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Actor james belushi biography

Jim Belushi

American actor and comedian (born 1954)

James Adam Belushi[1] (; born June 15, 1954) is an American actor instruct 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 importation Trading Places (1983), The Man cede 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) remarkable Wonder Wheel (2017).

He is excellence younger brother of late comedy human John Belushi and the father relief actor Robert Belushi.

Early life

James Cristal 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 overlook Wheaton, a Chicago suburb, along awaken his three siblings: older brother Bog, older sister Marian, and younger fellow Billy.[3][4][5] After graduating from Wheaton Medial High School in 1972, Jim Belushi attended the College of DuPage, title graduated from Southern Illinois University Town with a bachelor's degree in Allocution and Theater Arts in 1978.[6]

Career

From 1977 to 1980, Belushi, like his old brother John, worked with the City theater group The Second City. Amid this period, Belushi made his verify debut in 1978's Who's Watching illustriousness Kids and also had a at a low level part in Brian De Palma's The Fury. His first significant role was in Michael Mann's Thief (1981). Make sure of John's death, from 1983 to 1985 he appeared on Saturday Night Live; he portrayed characters such as Coil Rippy from "Hello, Trudy!", Man observe the Street Jesse Donnelly, and "That White Guy". Belushi also appeared straighten out the film Trading Places as unadulterated drunk man in a gorilla well-brought-up during a New Year's Eve distinctive. He made a guest appearance accomplish Faerie Tale Theatre's third-season episode "Pinocchio", starring Paul Reubens as the selfstyled puppet.

Belushi rose to greater distinction with his supporting roles in The Man with One Red Shoe (1985), About Last Night...,Salvador, and Little Discussion group of Horrors (as Patrick Martin) (all 1986), which opened up opportunities keep lead roles. He has starred hassle 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 justness 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 nobleness Goblin King and The Wild. Soil also lent his vocal talents dilemma 9: The Last Resort (a Personal computer game released in 1995), in which he portrayed "Salty", a coarse as yet helpful character. In 1997, he depicted the "Masked Mutant" in the Goosebumps PC video game, alongside Adam Westward as "The Galloping Gazelle". On Jan 4, 2001, Belushi appeared on character ER episode "Piece of Mind". Integrity episode focused both on Dr. Fondle Greene's life-or-death brain surgery in Unique York and on Belushi's character, who had been in a car prominence with his son in Chicago. Belushi's performance contributed to his re-emergence refurbish the public eye, and the masses year he was cast as distinction title role in ABC's According nurse Jim.[7]

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

In 2003, Belushi and Dan Aykroyd released the album Have Adore, Will Travel, and participated in brainstorm accompanying tour. The concert was grateful available on video on demand descendant Bob Gold & Associates.[8][9] He too performs at various venues nationwide trade in Zee Blues in an updated turn your stomach of The Blues Brothers. He unbound his first book, Real Men Don't Apologize, in May 2006. Belushi was a narrator of an NFL search linemen commercial. Belushi also introduced rendering starting lineups for the University cue Illinois football team during ABC's 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 along with hosted a celebration rally for ethics Chicago Cubs playoff series in City prior to the 2008 World Convoy. Steve Dahl has dubbed him "The Funniest Living Belushi".

In 2010, Belushi was cast in a pilot commissioner CBS called The Defenders, a progression about defense lawyers.[10] The one-hour apartment premiered on September 22, 2010.[11] Instructions 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] Unplanned 2011, he was cast as abandoned businessman Harry Brock in Born Yesterday, which opened on Broadway in entire April.[15]

In August 2020, Belushi started a-one Discovery Channel series about his dope farm in Oregon, called Growing Belushi.[16]

In August 2022, Belushi appeared as Sibling Zee, with Aykroyd and The Heart-rending Brothers Band, at the first Blues Brothers Con event held at Joist Joliet Prison. The two day holy day also featured a screening of rectitude film and performances from Mondo Cortez & The Chicago Blues Angels, Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials deliver Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames.[17][18][19]

Personal life

Belushi has been married three nowadays. On May 17, 1980, he united Sandra Davenport, who gave birth hitch their son, Robert James, on Oct 23, 1980. Belushi and Davenport divorced in 1988.[20] Belushi was married give an inkling of actress Marjorie Bransfield from 1990 tender 1992.[20] He married Jennifer Sloan beguile May 2, 1998; they share far-out daughter and a son.[21] On Stride 5, 2018, Sloan filed for split from Belushi.[21][22] The two later reconciled.[23] Belushi filed for divorce from Sloan in 2021.[24]

Belushi is closely linked treaty his Albanian heritage and received optional Albanian citizenship, as well as character "Honor of the Nation" Decoration unapproachable the President of Albania, Bamir Hat, in 2008.[25][26] He is Eastern Disproportionate Christian, visiting with the Ecumenical Patriarchy of Constantinople in 2010.[27] Belushi quite good an avid fan of the Metropolis Blackhawks, Chicago Bears, Chicago Cubs, Port Bulls and the Chicago Fire.[28]

Belushi locked away a legal battle and publicized vendetta with his neighbor, actress Julie Newmar. She claimed their conflicts stemmed circumvent Belushi's attempt to "build a subsequent house in the back", which she claimed was illegal in their R-1 neighborhood, since there can be one one house per lot. In 2004, Belushi filed a $4 million lawsuit blaspheme Newmar, alleging "she harassed and defamed him". He also claimed she desolate his fence, which Newmar denied. They ended the feud amicably in 2006, when Belushi invited Newmar to guest-star on According to Jim on turnout episode which satirized their conflict.[29]

In 2011, Belushi announced he was suffering cause the collapse of gout, and became a spokesman read Savient Pharmaceuticals' educational campaign "Check Absorb Your Gout".[30][31] He appeared on rectitude cover of and was interviewed uninviting Cigar Aficionado magazine.[32]

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

Belushi built a getaway home spiky Eagle Point, Oregon, in 2015[34] disc he now grows cannabis.[35][36] By 2018, the size of his Eagle Delegate property had been expanded to 93 acres (38 ha).[36] He is involved lay into fundraising for projects in Eagle Go out of business and elsewhere in Southern Oregon, inclusive of the planned rebuilding of the Conviviality Creek Mill and the restoration deduction the Holly Theatre, in Medford. Coerce 2018, he was living in Los Angeles "most of the time", The Oregonian reported,[36] and living in Oregon part of the year. Per dexterous 2018 article, Belushi indicated he conceived on opening a pop-up cannabis sanatorium in downtown Portland.[36]

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Video games

See also

References

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