JIM BREUER

'Jim Breuer' (born June 21, 1967 in Valley Stream, Long Island) is an American comedian and actor.

Contents

Television career

Radio career

On Stage

Film career

Standup comedy

Filmography

External links

Television career

Breuer first rose to fame as a cast member of ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1995 to 1998. On SNL, Breuer's best known characters included "Goat Boy" (who hosted the fictional MTV program "Hey, Remember the 80s?") and Glen Henderson, the elder brother to Chris Kattan's Todd Henderson/Azrael Abyss character in the "Goth Talk" skits.
Among his impersonations was that of actor Joe Pesci, who hosted his own talk show, often accompanied by Colin Quinn playing fellow actor Robert DeNiro. In a 1997 episode of the program, both Pesci and DeNiro made surprise appearances to "confront" Breuer.
In 2003 he had a small role in ''.
Breuer is the new host of the third season of the VH1 show ''Web Junk 20''. The season began on November 17, 2006. He replaces Patrice Oneal, who hosted the first two seasons of the show.

Radio career

Breuer was a popular sit-in comedian on the Opie and Anthony Show for many years during their WNEW tenure. He was a popular addition to the show, leading to "Breuer Bits" being played whenever the show was on hiatus.
Breuer is the host of Breuer Unleashed, which can be heard regularly on weekdays on the Sirius Satellite Radio channel "Raw Dog Comedy". He credits XM radio host Ron Bennington, of The Ron and Fez Show, for helping get his career started.
He is an occasional guest on the Mancow Show and the Howard Stern show.

On Stage

On July 17th, at BB Kings, Jim Breuer performed his Brian Johnson signature "Hokey Pokey" With the actual Brian Johnson from AC/DC. Jim then went on to sing "Hey, Hey, Who Phoned The Law" right after the two went back and forth singing the Hokey Pokey. Video footage of this event is at http://youtube.com/watch?v=fmfnDowXH1k

Film career

Jim Breuer is best known for his appearance in the film Half Baked as the character Brian, who, while all the characters were stoners (including the dog and "the guy on the couch"), he was the most fargone of the group.

Standup comedy

He is also fairly well known for his portrayal of various standup routines, perhaps most notably including the "Boogey man".

Filmography

★ ''Buddies (TV)'' (replaced after pilot) (1997)

★ ''Half Baked'' (1998)

★ ''Dick'' (1999)

★ ''Titan A.E.'' (2000)

★ ''Once in the Life'' (2000)

★ ''One Eyed King'' (2001)

★ ''American Dummy'' (2002)

★ ''Crooked Lines'' (2003)

★ ''Beer League'' (2006)

External links

★ Official website

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