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Birth Name:Timothy Allen Dick
Famous As: Comedian, actor, writer, producer, director
Date of Birth: June 13, 1953
Place of Birth: Denver, Colorado, USA
Height: 5' 11
Nationality: American

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Tim Allen
Allen at the 1993 Emmy rehearsals
Allen at the 1993 Emmy rehearsals
Born June 13, 1953 (1953-06-13) (age 55)
Denver, Colorado
Subject(s) Relationships, Masculinity, Femininity, Improvisational comedy, Physical comedy, Observational comedy, Differences between men and women
Influences Chevy Chase, Bill Cosby
Spouse Laura Deibel (1984-2003)
Jane Hajduk (2006-present)
Golden Globe Awards
Best Actor in a Television Comedy or Musical
1995 Home Improvement

Tim Allen (born Timothy Allen Dick; June 13, 1953) is an American comedian, actor, voice-over artist and entertainer, who became famous for his role in the sitcom Home Improvement. He is also known for his roles in the Disney film series of The Santa Clause and Toy Story.1

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Biography

Early life

Allen was born in Denver, Colorado, the son of Martha Katherine, a community-service worker, and Gerald M. Dick, a real estate agent.231 His father died in a car accident, colliding with a drunk driver, when Allen was eleven.41 Two years later, his mother married her high school sweetheart, a successful business executive,2 and moved with her six children to Birmingham, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, to be with her new husband and his three children.5 Allen attended Ernest W. Seaholm High School in Birmingham, where he was in theater and music classes (resulting in his love of classical piano), and attended Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. He later received an honorary degree, which was highlighted for the main plot of the fifth season Home Improvement episode "Doctor in the House".

Career

 Please help improve this section by expanding it. Further information might be found on the talk page or at requests for expansion. (September 2007)

Allen began his career as a comedian in 1975.1 On a dare from one of his friends, he participated in a comedy night at a comedy club in Detroit. While in Detroit he began to get recognition appearing in local television commercials and appearing on cable comedy shows such as Gary Thison's Some Semblance of Sanity. He later moved to Los Angeles and became a member of The Comedy Store there. He began to do stand-up appearances on late-night talk shows and specials on record and film.1 Allen rised to frame in acting with the television series Home Improvement (1991-1999) on ABC, playing Tim "The Tool-Man" Taylor.1 During one week in November 1994, he simultaneously starred in the highest grossing film (The Santa Clause) and appeared in the top rated television series (Home Improvement), 1 The following year, he provided the voice of Buzz Lightyear in the blockbuster Toy Story.1 Simultaneous with his time acting in Home Improvement, Tim Allen formed a race team with Steve Saleen and race driver Bob Bondurant, called the Saleen/Allen "RRR" Speedlab. The team raced Saleen Mustangs in the SCCA World Challenge, with Allen and Saleen as the team's drivers. On the last season of Home Improvement he received a check of $1.25 million for every episode he starred in.

In 2006, Allen began narrating the "Pure Michigan" television and radio commercials for the "Travel Michigan" agency. These commercials can be seen and heard throughout the Midwest and will begin airing nationally in 2009.

Awards

Allen was nominated for One Emmy and 5 Golden Globe Awards. He won the Golden Globe for Best Actor In A Television Series - Musical or Comedy in 1995.6

In 1999, Allen was named a Disney Legend for his work on the Toy Story and Santa Clause.7 Tim Allen was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .8

Personal life

Allen was married to Laura Deibel from April 7, 1984, until their divorce in 2003. They have a daughter, Katherine, born in 1989. Deibel once served as chief executive officer of Allen's tool line.citation needed

Allen is left handed and was raised as an Episcopalian.2

On October 2, 1978, before the start of his comedy career, Allen was arrested in the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport for possession of 1.4 lb (.65 kg) of cocaine. He subsequently listed the names of drug dealers in exchange for a reduction in his sentence from a possible life imprisonment to three to seven years. He was paroled on June 12, 1981 after serving 28 months in the Sandstone, Minnesota Federal Correctional Institution.9 In 1997, Allen was arrested for drunk driving, and was recorded as having a .16 blood-alcohol content. He was sentenced to one year probation.10

Filmography

Feature

Year Film Role Notes and Awards
1988 Comedy's Dirtiest Dozen Himself
1989 Tropical Snow Baggage Handler
1994 The Santa Clause Scott Calvin/Santa Claus
1995 Toy Story Buzz Lightyear voice only
1997 Meet Wally Sparks Himself cameo
Jungle 2 Jungle Michael Cromwell
Air Force One Jail warden cameo
For Richer or Poorer Brad Sexton
1999 Toy Story 2 Buzz Lightyear (voice)
Galaxy Quest Jason Nesmith
2001 Who is Cletis Tout? Critical Jim
Joe Somebody Joe Scheffer
2002 Big Trouble Eliot Arnold
The Santa Clause 2 Santa Claus/Scott Calvin/Toy Santa
2003 Top Speed Himself narrator
2004 Christmas with the Kranks Luther Krank
2006 The Shaggy Dog Dave Douglas
Cars Buzz Lightyear Car voice only
Zoom Jack Shepard/Captain Zoom
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause Santa Claus/Scott Calvin
2007 Wild Hogs Doug Madsen
Fired! Himself documentary
2008 Redbelt Chet Frank
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay Henry Lefay
2009 Crazy on the Outside Lead
2010 Toy Story 3 Buzz Lightyear voice only
2010 Wild Hogs 2 Doug Madsen

Television work

Books

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Stated in interview on Inside the Actors Studio
  2. ^ a b c Facing My Fear of Intimacy
  3. ^ tim allen
  4. ^ Tim Allen Biography - Yahoo! Movies
  5. ^ Tim Allen : Actor : Biography
  6. ^ "Golden Globes", hfpa. 
  7. ^ "Disney Legends", Walt Disney Company. 
  8. ^ "Hollywood Walk of Fame database". Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.
  9. ^ 650-Lifer Punishment Is a Crime
  10. ^ Yahoo Movies biography

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NAME Allen, Tim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dick, Timothy Allen
SHORT DESCRIPTION Voice-over artist, character actor, comedian
DATE OF BIRTH 1953-6-13
PLACE OF BIRTH Denver, Colorado, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH