Jim Breuer

James Breuer (born June 21, 1967)<ref name="encyc">Template:Cite web</ref> is an American stand-up comedian, and actor.<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref> He was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 1998 and starred in the film Half Baked (1998).

Career

Breuer was a member of the cast of Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 1998, playing characters such as Joe Pesci and Goat Boy.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He went on to host The Jim Breuer Show after leaving SNL.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Breuer regularly tours as a comedian. Footage of his 2008 tour was used in his documentary More Than Me and in his four-hour DVD program The Jim Breuer Road Journals. In September 2021, he cancelled shows at venues requiring COVID-19 vaccination in New Jersey and Michigan and has stated that he will not perform at venues with such requirements.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=TheHill1>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2023, Breuer appeared as a featured speaker on the ReAwaken America Tour.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> During one appearance, Breuer received backlash for mocking the collapse of football player Damar Hamlin; he suggested the collapse was caused by COVID-19 vaccines, echoing conspiracy theories in anti-vaccine circles.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Personal life

Breuer was born in Valley Stream, New York,<ref name="encyc"/><ref name=TVG>Template:Cite web</ref> and graduated in 1985 from Valley Stream Central High School.<ref>Weiner, Iris. "Jim Breuer comes home", Long Island Herlad, September 24, 2009. Accessed March 29, 2024. "Breuer’s uniquely dazed look combined with his goofy humor used to make his teachers at Valley Stream Central High School laugh… followed by the writing of detention slips. If he could talk to the teachers who helped him to graduation in 1985, he would give them one big fat, 'Told you so!'"</ref>

From 2005 to 2021, he lived in Chester Township, New Jersey, with his wife Dee, whom he married in 1992,<ref name="encyc"/> and their three daughters.<ref name=NYT2005>Template:Cite web</ref> In August 2021, Breuer and his family moved to Naples, Florida, after selling their home in New Jersey.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/JimBreuer/videos/1890336124459466 Template:User-generated source</ref>

Breuer is a first cousin of actress Nancy Allen through her mother and his father.<ref name="encyc">{{cite web |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/breuer-jim-1967 |title=Breuer, Jim 1967– |website=Encyclopedia.com</ref>

Discography

• Jim Breuer and the Loud & Rowdy – Songs from the Garage (2016; Metal Blade Records)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992–1994	Uptown Comedy Club	Various
1995–1998	Saturday Night Live	Various	Cast Member
1995	Home Improvement	Jim	Episode: "Talk to Me"
1995	Clerks: The TV Show	Randal Graves	TV pilot
1996	Buddies	Jim	Unaired Pilot
1998	Half Baked	Brian
1999	Dick	John Dean
2000	Titan A.E.	The Cook	Voice
2000	Once in the Life	Pizzaman
2001	One Eyed King	Patrick 'Paddy' O'Donahue
2002	American Dummy	Tony Metropolis	Short
2003	Crooked Lines	Chris
2003	MTV Icon	Himself	Special; Episode: "Metallica"
2006	Beer League	Football Guy
2010	More than Me	Himself
2010	The Jim Breuer Road Journals	Himself
2011	Zookeeper	Crow	Voice
2012–2013	Motorcity	Tooley	Voice, 11 episodes
2013	The English Teacher	Narcissist Man
2013	Wonder Pets	Strawman (voice)	Episode: "In The land of Oz!"
2014	Family Guy	Joe Pesci (voice)	Episode: "Brian's a Bad Father"
2014	School Dance	Officer Lagney
2015	Quitters
2016	Bling	Mr. Glump	Voice
2016	Rock and a Hard Place	Pastor Darren
2016–2017	Kevin Can Wait	Father Phillip	4 episodes
2017	Liv & Maddie	Himself	Episode: "Big Break-A-Rooney"
2023	Jingle Smells	Blake Ashton

External links

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