Jim Belushi

James Adam "Jim" Belushi (/bəˈluːʃi/; born June 15, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is an American actor, comedian, singer, voice actor, businessman and musician.[1]
He is the younger brother of comic actor John Belushi and the father of actor Robert Belushi. He played the role of Jim on the sitcom According to Jim (2001–2009). His other television roles include Saturday Night Live (1983–1985), Wild Palms (1993), Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1994–1997), Show Me a Hero (2015) and Twin Peaks (2017).
Belushi has appeared in films such as Thief (1981), Trading Places (1983), About Last Night (1986), Salvador (1986), Red Heat (1988), K-9 (1989), Mr. Destiny (1990), Curly Sue (1991), Jingle All the Way (1996), Underdog (2007) and The Ghost Writer (2010).
==Early life==
Belushi was born in Chicago,[1] to Adam Anastos Belushi, an Albanian from the city of Korçë, in Albania,[2] and Agnes Demetri (Samaras) Belushi,[3] who was the daughter of Albanians from Korçë.[4] He was raised in Wheaton, a Chicago suburb, along with his three siblings: older brother John, older sister Marian, and younger brother Billy.[3][5][6][7] After graduating from Wheaton Central High School, Jim Belushi attended the College of DuPage and graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a degree in Speech and Theater Arts.
==Career==
From 1977 to 1980, Belushi, like his older brother John Belushi, worked with the Chicago theater group The Second City. During this period, Belushi made his television debut in 1978's Who's Watching the Kids and also had a small part in Brian De Palma's The Fury. His first significant role was in Michael Mann's Thief (1981). After his elder brother John's death, from 1983 to 1985 he appeared on Saturday Night Live; he portrayed characters such as Hank Rippy from "Hello, Trudy!" and "That White Guy". Belushi also appeared in the film Trading Placesas a drunk man in a gorilla suit during a New Year's Eve party. He made a guest appearance in Faerie Tale Theatre's third-season episode Pinocchio, starring Paul Reubens as the titular puppet.
Belushi rose to greater prominence with his supporting roles in The Man with One Red Shoe (1985), About Last Night..., Salvador and Little Shop of Horrors (as Patrick Martin) (all 1986), which opened up opportunities for lead roles. He has starred in films including Real Men, The Principal, Red Heat, Homer and Eddie, K-9, Dimenticare Palermo, Taking Care of Business, Mr. Destiny, Only the Lonely, Curly Sue, Once Upon A Crime, Wild Palms, Royce, Race the Sun, Jingle All The Way, Separate Lives, Retroactive, Gang Related, Angel's Dance and Joe Somebody (2001).
His voice work includes The Mighty Ducks, The Pebble and the Penguin, Babes in Toy land, Gargoyles and Hey Arnold!, and the more recent Hoodwinked, Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King and The Wild. He also lent his vocal talents for 9: The Last Resort (a PC game released in 1995), in which he portrayed "Salty", a coarse yet helpful character. In 1997, he portrayed the "Masked Mutant" in the Goosebumps PC video game, alongside Adam West as "The Galloping Gazelle". On January 4, 2001, Belushi appeared on the ER episode "Piece of Mind". The episode focused on both Dr. Mark Greene's life-or-death brain surgery in New York and Belushi's character, who had been in a car accident with his son in Chicago. Belushi's performance contributed to his re-emergence in the public eye, and the following year he was cast as the title role in ABC's According to Jim.[8] His first animation voice-over was as a pimple on Krum's head in Aaahh!!! Real Monsters on Nickelodeon. That performance led him to be cast in the continuing role as Simon the Monster Hunter in that series, where he ad-libbed much of his own dialogue.
In 2003, Belushi and Dan Aykroyd released the album Have Love, Will Travel, and participated in an accompanying tour. The concert was made available on video on demand by Bob Gold & Associates.[9][10] He also performs at various venues nationwide as Zee Blues in an updated version of The Blues Brothers. He released his first book, Real Men Don't Apologize, in May 2006. Recently, Belushi was a narrator of an NFL offensive linemen commercial. Belushi also introduced the starting lineups for the University of Illinois football team during ABC's telecast of the 2008 Rose Bowl.
