Background
Zulevic, of Scottish and Croatian extraction, grew up in Chicago, where he graduated from Saint Thomas More Grammar School, Brother Rice High School and Columbia College Chicago.
Zulevic, of Scottish and Croatian extraction, grew up in Chicago, where he graduated from Saint Thomas More Grammar School, Brother Rice High School and Columbia College Chicago.
All the while he studied at The, where he was taken under the wing of mentor Sheldon Patinkin.
He died suddenly, most likely due to a heart attack, at age 40. He went on to work a number of jobs, from underaged bouncer at Chicago"s famed Exit club to a runner at the Board of Trade to support his acting habit. Before joining the, he performed for a short time at Chicago"s Improv Institute.
Zulevic joined The comedy troupe in 1992.
He starred in nine stage revues, including "Paradigm Lost" in 1997 with Tina Faculty, Scott Adsit and Rachel Dratch. Zulevic created his most famous character of "Billy" at this time.
Zulevic hosted the weekly radio show "Radio" on WCKG-FM, and taught improv classes at Columbia College Chicago and The Jim was working on a project based on the July 1979 Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park at the time of his death.