Whatever Happened to the Cast of ‘According to Jim’?
According to Jim was one of those early-2000s sitcoms that seemed to be on TV all the time and followed a stubborn dad, a patient wife, kids running through the house, and plenty of arguments that usually wrapped up by the end of the episode. Like many sitcoms of the time, it aimed to show a realistic yet funny look into middle-class family life.
The series premiered on October 3, 2001, on CBS and ran for eight seasons, ending in 2009. By the time it was over, According to Jim had aired more than 180 episodes. Here is what happened to the main cast after the sitcom ended.
Jim Belushi (72) as Jim
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Jim Belushi starred as Jim, the lovable but often impossible husband and father at the center of the show. By the time According to Jim premiered, Belushi had already been famous for years from Saturday Night Live, K-9, Curly Sue, Red Heat, and plenty of other film and TV roles.
After According to Jim, Belushi kept acting. His later credits include The Defenders, Good Girls Revolt, Twin Peaks, Wonder Wheel, and Song Sung Blue. He also continued performing music, often keeping his connection to the world of the Blues Brothers alive.
In recent years, Belushi became known for something very different. Discovery’s Growing Belushi followed him at Belushi’s Farm in Oregon, where he runs a legal cannabis business. In 2026, he also began hosting the A&E series K9 PD with Jim Belushi, which follows police K-9 units during real calls and features body-cam footage.
Courtney Thorne-Smith (58) as Cheryl
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Courtney Thorne-Smith played Cheryl, Jim’s wife and the person most likely to call him out when one of his plans went wrong. She was already a familiar TV face before According to Jim, thanks to her roles as Alison Parker on Melrose Place and Georgia Thomas on Ally McBeal. After the sitcom ended, Thorne-Smith stayed on television. She had a recurring role as Lyndsey McElroy on Two and a Half Men, appearing across the show’s later seasons.
She also starred in the TV movie series Emma Fielding Mysteries for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. More recent credits include Fresh Off the Boat, Mom, and the 2024 Lifetime movie He Slid Into Her DMs. She reunited with her Melrose castmates for the Still the Place podcast in 2024 and has been posting on Instagram.
Kimberly Williams-Paisley (54) as Dana
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Kimberly Williams-Paisley played Dana, Cheryl, and Andy’s sister. Before According to Jim, Williams-Paisley was best known for playing Annie Banks in Father of the Bride and Father of the Bride Part II. After the show, she continued working steadily in TV movies, holiday films, and series work.
She later had a recurring role on Nashville and appeared in projects including Two and a Half Men, The Christmas Chronicles, and the Darrow & Darrow movies. In 2026, she was part of ABC’s 9-1-1: Nashville and returned as host of Farmer Wants a Wife. She is also an author, Alzheimer’s advocate, and co-founder of The Store, a Nashville nonprofit that addresses food insecurity. She has been married to country singer Brad Paisley since 2003.
Larry Joe Campbell (55) as Andy
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Larry Joe Campbell played Andy, Cheryl, and Dana’s brother, and Jim’s loyal sidekick. Campbell continued acting after According to Jim. His credits include Wedding Crashers, Hall Pass, Pacific Rim, R.I.P.D., The Orville, American Vandal, and Euphoria. He also directed episodes of According to Jim during the show’s run.
Away from acting, Campbell has stayed connected to Michigan. In 2025, he released the Michigan-based novel Remember That One Time? In 2026, Michigan State University shared that Campbell had taught an Acting for the Camera class through its Department of Theatre.
Taylor Atelian, Conner Rayburn, Billi Bruno (Michael Ansell/Touchstone Television/Everett Collection
Taylor Atelian (31) as Ruby
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Taylor Atelian played Ruby, Jim and Cheryl’s oldest daughter. Ruby grew up on the show, going from a little kid in the early seasons to a teenager by the end of the series. Atelian’s main screen credit remains According to Jim. During the show’s run, she also appeared in Brad Paisley’s “Celebrity” music video, along with some of her castmates. After the sitcom, Atelian appeared in the 2008 short film Reaper, then seemingly retired from acting.
Billi Bruno (28) as Gracie
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Billi Bruno played Gracie, Jim and Cheryl’s younger daughter. Like Atelian, she spent most of her childhood on According to Jim, appearing throughout the show’s run. Bruno’s most familiar credit is still Gracie. She also appeared in Brad Paisley’s “Celebrity” music video with According to Jim cast members. Her public screen credits after the sitcom are limited.
Conner Rayburn (27) as Kyle
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Conner Rayburn joined According to Jim as Kyle, Jim and Cheryl’s son. Rayburn had several other screen credits as a child actor. He appeared on Monk and Cold Case, and in films including Big Momma’s House 2, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, The Invention of Lying, and Old Dogs. His last known screen credit was a voice role on The Cleveland Show. He voiced Dylan in the Season 1 episode “Brown History Month,” which aired in 2010.
According to Jim airs daily on Laff TV, Freeform, and FX.
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