ACTOR
Tim Allen
- Known for
- Wild Hogs (2007), Home Improvement (1991), Last Man Standing (2011), Jungle 2 Jungle (1997)
28 archived facts 4 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
Tim Allen is an actor best known for Wild Hogs, Home Improvement and Last Man Standing.
All facts (28)
- #001
Tim Allen paid $2 million to keep a 26-acre campsite in Michigan in its natural, undeveloped state.
- #002
Tim Allen spent 28 months in prison after being arrested for attempting to traffic drugs (1978).
- #003
Tim Allen has nine brothers and sisters.
- #004
Tim Allen earned his bachelor's degree in Communications from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan (1976).
- #005
Tim Allen's character on Last Man Standing (2011) is an avid amateur radio operator. To become a real amateur radio operator, he took and passed the Technician Class exam in September 2014. The license call sign issued by the FCC is KK6OTD, granted under his real name, Tim Dick.
- #006
Tim Allen's ex-wife, Laura Diebel, is the CEO of Tim Allen Signature Tools.
- #007
Tim Allen began his career as a stand-up comedian. His comedy career started at the encouragement of a friend at the "Comedy Castle" in Detroit, Michigan.
- #008
In 2006, Tim Allen starred in three films alongside actor Spencer Breslin: The Shaggy Dog (2006), Zoom (2006) and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006). He also appeared with Breslin in The Santa Clause 2 (2002).
- #009
On May 24, 1997, Tim Allen was arrested for driving under the influence in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
- #010
For his role as Jason Nesmith (Commander Peter Quincy Taggart) in the science fiction parody Galaxy Quest (1999), Tim Allen received the 2000 Saturn Award for Best Actor.
- #011
Tim Allen has a daughter with his ex-wife Laura Diebel: Katherine 'Kady' Allen.
- #012
Tim Allen and his wife Jane Hajduk became parents to their first child, Elizabeth Allen, on March 28, 2009, in Los Angeles, California.
- #013
Tim Allen was a member of Toastmasters.
- #014
Tim Allen shares the same hometown (Denver, Colorado) as his Last Man Standing (2011) character Mike Baxter, and the sitcom is set in Denver, but it is filmed at CBS Studio Center, 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California.
- #015
Tim Allen's stand-up routine consisted of jokes comparing the differences between men and women. This theme continued in his television series Home Improvement (1991).
- #016
On November 19, 2004, Tim Allen was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
- #017
Tim Allen became a celebrity spokesperson for Pure Michigan (2013).
- #018
Tim Allen's character in Big Trouble (2002) is a composite of humor columnist Dave Barry. The film was adapted from one of Dave Barry's humor books.
- #019
The biggest influence on Tim Allen's career was his comedian friend Chevy Chase, with whom he co-starred in the film Zoom (2006).
- #020
Tim Allen has English, German, Irish, Scotch-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish and distant Welsh ancestry.
- #021
Tim Allen graduated from Seaholm High School in Birmingham, Michigan (1971).
- #022
Tim Allen was not the original choice for his two most iconic roles, Scott Calvin in the Santa Claus series and Buzz Lightyear in the Toy Story series. Both roles were turned down by Bill Murray and Chevy Chase before they went to Tim Allen.
- #023
Tim Allen is a Republican; he attended Donald Trump's presidential inauguration.
- #024
For the 2016 election, Tim Allen declared his support for Republican candidate John Kasich and later for Donald Trump.
- #025
Tim Allen is friends with Mary Hart and Steve Harvey.
- #026
Tim Allen owns the production company Boxing Cat Films.
- #027
What Women Want (2000) was originally written for a 1996 release and was in development at Disney's Touchstone Pictures, which also produced his hit series Home Improvement (1991). However, his commitments to that series and to the films Jungle 2 Jungle (1997) and For Richer or Poorer (1997) forced him to turn it down. The script was eventually reworked and sold to Paramount Pictures, and Mel Gibson took over the role originally intended for Allen.
- #028
Tim Allen's birth surname, "Dick," is shared with the leader of the rock band Paul Revere & The Raiders, who was born Paul Revere Dick.
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