James Adam Belushi was born on June 15, 1954, in Wheaton, Illinois, and is an American actor. He is best known for the role of Jim on the sitcom According to Jim (2001–2009). His other television roles include Saturday Night Live (1983–1985), Total Security (1997), and Twin Peaks (2017).
Belushi appeared in films such as Thief (1981), The Man with One Red Shoe (1985), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Red Heat (1988), K-9 (1989), The Palermo Connection (1990), Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995), Angel’s Dance (1999), The Wild (2006), The Ghost Writer (2010), Thunderstruck (2012), Home Sweet Hell (2015) and Wonder Wheel (2017).
He is the younger brother of the late comic actor John Belushi and the father of actor Robert Belushi.
Belushi parents are Adam Anastos Belushi (1918–1996), an Albanian from Qytezë, Korçë, and Agnes Demetri Belushi (formerly Samaras; 1922–1989), who was born in Ohio to Albanian immigrants from Korçë.
He was raised in Wheaton, a Chicago suburb, along with his three siblings: older brother John (1949–1982), older sister Marian, and younger brother Billy.
After graduating from Wheaton Central High School in 1972, Jim Belushi attended the College of DuPage and graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a bachelor’s degree in Speech and Theater Arts in 1978.
Who is Jim Belushi’s first wife Sandra Davenport?
Jim married his first wife, Sandra Davenport on May 17, 1980. That same year, they welcomed their son Robert James. Eight years later, the pair parted ways.
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