Jim Belushi

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Television Actor · Born Jun 15, 1954 · United States Of America · Male

James Adam Belushi (; born June 15, 1954) is an American comic actor, voice actor, comedian, singer and musician. He is the younger brother of comic actor John Belushi and father of actor Robert Belushi. He played the role of Jim Orenthal 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). 2Early life Belushi was born in Chicago to Adam Anastos Belushi, an Albanian from the city of Korçë, in Albania and Agnes Demetri Samaras Belushi, daughter of Albanians from Korçë. He was raised in Wheaton, a Chicago suburb, along with his three siblings: older brother John, his older sister, Marian, and a younger brother, Billy. 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 Art