Tim Allen : Biography, Pictures, Photos, Trivia, Address, Filmography (Home Improvement)

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. In high school, his favorite subject was shop, of course, and after high school, he attended Western Michigan University and graduated with a degree in Television Production in 1975. In 1978, he was arrested on drug charges and spent two years in jail. Upon his release, he had a new outlook on life and on a dare from a friend, started his comedy career at the Comedy Castle in Detroit. Later, he went on to do several cable specials, including, Comedy's Dirtiest Dozen (1988) and Tim Allen: Men Are Pigs (1991) (TV). In 1991, he became the star of his own hit television series on ABC called "Home Improvement" (1991). While continuing to film his television show throughout most of the '90s, he starred in a string of blockbuster movies including The Santa Clause (1994), Toy Story (1995), Toy Story 2 (1999), and Galaxy Quest (1999). In August of 1996, he developed and unveiled his own signature line of power tools, manufactured by Ryobi. On top of all that, he has his own racing team, Tim Allen/Saleen RRRRacing. In May of 1999, he ended his show "Home Improvement" (1991) after 8 seasons and in 2001, he filmed such movies as Big Trouble (2002) and Joe Somebody (2001).

Allen studied at the University of Michigan when arrested on October 2, 1978 at Kalamazoo airport for detention of around 70 grams of cocaine. To avoid life prison Allen agrees to testify against his accomplice and will only serve 2 years and 4 months of prison sentence.

Allen then began his career as a stand-up actor in small theators. He accesses fame in the 90s in the television series Papa Bricole, of which he was also a screenwriter, Tim Allen, holder of a television production diploma, took his first steps in the cinema in 1989 with a small role in the tropical drama Snow.

The actor makes a name for himself by appearing in big family comedies, notably Super Noël (1994), in which he embodies a funny Santa Claus and which harvested $ 144 million at the box office. A year later, Tim Allen participated in the triumph of Toy Story by lending his voice to the character of Buzz L'Eclair in the original version of the film. A "role" which he will resume in 1999 in Toy Story 2. His performances in an Indian in New York (1997) and Big Désit (2002) confirm his popularity with the general public.

Tim Allen's career is dotted with superlatives: he is a super dad in 2001 and endorses again, the following year, his Santa Claus costume for Hyper Christmas in 2002 then for The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause in 2006. In 2000, this specialist in family comedies deviated somewhat from his favorite register to accompany Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman in the delusional and parodic Galaxy Quest by Dean Parisot.

In 2004, Tim Allen illustrated in a Christmas of madness !, Cinematic adaptation of an atypical novel by John Grisham. Two years later, he confirmed his status as a family actor with Raymond, where he embodies a deputy transforming ... into a shepherd dog!

Recently Tim Allen embodied a fifties in search of thrills, who goes on a motorcycle in the American West with his friends in a band of savages. He will continue in the comedy register in 2007 with Yosemite Threedans who will play a young retiree who is lost in Yosemite National Park.

Tim Allen is an actor, author, humorist and American producer known for having played in Toy Story films, Home Improvement and The Santa Clause. He was born on June 13, 1953 in Denver, Colorado, and grew up in Michigan.

Allen began his career as Stand-Up Comedian in the 1970s and 80s, before winning a role in the sitcom Home Improvement in 1991. The show was a real success and lasted until 1999, which Allowed Allen to become a television star.

In 1995, Allen played in the film The Santa Clause, which was a commercial success and gave rise to two suites. He has also played in many other films, including Jungle 2 Jungle, Galaxy Quest and Big Disorder.

In addition to his cinema and television career, Allen has also published two books, including Stand Too Close to Naked Man and I'm Not Really here. He also appeared in several reality TV shows, including Last Man Standing, a sitcom he produced and in which he plays the main role.

In summary, Tim Allen is a talented and versatile actor known for his roles in popular films and sitcoms.

• Creation date: 18/03/2009 by abdest