Jan 24, 1949 - Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
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| Movie | 1980 | The Blues Brothers | 'Joliet' Jake Blues | |
| Movie | 1979 | 1941 | Capt. Wild Bill Kelso | |
| Movie | 2018 | TVTV: Video Revolutionaries | Self | |
| Movie | 1978 | Animal House | John 'Bluto' Blutarski | |
| Movie | 1981 | Continental Divide | Ernie Souchak | |
| Movie | 1978 | Goin' South | Hector | |
| Movie | 2020 | Zappa | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2008 | Frank Zappa: The Broadcast Archives | Self | |
| Movie | 1978 | The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash | Ron Decline | |
| Movie | 1981 | Neighbors | Earl Keese | |
| Movie | 2006 | The American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story | Self | |
| Movie | 1973 | Lemmings | Various | |
| Movie | 1979 | Old Boyfriends | Eric | |
| Movie | 1978 | The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland | Joliet Jake Blues | |
| Movie | 1985 | The Best of John Belushi | Various Characters | |
| Movie | 1999 | Saturday Night Live: Christmas | Self | |
| Movie | 2005 | The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2005 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi | Self / Various (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1981 | Steve Martin's Best Show Ever | Zhelezna Postruk | |
| Movie | 2005 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd | Various Characters (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1977 | The Richard Pryor Special? | Slave Driver / Bartender | |
| Movie | 1994 | The Best of the Blues Brothers | Jake Blues (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2015 | Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead | Self - Actor (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1989 | Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2005 | Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live | Self | |
| Movie | 1976 | The Beach Boys: It's OK | Cop #2 | |
| Movie | 1998 | The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1998 | The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion | Self - Bluto (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1976 | The Beach Boys: It's OK | Cop #2 | |
| Movie | 1978 | The Things We Did Last Summer | Self | |
| Movie | 2008 | Animal House: The Inside Story | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2020 | Belushi | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2019 | Cola Wars | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2018 | Studio 54 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2025 | Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music | Self | |
| Movie | 2024 | Jim Henson Idea Man | Self (archive footage) | |
| TV Show | 1977 | The Richard Pryor Show | 5 | |
| TV Show | 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Various Characters | 86 |
| TV Show | 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self (uncredited) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2012 | Too Young to Die | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self / Various (archive footage) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self / Eleanor of Gaunt (uncredited) | 1 |
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| Movie | 1976 | The Beach Boys: It's OK | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1973 | Lemmings | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1976 | The Beach Boys: It's OK | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Writer | Writing |
