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Jim Belushi

James Adam Belushi[1] (/bəˈlʃi/; born June 15, 1954) is an American actor. Television roles include the title role in According to Jim (2001–2009), Saturday Night Live (1983–1985), and Twin Peaks (2017).

Jim Belushi
Belushi in 2015
Born
James Adam Belushi

(1954-06-15) June 15, 1954 (age 69)
Citizenship
  • United States
  • Albania
EducationCollege of DuPage (attended)
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (BA)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • musician
Years active1977–present
Spouses
Sandra Davenport
(m. 1980; div. 1988)
(m. 1990; div. 1992)
Jennifer Sloan
(m. 1998)
Children3, including Robert Belushi
RelativesJohn Belushi (brother)
Websitebelushisfarm.com

Belushi appeared in films such as Thief (1981), Salvador (1986), About Last Night (1986), Red Heat (1988), K-9 (1989), Jingle All the Way (1996), Hoodwinked! (2005), The Wild (2006), Underdog (2007) and Sollers Point (2017).

He is the younger brother of late comedy actor John Belushi and the father of actor Robert Belushi.

Early life Edit

Belushi was born June 15, 1954, in Wheaton, Illinois,[1] to Adam Anastos Belushi (1918–1996), an Albanian from Qytezë, Korçë,[2][3] and Agnes Demetri Belushi (née Samaras; 1922–1989),[4] who was born in Ohio to Albanian immigrants from Korçë.[2][5] 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.[4][6][7][8] 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.[9]

Career Edit

 
Belushi at the 39th Venice International Film Festival in 1982

From 1977 to 1980, Belushi, like his older brother John Belushi, 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 his elder brother John's death, from 1983 to 1985 he appeared on Saturday Night Live; he portrayed characters such as Hank Rippy from "Hello, Trudy!", Man on the Street Jesse Donnelly, and "That White Guy". Belushi also appeared in the film Trading Places as a drunk man in a gorilla suit during a New Year's Eve party. He made a guest appearance in Faerie Tale Theatre's third-season episode Pinocchio, starring Paul Reubens as the titular puppet.

Belushi rose to greater prominence with his supporting roles in The Man with One Red Shoe (1985), About Last Night..., Salvador, and Little Shop of Horrors (as Patrick Martin) (all 1986), which opened up opportunities for lead roles. He has starred in films including Real Men, The Principal, Red Heat, Homer and Eddie, K-9, Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe, Dimenticare Palermo, Taking Care of Business, Mr. Destiny, Only the Lonely, Curly Sue, Once upon a Crime, Wild Palms, Race the Sun, Jingle All the Way, Separate Lives, Retroactive, Gang Related, Angel's Dance and Joe Somebody (2001).

His voice work includes The Mighty Ducks, The Pebble and the Penguin, Babes in Toy land, Gargoyles and Hey Arnold!, and Hoodwinked, Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King and The Wild. He also lent his vocal talents for 9: The Last Resort (a PC game released in 1995), in which he portrayed "Salty", a coarse yet helpful character. In 1997, he portrayed the "Masked Mutant" in the Goosebumps PC video game, alongside Adam West as "The Galloping Gazelle". On January 4, 2001, Belushi appeared on the ER episode "Piece of Mind". The episode focused both on Dr. Mark Greene's life-or-death brain surgery in New York and on Belushi's character, who had been in a car accident with his son in Chicago. Belushi's performance contributed to his re-emergence in the public eye, and the following year he was cast as the title role in ABC's According to Jim.[10]

His first animation voice-over was as a pimple on Krumm's head in Aaahh!!! Real Monsters on Nickelodeon. That performance led him to be cast in the recurring role as Simon the Monster Hunter in that series, where he ad-libbed much of his own dialogue.

 
Belushi in House of Blues in Houston, 2008

In 2003, Belushi and Dan Aykroyd released the album Have Love, Will Travel, and participated in an accompanying tour. The concert was made available on video on demand by Bob Gold & Associates.[11][12] He also performs at various venues nationwide as Zee Blues in an updated version of The Blues Brothers. He released his first book, Real Men Don't Apologize, in May 2006. Belushi was a narrator of an NFL offensive linemen commercial. Belushi also introduced the starting lineups for the University of Illinois football team during ABC's telecast of the 2008 Rose Bowl.

He appeared in MC Hammer's video "Too Legit to Quit" in 1991 (in the extended full-length version). He also hosted a celebration rally for the Chicago Cubs playoff series in Chicago prior to the 2008 World Series. Steve Dahl has dubbed him "The Funniest Living Belushi".

