Jim Belushi

Jim Belushi: Biography in Details

Who is Jim Belushi?

Jim Belushi is a comic actor, voice actor, comedian, singer as well as a musician. His birth name is James Adam Belushi and belongs to the American nationality.

He has been featured in television shows like Saturday Night Live in 1983–1985, Wild Palms in 1993, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters in 1994–1997, Show Me a Heroin in 2015, and Twin Peaks in 2017.

Furthermore, Jim Belushi also appeared in many movies like Thief in 1981, Trading Places in 1983, About Last Night in 1986, Salvador in 1986, Red Heat in 1988, K-9 in 1989, Mr. Destiny in 1990, Curly Sue in 1991, Jingle in 1996, Underdog in 2007 and The Ghost Writer in 2010.

Who are the parents of Jim Belushi?

Born on 15th June 1954 in Chicago, U.S. Jim Belushi is the son of Adam Belushi(father) and Agnes Belushi(mother).

He has three siblings named older brother John, older sister Marian, and younger brother Billy. Besides this, there is no information regarding his childhood.

He had studied at Wheaton Central High School and the College of DuPage. Then he finished his University at Southern Illinois University Carbondale in Speech and Theater Arts.

Jim Belushi: Career, Awards, and Net Worth

Jim Belushi had started his career in 1978 when he had played his first role in Who’s Watching the Kids.

Then he had acted in several movies like  Real Men, The Principal, Red Heat, Homer and Eddie, K-9, Dimenticare Palermo, Taking Care of Business, Mr. Destiny, Only the Lonely, Curly Sue, Once Upon A Crime, Wild Palms, Royce, Race the Sun, Jingle All The Way, Separate Lives, Retroactive, Gang Related, Angel’s Dance and Joe Somebody.

Subsequently, he along with Dan Aykroyd released the album Have Love, Will Travel, and participated in an accompanying tour in 2003.

In 2006, Jim Belushi released his first book, Real Men Don’t Apologize. Then he appeared in MC Hammer’s video “Too Legit to Quit”.

He was even cast in a pilot for CBS called The Defenders a series about defense lawyers in 2010. The same year, he premiered one-hour series.

The next year, he had acted as Harry Brock in Born Yesterday, which opened on Broadway.

Through his hard work in his professional life, Jim Belushi has earned a net worth of $55 million. As of so far, he hasn’t earned any awards yet.

Jim Belushi: Rumor and Controversy

There was a rumor that Jim Belushi had filed a $50k defamation suit against the Chicago comedy club manager because she told other comics he was a ‘liar and manipulative’.

How tall is Jim Belushi?

Moving towards his body measurements, Jim Belushi has maintained his height of 5 feet 10 inches and weighs 82kg. His hair color and eye color are light browns.

Social media profiles

Jim is quite active on social media such as Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

Currently, Jim Belushi has almost 82k followers on Facebook, over 227k followers on Instagram, and over 252.6k followers on Twitter.

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