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Tim Allen | |
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Birth name | Timothy Alan Dick |
Born | Denver, Colorado, U.S. | June 13, 1953
Medium | Stand-up, film, television, books |
Alma mater | Western Michigan University, Central Michigan University |
Years active | 1975–present |
Genres | Observational comedy, blue comedy, physical comedy, character comedy |
Subject(s) | Marriage, gender differences, family, everyday life, tools |
Spouse |
Laura Deibel
(m. 1984; div. 2003) |
Children | 2 |
Website | timallen |
Timothy Alan Dick[1] (born June 13, 1953), known professionally as Tim Allen, is an American actor and comedian. He is known for playing Tim "The Toolman" Taylor on the ABC sitcom Home Improvement (1991 to 1999) and Mike Baxter on the ABC sitcom Last Man Standing (2011 to 2017), which was picked up by Fox in 2018 for a seventh season.[2] He voiced Buzz Lightyear for the Toy Story franchise and played Scott Calvin and Santa Claus in The Santa Clause film trilogy (1994–2006). Allen's other films include For Richer or Poorer (1997), Jungle 2 Jungle (1997), Galaxy Quest (1999), Big Trouble (2002), Christmas with the Kranks (2004), The Shaggy Dog (2006), Wild Hogs (2007), Redbelt (2008), and Crazy on the Outside (2010).
Early life
Allen was born in Denver, Colorado, to Martha Katherine (née Fox), a community-service worker, and Gerald M. Dick, a real estate agent.[3][4] He is the third oldest of five brothers. His father died in a car accident, colliding with a drunk driver when Allen was 11.[3][5] Two years later, his mother married her high school sweetheart, a business executive,[4] and moved with her six children to Birmingham, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, to be with her new husband and his three children.[6]
Allen attended Seaholm High School in Birmingham, where he was in theater and music classes (resulting in his love of classical piano). He then attended Central Michigan University before transferring to Western Michigan University in 1974.[7] At Western Michigan, Allen worked at the student radio station WIDR and received a Bachelor of Science degree in communications specializing in radio and television production in 1976 with a split minor in philosophy and design.[6] In 1998, Western Michigan awarded Allen an honorary fine arts degree and the Distinguished Alumni Award.[7]
Career
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Allen started his career as a comedian in 1975.[3] On a dare from one of his friends, he participated in a comedy night at Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle in Royal Oak, a suburb of 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 moved to Los Angeles and became a regular performer at The Comedy Store. He began to do stand-up appearances on late-night talk shows and specials on record and film.[3]
Despite his admitted limited acting range (he once told a magazine his range as an actor is "strictly limited. I can only play a part if I can draw on personal experience, and that well can go dry pretty quickly"),[8] Allen rose to fame in acting with the ABC sitcom Home Improvement (1991–1999) produced for ABC by Wind Dancer Productions, a company he co-founded with producer Carmen Finestra. Allen played the main character Tim "The Tool-Man" Taylor.[3] In November 1994, he simultaneously starred in the highest-grossing film (Disney's The Santa Clause), topped the New York Times best-seller list with his book Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man, and appeared in the top rated television series (Home Improvement) within the span of one week.[3] Home Improvement ran until 1999, for which he was paid US$1.25 million per episode.
In 1995, Allen provided the voice of Buzz Lightyear in the Disney/Pixar blockbuster Toy Story.[3] In 1997, he starred in the family comedy Jungle 2 Jungle from Disney. The next year he returned to voice Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story 2 which was a financial and critical hit. Also, in 1999 he starred in the sci-fi parody Galaxy Quest alongside Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, and Sam Rockwell.
In 2002, he reprised his role as Scott Calvin in The Santa Clause 2. Two years later, he starred as Luther Krank in Christmas with the Kranks. In 2006, Zoom was released, starring Allen as Jack Shepard. The same year, he also starred in The Shaggy Dog and The Santa Clause 3.
