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Tim Allen

Tim Allen
Tim Allen (born Timothy Allen Dick; June 13, 1953) is an American comedian, actor, voice-over artist, and entertainer, known for his role in the sitcom Home Improvement. He is also known for his roles in films including The Santa Clause, Toy Story, and Galaxy Quest.

Allen was raised as an Episcopalian. He was married to Laura Deibel from April 7, 1984, until they legally separated in 1999. The divorce was finalized in 2003. They have a daughter, Katherine, born in 1989. Deibel once served as chief executive officer of Allen's tool line. Allen married actress Jane Hajduk on October 7, 2006 in a small private ceremony in Grand Lake, Colorado. They had dated for five years.

On January 5, 2009, it was announced that Allen and Hajduk were expecting their first child together. On March 28, 2009, Allen became a father for the second time, with the arrival of a baby girl named Elizabeth.



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Tim Allen - news / articles


  • Allen & Hanks reteam for Jungle Cruise - 3 March 2011
    -Toy Story stars Tim Allen and Tom Hanks are to leave their animated toy characters behind and team up on a Jungle Cruise.- -The actors, who voiced Buzz Lightyear and Woody in the Toy Story trilogy, have signed on to star in the latest movie adaptation of a Disney


  • Allen & Hanks fought for Toy Story 2 - 12 July 2010
    y bosses almost skipped a theatrical release for the sequel to hit kids' movie Toy Story - until the film's stars Tom Hanks and Tim Allen challenged the decision.- -Executives at Disney animation studio Pixar originally intended to send Toy Story 2 direct to stores


  • Iron Man clobbers US box office challengers - 12 May 2008
    nd to a sixth week in the top ten at nine and this week's chart is rounded off by mixed martial arts movie Redbelt, which stars Tim Allen, Lost's Rodrigo Santoro and Chiwetel Ejiofor of American Gangster and Children Of Men. -© Adfero Ltd- -

Tim Allen - what members say


  • Galaxy Quest
  • Galaxy Quest review by from Surrey
    Rated - 5.0 stars the mother of all spoofs 14 November 2003
    ...t think it got the recognition it deserved. The 'confess' is because I'm not a Tim Allen fan, nor am I a Trekkie or sci-fi fan, not crazy about Sigourney being blonde a...   Read customer review
  • The Santa Clause
  • The Santa Clause review by from LUTON
    Rated - 5.0 stars 5 February 2004
    ...The whole family loved it. Tim Allen is great, a very funny yet touching film. And great explanations for those who don't believe in Santa. And have you ever wonde...   Read customer review
  • The Santa Clause 2
  • The Santa Clause 2 review by A customer from the Midlands
    Rated - 3.0 stars Tim Allen Returns 11 March 2004
    ...The silver screen makes a welcome return for Tim Allen (Home Improvements, Joe Somebody). Fans of the original will here be disappointed by this average sequel which is ...   Read customer review

