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Jim Belushi is the American actor, comedian and musician whose career runs from Chicago improv stages to network sitcom stardom. From 1977 to 1980 he worked with the famed Second City theater company in Chicago, the same training ground as his older brother John. His first significant film role came in Michael Mann's Thief (1981), and from 1983 to 1985 he was a cast member on Saturday Night Live. He went on to appear in Trading Places (1983), The Man with One Red Shoe (1985), Oliver Stone's Salvador (1986), Red Heat (1988) opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger and the hit comedy K-9 (1989). On television he headlined an ABC family sitcom as a wisecracking suburban dad named Jim from 2001 to 2009, a long-running hit. Later work includes The Ghost Writer (2010), Good Girls Revolt, the revival of Twin Peaks, Woody Allen's Wonder Wheel (2017) and Song Sung Blue (2025), plus voice roles in animated films such as Hoodwinked! (2005). A lifelong blues fan, Belushi also performs live with the Sacred Hearts band and as part of the Blues Brothers legacy, bringing humor and rhythm-and-blues energy to every stage.
- Active since 1977
- Born in Wheaton
- Notable work: Hoodwinked!, The Defenders, The Wild
- Category: Comedian
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The estimated booking fee for Jim Belushi is $100K–$250K. The final figure depends on the date, location, event type and what's required, and travel, production and hospitality are usually extra.
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What is the typical fee range for Jim Belushi?
Our estimate puts Jim Belushi in the $100K–$250K range (estimate).
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The estimated booking fee for Jim Belushi is $100K–$250K (estimate).
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