In 2010, Belushi was cast in a pilot for CBS called The Defenders, a series about defense lawyers.[13] The one-hour series premiered on September 22, 2010.[14] In two episodes in 2011, Belushi was paired with Blues Brothers partner Dan Aykroyd.[15][16] On May 15, 2011, The Defenders was canceled by CBS.[17] In 2011, he was cast as corrupt businessman Harry Brock in Born Yesterday, which opened on Broadway in late April.[18]

In August 2020, Belushi started a Discovery Channel series about his life at his cannabis farm in Oregon, called Growing Belushi.[19]

In August 2022, Belushi appeared as Brother Zee, with Aykroyd and The Blues Brothers Band, at the first Blues Brothers Con event held at Old Joliet Prison. The two day festival also featured a screening of the film and performances from Mondo Cortez & The Chicago Blues Angels, Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials and Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames.[20][21][22]

Personal life Edit

Belushi has been married three times. On May 17, 1980, he married Sandra Davenport, who gave birth to their son, Robert James, on October 23, 1980. Belushi and Davenport divorced in 1988.[23] Belushi was married to actress Marjorie Bransfield from 1990 to 1992.[23] He married Jennifer Sloan on May 2, 1998; the couple has a daughter and a son.[24] On March 5, 2018, Jennifer Sloan filed for divorce from Belushi.[24][25] The two have since reconciled.[26]

Belushi is closely linked to his Albanian heritage and received honorary Albanian citizenship, as well as the "Honor of the Nation" Decoration from the President of Albania, Bamir Topi, in 2008.[27][28] He is Eastern Orthodox Christian, visiting with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in 2010.[29] Belushi is an avid fan of the Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Bears, Chicago Cubs, Chicago Bulls and the Chicago Fire.[30]

Belushi had a legal battle and publicized feud with his neighbor, actress Julie Newmar. She claimed their conflicts stemmed from Belushi's attempt to "build a second house in the back", which she claimed was illegal in their R-1 neighborhood, since there can be only one house per lot. In 2004, Belushi filed a $4 million lawsuit against Newmar, alleging "she harassed and defamed him". He also claimed she destroyed his fence, which Newmar denied. They ended the feud amicably in 2006, when Belushi invited Newmar to guest-star on According to Jim on an episode which satirized their conflict.[31]

In 2011, Belushi announced he was suffering from gout, and became a spokesman for Savient Pharmaceuticals' educational campaign "Check Out Your Gout".[32][33] He appeared on the cover of and was interviewed by Cigar Aficionado magazine.[34] Jim Belushi had such frequent diarrhea on the set of "According to Jim", castmates and crew started calling him "Jim Bel-loosey". He was later diagnosed with IBS, which he has since become an advocate for.[35]

Belushi endorsed the re-election campaign of Democratic President Barack Obama in 2012. On a Fox News interview, he explained "When you talk to the President in private, he's a cool guy, who knows what he's doing. Besides, I'm from Chicago too."[36]

Belushi built a getaway home in Eagle Point, Oregon in 2015[37] where he now grows cannabis.[38][39] By 2018, the size of his Eagle Point property had been expanded to 93 acres (38 ha).[39] He is involved with fundraising for projects in Eagle Point and elsewhere in Southern Oregon, including the planned rebuilding of the Butte Creek Mill and the restoration of the Holly Theatre, in Medford. In 2018, he was living in Los Angeles "most of the time", The Oregonian reported,[39] and living in Oregon part of the year. Per a 2018 article, Belushi indicated he planned on opening a pop-up cannabis dispensary in downtown Portland.[39]

