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Jim Belushi & The Sacred Hearts

James Belushi was born June 15, 1954 in Chicago and grew up as one of four children in Wheaton, Illinois. He attended the College of Dupage and Southern Illinois University, where he graduated with a degree in Speech and Theater Arts. In 1977, Jim joined Chicago's Second City improv troupe for three years. Then, in 1979, Garry Marshall saw Jim performing for 2nd City and arranged for him to come to Hollywood and co-star in the television pilot “Who's Watching the Kids” for Paramount, and then for a role in the television show “Working Stiffs,” co-starring Michael Keaton. Later, in 1983, he joined the cast of “Saturday Night Live” for two years. Jim came to national attention through his role in the film About Last Night, playing the role he originated in the Chicago Apollo Theatre's production of David Mamet's Obie-award winning play “Sexual Perversity in Chicago.” Jim has played an array of characters since his time in 2nd City, “SNL” and “Working Stiffs.” Jim portrayed a mentally handicapped man in Homer and Eddie, a high school principal who defies a drug dealer in The Principal, a happy-go-lucky escaped convict who poses as a high-powered executive in Takin' Care of Business, and a corrupt police detective caught in a dangerous web of deceit in Gang Related. Currently,... Next

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