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James Belushi

Birth date: 15.07.1954

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, their daughter Jamison and a son, Robert, from Belushi's first marriage.

Filmography

# Underdog (2007) (filming) # Farce of the Penguins (2006) (post-production) (voice) # "According to Jim" (as Jim Belushi) .... Jim - Belaboring the Point (2006) TV Episode (as Jim Belushi) .... Jim - Jim's Best Friend (2006) TV Episode (as Jim Belushi) .... Jim - The Thin Green Line (2006) TV Episode (as Jim Belushi) .... Jim - Daddy Dearest (2006) TV Episode (as Jim Belushi) .... Jim - Polite Jim (2006) TV Episode (as Jim Belushi) .... Jim (115 more) # The Wild (2006) (voice) .... Benny # Lolo's Cafe (2006) (TV) (voice) (as Jim Belushi) .... Frank # Tugger: The Jeep Who Wanted to Fly (2005) .... Tugger # "Fatherhood" - Truth or Scare (2005) TV Episode (voice) .... Officer # "George Lopez" - George's Extreme Makeover: Holmes Edition (2005) TV Episode .... The Inspector # Hoodwinked (2005) (voice) (as Jim Belushi) .... The Woodsman # "Less Than Perfect" - Arctic Nights (2004) TV Episode .... Eddie Smirkoff # DysEnchanted (2004) .... Doctor (The Shrink) # Behind the Smile (2004) .... Jeffrey Stone # Easy Six (2003) .... Elvis ... aka Easy Sex (USA: DVD title) # "I'm with Her" - The Second Date (2003) TV Episode (as Jim Belushi) .... Leslie Buren # "What's New, Scooby-Doo?" - Scooby-Doo Christmas (2002) TV Episode (voice) .... Asa Buckwald # Legend of the Lost Tribe (2002) (TV) (voice: English version) .... Tapir ... aka Robbie the Reindeer in Legend of the Lost Tribe (USA) # "Rugrats" - Babies in Toyland (2002) TV Episode (voice) .... Santa Claus # "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius" - See Jimmy Run/Trading Faces (2002) TV Episode (voice) .... Coach Gruber # Pinocchio (2002) (voice) .... Farmer ... aka Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio (USA: promotional title) # K-9: P.I. (2002) (V) .... Thomas Dooley # One Way Out (2002) (V) (as Jim Belushi) .... Harry Woltz ... aka À sens unique (Canada: French title) # Snow Dogs (2002) (voice) (as Jim Belushi) .... Demon ... aka Chiens des neiges (Canada: French title) # Joe Somebody (2001) (as Jim Belushi) .... Chuck Scarett # "ER" - Piece of Mind (2001) TV Episode .... Dan Harris # Who Killed Atlanta's Children? (2000) (TV) .... Pat Laughlin ... aka Echo of Murder (USA: video title) # Return to Me (2000) .... Joe Dayton # K-911 (1999) (V) .... Det. Mike Dooley # Hooves of Fire (1999) (TV) (voice: English version) .... Tapir ... aka Robbie the Reindeer in Hooves of Fire # Nuttiest Nutcracker (1999) (V) (voice) .... Reginald # "Hey Arnold!" (voice) .... Coach Jack Wittenberg (1996-1999) - Grandpa's Sister/Synchronized Swimming (1999) TV Episode (voice) .... Coach Wittenberg - Best Man/Cool Party (1998) TV Episode (voice) .... Coach Wittenberg - Coach Wittenberg/Four-Eyed Jack (1997) TV Episode (voice) .... Coach Wittenberg - Benchwarmer/Cool Jerk (1996) TV Episode (voice) .... Coach Wittenberg # Hôhokekyo tonari no Yamada-kun (1999) (voice: English version) .... Takashi ... aka My Neighbors the Yamadas (USA: literal English title) # Made Men (1999) .... Bill Manucci # Justice (1999/I) (TV) .... Frank Spello ... aka Backlash (USA) # The Florentine (1999) .... Billy Belasco # Angel's Dance (1999) .... Stevie 'The Rose' Rosellini ... aka Hoffnungsvoller Nachwuchskiller, Ein (Germany) # Saturday Night Live: Game Show Parodies (1999) (TV) .... Captain Kangaroo # "Hercules" ... aka Disney's Hercules (USA: complete title) - Hercules and the Disappearing Heroes (????) TV Episode .... Nestor # Overnight Delivery (1998) (scenes deleted) .... Overnight Delivery Boss # "Sin City Spectacular" ... aka Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular (USA) - Episode #1.8 (1998) TV Episode # "Stories from My Childhood" (voice) ... aka Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood (USA: complete title) - Alice and the Mystery of the Third Planet (????) TV Episode (voice) # Gang Related (1997) .... Det. Frank Divinci # "Total Security" (1997) TV Series .... Steve Wegman # Living in Peril (1997) .... Harrison/Oliver ... aka The Peril of Being Walter Woods # Dog's Best Friend (1997) (TV) (voice) .... Skippy # Babes in Toyland (1997) (voice) (as Jim Belushi) .... Gonzargo # Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off (1997) (V) (voice) .... Phil Palmfeather # "It's Good to Be King" (1997) TV Series .... Tommy # Bad Baby (1997) (voice) .... Dad ... aka Disney's Bad Baby # Retroactive (1997) .... Frank # "The Blues Brothers Animated Series" (1997) TV Series (voice) .... Jake # "The Tick" - The Tick vs. Education (1996) TV Episode .... Mr. Fleener # Jingle All the Way (1996) .... Mall Santa # "Mighty Ducks" (1996) TV Series (voice) .... Phil Palmfeather ... aka Disney's Mighty Ducks ... aka Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series (USA) # "Gargoyles" - The Reckoning (1996) TV Episode (voice) .... Fang - Kingdom (1996) TV Episode (voice) .... Fang - The Cage (1995) TV Episode (voice) .... Fang # Race the Sun (1996) .... Frank Machi # The Gail O'Grady Project (1996) (TV) (as Jim Belushi) # 9 (1996) (VG) (voice) .... Salty # Gold in the Streets (1996) .... Mario # "Pinky and the Brain" (1995) TV Series (voice) .... Additional Voices # Separate Lives (1995) .... Tom Beckwith # Canadian Bacon (1995) (as Jim Belushi) .... Charles Jackal, NBS Reporter # Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995) .... Tuerto # Sahara (1995) (TV) .... Sgt. Joe Gunn # The Pebble and the Penguin (1995) (voice) .... Rocko # "Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man" - America the Beautiful (1995) TV Episode (voice) # "Santo Bugito" - Load 'O Bees (1995) TV Episode .... Baby Face # Irving (1995) .... Gay Vampire #2 # "Aaahh!!! Real Monsters" (1994) TV Series (voice) .... Simon the Monster Hunter # Parallel Lives (1994) (TV) .... Nick Dimas # Royce (1994) (TV) .... Shane Royce # "The Building" - Yakkity Yak Don't Talk (1993) TV Episode .... Billy Shoe # Last Action Hero (1993) .... Actor at Movie Premier # "Wild Palms" (1993) (mini) TV Series .... Harry Wyckoff # Traces of Red (1992) .... Jack Dobson # Once Upon a Crime... (1992) .... Neil Schwary # Diary of a Hitman (1991) .... Shandy # Curly Sue (1991) .... Bill Dancer # Only the Lonely (1991) .... Sal Buonarte # Sahara (1991) # Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe (1991) (as Jim Belushi) .... Principal Latimer ... aka Abraxas # Mr. Destiny (1990) .... Larry Joseph Burrows/Narrator # Taking Care of Business (1990) .... Jimmy Dworski ... aka Filofax # Dimenticare Palermo (1990) .... Carmine Bonavia ... aka Oublier Palerme (France) ... aka The Palermo Connection ... aka To Forget Palermo # Masters of Menace (1990) .... Gypsy # Wedding Band (1990) .... Reverend # Homer and Eddie (1989) .... Homer Lanza # K-9 (1989) .... Det. Mike Dooley # Who's Harry Crumb? (1989) (uncredited) .... Man on Bus # Red Heat (1988) .... Det. Sgt. Art Ridzik # Real Men (1987) .... Nick Pirandello # The Principal (1987) .... Rick Latimer # Little Shop of Horrors (1986) .... Patrick Martin # Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986) (as Jim Belushi) .... Sperry Repairman/Furious Cab Driver/Injured Cop # About Last Night... (1986) .... Bernie Litgo # Salvador (1986) .... Doctor Rock # The Birthday Boy (1986) (TV) # The Man with One Red Shoe (1985) (as Jim Belushi) .... Morris # "Saturday Night Live" (as Jim Belushi) .... Various (1983-1985) ... aka SNL ... aka SNL 25 (USA: new title) - Episode #10.16 (1985) TV Episode (as Jim Belushi) .... Various - Episode #10.13 (1985) TV Episode (as Jim Belushi) .... Various # "Faerie Tale Theatre" ... aka Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre (USA) - Pinocchio (1984) TV Episode .... Mario # The Best Legs in the 8th Grade (1984) (TV) .... Saint Valentine # Trading Places (1983) .... Harvey # "Laverne & Shirley" ... aka Laverne & Shirley & Company (USA: syndication title) ... aka Laverne & Shirley & Friends (USA: syndication title) - Of Mice and Men (1982) TV Episode .... Wheezer # Thief (1981) .... Barry # "Working Stiffs" (1979) TV Series .... Ernie O'Rourke # "Who's Watching the Kids" (1978) TV Series .... Bert Gunkel