Filmography Edit

Film Edit

Year Title Role Notes
1978 The Fury Beach Bum Uncredited
1981 Thief Barry
1983 Trading Places Harvey
1985 The Man with One Red Shoe Morris
1986 Little Shop of Horrors Patrick Martin Cameo
1986 Salvador Dr. Rock
1986 Jumpin' Jack Flash Sperry Repair Man
1986 About Last Night... Bernie Litko
1987 The Principal Principal Rick Latimer
1987 Real Men Nick Pirandello
1988 Red Heat Sergeant Art Ridzik
1989 K-9 Detective Michael Dooley
1989 Homer and Eddie Homer Lanza
1989 Who's Harry Crumb? Man on Bus Uncredited cameo
1990 Taking Care of Business Jimmy Dworski
1990 Mr. Destiny Larry Joseph Burrows
1990 Masters of Menace 'Gypsy'
1990 Dimenticare Palermo Carmine Bonavia
1990 Wedding Band Reverend
1991 Curly Sue Bill Dancer
1991 Diary of a Hitman Shandy
1991 Only the Lonely Officer Sal Buonarte
1991 Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe Principal Rick Latimer
1992 Traces of Red Jack Dobson
1992 Once Upon a Crime Neil Schwary
1993 Last Action Hero Himself Cameo
1995 Canadian Bacon Charles Jackal
1995 Separate Lives Tom Beckwith
1995 The Pebble and the Penguin Rocko (voice) as James Belushi
1995 Destiny Turns on the Radio Tuerto
1995 Irving Gay Vampire #2 Cameo
1996 Jingle All the Way Mall Santa
1996 Race the Sun Frank Machi
1996 Gold in the Streets Mario
1997 Gang Related Detective Franklin "Frank" Divinci
1997 Retroactive Frank Lloyd
1997 Living in Peril Harrison / Oliver
1997 Bad Baby Cornelius Goode (voice)
1997 Wag the Dog Himself
1997 Babes in Toyland Gonzargo (voice) as James Belushi
1998 Overnight Delivery Overnight Delivery Boss Scenes deleted
1999 Angel's Dance Stevie 'The Rose' Rosellini
1999 Made Men Bill 'The Mouth' Manucci
1999 K-911 Detective Michael Dooley Direct-to-DVD
1999 The Florentine Billy Belasco
1999 The Nuttiest Nutcracker Reginald The Mouse King (voice) Direct-to-DVD
2000 Return to Me Joe Dayton
2001 Joe Somebody Chuck Scarett
2002 Snow Dogs Demon (voice) Cameo
2002 Pinocchio The Farmer (voice) English Dub
2002 One Way Out Harry Wooltz
2002 K-9: P.I. Detective Michael Dooley Direct-to-DVD
2003 Easy Six Elvis
2004 DysEnchanted Doctor (The Shrink)
2005 Hoodwinked! Kirk (voice)
2005 My Neighbors the Yamadas Takashi (voice) English Dub
2005 Tugger: The Jeep 4x4 Who Wanted to Fly Tugger (voice) [40]
2006 The Wild Benny (voice)
2007 Underdog Dan Unger
2007 Once Upon a Christmas Village Santa Claus (voice) Short film
2007 Farce of the Penguins 'They're All Bitches' Penguin (voice) Direct-to-DVD
2008 Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King Glob (voice) Direct-to-DVD
2008 Snow Buddies Saint Bernie (voice) Direct-to-DVD
2010 The Ghost Writer John Maddox
2011 Cougars, Inc. Dan Fox
2011 New Year's Eve Building Super
2012 The Secret Lives of Dorks Bronko
2012 Thunderstruck Coach Amross
2013 Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return Lion (voice)
2015 Home Sweet Hell Les
2016 Undrafted Jim
2016 The Whole Truth Boone Lassiter
2016 The Hollow Point Diaz
2016 Katie Says Goodbye 'Bear'
2017 A Change of Heart Hank
2017 Sollers Point Carol
2017 Wonder Wheel Humpty
2022 Gigi & Nate Dan Gibson

