James Belushi

James "Jim" Belushi (born June 15, 1954) is an American film and television actor, and younger brother of the late John Belushi. Belushi currently stars in the sitcom According to Jim.

Career

From 1977 to 1980 Belushi, like his brother John, worked with the Chicago theater group The Second City. At one point, John called a director at Second City and instructed her that James was not to use any of John's old material. During this period, Belushi made his television debut in the 1978 flop Who's Watching the Kids and also had a microscopic part in Brian De Palma's The Fury.

His first significant role was in Michael Mann's Thief (1981). From 1983 to 1985 he appeared on Saturday Night Live, He portrays characters as Hank Rippy from "Hello, Trudy!", and "That White Guy."

Belushi rose to greater prominence with his supporting roles in About Last Night... and Salvador (both 1986) which opened up opportunities for lead roles. He has starred in films including Real Men (1987), The Principal (1987), Red Heat (1988), Homer and Eddie, K-9 (1989), Dimenticare Palermo (1989), Taking Care of Business (1990), Mr. Destiny (1990), Curly Sue (1991) Wild Palms (1993), Royce (1994), Race the Sun (1996), Retroactive (1997), and Angel's Dance (1999).

In 2001 the ABC situation comedy According to Jim premiered with Belushi as its star; the show remains on the air as of 2006 and has entered syndication.

His voice work includes The Mighty Ducks, Babes in Toyland, and Hey Arnold!, and the more recent Hoodwinked and The Wild.

In 2003, Belushi and fellow SNL alumnus Dan Aykroyd released the album Have Love, Will Travel, and participated in an accompaning tour. He also performs at various venues nationwide as Zee Blues in an updated version of The Blues Brothers.

Personal life

Belushi was born in Chicago, Illinois but grew up in nearby Wheaton. He is the third of four children of Adam Belushi, an Albanian immigrant who left his native Qytezë village in 1934 at the age of 15, and Agnes, who was born in the U.S., and whose parents were also Albanian immigrants. Belushi attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale and earned a degree in Speech and Theater Arts.

Belushi has married three times and has three children. He married his current wife Jennifer Sloan on May 2, 1998.

He recently had his first book released, Real Men Don't Apologize.

Trivia

On November 2, 2004 Belushi filed a lawsuit against actress and neighbor Julie Newmar. Belushi claimed that Newmar was trying to drive him from his home by blaring loud music directed at his home, bad-mouthing him to neighbors, and destroying his property. Newmar claims she is the victim of Belushi and has been suffering for many years, ever since he moved next-door to her. In January 2006, the two announced they have settled their differences out-of-court, and Newmar has appeared in an episode of According to Jim referring to the feud.

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