Tim Allen - Biography

Last Editor: monewilliams				Tim Allen Biography -   Name : Tim Allen Birth Date : June 13, 1953 Birth Place : Denver, Colorado, USA Birth Name : Timothy Allen Dick Height : 5' 11 Education : Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan (B.A., Television Production) Nationality : American Profession : Actor, comedian Claim to fame : as Tim 'The Tool Man' Taylor on TV Series Home Improvement

Tim Allen Trivia -

Gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004. Allen, who raked in the green with his holiday comedy THE SANTA CLAUSE 2, is now looking to roll with IN THE PINK, a Revolution Studios comedy about a Texas playboy with a cushy corporate job who suddenly finds himself out of work. (April 8, 2003) Allen and his wife have reached a divorce settlement, avoiding a trial that was to have begun Thursday -- Laura Deibel, who married Allen in 1984, filed for a legal separation in 1999 in Superior Court, citing irreconcilable differences; the couple share custody of their 13-year-old daughter. (March 15, 2003) Allen is set to propose to his girlfriend this Christmas – his pals say that he plans to give his belle of three years, personal trainer Jane Hadjuk, 26, a wedding ring this Yuletide season. (December 24, 2002) Tim Allen may have a hit with the current movie THE SANTA CLAUSE 2, but he hasn't abandoned the ABC sitcom lineup that launched his career -- Variety reports that he'll return to the home of his HOME IMPROVEMENT with a new sitcom he's producing. Like his old one, this will also be about lunchpail guys -- four of them. (November 16, 2002) Blanketing screens at 3,350 sites this post-Halloween weekend, THE SANTA CLAUSE 2, with Tim Allen tripling as the real Claus, did everything Disney could hope for -- it grabbed the top slot and a big chunk of money without having to compete with any of the major movies slated to open around the real Christmas season. (November 5, 2002) Allen’s SANTA CLAUSE 2 tops the box office, earning $29 million in its debut weekend -- more than the total take of the actor's last two flicks. (November 4, 2002) Allen’s SANTA CLAUSE 2 will spread holiday joy -- the family comedy is recognizable enough to top Eddie Murphy's I SPY and former chart-toppers JACKASS and THE RING. (November 2, 2002) Allen, who reprises his role as head elf of the North Pole in THE SANTA CLAUSE 2, puts Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney's WHITE CHRISTMAS and the quirky comedy A CHRISTMAS STORY at the top of his favorite Christmas movie list. (October 24, 2002) Allen says working on his new movie THE SANTA CLAUSE 2 wasn't all fun and games – he says that playing two different Santas to hundreds of screaming kids who were elves was not fun and he also thinks crew members had to pour water on one youngster to get her to shut up. (October 23, 2002) He's been an A-list stand-up comic, a top-rated TV star (Home Improvement), a bestselling author (Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man) and a bona fide movie star (THE SANTA CLAUSE, TOY STORY). Tim was arrested for dealing drugs in 1978 and spent two years in prison, when he was released, Tim had a new outlook on life and in 1979, Tim started his stand-up comedy career at the Comedy Castle in Detroit (on a dare from a friend), he hasn't looked back since. The scenes of Allen racing a shopping cart in JOE SOMEBODY (2001) were shot at the Target Store in Minnesota. In TOY STORY, the toolbox that Buzz Lightyear pushes off the milk crate bears the name Binford Tools, the name of the company which sponsors his character's show in HOME IMPROVEMENT (1991). Tim Allen's character in BIG TROUBLE (2002) is largely based on Dave Barry (i.e. profession, newspaper he works for, etc.). Was originally cast as the title role for THE CAT IN THE HAT (2003), but couldn't do it because he was filming MRS. CLAUSE; SANTA CLAUSE 2 (2002). His father died in a car crash when he was struck by a drunk driving, bringing the family home from a football game. Bought 26 acres of land in Michigan in hopes to save it from development. He paid $2 million for the plot. Is left-handed. During his last HOME IMPROVEMENT season, Tim took home $1.25 million an episode. Spent two years in jail (1978-1980) on drug dealing charges. Ryobi manufactured Tim ALlen's Signature Tools, a line of power tools in 1999 for Tim. His comedy career started on a dare from a friend at the 'Comedy Castle' in Detroit. His first job after college graduation was at a small advertising firm in Michigan. Even though he loves to talk power-tool shop, Tim's first true love is cars. A Harris Poll released on December 24, 1997 shows Tim as being the nation's 2nd most poplular television personality. Was listed as #13 of 20 wealthiest entertainers in Forbes Magazine in September of 1997... Tim earned 66 million in the 1996-1997 year. Appeared on Good Morning America's salute to Joan Lunden on September 5, 1997 In recent poll Tim Taylor was rated by 33.7% of respondants as having traits similar to those of their own fathers. Played golf in the American Heart Association's Hollywood Branch Celebrity Classic held May 19, 1997 at the North Ranch Country Club in Thousand Oaks, CA. Raced in the Rolex 24 at Daytona Speedway in January 1997 An Entertainment Weekly poll has rated Tim Allen #42 on the list of the 50 Funniest People Alive. Participated in the 2nd Annual NHL & Celebrity All-Star Hockey Game on June 22, 1997 in Detroit's Joe Lewis Arena. The event was held in benefit of The Coulier Foundation. Received a nomination for Funniest Leading Male Performer in a TV series in the 1996 American Comedy Awards. Made a cameo appearance in the new Rodney Dangerfield movie, MEET WALLY SPARKS. Made an appearance on POLITICALLY INCORRECT on January 16, 1997 Was honored by the mayor of Burbank, CA (the city where HI is taped) on the week of October 27, 1996 and received the key to the city. Was paid $12,000,000 for JOE SOMEBODY (2001) Was paid $5,000,000 for TOY STORY 2 (1999) Was paid $50,000 for TOY STORY (1995) His wife, Laura, is the CEO for Tim Allen Signature Tools.