Television Edit

Year Title Role Notes
1978–1979 Who's Watching the Kids? Bert Gunkel 11 episodes
1979 Working Stiffs Ernie O'Rourke 9 episodes
1982 Laverne & Shirley 'Wheezer' Episode: "Of Mice and Men"
1983–1985 Saturday Night Live Various 33 episodes; also writer
1984 Faerie Tale Theatre Mario Episode: "Pinocchio"
1984 The Best Legs in the Eighth Grade Saint Valentine Television film
1986 The Birthday Boy Bob Television film
1993 Wild Palms Harry Wyckoff 5 episodes
1993 The Building Billy Shoe Episode: "Yakkity Yak Don't Talk"
1994 Royce Shane Royce Television film
1994 Parallel Lives Nick Dimas Television film
1994–1997 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Simon The Monster Hunter (voice) 8 episodes
1994 Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? Paul Revere (voice) Episode: "A Date with Carmen" Pt. 2
1995 Sahara Sergeant Joe Gunn Television film
1995 Santo Bugito Baby Face (voice) Episode: "Load 'O Bees"
1995 Duckman Saul Monella / Police Officer (voice) Episode: "America the Beautiful"
1995 Pinky and the Brain Additional Characters (voice) 3 episodes
1995 The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (voice) Episode: "Wet Paint/News Blues/Copy Cat"
1995–1996 Gargoyles Fang (voice) 3 episodes
1996 Timon & Pumbaa Male Warthog (voice) Episode: "Home Is Where the Hog Is"
1996 The Tick Mr. Fleener (voice) Episode: "The Tick vs. Education"
1996 KaBlam! Louie The Chameleon (voice) Episode: "Built for Speed"
1996–1997 Mighty Ducks Phil Palmfeather (voice) 23 episodes
1996–1999 Hey Arnold! Coach Jack Wittenberg (voice) 4 episodes
1997 Total Security Steve Wegman 13 episodes
1997 Dog's Best Friend Skippy (voice) Television film
1997 Cow and Chicken Butch (voice) Episode: "School Bully/Time Machine"
1997 Life with Louie Jack (voice) Episode: "The Making of a President"
1997 The Blues Brothers: The Animated Series Jake (voice) 8 episodes
1997–1998 The Larry Sanders Show Himself 2 episodes
1998 Hercules Nestor (voice) 2 episodes
1998 Stories from My Childhood Peter The Repeater Bird (voice) Episode: "Alice and The Mystery of the Third Planet"
1999 Justice Frank Spello Television film
1999 Hooves of Fire Santa Claus / Tapir (voices) Television special
2000 Who Killed Atlanta's Children? Pat Laughlin Television film
2000–2001 Beggars and Choosers Freddy Falco 4 episodes
2001 ER Dan Harris Episode: "Piece of Mind"
2001–2009 According to Jim James "Jim" Orenthal 182 episodes; also executive producer
2002 Rugrats Santa Claus (voice) Episode: "Babies in Toyland Part 1"
2002 What's New, Scooby-Doo? Asa Buckwald (voice) Episode: "Scooby-Doo Christmas"
2002, 2003, 2006 The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Coach Gruber (voice) 3 episodes
2003 Ozzy & Drix Captain Quinine (voice) Episode: "The Conqueror Worm"
2003 I'm with Her Leslie Buren Episode: "The Second Date"
2004 Less than Perfect Eddie Smirkoff Episode: "Arctic Nights"
2005 George Lopez The Inspector Episode: "George's Extreme Makeover: Holmes Edition"
2005 Fatherhood Officer (voice) Episode: "Truth or Scare"
2006 Casper's Scare School Alder (voice) Television film
2009 Handy Manny Sal (voice) Episode: "Francisco Comes to Town/Broken Drawbridge"
2010–2011 The Defenders Nick Morelli 18 episodes
2012 Doc McStuffins Glo-Bo (voice) 6 episodes
2014 Stan Lee's Mighty 7: Beginnings Mr. Cross (voice) Television film
2015 Show Me a Hero Angelo R. Martinelli 3 episodes
2015 Building Belushi Himself 6 episodes
2015 Urban Cowboy Marshall Stoval Pilot
2015–2016 TripTank Guy / Dad (voices) 2 episodes
2015–2016 Good Girls Revolt William 'Wick' McFadden 6 episodes
2016 The 7D Coach Coachy (voice) Episode: "Giggleberries/Jollyball Anyone?"
2017 Mating Pilot
2017 Twin Peaks Bradley Mitchum 6 episodes
2017 Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie Coach Wittenberg (voice) Television film[41]
2018 Salvage Duke Pilot
2019 Trolls: The Beat Goes On! Dad Cloud (voice) Episode: "Two's a Cloud"
2020–2022 Growing Belushi Himself

Video games Edit

Year Title Role
1996 9: The Last Resort Salty
1998 Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant The Masked Mutant

