FrameThrower · Actors · Jim Belushi
Jim Belushi
5 films · 565 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1981–1997
Born 15 June 1954 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
James Adam Belushi is an American actor, comedian, singer and musician. He is best known for his title role of James "Jim" Orenthal on the American sitcom According to Jim. He is the younger brother of the late comic actor John Belushi.
Belushi was born in Chicago to Adam Anastos Belushi, an Albanian from Qytezë, Korçë, and Agnes Demetri (Samaras) Belushi, who was born in Ohio from Greek-Albanian immigrants from Korçë. He was raised in Wheaton, a Chicago suburb, along with his three siblings: Older brother John, older sister Marian, and younger brother Billy.…
How their films are shot
Measured across 565 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jim takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 5 films we hold, 53% of their frames are day, 53% natural — the look of the work Jim takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 565 frames from Jim Belushi's 5 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.