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John Adam Belushi was an American actor, comedian and singer, and one of the seven original cast members of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL). Throughout his career, Belushi had a close personal and artistic partnership with his fellow SNL star Dan Aykroyd, whom he met while they were both working at Chicago's The Second City comedy club.

Birth Name

John Adam Belushi

Born

Monday, 24 January 1949

Died

Friday, 05 March 1982

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

The Story of Late Night	Self	2021
Belushi	Self / Self (archive footage)	2020
The Movies That Made Us	Self	2019
Cola Wars	Self	2019
Love, Gilda	Self	2018
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind	Himself (archive footage)	2018
Studio 54	Self / Self (archive footage)	2018
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs	(archive footage)	2017
The History of Comedy	(archive footage)	2017
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story Of The National Lampoon	Actor (archive footage)	2015

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Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

The Story of Late Night	Self	2021
Belushi	Self / Self (archive footage)	2020
The Movies That Made Us	Self	2019
Cola Wars	Self	2019
Love, Gilda	Self	2018
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind	Himself (archive footage)	2018
Studio 54	Self / Self (archive footage)	2018
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs	(archive footage)	2017
The History of Comedy	(archive footage)	2017
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story Of The National Lampoon	Actor (archive footage)	2015
I Am Chris Farley	Himself (archive footage)	2015
The Seventies	Himself	2015
Rock Legends	Himself (archive footage)	2014
Autopsy: The Last Hours of	Self	2014
Celebrity Page	Self	2013
Too Young to Die	Himself (archive footage)	2012
America's Book of Secrets	Self - Guest at the Playboy Mansion	2012
The Tragic Side of Comedy	Himself (archive footage)	2009
What If...?	Voice Talent (archive sound)	2009
The American Dream: The Dusty Rhodes Story	himself	2006
Final 24	Himself	2006
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd	Various Characters	2005
Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi	Himself / Various (archive footage)	2005
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream	Self	2005
'Duel': A Conversation with Director Steven Spielberg	Capt. Wild Bill Kelso - in "1941". (archive footage)	2004
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second	Himself (archive footage)	2003
Saturday Night Live Christmas	Himself	1999
Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes	Himself (archive footage)	1998
The Making Of '1941'	Himself	1996
E! True Hollywood Story	Himself	1996
The Best of the Blues Brothers	Jake Blues (archive footage)	1994
Modern Marvels	Sumo	1993
When the Applause Died	Himself (archive footage)	1990
Inside Edition	Himself	1988
The Best Of Chevy Chase	Himself (archive footage)	1987
Neighbors	Earl Keese	1981
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever	Zhelezna Postruk	1981
Continental Divide	Ernie Souchak	1981
The Blues Brothers	'Joliet' Jake Blues (as Jake)	1980
1941	Capt. Wild Bill Kelso	1979
Old Boyfriends	Eric Katz	1979
Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland	Jake Blues	1978
Goin' South	Deputy Hector	1978
National Lampoon's Animal House	John Blutarsky	1978
20/20	Himself (archive footage)	1978
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash	Ron Decline, The most feared promoter in the world	1978
The Richard Pryor Show		1977
Saturday Night Live	Various, Samurai Futaba / Various, Joe Cocker / Various / Himself - Various Characters, Various / Henry Kissinger, Various / Himself - Various Characters, Various / Lou Grant, Various / The Beaver / Bud Anderson / Mr. Williams, Vasiliy Alekseyev / Robert Blake / Various, Visitor / Carl / Self, Waiter / Member / Spokesperson / Scott Shuman / Judge / Himself - Various Characters, White Scottie / Samurai Futaba / Various / Himself - Various Characters, Samurai Futaba / Waiter / Slezeball / Self, Self (archive footage), Self (voice), Sheila Ellington / Steve Bushakis / Various / Himself - Various Characters, Steve Bushakis / Various, Student / announcer / actor / Morton Kamen, Tip O'Neil / Husband / Uncle Krabosh / Joe Mel, Jr / Napoleon / Self, Tom Burke / Paul Rutherford / Self, Truman Capote / Self / Various, Adolfo / Guest / Rico / Patient / Himself - Various Characters, Al Hirt / Various, Bee / Himself - Various Characters, Bee / Various / Himself - Various Characters, Bert Lance / judge / Roy Orbison / contestant / Self, Bugs / Lopez / Sam Peckinpah / Various / Himself - Various Characters, Caller / Roach / Bodyguard / Jovan Shegula / victim / Kevin / Self, Captain Kirk / William Shatner / Various / Himself - Various Characters, Cesar Romero / Elvis Presley / Sun Myung Moon / Various, Dennis Timplitt / Self / Bee / Himself - Various Characters, Dino De Laurentiis / Self, Don Vito Corleone / Various, Dr. Haskell Lack / Charlie Morgan / cowboy / Judah / Fredrick Leeuwenhoek / Larry Farber / Self, Franklin Roosevelt / John The Tanner / Self, Fred Silverman / Alan / Pete / Self, Fred Silverman / Captain Ned / Pablo, Fred Silverman / Rudy Schutz / Joe, Fred Silverman / Tony Delightful / Windowpane Watson / Samurai Futaba, Grave robber / Richard Daley / Steve Parrish / Self, Henry Kissinger / Various, Hermann Goering / Various, Jake Blues / Samurai Futaba / Mr. Bernstein / Various / Himself - Various Characters, Jake Blues / Various, Jawaharlal Nehru / Various / Himself - Various Characters, Jeff Widette / Various, Joe Cocker / Ed Ames / Various, Joliet Jake Blues / Various, Killer Bee / Vito Corleone / Various / Himself - Various Characters, King / Bee / Matt Hooper / Anthony Q / Himself - Various Characters, Kuldroth / Henry Kissinger / Various, Larry Farber / Samurai Futaba / Various / Himself - Various Characters, Larry Farber / Sanjay Gandhi / Various, Leonid Brezhnev / Various, Lowell Brock / Larry Farber / George Wallace / Truman Capote / Various, Lowell Brock / Various / Himself - Various Characters, Lt. Testosterone / Mr. Klein / Michael Mykonos / Socrates / Larry Farber / Self, Marlon Brando / Samurai Futaba / Steve Bushakis / Various / Himself - Various Characters, Matt Cooper / Ludwig von Beethoven / Various / Himself - Various Characters, Mr. Kromer / Martin Gresner / Various / Himself - Various Characters, Pete / Paul Sunberg / Self, Samurai Futaba / Elizabeth Taylor / Various, Samurai Futaba / Kuldroth / Various, Samurai Futaba / Pete / Self, Samurai Futaba / Steve Bushakis / Various, Samurai Futaba / Various / Himself - Various Characters	1975
Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle	Craig Baker (voice)	1975
National Lampoon Television Show: Lemmings Dead in Concert	Goldie Oldie	1973

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Year	Type	Category	Won

1979	Emmy	Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Program	Nominated
1978	Emmy	Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music	Nominated
1977	Emmy	Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music	Nominated
1977	Emmy	Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series	Won