
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

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025)
as Self (archive footage)

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special (1999)
as (archive footage)

Goin' South (1978)
as Hector

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead (2015)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Zappa (2020)
as Self (archive footage)

Studio 54 (2018)
as Self (archive footage)

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978)
as Ron Decline

Cola Wars (2019)
as Self (archive footage)

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (1989)
as Self (archive footage)

Neighbors (1981)
as Earl Keese

Saturday Night Live: Christmas (1999)
as Self (archive footage)

An SNL Thanksgiving (2024)
as (archive footage)

Steve Martin's Best Show Ever (1981)
as Zhelezna Postruk

Old Boyfriends (1979)
as Eric

The Beach Boys: It's OK (1976)
as Cop #2

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd (2005)
as Various Characters (archive footage)

The Richard Pryor Special? (1977)
as Slave Driver / Bartender

Continental Divide (1981)
as Ernie Souchak

The Best of John Belushi (1985)
as Various Characters

Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005)
as Self

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' (1998)
as Self (archive footage)

Belushi (2020)
as Self (archive footage)

Animal House: The Inside Story (2008)
as Self (archive footage)

The Best of the Blues Brothers (1993)
as Jake Blues (archive footage)

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion (1998)
as Self - Bluto (archive footage)

The Things We Did Last Summer (1978)
as Self

The Beach Boys: It's OK (1976)
as Cop #2

The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music (2005)
as Self (archive footage)

The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland (1978)
as Joliet Jake Blues

Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi (2005)
as Self / Various (archive footage)

The American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story (2006)
as Self

Frank Zappa: The Broadcast Archives (2008)
as Self

Lemmings (1973)
as Various

TVTV: Video Revolutionaries (2018)
as Self





