Jim Belushi

Jim Belushi is the star and executive producer of the ABC hit comedy, According to Jim, in which he plays the husband in a marriage that actually works, and the father of three young children.

A native of Chicago, Belushi graduated from Southern Illinois University. He then became a resident member of Chicago's famed Second City, from 1976-80, and went onto Hollywood, where writer-producer Garry Marshall cast him in the series Who's Watching the Kids, and later in Working Stiffs with Michael Keaton. Among Belushi's other television credits as an actor and writer are Saturday Night Live, Parallel Lives, the Oliver Stone miniseries Wild Palms, the movie Sahara for Showtime and the acclaimed series Beggars and Choosers.

In 2000, Belushi co-starred in Return to Me with David Duchovny and Minnie Driver, and he received rave reviews for his work with Gregory Hines in Who Killed Atlanta's Children?

It was his work in About Last Night, with Rob Lowe and Demi Moore that brought Belushi his first serious attention as a film star. He also reprised his stage role in David Mamet's Sexual Perversity in Chicago, from which the film was adapted. His feature credits since then show an extraordinary range: he was James Woods' spacey buddy in Oliver Stone's Salvador; the mentally handicapped dishwasher who was befriended by Whoopi Goldberg in Homer and Eddie; and the defiant high school principal standing up to drug dealers in The Principal.

Other starring roles include Joe Somebody, the K-9 franchise, Red Heat, 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.

Belushi has performed on Broadway in “Conversations with My Father,” off-Broadway in “True West,” in “Moon Over Miami,” and “Pirates of Penzance.” In addition he does numerous voiceovers for film, television and for commercials.

Besides acting, Belushi loves music. His band, The Sacred Hearts, is a rhythm-and-blues band together for years, performing 40 nights a year at clubs, casinos and corporate events all over the country. They are the "official house band" for The House of Blues, in which Belushi is a partner, and have entertained former President Clinton and Vice President Gore.

Working with his friend Dan Aykroyd, Belushi created Big Men Big Music, a project that performed at the SARS benefit in Toronto for over 400,000 people with the Rolling Stones, and their CD was number one on the blues chart last summer. Belushi currently has three CD's out: Blues Brothers Live from Chicago, The Sacred Hearts, 36 x 22 x 36, and the recently-released Big Men Big Music CD, Have Love Will Travel.

Belushi also displays his talent as a comedic writer with his book Real Men: According to Jim, a book about what is means to be a man, along with his advice and views on dating, relationships, and romance.