Jim Belushi

American actor

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72
Born 1954
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Trading Places
1983

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Updated 2026-06-12

The younger brother who stepped out of a massive shadow and stayed — Jim Belushi built a long, steady run on network TV and in ensemble comedies, carving out a lane that was his own.

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Born June 15, 1954, James Adam Belushi followed his older brother John into comedy, landing on Saturday Night Live from 1983 to 1985, just after John's death. He moved into film with roles in Thief, Trading Places, Salvador, and Red Heat, then found a formula in buddy-cop comedies like K-9 and Taking Care of Business. The real anchor came later: According to Jim, a sitcom he carried for eight seasons from 2001 to 2009, playing a suburban everyman. He kept working in smaller films and TV through the 2010s, including Good Girls Revolt and Wonder Wheel, and remains active with Song Sung Blue set…

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The media was capitalizing my brother's death. My family and my life were falling apart, and I couldn't stop the downward spiral. I made one bad decision after another.

— Jim Belushi (2006), Real Men Don't Apologize, p. 10

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