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James Belushi is the younger brother of John Belushi.

Encouraged by one of his high school teachers, James Belushi enrolled in the theater club of his establishment. Subsequently, he obtained a degree in drama from a university in Illinois. He begins on the boards in a Chicago troupe. Director Garry Marshall notices this and allows him to get TV roles. He made a cameo appearance in Fury (1978, Brian De Palma), but he got his first major role in The Solitaire (1981, Michael Mann).

After his debut in the detective film, James Belushi made a series of comedies, such as Un chair pour deux (1983, John Landis) or Jumpin 'jack flash (1986, Penny Marshall). Then he tried his hand at action films with The Principal (1987, Christopher Cain) and Double Détente (1988, Walter Hill). He punctuates his career with films with more sensitive subjects and a more serious tone: he is plunged into the heart of a civil war in Salvador (1986, Oliver Stone) and he has to face the mafia in Forget Palermo (1989, Francesco Rosi ).

He then returned to the comedy register with La P'tite arnaqueuse (1991, John Hughes) or even Your mother or me! (1991, Chris Columbus). We can also see him in tasty humorous variations: he appears in his own role in the very parody Last Action Hero (1992, John McTiernan) before starring in two satirical films, Canadian bacon (1995, Michael Moore) and Des hommes d influence (1997, Barry Levinson).

Moreover, his genre of predilection seems to be family comedy. He is illustrated in this register with The Toy Race (1996, Brian Levant) and Super Papa (2001, John Pasquin. He continues in this register by interpreting the leading role of the television series According to Jim then tries the experiment. dubbing of an animated film with the production of the Weinstein brothers, The True Story of Little Red Riding Hood (2005).

James continues According to Jim until season 8 (2008) before filming under the direction of Roman Polanski in The Ghost Writer in 2010. The actor is illustrated 5 years later in the series Show Me A Hero, giving the replies to Oscar Isaac. He then stays on the side of the small skylight by playing the earthy gangster Bradley Mitchum in season 3 of the cult series Twin Peaks. In 2018, Jim slips into Humpty's shoes in the new Woody Allen, Wonder Wheel.