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James Adam Belushi 1 b e ˈ l uː ʃ i born June 15 1954 is an American actor Television roles include the title role in According to Jim 2001 2009 Saturday Night Live 1983 1985 and Twin Peaks 2017 Jim BelushiBelushi in 2015BornJames Adam Belushi 1954 06 15 June 15 1954 age 69 Wheaton Illinois U S CitizenshipUnited StatesAlbaniaEducationCollege of DuPage attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale BA OccupationsActorcomedianmusicianYears active1977 presentSpousesSandra Davenport m 1980 div 1988 wbr Marjorie Bransfield m 1990 div 1992 wbr Jennifer Sloan m 1998 wbr Children3 including Robert BelushiRelativesJohn Belushi brother Websitebelushisfarm wbr comBelushi appeared in films such as Thief 1981 Salvador 1986 About Last Night 1986 Red Heat 1988 K 9 1989 Jingle All the Way 1996 Hoodwinked 2005 The Wild 2006 Underdog 2007 and Sollers Point 2017 He is the younger brother of late comedy actor John Belushi and the father of actor Robert Belushi Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4 1 Film 4 2 Television 4 3 Video games 5 References 6 External linksEarly life EditBelushi was born June 15 1954 in Wheaton Illinois 1 to Adam Anastos Belushi 1918 1996 an Albanian from Qyteze Korce 2 3 and Agnes Demetri Belushi nee Samaras 1922 1989 4 who was born in Ohio to Albanian immigrants from Korce 2 5 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 4 6 7 8 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 9 Career Edit nbsp Belushi at the 39th Venice International Film Festival in 1982From 1977 to 1980 Belushi like his older brother John Belushi 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 his elder brother John s death from 1983 to 1985 he appeared on Saturday Night Live he portrayed characters such as Hank Rippy from Hello Trudy Man on the Street Jesse Donnelly and That White Guy Belushi also appeared in the film Trading Places as a drunk man in a gorilla suit during a New Year s Eve party He made a guest appearance in Faerie Tale Theatre s third season episode Pinocchio starring Paul Reubens as the titular puppet Belushi rose to greater prominence with his supporting roles in The Man with One Red Shoe 1985 About Last Night Salvador and Little Shop of Horrors as Patrick Martin all 1986 which opened up opportunities for lead roles He has starred in films including Real Men The Principal Red Heat Homer and Eddie K 9 Abraxas Guardian of the Universe Dimenticare Palermo Taking Care of Business Mr Destiny Only the Lonely Curly Sue Once upon a Crime Wild Palms Race the Sun Jingle All the Way Separate Lives Retroactive Gang Related Angel s Dance and Joe Somebody 2001 His voice work includes The Mighty Ducks The Pebble and the Penguin Babes in Toy land Gargoyles and Hey Arnold and Hoodwinked Scooby Doo and the Goblin King and The Wild He also lent his vocal talents for 9 The Last Resort a PC game released in 1995 in which he portrayed Salty a coarse yet helpful character In 1997 he portrayed the Masked Mutant in the Goosebumps PC video game alongside Adam West as The Galloping Gazelle On January 4 2001 Belushi appeared on the ER episode Piece of Mind The episode focused both on Dr Mark Greene s life or death brain surgery in New York and on Belushi s character who had been in a car accident with his son in Chicago Belushi s performance contributed to his re emergence in the public eye and the following year he was cast as the title role in ABC s According to Jim 10 His first animation voice over was as a pimple on Krumm s head in Aaahh Real Monsters on Nickelodeon That performance led him to be cast in the recurring role as Simon the Monster Hunter in that series where he ad libbed much of his own dialogue nbsp Belushi in House of Blues in Houston 2008In 2003 Belushi and Dan Aykroyd released the album Have Love Will Travel and participated in an accompanying tour The concert was made available on video on demand by Bob Gold amp Associates 11 12 He also performs at various venues nationwide as Zee Blues in an updated version of The Blues Brothers He released his first book Real Men Don t Apologize in May 2006 Belushi was a narrator of an NFL offensive linemen commercial Belushi also introduced the starting lineups for the University of Illinois football team during ABC s telecast of the 2008 Rose Bowl He appeared in MC Hammer s video Too Legit to Quit in 1991 in the extended full length version He also hosted a celebration rally for the Chicago Cubs playoff series in Chicago prior to the 2008 World Series Steve Dahl has dubbed him The Funniest Living Belushi In 2010 Belushi was cast in a pilot for CBS called The Defenders a series about defense