He appeared in MC Hammer's video "Too Legit to Quit" in 1991 (in the extended full-length version). He also hosted a celebration rally for the Chicago Cubsplayoff series in Chicago prior to the 2008 World Series. Steve Dahl has dubbed him "The Funniest Living Belushi."
In 2010, Belushi was cast in a pilot for CBS called The Defenders a series about defense lawyers.[11] The one-hour series premiered on September 22, 2010.[12]In two episodes in 2011, Belushi was paired with Blues Brothers partner Dan Aykroyd.[13][14] On May 15, 2011, The Defenders was canceled by CBS.[15] In 2011, he was cast as corrupt businessman Harry Brock in Born Yesterday, which opened on Broadway in late April.[16]
==Personal life==
Belushi has been married three times; He married Sandra Davenport on May 17, 1980, and the couple had a son, Robert James (also an actor, born October 23, 1980), they divorced in 1988.[17] Belushi was married to actress Marjorie Bransfield from 1990 to 1992.[17] He has been married to Jennifer Sloan since May 2, 1998, the couple have a daughter, Jamison Bess (born July 28, 1999) and a son, Jared James (born February 8, 2002).[18] On March 5, 2018, Jennifer Sloan filed for divorce from Belushi.[18] Belushi is closely linked to his Albanian heritage and received honorary Albanian citizenship from the President of Albania, Bamir Topi.[19] Belushi is an avid fan of the Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Bears, Chicago Cubs, Chicago Bulls and the Chicago Fire Soccer Club.[20]
In 2011, Belushi announced that he suffered from gout, and became a spokesman for Savient Pharmaceuticals' educational campaign "Check Out Your Gout".[21][22] He has also appeared on the cover of and been interviewed by Cigar Aficionado magazine.[23]
Belushi endorsed the re-election campaign of Democratic President Barack Obama in 2012. On a Fox News interview, he explained "When you talk to the President in private, he's a cool guy, who knows what he's doing. Besides, I'm from Chicago too."[24]
Belushi built a holiday home in Eagle Point, Oregon in 2015[25] where he now grows cannabis.[26]
==Filmography==
===Film===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1978	The Fury 	Beach Bum 	Uncredited
1981	Thief 	Barry 	
1983	Trading Places 	Harvey 	
1985	The Man with One Red Shoe 	Morris 	
1986	Little Shop of Horrors 	Patrick Martin 	Cameo
1986	Salvador 	Doctor Rock 	
1986	Jumpin' Jack Flash 	Sperry Repair Man 	
1986	About Last Night... 	Bernie Litgo 	
1987	The Principal 	Principal Rick Latimer 	
1987	Real Men 	Nick Pirandello 	
1988	Red Heat 	Det. Sgt. Arthur Ridzik 	
1989	K-9 	Detective Michael Dooley 	
1989	Wedding Band 	Reverend 	
1989	Homer and Eddie 	Homer Lanza 	
1989	Who's Harry Crumb? 	Man on Bus 	Uncredited cameo
1990	Taking Care of Business 	Jimmy Dworski 	
1990	Mr. Destiny 	Larry Joseph Burrows 	
1990	Masters of Menace 	Gypsy 	
1990	Dimenticare Palermo 	Carmine Bonavia 	
1990	Wedding Band 	Reverend 	
1991	Curly Sue 	Bill Dancer 	
1991	Diary of a Hitman 	Shandy 	
1991	Only the Lonely 	Salvatore Buonarte 	
1991	Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe 	Principal Rick Latimer 	
1992	Traces of Red 	Jack Dobson 	
1992	Once Upon a Crime 	Neil 	
1993	Last Action Hero 	Himself 	Cameo
1995	Sahara 	Sgt. Joe Gunn 	
