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My Take
Tim Allen built one of the most durable brands in American comedy: the gruff, tool-obsessed everyman with a soft heart underneath. Home Improvement made him a Golden Globe winner, but voicing Buzz Lightyear made him immortal — that confident, slightly deluded space ranger only works because Allen plays him completely straight. Add The Santa Clause and Last Man Standing and you have four decades of family entertainment from one performer. I admire how stubbornly consistent he is; trends come and go, but Allen keeps telling his kind of joke and audiences keep showing up.
Overview
Timothy Alan Dick (born June 13, 1953), known professionally as Tim Allen, is an American actor and comedian. He is known for playing Tim "The Toolman" Taylor on the ABC sitcom Home Improvement (1991–1999) for which he won a Golden Globe Award and Mike Baxter on the ABC/Fox sitcom Last Man Standing (2011–2021).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tim Allen
- Name (Japanese)
- ティム・アレン
- Reading
- てぃむ・あれん
- Born
- June 13, 1953 (age 72)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Snake
- Origin
- Denver, Colorado, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- comedian / film director / voice actor / film actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Seaholm High School
- University
- Western Michigan University
Awards & achievements
- Annie Award
- 1999 Disney Legends
- 1995 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy
- 2004 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Toy Story | — | |
| Notable work | The Santa Clause | — | |
| Notable work | Home Improvement | — | |
| Notable work | Last Man Standing | — |
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.timallen.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ofctimallen/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.