James Belushi Biography

Birthday: 1954-06-15
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois USA
Height: 5' 11" (1.80 m)
Wiki Biography: James Belushi was born June 15, 1954, in Chicago. The third of four children - his brother was John Belushi - he grew up in Wheaton, Illinois. A high school teacher, impressed by his improvisational skills while giving speeches, convinced him to to be in a school play. After that, he joined the school's drama club. Today, if asked why he got involved in acting, he will jokingly say, "Because of girls. In the drama club, there were about 20 girls and six guys. And the same thing with choir - more girls!". He attended the College of DuPage and Southern Illinois University, where he graduated with a degree in Speech and Theater Arts.
In 1977, he joined Chicago's Second City improv troupe and remained for three years. In 1979, Garry Marshall saw Jim performing for Second City and arranged for him to come to Hollywood and co-star in the TV pilot "Who's Watching the Kids" (1978) for Paramount and, then, for a role in the series "Working Stiffs" (1979) (co-starring Michael Keaton). Later, in 1983, he joined the cast of "Saturday Night Live" (1975) for two years. Jim came to national attention in About Last Night... (1986), playing the role he originated in the Chicago Apollo Theatre's production of David Mamet's Obie-award winning play "Sexual Perversity in Chicago". He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife Jennifer Sloan, their daughter Jamison and a son, Robert Belushi, from Belushi's first marriage.
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Filmography
TV Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
---|---|---|---|
Who's Watching the Kids | Bert Gunkel | 1978 | Comedy |
Working Stiffs | Ernie O'Rourke | 1979 | Comedy |
Ghostwriter | John Maddox | 1992 - 1995 | Mystery |
Wild Palms | Harry Wyckoff | 1993 | Drama |
Total Security | Steve Wegman | 1997 | Action |
According to Jim | Jim | 2001 - | Comedy |
One Way Out | 2002 | Crime | |
Wake Brothers | Dooley | 2012 | Reality Tv |
Movies Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
---|---|---|---|
Working Stiffs | Ernie O'Rourke | 1979 | Comedy |
Thief | Barry | 1981 | |
The Man with One Red Shoe | Morris | 1985 | Comedy, Thriller |
Jumpin' Jack Flash | Sperry Repairman | 1986 | |
Little Shop of Horrors | Patrick Martin | 1986 | 0, Reality Tv |
Salvador | Dr. Rock | 1986 | 0, 0 |
The Principal | 1987 | Crime, Drama, Thriller | |
Real Men | 1987 | Action, Comedy, Sci Fi | |
Red Heat | Det. Sgt. Art Ridzik | 1988 | Action, Comedy, Crime |
Homer and Eddie | Homer Lanza | 1989 | Comedy, Crime, Drama |
Taking Care of Business | Jimmy Dworski | 1990 | |
Dimenticare Palermo | 1990 | Thriller | |
Mr. Destiny | Larry Joseph Burrows | 1990 | Fantasy, Comedy |
Curly Sue | 1991 | 0, 0, 0 | |
Diary of a Hitman | 1991 | Comedy, 0 | |
Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe | Principal Latimer | 1991 | Adventure, Sci Fi, Action |
Once Upon a Crime... | Neil Schwary | 1992 | Comedy, Crime, Mystery |
Traces of Red | Jack Dobson | 1992 | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
Canadian Bacon | 1995 | 0 | |
Destiny Turns on the Radio | Tuerto | 1995 | Comedy, 0 |
The Pebble and the Penguin | Rocko | 1995 | Animation, Family, Musical |
Separate Lives | Tom Beckwith | 1995 | Drama, Mystery, Romance |
Race the Sun | 1996 | Drama, Adventure, Comedy | |
Jingle All the Way | Mall Santa | 1996 | Action, Family, Adventure |
Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off | Phil Palmfeather | 1997 | |
Gang Related | Divinci | 1997 | 0, 0 |
Retroactive | Frank | 1997 | Adventure, Crime |
Gold in the Streets | Mario | 1997 | Drama |
Bad Baby | Dad | 1997 | Family, Animation, Comedy |
Living in Peril | Harrison / Oliver | 1997 | Comedy, Drama, Thriller |
The Florentine | 1999 | ||
Angel's Dance | Steven Rosellini | 1999 | |
Made Men | 1999 | Action, Comedy, Thriller | |
The Nuttiest Nutcracker | 1999 | Family, Animation | |
Return to Me | Joe Dayton | 2000 | Biography, 0 |
Joe Somebody | Chuck Scarett | 2001 | Comedy, Romance, Drama |
DysEnchanted | 2003 | ||
Easy Six | Elvis | 2003 | Comedy, Drama |
The Thief | Barry | 2005 | |
Hoodwinked | Kirk the Woodsman | 2006 | Animation, Comedy, Crime |
Behind the Smile | Jeffrey Stone | 2006 | Drama |
Underdog | Dan Unger | 2007 | 0, 0, 0 |
Farce of the Penguins | 2007 | Comedy | |
Snow Buddies | 2008 | 0 | |
Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King | 2008 | Animation, Comedy, Family | |
The Ghost Writer | John Maddox | 2010 | Game Show |
John Belushi: Dancing on the Edge | Himself | 2010 | Biography |
Cougars Inc. | Dan Fox | 2011 | Comedy, Drama |
Thunderstruck | Coach Amross | 2012 | Comedy, Family |
About Last Night | Bernie Litgo | 2014 | 0 |
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return | Cowardly Lion | 2014 | Animation, Family, Musical |
Home Sweet Hell | Les | 2015 | 0 |