1995	Canadian Bacon 	Charles Jackal 	
1995	Separate Lives 	Tom Beckwith 	
1995	The Pebble and the Penguin 	Rocko (voice) 	
1995	Destiny Turns on the Radio 	Tuerto 	
1995	Irving 	Gay Vampire #2 	Cameo
1996	Jingle All the Way 	Mall Santa 	
1996	Race the Sun 	Frank Machi 	
1996	Gold in the Streets 	Mario 	
1997	Gang Related 	Frank Divinci 	
1997	Retroactive 	Frank Lloyd 	
1997	Living in Peril 	Harrison/Oliver 	
1997	Disney's Bad Baby 	Dad (voice) 	
1997	Wag the Dog 	Himself 	
1997	Babes in Toyland 	Gonzargo (voice) 	
1998	Overnight Delivery 	Overnight Delivery Boss 	Scenes deleted
1999	Angel's Dance 	Stevie 'The Rose' Rosellini 	
1999	Made Men 	Bill "The Mouth" Manucci 	
1999	K-911 	Detective Michael Dooley 	Direct-to-DVD
1999	The Florentine 	Billy Belasco 	
1999	The Nuttiest Nutcracker 	Reginald the Mouse King (voice) 	Direct-to-DVD
2000	Return to Me 	Joe Dayton 	
2001	Joe Somebody 	Chuck Scarett 	
2002	Snow Dogs 	Demon (voice) 	Cameo
2002	Pinocchio 	The Farmer (voice) 	English Dub
2002	One Way Out 	Harry Wooltz 	
2002	K-9: P.I. 	Detective Michael Dooley 	Direct-to-DVD
2003	Easy Six 	Elvis 	
2004	DysEnchanted 	Doctor (The Shrink) 	
2005	Hoodwinked! 	Kirk (voice) 	
2005	My Neighbors the Yamadas 	Takashi (voice) 	English Dub
2006	The Wild 	Benny (voice) 	
2006	Tugger: The Jeep 4x4 Who Wanted to Fly	Tugger (voice) 	[27]
2007	Underdog 	Dan Unger 	
2007	Once Upon a Christmas Village 	Santa Claus (voice) 	Short film
2007	Farce of the Penguins 	"They're all Bitches" Penguin (voice)	Direct-to-DVD
2008	Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King 	Glob (voice) 	Direct-to-DVD
2008	Snow Buddies 	Saint Bernie (voice) 	Direct-to-DVD
2010	The Ghost Writer 	John Maddox 	
2011	Cougars, Inc. 	Dan Fox 	
2011	New Year's Eve 	Building Super 	
2012	The Secret Lives of Dorks 	Bronko 	
2012	Thunderstruck 	Coach Amross 	
2013	Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return 	Lion (voice) 	
2015	Home Sweet Hell 	Les 	
2016	Undrafted 	Jim 	
2016	The Whole Truth 	Boone Lassiter 	
2016	The Hollow Point 	Diaz 	
2016	Katie Says Goodbye 	Bear 	
2017	A Change of Heart 	Hank 	
2017	Sollers Point 	Carol 	
2017	Wonder Wheel 	Humpty 	
2022	Mickey Mouse: The Movie 	Walt Disney 	
===Television===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1978–1979 	Who's Watching the Kids? 	Bert Gunkel 	11 episodes
1979 	Working Stiffs 	Ernie O'Rourke 	9 episodes
1981 	Stories from My Childhood 	Peter the Repeater Bird (voice) 	Episode: "Alice and the Mystery of the Third Planet"
1982 	Laverne & Shirley 	Wheezer 	Episode: "Of Mice and Men"
1983–1985 	Saturday Night Live 	Various 	33 episodes; also writer
1984 	Faerie Tale Theatre 	Mario 	Episode: "Pinocchio"
1984 	The Best Legs in the Eighth Grade 	Saint Valentine 	Television film
1986 	The Birthday Boy 	Bob 	Television film
1993 	Wild Palms 	Harry Wyckoff 	5 episodes
1993 	The Building 	Billy Shoe 	Episode: "Yakkity Yak Don't Talk"
1994 	Royce 	Shane Royce 	Television film
1994 	Parallel Lives 	Nick Dimas 	Television film
1994–1997 	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters 	Simon the Monster Hunter (voice) 	8 episodes
1995 	Sahara 	Sergeant Joe Gunn 	Television film
1995 	Santo Bugito 	Santo Bugito (voice) 	Episode: "Load 'O Bees"
1995 	Duckman 	Saul Monella / Police Officer (voice)	Episode: "America the Beautiful"
