![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Executive Producer, Actor Born: June 13, 1953 in Denver, Colorado Biography:A successful standup comedian, the headliner of one of television's most popular sitcoms, a movie star, and a best-selling author, "Tim Allen" spent much of the '90s being a "Male Pig," a source of pride for countless men, and a franchise unto himself. He was born Timothy Allen Dick, in Denver, CO, one of ten brothers and sisters. Mercilessly teased by his peers because of his last name, "Allen" developed a keen sense of humor to protect himself. His father died in an auto accident in 1964 when "Allen" was 11, and his mother later married an old high school flame who had also lost his wife in a car crash. Eventually the family moved to a suburb of Detroit. In 1976, "Allen" graduated from Western Michigan University with a degree in television production and went on to work in a sporting goods store and then in an advertising agency. He made his debut as a standup comedian at Detroit's Comedy Castle in... Full Biography
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| advertisement |