John Belushi

★ Acting #2,340

1949 - 1982 (age 33) • Acting

Born: 1/24/1949 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died: 3/5/1982 (age 33)

Known for: Acting

John Belushi

★ Acting #2,340

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

The Blues Brothers

77%

'Joliet' Jake Blues

1980

Animal House

70%

John 'Bluto' Blutarski

1978

1941

58%

Capt. Wild Bill Kelso

1979

Saturday Night Live

69%

Self - Various Characters / Self (uncredited) / Self / Various (archive footage) / Self / Eleanor of Gaunt (uncredited)

1975

Goin' South

58%

Hector

1978

Neighbors

56%

Earl Keese

1981

Continental Divide

61%

Ernie Souchak

1981

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

67%

Self - Actor (archive footage)

2015

John Candy: I Like Me

79%

Self - Actor, Saturday Night Live (archive footage)

2025

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

77%

Self (archive footage)

2025

Jim Henson Idea Man

78%

Self (archive footage)

2024

Zappa

73%

Self (archive footage)

2020

Belushi

70%

Self (archive footage)

2020

Cola Wars

77%

Self (archive footage)

2019

TVTV: Video Revolutionaries

80%

Self

2018

Studio 54

65%

Self (archive footage)

2018

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

67%

Self - Actor (archive footage)

2015

Too Young to Die

72%

Self (archive footage)

2012

Animal House: The Inside Story

40%

Self (archive footage)

2008

Frank Zappa: The Broadcast Archives

Self

2008

The American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story

43%

Self

2006

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd

81%

Various Characters (archive footage)

2005

The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music

Self (archive footage)

2005

Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi

68%

Self / Various (archive footage)

2005

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

79%

Self

2005

Saturday Night Live: Christmas

56%

Self (archive footage)

1999

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

69%

(archive footage)

1999

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion

73%

Self - Bluto (archive footage)

1998

The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'

65%

Self (archive footage)

1998

The Best of the Blues Brothers

64%

Jake Blues (archive footage)

1993

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

78%

Self (archive footage)

1989

The Best of John Belushi

75%

Various Characters

1985

Neighbors

56%

Earl Keese

1981

Steve Martin's Best Show Ever

76%

Zhelezna Postruk

1981

Continental Divide

61%

Ernie Souchak

1981

The Blues Brothers

77%

'Joliet' Jake Blues

1980