1995 	Pinky and the Brain 	Additional characters (voice) 	3 episodes
1995 	The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat 	(voice) 	Episode: "Wet Paint/News Blues/Copy Cat"
1995–1996 	Gargoyles 	Fang (voice) 	3 episodes
1996 	Timon & Pumbaa 	Male Warthog (voice) 	Episode: "Home Is Where the Hog Is"
1996 	The Tick 	Mr. Fleener (voice) 	Episode: "The Tick vs. Education"
1996 	KaBlam! 	Louie the chameleon (voice) 	Episode: "Built for Speed"
1996–1997 	Mighty Ducks 	Phil Palmfeather (voice) 	23 episodes
1996–1999 	Hey Arnold! 	Coach Jack Wittenberg (voice) 	4 episodes
1997 	Total Security 	Steve Wegman 	13 episodes
1997 	Dog's Best Friend 	Skippy (voice) 	Television film
1997 	Cow and Chicken 	Butch (voice) 	Episode: "School Bully/Time Machine"
1997 	Life with Louie 	Jack (voice) 	Episode: "The Making of a President"
1997 	The Blues Brothers: The Animated Series 	Jake (voice) 	8 episodes
1997–1998 	The Larry Sanders Show 	Himself 	2 episodes
1998 	Hercules 	Nestor (voice) 	2 episodes
1999 	Justice 	Frank Spello 	Television film
1999 	Hooves of Fire 	Santa Claus / Tapir (voices) 	Television special
2000 	Who Killed Atlanta's Children? 	Pat Laughlin 	Television film
2000–2001 	Beggars and Choosers 	Freddy Falco 	4 episodes
2001 	ER 	Dan Harris 	Episode: "Piece of Mind"
2001–2009 	According to Jim 	James "Jim" Orenthal 	182 episodes; also executive producer
2002 	Rugrats 	Santa Claus (voice) 	Episode: "Babies in Toyland Part 1"
2002 	What's New, Scooby-Doo? 	Asa Buckwald (voice) 	Episode: "Scooby-Doo Christmas"
2002, 2006	The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	Coach Gruber (voice) 	2 episodes
2003 	Ozzy & Drix 	Captain Quinine (voice) 	Episode: "The Conqueror Worm"
2003 	I'm with Her 	Leslie Buren 	Episode: "The Second Date"
2004 	Less than Perfect 	Eddie Smirkoff 	Episode: "Arctic Nights"
2005 	George Lopez 	The Inspector 	Episode: "George's Extreme Makeover: Holmes Edition"
2005 	Fatherhood 	Officer (voice) 	Episode: "Truth or Scare"
2006 	Casper's Scare School 	Alder (voice) 	Television film
2009 	Handy Manny 	Sal (voice) 	Episode: "Francisco Comes to Town/Broken Drawbridge"
2010–2011 	The Defenders 	Nick Morelli 	18 episodes
2012 	Doc McStuffins 	Glo-Bo (voice) 	6 episodes
2014 	Stan Lee's Mighty 7: Beginnings 	Mr. Cross (voice) 	Television film
2015 	Show Me a Hero 	Angelo R. Martinelli 	3 episodes
2015 	Building Belushi 	Himself 	6 episodes
2015 	Urban Cowboy 	Marshall Stoval 	Pilot
2015–2016 	TripTank 	Guy / Dad (voices) 	2 episodes
2015–2016 	Good Girls Revolt 	William "Wick" McFadden 	6 episodes
2016 	The 7D 	Coach Coachy (voice) 	Episode: "Giggleberries/Jollyball Anyone?"
2017 	Mating 	 	Pilot
2017 	Twin Peaks 	Bradley Mitchum 	6 episodes
2017 	Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie 	Coach Wittenberg (voice) 	Television film[28]
==Characters on Saturday Night Live==
*Hank Rippy (Hello, Trudy!)
*Man on the Street Jesse Donnelly
*That White Guy, a stereotypical Caucasian man who can rap
===Celebrity impersonations===
*Rosemary Clooney
*Joe Cocker
*Joan Collins
*Bob Guccione
*Hulk Hogan
*Pope John Paul II
*Bob Keeshan as Captain Kangaroo
*Josef Mengele
*Willie Nelson
*Thomas Noguchi
*Michael Reagan
*Babe Ruth
*Arnold Schwarzenegger
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