Tim Allen Detailed Biography -

Timothy Allen Dick was born on June 13, 1953, in Denver, Colorado, USA. His father was Gerald Dick, a real-estate salesman who was killed in a collision with a drunk driver while driving his family home from a University of Colorado football game when Tim was 11 years-old. His mother was Martha Dick (AKA Marty Dick), a community-service worker who remarried her high-school sweetheart, an Episcopalian deacon, two years after Tim's father's death. Tim also has a total of eight siblings. When Tim was young his family moved to Birmingham, Michigan, USA (a suburb of Detroit). Allen graduated from Western Michigan University in 1975 with a degree in TV production, and went to work as a creative director for a small advertising firm in Detroit. Soon he moved from behind the camera to in front of it as a performer and commercial spokesman. In 1979, on a dare from a friend, Tim made his first stand-up appearance at Detroit's Comedy Castle. Since then, he has sold out concert venues around the country and appeared in several cable specials: The Montreal Just For Laughs Festival, Showtime Comedy Club All-Stars VII, and two of his own half-hour specials for Showtime: Men are Pigs, and Tim Allen Rewires America. In 1990 Tim won an ACE Award for Best Performance in a Comedy Special at the Just For Laughs International Comedy Festival in Montreal. In 1991 Tim was nominated for a People' Choice Award for Favorite Male Performer in a Television Series which he won in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999 and won a People's Choice Award for Home Improvement for Funniest Television Series. Tim has won Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in the categories of Favorite TV Actor and the coveted Kids Choice Hall of Fame and has also been awarded the title of America's Favorite TV Personality for the three years in a row by the Harris Poll. In 1995, Tim won a Golden Globe Award as Funniest Actor in a Television Series for his role on Home Improvement and was again nominated in 1996 in the same category. In addition to winning awards, Tim was one of the co-hosts at the 1992 Emmy Awards and has been nominated once for an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series. In 1994, Tim made his motion picture debut in the Hollywood Pictures/Disney film The Santa Clause, starring as Santa himself. The movie was released in November 1994 and was the number one comedy of the year. For his role in the film, Tim was honored with a Blockbuster Entertainment Award as Favorite Male Newcomer, Theatrical and a People's Choice Award as Funniest Actor In A Comedy Motion Picture. The Santa Clause was voted Favorite Motion Picture Comedy at the People's Choice Awards that same year. Tim's second film was the blockbuster hit Toy Story, the first film to ever be entirely animated using computers. Tim was the voice of spaceman action figure Buzz Lightyear. Tim then went on to star in the Disney hit film, Jungle 2 Jungle, which was released in March of 1997 and in November of 1997 Tim was seen starring in Universal Pictures' For Richer Or Poorer with Kirstie Alley. In 1994, Tim penned his anecdotes in his first book entitled Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man, which topped the New York Times Bestseller List. Tim's second book, I'm Not Really Here, hit bookstores in November of 1996. In this book, we find Tim looking for the hood ornament of a car one weekend, and instead stumbling across the meaning of life. He takes a comedic look at men in midlife - and their relationships with wives, children, friends, the universe and God. Tim was seen for eight seasons as Tim Taylor on ABC's Home Improvement, where he brought his unique slant of masculinity to series television. Home Improvement, which Tim describes as Men Are Pigs at home, continues to be a success in syndication.