Jim Breuer is an American stand-up comedian, actor, radio host, writer, and musician, has a net worth of $3 million. Breuer is best known as a cast member on “Saturday Night Live” (1995-1998), where he played characters such as Goat Boy, host of “Hey, Remember the 80s?,” and Glen Henderson, the brother of Chris Kattan’s Azrael Abyss in the “Goth Talk” sketches.
Who is Jim Breuer?
Jim Breuer was born James E. Breuer on June 21, 1967, in Valley Stream, New York, which is on Long Island. Jim’s father was a WWII soldier, and when he was 84 years old and suffering from dementia, Breuer took him on a tour and shot it for the documentary “More Than Me.” Jim Sr. died in 2014, and Breuer’s sister died of cancer shortly thereafter. Jim’s father remained with him until his death, and in 2017, Breuer began providing hospice care for his mother at home.
Jim also co-starred with Dave Chappelle in the 1998 stoner comedy “Half Baked,” and he has provided his voice for “Titan A.E.” (2000), “Zookeeper” (2011), “Motorcity” (2012-2013), and “Family Guy” (2014). Jim Breuer has released the comedy CD “Smoke ‘n’ Breu” (2002), the documentaries “More than Me” (2010) and “The Jim Breuer Road Journals” (2010), and the book “I’m Not High (But I’ve Got a Lot of Crazy Stories about Life as a Goat Boy, a Dad, and a Spiritual Warrior)” (2010).
How old is Jim Breuer?
He is currently 56 years old.
What is Jim Breuer’s net worth?
He is estimated to be worth $3 Million.
What is Jim Breuer’s career?
Breuer began his comic career on “The Uptown Comedy Club” in 1992, and he also made a special appearance on the TV show “Welcome Freshmen” the same year. In 1995, he joined the cast of “Saturday Night Live” and rose to prominence as a talk show presenter impersonating Joe Pesci (together with Colin Quinn as Robert De Niro). In 1997, the real Pesci and De Niro appeared in a “Joe Pesci Show” spoof in which they confronted Breuer and Quinn for depicting them as caricatures of their movie personas before beating them up.
Jim and Dave Chappelle were guests on “Home Improvement” in 1995, which spawned the short-lived ABC sitcom “Buddies.” Breuer featured in the pilot, but was dismissed and replaced with Christopher Gartin; the series was terminated after five episodes.
In 1998, Jim quit “Saturday Night Live,” co-starred in “Half Baked” with Chappelle, and hosted MTV’s “The Jim Breuer Show.” In 1999, he participated in the film “Dick,” which also starred “SNL” cast members Will Ferrell and Ana Gasteyer, and then in “Once in the Life” (2000) and “One Eyed King” (2001). Jim appeared in his first one-hour Comedy Central special, “Hardcore,” in 2002, and the following year, he participated in the “Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary.”
Breuer has appeared in the films “Crooked Lines” (2003) and “Beer League” (2006), as well as hosting season three of VH1’s “Web Junk 20” (2006). He also portrayed Spike the crow in Kevin James’ 2011 comedy “Zookeeper.”
His second one-hour Comedy Central special, “Let’s Clear the Air,” aired in 2009 and was one of the network’s highest-rated comedy specials of all time; his following one-hour special, “And Laughter for All,” aired on Epix in 2013. He starred in the films “The English Teacher” (2013), “School Dance” (2014), “Quitters” (2015), and “Rock and a Hard Place” (2016), and from 2016 to 2017, he played Father Philip in four episodes of Kevin James’ sitcom “Kevin Can Wait.”
In 2017, Jim played himself in an episode of the Disney Channel sitcom “Liv and Maddie.” Breuer has also appeared in multiple commercials for Pizza Hut’s loaded crust pizzas, where Jim uses the slogan “Jackpot!,” and as a sit-in comedian on “The Opie and Anthony Show” on WNEW-FM and XM Satellite Radio. He presented “Fridays with Jim Breuer” on Sirius Satellite Radio’s “Raw Dog Comedy,” and in 2011, he and comic Pete Correale founded “The Podcast Masters.”
Breuer appeared in the VH1 documentary “When Metallica Ruled the World” in 2005, and he later developed a close relationship with the band. In 2011, he performed at Metallica’s 30th anniversary events, and in 2018, he opened for them. Jim also has his own band called Jim Breuer and The Loud & Rowdy. The band published the album “Songs From The Garage” in 2016, and AC/DC’s lead singer, Brian Johnson, a close friend of Breuer’s, performed on several of the tunes.
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