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{{Short description|American actor and comedian}}
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{{Infobox comedian
| name          = Jim Breuer
| image         = Jim Breuer headshot.jpg
| alt = Breuer looking to the camera in front of a brick wall
| caption       = Breuer in 2017
| pseudonym     =
| birth_name    = 
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1967|6|21}}
| birth_place   = [[Valley Stream, New York]], U.S. 
| death_date    =
| death_place   =
| medium        = {{hlist|Stand-up|television|film|radio}}
| years_active  = 1988–present
| genre         = {{hlist|[[Observational comedy]]|[[improvisational comedy]]|[[character comedy]]|[[music]]}}
| subject       = {{hlist|Everyday life|marriage|parenting|heavy metal music}}
| spouse        = {{marriage|Dee Breuer|1992}}
| children      = 3
| relatives     = [[Nancy Allen (actress)|Nancy Allen]] (first cousin)
| notable_works ={{ubl|''[[Saturday Night Live]]''|''[[Half Baked]]''|''Premium Blends''|''[[Web Junk 20]]''|''Fridays with Jim Breuer''}}
| signature     =
| website       = {{url|http://www.jimbreuer.com|}}
| footnotes     =
}}

'''James Breuer''' (born June 21, 1967)<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]] |access-date=2024-03-24 |quote=Full name, James Breuer; born June 21, 1967, in Valley Stream, NY...}}</ref> is an American stand-up comedian, and actor.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6se30qism |title=Conspiracy Theory Bunker with comedian Jim Breuer {{!}} The Breuniverse Podcast Ep.78 |date=2023-04-20 |last=Jim Breuer's Breuniverse |access-date=2024-10-19 |via=YouTube}}</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>{{cite web |url=http://comedians.comedycentral.com/jim-breuer |title=Jim Breuer: Stand Up Videos and Funny Clips &#124; Comedy Central's Jokes.com |publisher=Comedians.comedycentral.com |access-date=2010-08-03 |archive-date=November 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120144028/http://comedians.comedycentral.com/jim-breuer |url-status=dead }}</ref> He went on to host ''The Jim Breuer Show'' after leaving ''SNL''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165034/ |title=The Jim Breuer Show (1998– ) |date=1998-07-13 |publisher=IMDb.com |access-date=2014-05-18 }}</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 vaccine|COVID-19 vaccination]] in New Jersey and Michigan and has stated that he will not perform at venues with such requirements.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fieldstadt|first=Elisha|title=Comedian and 'SNL' alum Jim Breuer cancels shows at venues requiring Covid vaccination|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/comedian-snl-alum-jim-breuer-cancels-shows-venues-requiring-covid-n1279081|access-date=2021-09-14|website=www.nbcnews.com|date=13 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=TheHill1>{{cite web |url= https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/572113-comedian-jim-breuer-wont-perform-at-venues-requiring |title= Comedian Jim Breuer won't perform at venues requiring vaccinations |author= Judy Kurtz |work= [[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |date= September 14, 2021 |access-date= February 9, 2022}}</ref>

In 2023, Breuer appeared as a featured speaker on the [[ReAwaken America Tour]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thrivetimeshow.com/reawaken-america-tour/ | title=ReAwaken America Tour }}</ref> During one appearance, Breuer received backlash for mocking the [[2022 NFL season#Damar Hamlin cardiac arrest|collapse]] of football player [[Damar Hamlin]]; he suggested the collapse was caused by COVID-19 vaccines, echoing [[COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and hesitancy|conspiracy theories in anti-vaccine circles]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brinsford |first=James |date=2023-01-23 |title=Jim Breuer jokes about Damar Hamlin's collapse at Christian event |url=https://www.newsweek.com/jim-breuer-jokes-about-damar-hamlin-collapse-christian-event-1775714 |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Breuer was born in [[Valley Stream, New York]],<ref name="encyc"/><ref name=TVG>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jim-breuer/bio/157022/|title=Jim Breuer|publisher=[[TV Guide|TVGuide.com]]|access-date=February 20, 2019|archive-date=February 20, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190220185247/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jim-breuer/bio/157022/|url-status=live}}</ref> and graduated in 1985 from [[Valley Stream Central High School]].<ref>Weiner, Iris. [https://www.liherald.com/stories/jim-breuer-comes-home,619 "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>{{cite web |author=Keller, Joel |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9500E7D8173FF935A25753C1A9639C8B63 
| title = In Person; Mr. Breuer's Neighborhood |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 16, 2005 |access-date=October 28, 2007|quote="Mr. Breuer's stand-up comedy often revolves around stories about his childhood in Valley Stream, N.Y., on Long Island, his marriage and his neighbors. Living in Chester speaks to how he wants to live."}}</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 {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>

Breuer is a first cousin of actress [[Nancy Allen (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>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalblade.com/us/artists/jim-breuer/|title=Jim Breuer and the Loud & Rowdy|publisher=[[Metal Blade Records]]|access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1992–1994|| ''[[Uptown Comedy Club]]'' || Various || 
|-
|1995–1998|| ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' || Various || Cast Member
|-
|1995|| ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'' || Jim || Episode: "Talk to Me"
|-
|1995|| ''[[Clerks (1994 film)#Clerks: The TV Show|Clerks: The TV Show]]'' || [[Randal Graves]] || TV pilot
|-
|1996|| ''[[Buddies (TV series)|Buddies]]'' || Jim || Unaired Pilot
|-
|1998|| ''[[Half Baked]]'' || Brian ||
|-
|1999|| ''[[Dick (film)|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|| ''[[Artie Lange's Beer League|Beer League]]'' || Football Guy ||
|-
|2010|| ''More than Me'' || Himself ||
|-
|2010|| ''The Jim Breuer Road Journals'' || Himself ||
|-
|2011|| ''[[Zookeeper (film)|Zookeeper]]'' || Crow || Voice
|-
|2012–2013|| ''[[Motorcity]]'' || Tooley || Voice, 11 episodes
|-
|2013|| ''[[The English Teacher (film)|The English Teacher]]'' || Narcissist Man ||
|-
|2013|| ''[[Wonder Pets]]'' || [[The Scarecrow (Oz)|Strawman]] (voice) || Episode: "In The land of Oz!"
|-
|2014|| ''[[Family Guy]]'' || [[Joe Pesci]] (voice) || Episode: "[[Brian's a Bad Father]]"
|-
|2014|| ''[[School Dance (film)|School Dance]]'' || Officer Lagney ||
|-
|2015|| ''Quitters'' || ||
|-
|2016|| ''[[Bling (film)|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 || 
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* {{official website}}
* {{IMDb name|108028|Jim Breuer}}

{{Former Saturday Night Live cast members}}

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