John Belushi

John Belushi

Known for
Acting
Born
January 24, 1949
Died
March 5, 1982 (aged 33)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

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.

Known For

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Filmography

2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music poster

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2025
John Candy: I Like Me poster

John Candy: I Like Me

Movie · as Self - Actor, Saturday Night Live (archive footage)

2024
Jim Henson Idea Man poster

Jim Henson Idea Man

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2024
An SNL Thanksgiving poster

An SNL Thanksgiving

Movie · as (archive footage)

2020
Zappa poster

Zappa

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
Belushi poster

Belushi

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
Cola Wars poster

Cola Wars

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2018
TVTV: Video Revolutionaries poster

TVTV: Video Revolutionaries

Movie · as Self

2018
Studio 54 poster

Studio 54

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2015
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead poster

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2012
Too Young to Die poster

Too Young to Die

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2008
Frank Zappa: The Broadcast Archives poster

Frank Zappa: The Broadcast Archives

Movie · as Self

2008
Animal House: The Inside Story poster

Animal House: The Inside Story

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2006
The American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story poster

The American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story

Movie · as Self

2005
The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music poster

The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2005
Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi poster

Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi

Movie · as Self / Various (archive footage)

2005
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd poster

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd

Movie · as Various Characters (archive footage)

2005
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live poster

Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live

Movie · as Self

1999
Saturday Night Live: Christmas poster

Saturday Night Live: Christmas

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special poster

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

Movie · as (archive footage)

1998
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' poster

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1998
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion poster

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion

Movie · as Self - Bluto (archive footage)

1993
The Best of the Blues Brothers poster

The Best of the Blues Brothers

Movie · as Jake Blues (archive footage)

1989
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary poster

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1985
The Best of John Belushi poster

The Best of John Belushi

Movie · as Various Characters

1981
Continental Divide poster

Continental Divide

Movie · as Ernie Souchak

1981
Neighbors poster

Neighbors

Movie · as Earl Keese

1981
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever poster

Steve Martin's Best Show Ever

Movie · as Zhelezna Postruk

1980
The Blues Brothers poster

The Blues Brothers

Movie · as 'Joliet' Jake Blues

1979
1941 poster

1941

Movie · as Capt. Wild Bill Kelso

1979
Old Boyfriends poster

Old Boyfriends

Movie · as Eric

1978
Animal House poster

Animal House

Movie · as John 'Bluto' Blutarski

1978
Goin' South poster

Goin' South

Movie · as Hector

1978
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash poster

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

Movie · as Ron Decline

1978
The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland poster

The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland

Movie · as Joliet Jake Blues

1978
The Things We Did Last Summer poster

The Things We Did Last Summer

Movie · as Self

1977
The Richard Pryor Special? poster

The Richard Pryor Special?

Movie · as Slave Driver / Bartender

1977
The Richard Pryor Show poster

The Richard Pryor Show

TV · 5 eps

1976
The Beach Boys: It's OK poster

The Beach Boys: It's OK

Movie · as Cop #2

1976
The Beach Boys: It's OK poster

The Beach Boys: It's OK

Movie · as Cop #2

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Various Characters, Self (uncredited), Self / Various (archive footage), Self / Eleanor of Gaunt (uncredited) · 86 eps

1973
Lemmings poster

Lemmings

Movie · as Various