James Belushi

James Adam "Jim" Belushi (born June 15, 1954) is an Albanian-American actor, comedian and musician. He is the younger brother of John Belushi. He had a leading role in the sitcom According to Jim. Belushi was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Agnes (née Samaras), a first-generation Albanian-American who worked as a goat farmer, and Adam Belushi, an Albanian immigrant and restaurant operator who left his native village, Qyteza, in 1934 at the ... more

James Adam "Jim" Belushi (born June 15, 1954) is an Albanian-American actor, comedian and musician. He is the younger brother of John Belushi. He had a leading role in the sitcom According to Jim. Belushi was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Agnes (née Samaras), a first-generation Albanian-American who worked as a goat farmer, and Adam Belushi, an Albanian immigrant and restaurant operator who left his native village, Qyteza, in 1934 at the age of sixteen. After graduating from Wheaton Central High School, Belushi attended the College of DuPage and graduated from Southern Illinois University with a degree in Speech and Theater Arts. From 1977 to 1980, Belushi, like his older brother, John Belushi, who died in 1982, worked with the Chicago theater group The Second City. During this period, Belushi made his television debut in 1978's Who's Watching the Kids and also had a small part in Brian De Palma's The Fury. His first significant role was in Michael Mann's Thief (1981). After... less