Cast & creator
John Belushi
Best known for Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live
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.
Also known as: America's Guest, John Adam Belushi, جان بلوشی
42
film credits
7
television credits
45
1973–2025 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (49)
Showing 49 of 49 credits
Saturday Night Live
Self - Various Characters
1975Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live
Self / Various (archive footage)
1975Saturday Night Live
Self / Eleanor of Gaunt (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live
Writer
1975
The Blues Brothers
'Joliet' Jake Blues
1980
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Actor, Saturday Night Live (archive footage)
2025
Animal House
John 'Bluto' Blutarski
1978
Jim Henson Idea Man
Self (archive footage)
2024
1941
Capt. Wild Bill Kelso
1979
The Richard Pryor Show
1977
Too Young to Die
Self (archive footage)
2012
Goin' South
Hector
1978
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self (archive footage)
2025
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
(archive footage)
1999
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2015
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
Ron Decline
1978
Zappa
Self (archive footage)
2020
Cola Wars
Self (archive footage)
2019
Studio 54
Self (archive footage)
2018
Neighbors
Earl Keese
1981
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Self (archive footage)
1989
An SNL Thanksgiving
(archive footage)
2024
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
Self (archive footage)
1999
Belushi
Self (archive footage)
2020
Old Boyfriends
Eric
1979
Continental Divide
Ernie Souchak
1981
The Beach Boys: It's OK
Cop #2
1976The Beach Boys: It's OK
Writer
1976
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
Self
2005
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
Zhelezna Postruk
1981
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Various Characters (archive footage)
2005
The Richard Pryor Special?
Slave Driver / Bartender
1977
Animal House: The Inside Story
Self (archive footage)
2008
The Best of John Belushi
Various Characters
1985
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
Self - Bluto (archive footage)
1998
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
Self (archive footage)
1998
The Things We Did Last Summer
Self
1978
The Best of the Blues Brothers
Jake Blues (archive footage)
1993
The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland
Joliet Jake Blues
1978
The Beach Boys: It's OK
Cop #2
1976The Beach Boys: It's OK
Writer
1976
Lemmings
Various
1973Lemmings
Writer
1973
The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
Self (archive footage)
2005
Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi
Self / Various (archive footage)
2005
The American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story
Self
2006
Frank Zappa: The Broadcast Archives
Self
2008
TVTV: Video Revolutionaries
Self
2018