John Belushi

ActorWriter Jan 24 (died age 33) Chicago, Illinois, USA 1973–2025 (52 year career)

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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

Film

The Blues Brothers

'Joliet' Jake Blues

Film

Animal House

John 'Bluto' Blutarski

Film

Saturday Night Live

Self - Various Characters

Film

1941

Capt. Wild Bill Kelso

Film

John Candy: I Like Me

Self - Actor, Saturday Night Live (archive footage)

Film

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

Ron Decline

Film

Zappa

Self (archive footage)

Film

Jim Henson Idea Man

Self (archive footage)

Filmography

Acting (41)

Movies (37)

John Candy: I Like Me

2025

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

7.9

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025

as Self (archive footage)

7.8

Jim Henson Idea Man

2024

as Self (archive footage)

7.7

Zappa

2020

as Self (archive footage)

7.3

Belushi

2020

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Cola Wars

2019

as Self (archive footage)

7.8

Studio 54

2018

as Self (archive footage)

6.4

TVTV: Video Revolutionaries

2018

as Self

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

2015

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

6.6

Animal House: The Inside Story

2008

as Self (archive footage)

4.0

Frank Zappa: The Broadcast Archives

2008

as Self

The American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story

2006

as Self

7.0

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

2005

as Self

7.6

The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music

2005

as Self (archive footage)

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd

2005

as Various Characters (archive footage)

8.2

Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi

2005

as Self / Various (archive footage)

6.5

Saturday Night Live: Christmas

1999

as Self

4.5

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion

1998

as Self - Bluto (archive footage)

7.0

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'

1998

as Self (archive footage)

5.0

The Best of the Blues Brothers

1994

as Jake Blues (archive footage)

5.8

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

1989

as Self (archive footage)

7.6

The Best of John Belushi

1985

as Various Characters

Neighbors

as Earl Keese

Continental Divide

as Ernie Souchak

Steve Martin's Best Show Ever

1981

as Zhelezna Postruk

7.5

The Blues Brothers

1980

as 'Joliet' Jake Blues

7.7

1941

1979

as Capt. Wild Bill Kelso

Old Boyfriends

as Eric

Animal House

as John 'Bluto' Blutarski

7.0

The Things We Did Last Summer

1978

as Self

4.0

The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland

as Joliet Jake Blues

Goin' South

as Hector

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

1978

as Ron Decline

6.8

The Richard Pryor Special?

1977

as Slave Driver / Bartender

7.0

The Beach Boys: It's OK

1976

as Cop #2

1.0

The Beach Boys: It's OK

as Cop #2

Lemmings

as Various

Television (4)

Too Young to Die

2012

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

The Richard Pryor Show

1977

6.3

Saturday Night Live

1975

as Self - Various Characters

7.0

Saturday Night Live

1975

7.0

Crew (4)

Movies (3)

The Beach Boys: It's OK

1976

Writer

1.0

The Beach Boys: It's OK

Writer

Lemmings

Writer

Television (1)

Saturday Night Live

1975

Writer

7.0