Co-owner of House Of Blues clubs with Dan Aykroyd.
Ocasionally performs concerts with the Sacred Hearts Blues Band.
Daughter, Jamison Bess with wife Jennifer Sloan (b. 1999).
Jim and Jenny welcomed their second child, Jared James on February 8th.
Father of Robert Belushi.
Was originally set to co-star in 'Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)', but couldn't due to scheduling conflicts.
Filed a $4 million lawsuit against neighbor Julie Newmar in 2004. He accused her of using harrassment and defamation to force him from the Brentwood, California street they share. A newspaper article quoted a resident not involved with the dispute as saying "She's weird. And he's a bully."
He is of Albanian descent.
His father Adam Belushi is an Albanian immigrant who left his native village, Qytezë, in 1934 at the age of 15, and his mother Agnes, was born in the US to Albanian immigrants.
James Belushi Detailed Biography
JIM BELUSHI stars in the hit ABC comedy series According to Jim, playing a family man trying to find the ideal picket-fence life. His other television credits include Saturday Night Live, Royce, Parallel Lives, Wild Palms and Sahara. On the big screen, he made his debut starring with Rob Lowe and Demi Moore in About Last Night and went on to diverse roles in Oliver Stone's Salvador, Homer and Eddie with Whoopie Goldberg, Red Heat with Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Principal, K-9, Curly Sue, Taking Care of Business, Once Upon a Crime, Mr. Destiny, Only the Lonely, Thief, The Man with One Red Shoe, Real Men, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Jingle All the Way, Retroactive and Gang Related. His recent roles include Return to Me with David Duchovny and Minnie Driver and Joe Somebody with Tim Allen. Belushi has a musical side as well and plays in the band Jim Belushi and the Sacred Hearts, the official house band of the House of Blues clubs.
