Tim Allen

Timothy Alan Dick, known professionally as Tim Allen, is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his numerous roles in film and television, such as playing Jason Nesmith in the 1999 sci-fi comedy film , Joe Scheffer in the 2001 Fox comedy-drama film , Luther Krank in the 2004 Christmas-themed family comedy film , Jack Shepard/Captain Zoom in the 2006 superhero comedy film , and Tommy Zelda in the 2010 comedy film .
For Disney, he most notably voiced Buzz Lightyear in Disney/Pixar's Toy Story franchise. He also portrayed Scott Calvin/Santa Claus in The Santa Clause franchise, Michael Cromwell in Jungle 2 Jungle, Dave Douglas in the 2006 remake of The Shaggy Dog, Dr. Doug Madsen in Wild Hogs, Eliot Arnold in the 2002 Touchstone Pictures film , and the narrator in the 2012 Disneynature documentary film Chimpanzee. Additionally, he played Tim "The Toolman" Taylor in the ABC (now Freeform) sitcom Home Improvement and Mike Baxter in .
In 1999, Allen was named a Disney Legend, claiming the record for shortest time between his first contribution for Disney (in 1991, when he first started to work on Home Improvement) and being named a Disney Legend, until Phil Collins beat said record in 2002.
Allen was born in Denver, Colorado. He is the third oldest of six children of Martha Katherine (née Fox), a community-service worker, and Gerald M. Dick, a real estate agent. Allen has two older brothers, two younger brothers, and a younger sister. His father died in a car accident in November 1964, 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, to be with her new husband and his three children. Allen has said the move meant going from "being in a cool group at one school to being at the bottom [of the social hierarchy at another]."
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 . In 1976, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in communications, specializing in radio and television production, with a split minor in philosophy and design.
==Roles==
Buzz Lightyear Promotional Art.jpg|Buzz Lightyear(Toy Story franchise)
Utility-Belt-Buzz.png|Ultra Buzz Lightyear(Toy Story 2)
Scott Calvin The Santa Clauses.jpg|Scott Calvin/Santa Claus(The Santa Clause franchise)
Jungle6.jpg|Michael Cromwell(Jungle 2 Jungle)
Toy Santa1.jpg|Toy Santa(The Santa Clause 2)
Dave Douglas - Shaggy Dog.jpg|Dave Douglas(The Shaggy Dog; 2006 remake)
Doug Madsen.jpg|Doug Madsen(Wild Hogs)
==Gallery==
Disney Adventures March 1993.jpg|Tim Allen with Pete on the cover of Disney Adventures (March 1993).
Tim Allen behind the scenes Toy Story.jpg|Tim Allen behind the scenes of Toy Story.
Tim Allen and Tom Hanks Toy Story premiere.jpg|Tim Allen with Tom Hanks at the premiere of Toy Story in 1995.
Disney adventures april 1997.jpg|Tim Allen on the cover of Disney Adventures (April 1997).
Tim Allen and Tom Hanks Toy Story 2 premiere.jpg|Tim Allen with Tom Hanks at the premiere of Toy Story 2 in 1999.
John-Lasseter-with-Tom-Hanks-and-Tim-Allen.jpg|Tim Allen with John Lasseter and Tom Hanks, along with Buzz (left) and Woody (right).
Tim Allen Shaggy Dog premiere.jpg|Tim Allen at the premiere of The Shaggy Dog in March 2006.
Tim Allen SC3 premiere.jpg|Tim Allen at the premiere of The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause in October 2006.
TAV705023.jpg|Tim Allen with Buzz Lightyear at Disney's Hollywood Studios.
Tim Allen Behind the Scenes Toy Story 3.jpg|Tim Allen behind the scenes of Toy Story 3.
Tom hanks and tim allen.jpg|Tim Allen with Tom Hanks recording dialogue for Toy Story 3.
Lee Unkrich supervising Tim Allen's recording session TS3.jpg|Lee Unkrich supervising Tim Allen's recording session for Toy Story 3.
Tim Allen visits JKL.jpg|Tim Allen visits in March 2017.
Tim Allen Summer 2018 TCA Tour.jpg|Tim Allen attending the panel during the 2018 Summer TCA Press Tour.
Tim Allen behind the scenes TS4.jpg|Tim Allen behind the scenes of Toy Story 4.
Tim Allen TS4 premiere.jpg|Tim Allen at the premiere of Toy Story 4 in June 2019.
Tim Allen 71st Emmys.jpg|Tim Allen speaks onstage at the 71st annual Emmy Awards in September 2019.
==Trivia==
*Tim Allen had reprised his role as Buzz Lightyear in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins, but only in the home video releases. In the three part episode, along with the whole series, he was dubbed by Patrick Warburton.
*He shares the same birthday as Chris Evans, the voice behind the human version of Allen's character, Buzz Lightyear, in the 2022 spin-off film Lightyear, who is 28 years younger than him.
*He has played two versions of a character in two different Disney franchises. He first voiced a second Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story 2 and played Toy Santa in The Santa Clause 2. Ironically both characters in the second films of their respective franchises.
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