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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 began airing nationally in 2009.[9]
In December 2009, he started a preview tour of Crazy on the Outside, a film that debuted in January 2010. Allen accompanied the film, helping promote it with a series of stand-up acts beforehand. During the performances, he told audiences that he planned a 2010 comedy tour. Allen also directed the film, marking his film directorial debut.[10]
Allen hosted the 8th Annual TV Land Awards on April 25, 2010.[11] That same year, he became the official voice of the Chevrolet Cruze, narrating commercials for the vehicle, and he became the voice of Campbell Soup's "It's Amazing What Soup Can Do" campaign.[12] Allen returned to ABC with the sitcom Last Man Standing (2011–2017). He played the role of Mike Baxter, a conservative father fighting for his manhood in a house filled with women.[13] The character is loosely based on his own life, as a Republican father of three girls.[14] After six seasons, the show was cancelled in May 2017. ABC Entertainment Chief Channing Dungey denied claims of political bias against Allen, explaining that the network simply could not accommodate the program on their schedule.[15] On May 11, 2018, Fox TV's CEOs and chairmen announced that Fox had officially picked up Last Man Standing for a seventh season.[16][17][18][19]
Shortly before the cancellation of Last Man Standing, Allen had been announced as part of the cast of the Netflix original comedy film El Camino Christmas (2017).[20]
Personal life
Allen was raised as an Episcopalian.[4] He was married to Laura Deibel from April 7, 1984, until they legally separated in 1999. Their divorce was finalized in 2003.[21] They have one daughter. Allen married actress Jane Hajduk on October 7, 2006, in a small private ceremony in Grand Lake, Colorado. They had dated for five years.[22] In March 2009, their daughter Elizabeth was born.[23]
In September 2014, Allen, like his character Mike Baxter in Last Man Standing, became a licensed amateur radio operator under the callsign KK6OTD.[24][25] Also like his character, Allen is a Republican.[26] He has appeared on Sean Hannity's show[27] and announced support for John Kasich,[28] and later Donald Trump, in the 2016 presidential election.[29]
Legal issues
On October 2, 1978, Allen was arrested in the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport for possession of over 650 grams (1.43 lb) of cocaine. He subsequently pleaded guilty to felony drug trafficking charges and provided the names of other dealers in exchange for a sentence of three to seven years rather than a possible life imprisonment. He was paroled on June 12, 1981, after serving two years and four months in Federal Correctional Institution, Sandstone in Sandstone, Minnesota.[30][31][32]
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In 1997, Allen was arrested for DUI in Birmingham, Michigan. At the time, his blood alcohol content was 0.15, nearly double the legal limit in Michigan.[33] He was sentenced to one-year probation. He entered a rehabilitation clinic for alcohol abuse as part of his court obligation.[34]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1988 | Tropical Snow | Baggage Handler | |
Comedy's Dirtiest Dozen | Himself | ||
1989 | Rodney Dangerfield: Opening Night at Rodney's Place | ||
1990 | Tim Allen: Men Are Pigs | ||
1991 | Tim Allen Rewires America | ||
1994 | The Santa Clause | Scott Calvin / Santa Claus | |
1995 | Toy Story | Buzz Lightyear | Voice role |
1997 | Meet Wally Sparks | Himself | Cameo |
Jungle 2 Jungle | Michael Cromwell | ||
For Richer or Poorer | Brad Sexton | ||
1999 | Toy Story 2 | Buzz Lightyear | Voice role |
Galaxy Quest | Jason Nesmith | ||
2000 | Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins | Buzz Lightyear | Voice role; direct-to-video |
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 | Narrator | Voice role |
2004 | Christmas with the Kranks | Luther Krank | |
2006 | Cars | Buzz Lightyear Car | Voice cameo |
The Shaggy Dog | Dave Douglas | ||
Zoom | Jack Shepard/Captain Zoom | ||
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause | Santa Claus / Scott Calvin | ||
2007 | Fired! | Documentary | |
Wild Hogs | Doug Madsen | ||
2008 | Redbelt | Chet Frank | |
2009 | The Six Wives of Henry Lefay | Henry Lefay | |
2010 | Crazy on the Outside | Tommy Zelda | Also director |
Toy Story 3 | Buzz Lightyear | Voice role | |
I Am Comic | Himself | ||
2011 | Hawaiian Vacation | Buzz Lightyear | Voice role |
Small Fry | |||
2012 | Partysaurus Rex | ||
Chimpanzee | Narrator | Documentary | |
The Penguin King | U.S. version | ||
2013 | 3 Geezers! | Tim | |
Adventures of the Penguin King | Narrator | ||
2017 | El Camino Christmas | Larry Michael Roth | |
2018 | Ralph Breaks the Internet | Buzz Lightyear | Voice cameo |
2019 | Toy Story 4 | Voice role; filming |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1991–99 | Home Improvement | Tim Taylor | Lead role (204 episodes); also executive producer (seasons 6–8) |
1996 | The Drew Carey Show | Himself | Episode: "The Front" (Uncredited) |
1997 | Soul Man | Tim Taylor | Episode: "Communion Wine and Convicts" |
1998 | The Larry Sanders Show | Himself | Episode: "Flip" |
Spin City | Rags (voice) | Episode: "The Kidney's All Right" | |
2003 | These Guys | Narrator | Television film |
2004 | Jimmy Neutron: Win, Lose and Kaboom | Meldar Prime (voice) | Television film |
2011–present | Last Man Standing | Mike Baxter | Lead role (130 episodes) |
2013 | Toy Story of Terror! | Buzz Lightyear | Voice role |
2014 | Toy Story That Time Forgot | ||
2015 | Cristela | Mike Baxter | Crossover appearance: "Last Goose Standing" |
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond | Himself | Documentary | |
2016 | 88th Academy Awards | Buzz Lightyear | Voice role |
Video games
Year | Title | Voice role |
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1994 | Home Improvement: Power Tool Pursuit | Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor |
1999 | Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue | Buzz Lightyear |
2001 | Toy Story Racer | |
2010 | Scene It? Disney Magical Moments | |
2016 | Disney Magic Kingdoms |
Awards and honors
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Other honors
- 1999: Named a Disney Legend for his work on the Toy Story and The Santa Clause franchises[42]
- 2004: Received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard for his contributions to the film industry[43]
- 2017: Inducted into the Diecast Hall of Fame [44]
Books
- Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man (1994) – ISBN 0-7868-6134-7
- I'm Not Really Here (1996) – ISBN 0-7868-6257-2
References
- ^ "Tim Allen Marries Longtime Girlfriend Jane Hajduk – Marriage, Tim Allen". People.com. October 9, 2006. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
- ^ McCarthy, Tyler (May 15, 2018). "Tim Allen shares first teaser for 'Last Man Standing' Season 7". Fox News. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g Stated in interview on Inside the Actors Studio
- ^ a b c Rader, Dotson (October 27, 2002). "Facing My Fear of Intimacy". Parade. Archived from the original on November 26, 2006. Retrieved February 25, 2007 – via timallen.com.