lawyers 13 The one hour series premiered on September 22 2010 14 In two episodes in 2011 Belushi was paired with Blues Brothers partner Dan Aykroyd 15 16 On May 15 2011 The Defenders was canceled by CBS 17 In 2011 he was cast as corrupt businessman Harry Brock in Born Yesterday which opened on Broadway in late April 18 In August 2020 Belushi started a Discovery Channel series about his life at his cannabis farm in Oregon called Growing Belushi 19 In August 2022 Belushi appeared as Brother Zee with Aykroyd and The Blues Brothers Band at the first Blues Brothers Con event held at Old Joliet Prison The two day festival also featured a screening of the film and performances from Mondo Cortez amp The Chicago Blues Angels Lil Ed amp The Blues Imperials and Dave Weld amp The Imperial Flames 20 21 22 Personal life EditBelushi has been married three times On May 17 1980 he married Sandra Davenport who gave birth to their son Robert James on October 23 1980 Belushi and Davenport divorced in 1988 23 Belushi was married to actress Marjorie Bransfield from 1990 to 1992 23 He married Jennifer Sloan on May 2 1998 the couple has a daughter and a son 24 On March 5 2018 Jennifer Sloan filed for divorce from Belushi 24 25 The two have since reconciled 26 Belushi is closely linked to his Albanian heritage and received honorary Albanian citizenship as well as the Honor of the Nation Decoration from the President of Albania Bamir Topi in 2008 27 28 He is Eastern Orthodox Christian visiting with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in 2010 29 Belushi is an avid fan of the Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Bears Chicago Cubs Chicago Bulls and the Chicago Fire 30 Belushi had a legal battle and publicized feud with his neighbor actress Julie Newmar She claimed their conflicts stemmed from Belushi s attempt to build a second house in the back which she claimed was illegal in their R 1 neighborhood since there can be only one house per lot In 2004 Belushi filed a 4 million lawsuit against Newmar alleging she harassed and defamed him He also claimed she destroyed his fence which Newmar denied They ended the feud amicably in 2006 when Belushi invited Newmar to guest star on According to Jim on an episode which satirized their conflict 31 In 2011 Belushi announced he was suffering from gout and became a spokesman for Savient Pharmaceuticals educational campaign Check Out Your Gout 32 33 He appeared on the cover of and was interviewed by Cigar Aficionado magazine 34 Jim Belushi had such frequent diarrhea on the set of According to Jim castmates and crew started calling him Jim Bel loosey He was later diagnosed with IBS which he has since become an advocate for 35 Belushi endorsed the re election campaign of Democratic President Barack Obama in 2012 On a Fox News interview he explained When you talk to the President in private he s a cool guy who knows what he s doing Besides I m from Chicago too 36 Belushi built a getaway home in Eagle Point Oregon in 2015 37 where he now grows cannabis 38 39 By 2018 the size of his Eagle Point property had been expanded to 93 acres 38 ha 39 He is involved with fundraising for projects in Eagle Point and elsewhere in Southern Oregon including the planned rebuilding of the Butte Creek Mill and the restoration of the Holly Theatre in Medford In 2018 he was living in Los Angeles most of the time The Oregonian reported 39 and living in Oregon part of the year Per a 2018 article Belushi indicated he planned on opening a pop up cannabis dispensary in downtown Portland 39 Filmography EditFilm Edit Year Title Role Notes1978 The Fury Beach Bum Uncredited1981 Thief Barry1983 Trading Places Harvey1985 The Man with One Red Shoe Morris1986 Little Shop of Horrors Patrick Martin Cameo1986 Salvador Dr Rock1986 Jumpin Jack Flash Sperry Repair Man1986 About Last Night Bernie Litko1987 The Principal Principal Rick Latimer1987 Real Men Nick Pirandello1988 Red Heat Sergeant Art Ridzik1989 K 9 Detective Michael Dooley1989 Homer and Eddie Homer Lanza1989 Who s Harry Crumb Man on Bus Uncredited cameo1990 Taking Care of Business Jimmy Dworski1990 Mr Destiny Larry Joseph Burrows1990 Masters of Menace Gypsy 1990 Dimenticare Palermo Carmine Bonavia1990 Wedding Band Reverend1991 Curly Sue Bill Dancer1991 Diary of a Hitman Shandy1991 Only the Lonely Officer Sal Buonarte1991 Abraxas Guardian of the Universe Principal Rick Latimer1992 Traces of Red Jack Dobson1992 Once Upon a Crime Neil Schwary1993 Last Action Hero Himself Cameo1995 Canadian Bacon Charles Jackal1995 Separate Lives Tom Beckwith1995 The Pebble and the Penguin Rocko voice as James Belushi1995 Destiny Turns on the Radio Tuerto1995 Irving Gay Vampire 2 