Jim Belushi


Item Number: 41

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"Jim Belushi has been a favorite of film, television and stage audiences for more than 30 years. He is a gifted performer who can also hold a room as front man of his rhythm and blues band. A proud Chicagoan, Belushi graduated from Southern Illinois University with a degree in Speech, Education and Theatre before moving on to become a resident member of Chicagos famed Second City for three years. In 1979 he left for Hollywood, where writer-producer Garry Marshall cast him in the Paramount Television series Whos Watching the Kids and later in Working Stiffs with Michael Keaton. His Hollywood career took off from there. In 1983, Jim wrote and appeared in Saturday Night Live for two seasons. Other television credits include starring in the Oliver Stone/ABC miniseries Wild Palms and the critically acclaimed series Beggars and Choosers. He guest-starred on ER and numerous other television shows. Most notably, Jim starred in the ABC hit comedy According to Jim, in which he played the husband in a marriage that actually works and the father of three children. Belushi has also had an illustrious film career."