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- ^ a b "Tim Allen: Actor: Biography". timAllen.com. Archived from the original on June 17, 2010. Retrieved June 12, 2010.
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- ^ "Tim Allen: 'Home' is where the heart is". Midwest Today Magazine. April–May 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
- ^ "Tim Allen and Pure Michigan". michigan.org. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
- ^ "Stand Up and Show It Tour Dates". TimAllen.com.
- ^ Ward, Kate (March 30, 2010). "Tim Allen to Host TV Land Awards". News Briefs. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
- ^ Brady, Shirley (September 7, 2010). "Campbell's Soup Shirks Canned Cool for Wholesome Warmth". brandchannel. Archived from the original on September 13, 2010. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
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- ^ "Tim Allen: 'I'm What They Call Fiscal Conservative' - Washington Free Beacon". Washington Free Beacon.
- ^ "ABC Is Reiterating Its Claim That 'Last Man Standing' Wasn't Canceled Because Of Tim Allen's Politics". MoviePilot.com. Moviepilot. Archived from the original on September 6, 2017. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
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- ^ Levin, Gary (May 11, 2018). "Last Man Standing' resurfaces at Fox, a year after ABC canceled it". USA Today. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (May 11, 2018). "'Last Man Standing' Resurrected At Fox For Season 7 With Original Cast Led By Tim Allen". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
- ^ Battaglio, Stephen. "Tim Allen's 'Last Man Standing' returns — this time on Fox's fall schedule". latimes.com. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
- ^ Busch, Anita. "'Hidden Figures' Filmmaker Ted Melfi Lines Up Strong Ensemble Cast For 'El Camino Christmas' At Netflix". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
- ^ "Actor Tim Allen and wife settle their divorce | Deseret News (Salt Lake City) Newspaper | Find Articles at BNET". Findarticles.com. March 15, 2003. Archived from the original on November 2, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2010.
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- ^ Lapowsky, Issie (March 30, 2009). "It's a girl for Tim Allen, wife Jane Hajduk". Daily News. New York. NYDailyNews.com.
- ^ "ULS License – Amateur License – KK6OTD – Dick, Tim". fcc.gov.
- ^ "Actor Tim Allen Gets His Ham Ticket For Real". ARRL. September 30, 2014.
- ^ Paulette Cohn. "'Last Man Standing' star Tim Allen: 'We're going to drill Hillary'". Fox News.
- ^ "Tim Allen, Sean Hannity Slam Feds on Debt, Political Correctness, Spending". NewsBusters.
- ^ "Tim Allen backs John Kasich: 'He's a Republican a Democrat could vote for' - Washington Times". The Washingtion Times.
- ^ France-Presse, Agence. "ABC denies axing Tim Allen's Last Man Standing over Donald Trump support". Telegraph. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
- ^ Pratt, Monica (March 3, 1997). "650-Lifer Punishment Is a Crime". Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
- ^ Connelly, Chris (April 1997). "Broken Home". Ladies' Home Journal. Archived from the original on November 13, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2010 – via timallen.com.
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- ^ "Tim Allen Enters Rehab Clinic". CBS News. CBS Interactive. April 17, 1998. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
- ^ Sutton, Larry; Baram, Marcus (April 17, 1998). "Self – 'Improvement': Tim Allen Enters Rehab". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on July 7, 2009. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
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- ^ "Tim Allen". Television Academy.
- ^ a b "Golden Globes". GoldenGlobes.org. Archived from the original on August 30, 2008.
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- ^ "Kids' Choice Awards, USA: 1996".
- ^ TV Guide Book of Lists. Running Press. 2007. p. 40. ISBN 0-7624-3007-9.
- ^ "People's Choice Awards 2017: Nominees and Winners List - Us Weekly". Deadline. January 18, 2017.
- ^ "Disney Legends". Walt Disney Company.
- ^ "Hollywood Walk of Fame - Tim Allen". walkoffame.com. Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
- ^ "Diecast Hall of Fame 2017 Inductees Announcement".
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- Tim Allen at IMDb
- Tim Allen at the TCM Movie Database
- Tim Allen at AllMovie
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