Cameo1996 Jingle All the Way Mall Santa1996 Race the Sun Frank Machi1996 Gold in the Streets Mario1997 Gang Related Detective Franklin Frank Divinci1997 Retroactive Frank Lloyd1997 Living in Peril Harrison Oliver1997 Bad Baby Cornelius Goode voice 1997 Wag the Dog Himself1997 Babes in Toyland Gonzargo voice as James Belushi1998 Overnight Delivery Overnight Delivery Boss Scenes deleted1999 Angel s Dance Stevie The Rose Rosellini1999 Made Men Bill The Mouth Manucci1999 K 911 Detective Michael Dooley Direct to DVD1999 The Florentine Billy Belasco1999 The Nuttiest Nutcracker Reginald The Mouse King voice Direct to DVD2000 Return to Me Joe Dayton2001 Joe Somebody Chuck Scarett2002 Snow Dogs Demon voice Cameo2002 Pinocchio The Farmer voice English Dub2002 One Way Out Harry Wooltz2002 K 9 P I Detective Michael Dooley Direct to DVD2003 Easy Six Elvis2004 DysEnchanted Doctor The Shrink 2005 Hoodwinked Kirk voice 2005 My Neighbors the Yamadas Takashi voice English Dub2005 Tugger The Jeep 4x4 Who Wanted to Fly Tugger voice 40 2006 The Wild Benny voice 2007 Underdog Dan Unger2007 Once Upon a Christmas Village Santa Claus voice Short film2007 Farce of the Penguins They re All Bitches Penguin voice Direct to DVD2008 Scooby Doo and the Goblin King Glob voice Direct to DVD2008 Snow Buddies Saint Bernie voice Direct to DVD2010 The Ghost Writer John Maddox2011 Cougars Inc Dan Fox2011 New Year s Eve Building Super2012 The Secret Lives of Dorks Bronko2012 Thunderstruck Coach Amross2013 Legends of Oz Dorothy s Return Lion voice 2015 Home Sweet Hell Les2016 Undrafted Jim2016 The Whole Truth Boone Lassiter2016 The Hollow Point Diaz2016 Katie Says Goodbye Bear 2017 A Change of Heart Hank2017 Sollers Point Carol2017 Wonder Wheel Humpty2022 Gigi amp Nate Dan GibsonTelevision Edit Year Title Role Notes1978 1979 Who s Watching the Kids Bert Gunkel 11 episodes1979 Working Stiffs Ernie O Rourke 9 episodes1982 Laverne amp Shirley Wheezer Episode Of Mice and Men 1983 1985 Saturday Night Live Various 33 episodes also writer1984 Faerie Tale Theatre Mario Episode Pinocchio 1984 The Best Legs in the Eighth Grade Saint Valentine Television film1986 The Birthday Boy Bob Television film1993 Wild Palms Harry Wyckoff 5 episodes1993 The Building Billy Shoe Episode Yakkity Yak Don t Talk 1994 Royce Shane Royce Television film1994 Parallel Lives Nick Dimas Television film1994 1997 Aaahh Real Monsters Simon The Monster Hunter voice 8 episodes1994 Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego Paul Revere voice Episode A Date with Carmen Pt 21995 Sahara Sergeant Joe Gunn Television film1995 Santo Bugito Baby Face voice Episode Load O Bees 1995 Duckman Saul Monella Police Officer voice Episode America the Beautiful 1995 Pinky and the Brain Additional Characters voice 3 episodes1995 The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat voice Episode Wet Paint News Blues Copy Cat 1995 1996 Gargoyles Fang voice 3 episodes1996 Timon amp Pumbaa Male Warthog voice Episode Home Is Where the Hog Is 1996 The Tick Mr Fleener voice Episode The Tick vs Education 1996 KaBlam Louie The Chameleon voice Episode Built for Speed 1996 1997 Mighty Ducks Phil Palmfeather voice 23 episodes1996 1999 Hey Arnold Coach Jack Wittenberg voice 4 episodes1997 Total Security Steve Wegman 13 episodes1997 Dog s Best Friend Skippy voice Television film1997 Cow and Chicken Butch voice Episode School Bully Time Machine 1997 Life with Louie Jack voice Episode The Making of a President 1997 The Blues Brothers The Animated Series Jake voice 8 episodes1997 1998 The Larry Sanders Show Himself 2 episodes1998 Hercules Nestor voice 2 episodes1998 Stories from My Childhood Peter The Repeater Bird voice Episode Alice and The Mystery of the Third Planet 1999 Justice Frank Spello Television film1999 Hooves of Fire Santa Claus Tapir voices Television special2000 Who Killed Atlanta s Children Pat Laughlin Television film2000 2001 Beggars and Choosers Freddy Falco 4 episodes2001 ER Dan Harris Episode Piece of Mind 2001 2009 According to Jim James Jim Orenthal 182 episodes also executive producer2002 Rugrats Santa Claus voice Episode Babies in Toyland Part 1 2002 What s New Scooby Doo Asa Buckwald voice Episode Scooby Doo Christmas 2002 2003 2006 The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius Coach Gruber voice 3 episodes2003 Ozzy amp Drix Captain Quinine voice Episode The Conqueror Worm 2003 I m with Her Leslie Buren Episode The Second Date 2004 Less than Perfect Eddie Smirkoff Episode Arctic Nights 2005 George Lopez The Inspector Episode George s Extreme Makeover Holmes Edition 2005 Fatherhood Officer voice Episode Truth or Scare 2006 Casper s Scare School Alder voice Television film2009 