Tim Allen
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Allen in 2014
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| Birth name | Timothy Allen Dick |
| Born |
June 13, 1953 Denver, Colorado, United States |
| Medium | Stand up, television, film, books |
| Years active | 1975–present |
| Genres | Observational comedy, blue comedy, physical comedy, character comedy |
| Subject(s) | Marriage, gender differences, family, everyday life |
| Spouse |
Laura Deibel (m. 1984–2003) Jane Hajduk (m. 2006) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | timallen |
Timothy Allen Dick (born June 13, 1953), known professionally as Tim Allen, is an American actor, comedian and author.
He is known for his role as Tim "The Toolman" Taylor in the ABC television show Home Improvement (1991–1999) as well as for his starring roles in several films, including Disney's The Santa Clause trilogy, Disney/Pixar's Toy Story trilogy (as the voice of Buzz Lightyear), Wild Hogs, and Galaxy Quest (1999). Since 2011, he has starred as Mike Baxter in the TV series Last Man Standing.
Allen was born in Denver, Colorado, to Martha Katherine (née Fox), a community-service worker, and Gerald M. Dick (1923–1964), a real estate agent. He is the third oldest of five brothers. His father died in a car accident, colliding with a drunk driver when Allen was 11. Two years later, his mother married her high school sweetheart, a business executive, and moved with her six children to Birmingham, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, to be with her new husband and his three children.
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. 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. In 1998, Western Michigan awarded Allen an honorary Fine Arts degree and the Distinguished Alumni Award.
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