Jim Belushi Net Worth

Interesting Facts about Jim Belushi

1. Son, with Sandra Davenport, Robert Belushi (b. 1981).
2. Younger brother of John Belushi.
3. Co-owner of House Of Blues clubs with Dan Aykroyd.
4. Occasionally performs concerts with the Sacred Hearts Blues Band.
5. Has a daughter, Jamison Belushi (aka "Jamison Bess Belushi"), with wife Jennifer Sloan (born July 28, 1999).
6. Has a son, Jared James Belushi, with wife Jennifer Sloan (born February 8, 2002).
7. Was originally set to co-star in Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), but couldn't due to scheduling conflicts.
8. Filed a $4-million lawsuit against neighbor Julie Newmar in 2004. He accused her of using harassment 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." In January 2006 the two announced they had settled their differences out-of-court, and later that year Newmar guest-starred on an episode of According to Jim (2001) that poked fun at their feud by having Newmar play a neighbor who annoys Belushi's character.
9. His father, Adam Belushi, was an Albanian who left his native village, Qytezë, in 1934 at the age of fifteen. His mother, Agnes (Samaras), was born in the U.S., to Albanian parents.
10. Though he is a life-long Chicago Bears fan, he shares a birthday with former Green Bay Packers coach Mike Holmgren.
11. Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1991.
12. He was nominated for a 1979 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Sexual Perversity in Chicago" at the Apollo Theatre Center in Chicago, Illinois.
13. Early in his career he was offered a role on a proposed TV sitcom adaptation of National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). Wanting to keep his career separate from his famous older brother John Belushi (who co-starred in the movie), Belushi declined.
14. (May 14, 2012) Announced that he has gout.
15. Release of his book, "Real Men Don't Apologize". [2006]
16. Shares his birthday with another comedian named Jim. Jim Varney.
17. One of his lifelong passions is playing his harmonica, a love he first developed after hearing British blues musician John Mayall, a leading exponent of the instrument. Jim carries his harmonica with him all the time.
18. Favorite films include Being There (1979), Casino (1995), The Godfather (1972), etc.
19. Childhood celebrity crush was Elizabeth Montgomery of Bewitched (1964) TV series fame.
20. In Filofax (1990) he played a baseball player. In Mr. Destiny (1990) he played a baseball fan. Both movies had a character named Jewel.