John Belushi

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-01-24 (33 years old)

Deathday

1982-03-05

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

John Belushi

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Belushi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1980

The Blues Brothers

as 'Joliet' Jake Blues

1979

1941

as Capt. Wild Bill Kelso

1978

Animal House

as John 'Bluto' Blutarski

1981

Continental Divide

as Ernie Souchak

1978

Goin' South

as Hector

2020

Zappa

as Self (archive footage)

1981

Neighbors

as Earl Keese

1973

Lemmings

as Various

1979

1996

The Making of '1941'

as Self (archive footage)

1985

The Best of John Belushi

as Various Characters

2005

2005

Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi

as Self / Various (archive footage)

1981

2005

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd

as Various Characters (archive footage)

1977

The Richard Pryor Special?

as Slave Driver / Bartender

1994

The Best of the Blues Brothers

as Jake Blues (archive footage)

2015

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

1989

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

as Self (archive footage)

1998

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion

as Self - Bluto (archive footage)

2008

Animal House: The Inside Story

as Self (archive footage)

2020

Belushi

as Self (archive footage)

2019

Cola Wars

as Self [Archival Footage]

2018

Studio 54

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1973

Lemmings

as Writer

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