John Belushi
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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
Credits
The Blues Brothers (1980)
as 'Joliet' Jake Blues
John Candy: I Like Me (2025)
as Self - Actor, Saturday Night Live (archive footage)
Animal House (1978)
as John 'Bluto' Blutarski
Jim Henson Idea Man (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
1941 (1979)
as Capt. Wild Bill Kelso
Cola Wars (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Old Boyfriends (1979)
as Eric
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead (2015)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Zappa (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Goin' South (1978)
as Hector
Neighbors (1981)
as Earl Keese
Continental Divide (1981)
as Ernie Souchak
Studio 54 (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (1989)
as Self (archive footage)
Belushi (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
The Best of John Belushi (1985)
as Various Characters
The Beach Boys: It's OK (1976)
as Cop #2
The Beach Boys: It's OK (1976)
as Cop #2
The American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story (2006)
as Self
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978)
as Ron Decline
Saturday Night Live: Christmas (1999)
as Self
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever (1981)
as Zhelezna Postruk
Frank Zappa: The Broadcast Archives (2008)
as Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd (2005)
as Various Characters (archive footage)
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005)
as Self
The Best of the Blues Brothers (1993)
as Jake Blues (archive footage)
Animal House: The Inside Story (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion (1998)
as Self - Bluto (archive footage)
Lemmings (1973)
as Various
The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
The Richard Pryor Special? (1977)
as Slave Driver / Bartender
TVTV: Video Revolutionaries (2018)
as Self
The Things We Did Last Summer (1978)
as Self
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' (1998)
as Self (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi (2005)
as Self / Various (archive footage)
The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland (1978)
as Joliet Jake Blues