Jim Belushi

James Adam "Jim" Belushi (born June 15, 1954) is an American actor, comedian and musician. He is best known for playing the role of James "Jim" Orenthal on the long-running sitcom According to Jim, and is the younger brother of late comic actor John Belushi.

Belushi in 2007

Quotes

• 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. One of those guys they quote for T-shirts once said, "Heroes aren't born, they're cornered." Oh, I was cornered. And I found out that I was no hero.
  • Jim Belushi (2006), Real Men Don't Apologize, p. 10

• I don't know if there is a gene for comedy, but my dad was a very funny man. ... He just didn't know it. He was a naturally funny character, and when my brother and I would laugh at things he said and did, he would say, 'What do you think is so funny?'
  • In: Rick Kogan. "Belushis: Funny is in their bones: Jim, son Robert and stand-up Kyle Lane team up to create intimate Comedy Bar on Ontario Street," in: The Chicago Tribune, October 26, 2012.

• People are always coming up to me and saying, 'I love you, love your work.' And then the next sentence is, 'I loved your brother.' John made people laugh, and laughter is a powerful thing,
  • In: Rick Kogan. "Belushis: Funny is in their bones: Jim, son Robert and stand-up Kyle Lane team up to create intimate Comedy Bar on Ontario Street," in: The Chicago Tribune, October 26, 2012.

External links

• Jim Belushi on IMDb