Tim Allen

Tim Allen as Santa Claus in Disney's The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause - 2006

Biography

Born 06/13/1953

This long-faced "average Joe" American comic would seem an unlikely candidate to become one of the leading forces in comedy in the 1990s, but his unassuming ABC family sitcom "Home Improvement" rose above the ashes of the fallen shows of the 1991-92 season to become one of TV's most popular shows....
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Awards

  • In 2000, received Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Feature Production
  • In 1995, received Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical
  • In 1988, received New York Film Critics Circle Special Award

Highlights

  • In 2008, Featured in the David Mamet directed, "Redbelt"
  • In 2007, Cast in the comedy-adventure "Wild Hogs," as one of four middle-aged friends who decide to rev up their routine suburban lives with a freewheeling motorcycle trip
  • In 2006, Reprised role for "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause"

Family & Companions

  • Laura Diebel: wife (Met in college; married from 1984-2003; served as chief executive officer of Allen's tool line)
  • Jane Hajduk: wife (Appeared together in "Zoom" (2006) and "The Shaggy Dog" (2006); married Oct. 7, 2006)
  • Gerald Dick: father (Killed in an auto collision with a drunk driver while driving the family home from a University of Colorado football game when Allen was eleven years old)

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