Handy Manny Sal voice Episode Francisco Comes to Town Broken Drawbridge 2010 2011 The Defenders Nick Morelli 18 episodes2012 Doc McStuffins Glo Bo voice 6 episodes2014 Stan Lee s Mighty 7 Beginnings Mr Cross voice Television film2015 Show Me a Hero Angelo R Martinelli 3 episodes2015 Building Belushi Himself 6 episodes2015 Urban Cowboy Marshall Stoval Pilot2015 2016 TripTank Guy Dad voices 2 episodes2015 2016 Good Girls Revolt William Wick McFadden 6 episodes2016 The 7D Coach Coachy voice Episode Giggleberries Jollyball Anyone 2017 Mating Pilot2017 Twin Peaks Bradley Mitchum 6 episodes2017 Hey Arnold The Jungle Movie Coach Wittenberg voice Television film 41 2018 Salvage Duke Pilot2019 Trolls The Beat Goes On Dad Cloud voice Episode Two s a Cloud 2020 2022 Growing Belushi HimselfVideo games Edit Year Title Role1996 9 The Last Resort Salty1998 Goosebumps Attack of the Mutant The Masked MutantReferences Edit a b Jim Belushi TVGuide com Retrieved July 7 2016 a b E W Jr Smith 2010 Athletes Once 100 Famous People Who Were Once Notable Athletes Fireship Press p 195 ISBN 978 1 61179 140 2 son of Agnes a first generation Albanian American and Adam an Albanian immigrant and restaurant operator who left his native village Qyteze in 1934 Denny Mahoney User Trees Genealogy com www genealogy com Retrieved June 15 2017 a b Denny Mahoney User Trees Genealogy com www genealogy com Denny Mahoney User Trees Genealogy com www genealogy com Retrieved June 15 2017 Saturday Night Live Bio NBC Archived from the original on February 6 2009 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November 30 2010 TV Highlights Dan Aykroyd on The Defenders Dina Lohan on 20 20 Gold Rush Alaska finale The Washington Post February 18 2011 Retrieved February 20 2011 The Defenders Cancelled by CBS My Dad Says Cancelled by CBS Mad Love Cancelled by CBS Ratings TVbytheNumbers Tvbythenumbers zap2it com May 15 2011 Archived from the original on May 18 2011 Retrieved September 4 2012 Born Yesterday Starring Jim Belushi and Nina Arianda Sets Dates at Broadway s Cort Theatre Broadway com Growing Belushi Discovery Channel Growing Belushi Discovery Channel Retrieved August 19 2020 Blues Brothers Con Old Joliet Prison Inaugural Blues Brothers Con Chicago Tribune August 20 2022 Joliet Area Historical Museum Hosts Inaugural Blues Brothers Con a b Jim Belushi s Wife Files for Divorce After Almost 20 Years of Marriage March 5 2018 a b Jim Belushi s Wife Jennifer Sloan Files for Divorce After Almost 20 Years of Marriage PEOPLE com March 5 2018 Jim Belushi s Wife Jennifer Sloan Files for Divorce After 20 Years of Marriage Entertainment Tonight March 5 2018 Jim Belushi and Wife Have a Change of Heart File to Dismiss Divorce After Reconciling www yahoo com May 2019 Albania Honours Actor Jim Belushi Balkan Insight November 12 2008 Retrieved May 24 2021 Xhejms Belushi merr shtetesine shqiptare James Belushi gets Albanian citizenship Shekulli in Albanian Tirana October 10 2009 Archived from the original on October 12 2009 Retrieved January 17 2011 Sanidopoulos John Jim Belushi visits the Ecumenical Patriarchate Jim Belushi loves his teams and his haters RedEye Chicago Retrieved September 25 2013 Belushi Newmar end years long feud UPI Savient Pharmaceuticals and Jim Belushi Launch Check Out Your Gout Educational Campaign Press release Savient Pharmaceuticals November 7 2011 Archived from the original on February 9 2013 Dougherty Christopher December 6 2012 King of comedy Jim Belushi speaks out about gout FoxNews com Fox News Network LLC Retrieved March 7 2016 Rhodes Joe March 1 1994 Jim Belushi s Big Year Cigar Aficionado Jim Belushi on Growing Belushi his Oregon cannabis farm and marijuana as spiritual medicine January 26 2022 Obama Courts Campaign Donors on West Coast Huffington Post February 16 2012 Belushi s cabin on the Rogue Mail Tribune Archived November 29 2018 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved November 28 2018 Belushi s cannabis crush Mail Tribune Archived November 9 2020 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved November 28 2018 a b c d Eastman Janet November 24 2018 A state of change for Belushi and Oregon After Oregon changed him actor returns the favor The Oregonian Portland Oregon pp A1 A6 A7 Retrieved December 12 2018 Tugger tuggerjeep com Archived from the original on December 9 2012 Retrieved June 15 2017 Nickelodeon s Hey Arnold movie gets title 19 original voice actors returning Entertainment Weekly Retrieved June 13 2016External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jim Belushi nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to Jim Belushi Jim 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