James Adam Belushi was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, on June 15, 1954, is an American actor. Young Jim Belushi first started performing with the Chicago theater group The Second City in 1977. He made his big screen debut in supernatural horror thriller film The Fury (1978) in role as Beach Bum. He got his television debut in NBC sitcom Who's Watching the Kids? (1978-1979) in role as Bert Gunkel. Jim's breakthrough performance came as Bernie Litko in romantic comedy drama film About Last Night (1986).
Jim Belushi height is 5' 11" іn fееt аnd іnсhеѕ or 180 іn cеntіmеtrеѕ, his weight is 200 іn pоunds or 91 іn kіlоgrаmѕ. He is 70 years old. His net worth is around 50 million dollars.
Jim Belushi
Photo: COD Newsroom / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0
Birth Date:
June 15, 1954
Age:
70 years old
Nationality:
United States
Sun Sign:
Gemini
Natural hair color:
Brown
Eye Color:
Blue
Height:
5 ft 11 in | 180 cm
Net Worth:
$50 Million
Weight:
91 kg | 200 lbs
Shoe Size:
Not available
He won the Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema Award for Best Actor for his role as Frank Lloyd in adventure science fiction action film Retroactive (1997).
Thief (1981) - Barry
The Man with One Red Shoe (1985) - Morris
Salvador (1986) - Dr. Rock
Real Men (1987) - Nick Pirandello
The Principal (1987) - Principal Rick Latimer
Red Heat (1988) - Sergeant Art Ridzik
He played Detective Michael Dooley in buddy cop action comedy films K-9 (1989) and K-911 (1999).
Mr. Destiny (1990) - Larry Joseph Burrows
Taking Care of Business (1990) - Jimmy Dworski
Curly Sue (1991) - Bill Dancer
Gang Related (1997) - Detective Franklin "Frank" Divinci
Wonder Wheel (2017) - Humpty
He was a cast member for NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (1983–1985), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program.
Total Security (1997) ABC - Steve Wegman
According to Jim (2001-2009) ABC - James "Jim" Orenthal
The Defenders (2010-2011) CBS - Nick Morelli
Show Me a Hero (2015) HBO - Angelo R. Martinelli
Good Girls Revolt (2015-2016) Amazon Prime Video - William 'Wick' McFadden
Twin Peaks (2017) Showtime - Bradley Mitchum
He starred in Discovery Channel television series Growing Belushi (2020-2023).
Graduated from Wheaton Central High School in 1972.
Studied at College of DuPage.
Graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale (1978), with a bachelor's degree in Speech and Theater Arts.
Has older sister, Marian and younger brother, Billy also had older brother, John (died in 1982).
Has Albanian ancestry.
He released album "Have Love, Will Travel" (2003), with Dan Aykroyd.
Published his first book "Real Men Don't Apologize" in 2006.
Featured in music videos for MC Hammer "2 Legit 2 Quit" (1991) and Watsky "Woah Woah Woah" (2014).
He voiced Salty in video game 9: The Last Resort (1996).
He voiced The Masked Mutant in video game Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant (1998).
Lives in Los Angeles, California.
He was married to:
Jennifer Sloan (1998-2021), they have daughter, Jamison Bess Belushi and son, Robert Belushi
Marjorie Bransfield (1990-1992)
Sandra Davenport (1980-1988) they have son, Robert James