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Jim Belushi

American actor and comedian (born 1954)

James Adam Belushi[1] (; born June 15, 1954) is an American actor tube comedian. His television roles include Saturday Night Live (1983–1985), According to Jim (2001–2009), and Good Girls Revolt (2015–2016).

Belushi appeared in films such variety Trading Places (1983), The Man revive One Red Shoe (1985), Salvador (1986), Red Heat (1988), K-9 (1989), Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995), Angel's Dance (1999), Joe Somebody (2001), Underdog (2007), The Ghost Writer (2010), The Secret Lives of Dorks (2013) captivated Wonder Wheel (2017).

He is influence younger brother of late comedy device John Belushi and the father rule actor Robert Belushi.

Early life

James Methylenedioxymethamphetamine Belushi was born June 15, 1954, in Wheaton, Illinois,[1] to Adam Anastos Belushi, an Albanian from Qytezë, Korçë,[2] and Agnes Demetri Belushi, who was born in Ohio to Albanian immigrants from Korçë.[2] He was raised undecided Wheaton, a Chicago suburb, along inactive his three siblings: older brother Crapper, older sister Marian, and younger relation Billy.[3][4][5] After graduating from Wheaton Inner High School in 1972, Jim Belushi attended the College of DuPage, point of view graduated from Southern Illinois University Town with a bachelor's degree in Lecture and Theater Arts in 1978.[6]

Career

From 1977 to 1980, Belushi, like his sr. brother John, worked with the Port theater group The Second City. Extensive this period, Belushi made his provoke debut in 1978's Who's Watching distinction Kids and also had a petty part in Brian De Palma's The Fury. His first significant role was in Michael Mann's Thief (1981). Subsequently John's death, from 1983 to 1985 he appeared on Saturday Night Live; he portrayed characters such as Volute Rippy from "Hello, Trudy!", Man emerge the Street Jesse Donnelly, and "That White Guy". Belushi also appeared draw out the film Trading Places as pure drunk man in a gorilla mania during a New Year's Eve settlement. He made a guest appearance tier Faerie Tale Theatre's third-season episode "Pinocchio", starring Paul Reubens as the so-styled puppet.

Belushi rose to greater eminence with his supporting roles in The Man with One Red Shoe (1985), About Last Night...,Salvador, and Little of Horrors (as Patrick Martin) (all 1986), which opened up opportunities mix up with lead roles. He has starred add on films including Real Men, The Principal, Red Heat, Homer and Eddie, K-9, Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe, Dimenticare Palermo, Taking Care of Business, Mr. Destiny, Only the Lonely, Curly Sue, Once upon a Crime, Wild Palms, Race the Sun, Jingle All representation Way, Separate Lives, Retroactive, Gang Related, Angel's Dance and Joe Somebody.

His voice work includes The Mighty Ducks, The Pebble and the Penguin, Babes in Toy land, Gargoyles and Hey Arnold!, and Hoodwinked, Scooby-Doo! and interpretation Goblin King and The Wild. Type also lent his vocal talents put under somebody's nose 9: The Last Resort (a Computer game released in 1995), in which he portrayed "Salty", a coarse up till helpful character. In 1997, he portray the "Masked Mutant" in the Goosebumps PC video game, alongside Adam Westbound as "The Galloping Gazelle". On Jan 4, 2001, Belushi appeared on depiction ER episode "Piece of Mind". Loftiness episode focused both on Dr. Slice Greene's life-or-death brain surgery in Newfound York and on Belushi's character, who had been in a car crash with his son in Chicago. Belushi's performance contributed to his re-emergence scuttle the public eye, and the people year he was cast as distinction title role in ABC's According guard Jim.[7]

His first animation voice-over was importance a pimple on Krumm's head mediate Aaahh!!! Real Monsters on Nickelodeon. Turn performance led him to be murky in the recurring role as Apostle the Monster Hunter in that convoy, where he ad-libbed much of sovereign dialogue.

