{"id":3684,"date":"2021-06-11T15:01:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T14:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/?p=3684"},"modified":"2021-06-12T06:16:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-12T05:16:59","slug":"tim-allen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/tim-allen\/tv-and-films\/biographies\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Allen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tim Allen<\/h1>\n

Tim Allen (Timothy Alan Dick) is an American Actor and Comedian. He is best known as the voice of Buzz Lightyear in the Toy Story film franchise. He is also known for playing Tim \"The Toolman\" Taylor on the ABC sitcom Home Improvement, he also played Scott Calvin and Santa Claus in the Santa Clause film trilogy.<\/p>\n

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Tim Allen - Bio<\/h1>\n

Tim Allan was born in Denver, Colorado. His mother, Martha Katherine was a community Service worker and his Father, Gerald M. Dick was a Real Estate Agent. Allen has 5 siblings and was the third oldest.<\/p>\n

His father died when he was 11 after being hit by a drunk driver. Two years later his mother remarried her childhood sweetheart, who has three children of his own. They relocated to Birmingham, Michigan.<\/p>\n

Allen, worked at the student radio station at Western Michigan University and there he graduated with a bachelor of science degree in communication. He specialised in radio and television production.<\/p>\n

His career started with a dare, one of his friends dared him to partake in a comedy night in Royal Oak, Detroit. While in Detroit he was on local television commercials and started to gain a local following from appearing on comedy shows.<\/p>\n

In 1978 Allen was arrested for drug trafficking and was released three years later. He returned to comedy and moved to Los Angeles where he became a regular at The Comedy Store.<\/p>\n

Allen quickly became a household name with his appearance on ABC's Situational comedy show 'Home Improvement', which ran from 1991 until 1999.<\/p>\n

His Role as Calvin Scott, in 'The Santa Clause' further solidified his stardom and voicing Buzz lightyear in 'Toy Story' in all 4 films renewed and gained further recognition with generations of families.<\/p>\n

Allen has two daughters, Katherine and Elizabeth. Katherine is the daughter of Laura Deibel and was born in 1989. Elizabeth is the daughter of Jane Hajduk and was born in March 2009. Allen and Hajduk are in a relation to this date.<\/p>\n

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1988<\/td>\nTropical Snow<\/td>\nBaggage Handler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/td>\nComedy's Dirtiest Dozen<\/td>\nHimself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989<\/td>\nRodney Dangerfield: Opening Night at Rodney's Place<\/td>\nHimself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990<\/td>\nTim Allen: Men Are Pigs<\/td>\nHimself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991<\/td>\nTim Allen Rewires America<\/td>\nHimself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/td>\nThe Santa Clause<\/span><\/td>\nScott Calvin \/\u00a0Santa Claus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/td>\nToy Story<\/td>\nBuzz Lightyear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>\nMeet Wally Sparks<\/td>\nHimself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>\nJungle 2 Jungle<\/td>\nMichael Cromwell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>\nFor Richer or Poorer<\/td>\nBrad Sexton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1999<\/td>\nToy Story 2<\/td>\nBuzz Lightyear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1999<\/td>\nGalaxy Quest<\/td>\nJason Nesmith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\nBuzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins<\/td>\nBuzz Lightyear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nWho Is Cletis Tout?<\/td>\nCritical Jim<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nJoe Somebody<\/td>\nJoe Scheffer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nBig Trouble<\/td>\nEliot Arnold<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nThe Santa Clause 2<\/span><\/td>\nSanta Claus \/ Scott Calvin \/ Toy Santa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nTop Speed<\/td>\nNarrator<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nChristmas with the Kranks<\/td>\nLuther Krank<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nThe Shaggy Dog<\/span><\/td>\nDave Douglas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nCars<\/td>\nBuzz Lightyear Car<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nZoom<\/td>\nJack Shepard\/Captain Zoom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nThe Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause<\/span><\/td>\nSanta Claus \/ Scott Calvin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nFired!<\/td>\nDocumentary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nWild Hogs<\/td>\nDoug Madsen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nRedbelt<\/td>\nChet Frank<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nThe Six Wives of Henry Lefay<\/span><\/td>\nHenry Lefay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nCrazy on the Outside<\/td>\nTommy Zelda<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nToy Story 3<\/td>\nBuzz Lightyear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nI Am Comic<\/td>\nHimself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nToy Story Toons: Hawaiian Vacation<\/td>\nBuzz Lightyear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nToy Story Toons: Small Fry<\/td>\nBuzz Lightyear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>\nToy Story Toons: Partysaurus Rex<\/td>\nBuzz Lightyear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>\nChimpanzee<\/td>\nNarrator<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>\nThe Penguin King<\/span><\/td>\nNarrator<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>\n3 Geezers!<\/td>\nTim<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>\nAdventures of the Penguin King<\/td>\nNarrator<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/td>\nEl Camino Christmas<\/td>\nLarry Michael Roth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/td>\nRalph Breaks the Internet<\/td>\nBuzz Lightyear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nToy Story 4<\/a><\/td>\nBuzz Lightyear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nNo Safe Spaces<\/td>\nHimself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
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1984<\/td>\nNorthwest Afternoon<\/td>\nHimself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989\u20131992<\/td>\nAn Evening at the Improv<\/span><\/td>\nHimself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991\u201399<\/td>\nHome Improvement<\/td>\nTim Taylor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1992<\/td>\nHot Country Nights<\/td>\nHimself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1992\u20131993<\/td>\nMaury<\/td>\nHimself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994\u20131996<\/td>\nCharlie Rose<\/td>\nHimself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994\u20131997<\/td>\nLate Show with David Letterman<\/td>\nHimself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/td>\nShowbiz Today<\/td>\nHimself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/td>\nThe Little Picture Show<\/span><\/td>\nHimself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996<\/td>\nThe Drew Carey Show<\/span><\/td>\nHimself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>\nSoul Man<\/td>\nTim Taylor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>\nThe Wonderful World of Disney<\/span><\/td>\nBuzz Lightyear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\nThe Larry Sanders Show<\/span><\/td>\nHimself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\nSpin City<\/td>\nRags (voice)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1999<\/td>\nModern Marvels<\/td>\nHimself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nThese Guys<\/td>\nNarrator<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nJimmy Neutron: Win, Lose and Kaboom<\/td>\nMeldar Prime (voice)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011\u20132021<\/td>\nLast Man Standing<\/td>\nMike Baxter \/ Tim Taylor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>\nToy Story of Terror!<\/td>\nBuzz Lightyear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/td>\nToy Story That Time Forgot<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>\nCristela<\/td>\nMike Baxter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>\nToy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond<\/td>\nHimself<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>\n88th Academy Awards<\/td>\nBuzz Lightyear<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/td>\nReno 911!<\/td>\nSpace Force Commander<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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