John Belushi

John Belushi

ActorWriterMusic Department
Born
January 24, 1949
Died
March 5, 1982

John Belushi was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA, on January 24, 1949, to Agnes Demetri (Samaras) and Adam Anastos Belushi, a restaurant owner. His father was an Albanian immigrant, from Qytezë, and his mother was also of Albanian descent. He grew up in Wheaton, where the family moved when he was…

Actor

Neighbors(1981)as Earl Keese
Continental Divide(1981)as Ernie Souchak
The Blues Brothers(1980)as Joliet Jake
1941(1979)as Capt. Wild Bill Kelso
Saturday Night Live(1975)as Various, Self, Samurai Futaba, Larry Farber, Bee, Fred Silverman, Henry Kissinger, Joe Cocker, Steve Bushakis, Pete, Jake Blues, Kuldroth, Lowell Brock, Truman Capote, Waiter, Adolfo, Al Hirt, Alan, Anthony Q, Bert Lance, Bodyguard, Bud Anderson, Bugs, Caller, Captain Kirk, Captain Ned, Carl, Cesar Romero, Charlie Morgan, Dino De Laurentiis, Don Vito Corleone, Dr. Haskell Lack, Ed Ames, Elizabeth Taylor, Elvis Presley, Franklin Roosevelt, Fredrick Leeuwenhoek, George Wallace, Grave robber, Guest, Hermann Goering, Husband, Jawaharlal Nehru, Jeff Widette, Joe, Joe Mel, Jr, John The Tanner, Joliet Jake Blues, Jovan Shegula, Judah, Judge, Kevin, Killer Bee, King, Leonid Brezhnev, Lopez, Lou Grant, Lt. Testosterone, Ludwig von Beethoven, Marlon Brando, Martin Gresner, Matt Cooper, Matt Hooper, Member, Michael Mykonos, Morton Kamen, Mr. Bernstein, Mr. Klein, Mr. Kromer, Mr. Williams, Napoleon, Pablo, Patient, Paul Rutherford, Paul Sunberg, Richard Daley, Rico, Roach, Robert Blake, Roy Orbison, Rudy Schutz, Sam Peckinpah, Sanjay Gandhi, Scott Shuman, Sheila Ellington, Slezeball, Socrates, Spokesperson, Steve Parrish, Student, Sun Myung Moon, The Beaver, Tip O'Neil, Tom Burke, Tony Delightful, Uncle Krabosh, Vasiliy Alekseyev, Visitor, Vito Corleone, White Scottie, William Shatner, Windowpane Watson, actor, announcer, contestant, cowboy, judge, victim

Music Department

Lemmings(1973)

Self

Today(1952)as Self
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever(1981)as Zhelezna Postruk
Saturday Night Live(1975)as Self, Eleanor of Gaunt, Samurai Futaba, Pete, Truman Capote, Various, Bee, Dennis Timplitt
The Blues Brothers: Soul Biscuit(1978)as Self, Jake E. Blues
Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland(1978)as Jake Blues

Archive Footage

I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not(2025)as Self - Actor
Being Eddie(2025)as Self - Actor & Comedian
American Experience(1988)as Self
Downey Wrote That(2025)as Self - SNL Cast
John Candy: I Like Me(2025)as Self - Actor, Saturday Night Live

Archive Sound

What If...?(2009)as Voice Talent

Credit Score: John Belushi

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#NameScoreYearWinNomKnownWinsNomsVotes
1Saturday Night Live2000.0019758.09835457612
2The Blues Brothers6.5019807.900229249
3National Lampoon's Animal House4.8819787.400136070
4Continental Divide3.2519816.2006092
5Neighbors3.0919815.5009362
619413.0919795.80338933
7Goin' South1.3019786.2008717