
  Fake Santa
  - S 9: Ep 6 Babies In Toyland
    12/9/02
- The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated)
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 26 10/1/02
    10/1/02
- Dennis Miller Live
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 24 The Changing American Family
    8/16/02
- The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 17 Show 17
    5/12/02
- George Lopez
  city inspector
- Primetime Glick
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 5 Jim Belushi / Rick Fox
    3/23/02
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 36 Jim Belushi
    10/2/01
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 15 Show #1017
    10/1/01
  - S 2: Ep 25 Show #267
    10/10/97
- The Directors
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 1 Michael Mann
    5/16/01
- ER
  Dan Harris
  - S 7: Ep 10 Piece of Mind
    1/4/01
- Disney's Hercules
  Nestor
  - S 1: Ep 21 Hercules and the Disappearing Heroes
    10/5/98
- E! True Hollywood Story
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 12 John Belushi
    5/31/98
- The Larry Sanders Show
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 5 The Interview
    4/12/98
  - S 5: Ep 7 Make a Wish
    1/15/97
- Cow and Chicken
  Butch
  - S 1: Ep 8 School Bully / Time Machine / I.M. Weasel: Ping-Pong at Sea
    8/26/97
- The View
  Himself
- The Tick
  Fleener
  - S 3: Ep 10 Tick vs. Education
    11/24/96
- Mighty Ducks
  Phil Palmfeather
- Gargoyles
  Fang
  - S 2: Ep 48 The Reckoning
    5/7/96
  - S 2: Ep 31 Kingdom
    2/5/96
  - S 2: Ep 20 The Cage
    11/16/95
- Pinky and the Brain
  Jack Maguire
  - S 1: Ep 1 Das Mouse
    9/9/95
- Duckman
  Voice of Saul Monella
  - S 2: Ep 5 America the Beautiful
    4/10/95
- The Building
  Billy Shoe
  - S 1: Ep 5 Yakkity Yak Don't Talk
    9/17/93
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 12: Ep 49 Show #1791
    5/11/93
  - S 11: Ep 134 Show #1718
    11/25/92
  - S 6: Ep 82 Show #0900
    8/7/87
- The Full Wax
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 2 Jim Belushi, Tony Slattery
    3/19/92
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 215 August 16, 1990
    8/16/90
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 28: Ep 162 Show #4207
    8/14/90
  - S 28: Ep 18 Show #4063
    11/7/89
- Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre
  Mario
  - S 3: Ep 3 Pinocchio
    5/14/84
- Laverne & Shirley
  Wheezer
  - S 8: Ep 9 Of Mice and Men
    12/7/82
- Star! Close Up
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Jim Belushi (2004)
- Dark Stars
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 John Belushi (2004)
- Sin City Spectacular
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 8 Show No. 108
- The Other Half
  Guest
  - — February 11, 2003
- Good Day Live
  Himself
  - — 11/9/04 (2004)
- Santo Bugito
  Killer Bee (Babyface)
  - S 1: Ep 1 Load O' Bees
- The Best Damn Sports Show Period
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 1 10-13-03
- Extra
  Himself
  - — May 20, 2003
Special Guest Star (2)

Role
- George Lopez
  city inspector
  - S 4: Ep 22 George's Extreme Makeover: Holmes Edition
    5/3/05
- Mostly True Stories: Urban Legends Revealed
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 6 Severed Fingers
    11/23/03
Director (1)

Role
- According to Jim
  Director
  - S 8: Ep 18 Heaven Opposed To Hell
    6/2/09
  - S 8: Ep 9 Kyle's Crush
    4/21/09
  - S 8: Ep 7 The Ego Boost
    4/14/09
  - S 8: Ep 3 Jami McFame
    12/9/08
  - S 8: Ep 4 Andy's Proposal
    12/9/08
  - + 24 More Credits
Executive Producer (1)

Role
- According to Jim
  Executive Producer

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- Jim played the role of Mike Dooley in three TV movies, K-9 in 1989, K-911 in 1999 and K9: P.I: in 2002.
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- James Belushi was a member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1991.
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- His regular food menu includes salad, chicken, steak, and, for breakfast, H&H poppyseed bagels. He feels most healthy if he doesn't eat after seven at night.
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- James: Things like pulling chairs out and standing up when they (ladies) go to the bathroom-in the seventies women didn't like that stuff; now they like it again.
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- James: People who are into stretching their characters, as actors or human beings. People who are insightful or struggling to be.
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