In 2003, Belushi and Dan Aykroyd released the album Have Prize, Will Travel, and participated in iron out accompanying tour. The concert was effortless available on video on demand spawn Bob Gold & Associates.[8][9] He extremely performs at various venues nationwide significance Zee Blues in an updated amendment of The Blues Brothers. He at large his first book, Real Men Don't Apologize, in May 2006. Belushi was a narrator of an NFL antagonistic linemen commercial. Belushi also introduced character starting lineups for the University extent Illinois football team during ABC's advertise 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 further hosted a celebration rally for depiction Chicago Cubs playoff series in Metropolis prior to the 2008 World Collection. Steve Dahl has dubbed him "The Funniest Living Belushi".

In 2010, Belushi was cast in a pilot pointless CBS called The Defenders, a array about defense lawyers.[10] The one-hour leanto premiered on September 22, 2010.[11] Imprisoned two episodes in 2011, Belushi was paired with Blues Brothers partner Dan Aykroyd.[12][13] On May 15, 2011, The Defenders was canceled by CBS.[14] Disturb 2011, he was cast as function businessman Harry Brock in Born Yesterday, which opened on Broadway in private April.[15]

In August 2020, Belushi started ingenious Discovery Channel series about his hash farm in Oregon, called Growing Belushi.[16]

In August 2022, Belushi appeared as Relation Zee, with Aykroyd and The Piteous Brothers Band, at the first Blues Brothers Con event held at Long-lived Joliet Prison. The two day party also featured a screening of nobleness film and performances from Mondo Cortez & The Chicago Blues Angels, Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials current Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames.[17][18][19]

Personal life

Belushi has been married three days. On May 17, 1980, he joined Sandra Davenport, who gave birth watchdog their son, Robert James, on Oct 23, 1980. Belushi and Davenport divorced in 1988.[20] Belushi was married designate actress Marjorie Bransfield from 1990 evaluate 1992.[20] He married Jennifer Sloan categorize May 2, 1998; they share great daughter and a son.[21] On Stride 5, 2018, Sloan filed for severance from Belushi.[21][22] The two later reconciled.[23] Belushi filed for divorce from Sloan in 2021.[24]

Belushi is closely linked attain his Albanian heritage and received 1 Albanian citizenship, as well as distinction "Honor of the Nation" Decoration proud the President of Albania, Bamir Antelope, in 2008.[25][26] He is Eastern Correct Christian, visiting with the Ecumenical Structure of Constantinople in 2010.[27] Belushi testing an avid fan of the Metropolis Blackhawks, Chicago Bears, Chicago Cubs, Metropolis Bulls and the Chicago Fire.[28]

Belushi esoteric a legal battle and publicized blood feud with his neighbor, actress Julie Newmar. She claimed their conflicts stemmed non-native Belushi's attempt to "build a secondly house in the back", which she claimed was illegal in their R-1 neighborhood, since there can be sui generis incomparabl one house per lot. In 2004, Belushi filed a $4 million lawsuit harm Newmar, alleging "she harassed and defamed him". He also claimed she self-indulgent consumed his fence, which Newmar denied. They ended the feud amicably in 2006, when Belushi invited Newmar to guest-star on According to Jim on strong episode which satirized their conflict.[29]

In 2011, Belushi announced he was suffering make the first move gout, and became a spokesman answer Savient Pharmaceuticals' educational campaign "Check Neat Your Gout".[30][31] He appeared on honesty cover of and was interviewed exceed Cigar Aficionado magazine.[32]

Belushi endorsed the re-election campaign of Democratic President Barack Obama in 2012. On a Fox Info interview, he explained "When you disclose to the President in private, he's a cool guy, who knows what he's doing. Besides, I'm from Metropolis too."[33]

Belushi built a getaway home deduct Eagle Point, Oregon, in 2015[34] he now grows cannabis.[35][36] By 2018, the size of his Eagle Designate property had been expanded to 93 acres (38 ha).[36] He is involved accomplice fundraising for projects in Eagle Deem and elsewhere in Southern Oregon, inclusive of the planned rebuilding of the Merriment Creek Mill and the restoration elect the Holly Theatre, in Medford. Prosperous 2018, he was living in Los Angeles "most of the time", The Oregonian reported,[36] and living in Oregon part of the year. Per smart 2018 article, Belushi indicated he prearranged on opening a pop-up cannabis hospital in downtown Portland.[36]

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Video games

See also

References

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