Tim Allen - filmography


  • Crazy on the Outside (2010)
    Starring: Tim Allen,  Sigourney Weaver,  Ray Liotta
    Director: Tim Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Comedy directed by and starring Tim Allen. When Tommy (Allen) is released on probation following a three-year sentence prison sentence, he finds readjusting to life in the outside world far from easy. Under the watchful eye of his sister, Vicky (Sigourney Weaver), and his parole officer, Angela (..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 23 members
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  • Toy Story 3 - 3D Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Tom Hanks,  Tim Allen,  Joan Cusack
    Director: Lee Unkrich
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    "Toy Story 3" welcomes Woody, Buzz and the whole gang back to the big screen as Andy prepares to depart for college and his loyal toys find themselves in daycare! These untamed tots with their sticky little fingers do not play nice, so it's all for one and one for all as plans for the great escape ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 82% from 1,246 member
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  • Toy Story 3 - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Tom Hanks,  Tim Allen,  Joan Cusack
    Director: Lee Unkrich
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    "Toy Story 3" welcomes Woody, Buzz and the whole gang back to the big screen as Andy prepares to depart for college and his loyal toys find themselves in daycare! These untamed tots with their sticky little fingers do not play nice, so it's all for one and one for all as plans for the great escape ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 85% from 13,638 members
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  • I Am Comic (2010)
    Starring: Sarah Silverman,  Tim Allen,  Jeff Foxworthy
    Director: Jordan Brady
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Peek behind the curtains of the comedy world, with unprecedented backstage access and candid interviews, to show the true life of a working comedian. Also follows retired comic Ritch Shydner's attempt to climb back on stage after a thirteen-year hiatus.Stars Sarah Silverman, Tim Allen, Carrot Top ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 3 members
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  • Toy Story 3 on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Tom Hanks,  Tim Allen,  Joan Cusack
    Director: Lee Unkrich
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    "Toy Story 3" welcomes Woody, Buzz and the whole gang back to the big screen as Andy prepares to depart for college and his loyal toys find themselves in daycare! These untamed tots with their sticky little fingers do not play nice, so it's all for one and one for all as plans for the great escape ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 85% from 53,649 members
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  • My Dad's Six Wives on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Elisha Cuthbert,  Eric Christian Olsen,  Jenna Dewan
    Director: Howard Michael Gould
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    After Henry Lefay dies, his daughter Barbara is left to make the funeral arrangements. But when his current wife and five ex-wifes wage a fierce power struggle over the burial, Barbara is hilariously caught in the middle.
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 577 members
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  • Toy Story in 3-D (2009)
    Starring: Tom Hanks,  Tim Allen,  Joan Cusack
    Director: John Lasseter
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Originally released by Walt Disney Pictures in 1995, "Toy Story" was the first feature film from Pixar Animation Studios and director John Lasseter. The film went on to receive Oscar® nominations for Best Original Score, Best Original Song, and Best Original Screenplay, and earned Lasseter a ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 84% from 572 members
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  • Toy Story - 3D Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Tom Hanks,  Tim Allen,  Joan Cusack
    Director: John Lasseter
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Originally released by Walt Disney Pictures in 1995, "Toy Story" was the first feature film from Pixar Animation Studios and director John Lasseter. The film went on to receive Oscar® nominations for Best Original Score, Best Original Song, and Best Original Screenplay, and earned Lasseter a ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 87% from 489 members
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  • Redbelt - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor,  Tim Allen,  Rodrigo Santoro
    Director: David Mamet
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A fateful event leads to a job in the film business for top mixed-martial arts instructor Mike Terry (Ejiofor). Though his refuses to participate in prize bouts, circumstances conspire to force him to consider entering such a competition.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 926 members
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  • Redbelt on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor,  Tim Allen,  Rodrigo Santoro
    Director: David Mamet
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A fateful event leads to a job in the film business for top mixed-martial arts instructor Mike Terry (Ejiofor). Though his refuses to participate in prize bouts, circumstances conspire to force him to consider entering such a competition.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 2,550 members
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  • Wild Hogs - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Kevin Durand,  William H. Macy,  Jill Hennessy
    Director: Walter Becker
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Comedy adventure about four middle-aged bikers trying to regain their youth. Woody (John Travolta), convinces his three buddies to take a road trip from Cincinatti to Mexico to escape their mundane existence. Finally arriving in New Mexico, they stop off at a bar, not realising that it belongs to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 4,173 members
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  • Wild Hogs on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Martin Lawrence,  John Travolta,  William H. Macy
    Director: Walter Becker
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Four middle-aged men (Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, William H. Macy) decide to take a road trip from Cincinnati to the Pacific in order to get away from their lives which are leading them nowhere. Taking their motorcycles, these "Wild Hogs" tear up the road and eventually stop in New ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 41,637 members
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  • Santa Clause 3 - The Escape Clause on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Tim Allen,  Martin Short,  Ann-Margret
    Director: Michael Lembeck
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Tim Allen reprises his role of Scott Calvin-aka Santa as he juggles a full house of family and the mischievous Jack Frost (Martin Short), whose chilling Santa envy has him trying to take over the "big guy's" holiday. At the risk of giving away its secret location, Scott invites his in-laws, Sylvia ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 5,782 members
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  • Zoom on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Tim Allen,  Chevy Chase,  Kevin Zegers
    Director: Peter Hewitt
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Many years ago, there was a colossal battle between the Team Zenith (led by the faster-than-light Captain Zoom) and their arch-nemeses, Concussion. Zoom finally destroyed Concussion, but not before his entire team was slain at the hands of Concussion's sonic blasts. As the dust settled, secret ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 5,051 members
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  • The Shaggy Dog on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Philip Baker Hall,  Danny Glover,  Spencer Breslin
    Director: Brian Robbins
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Comedy in which Tim Allen transforms from family dad to family dog. It all begins when workaholic Deputy D.A. Dave Douglas (Allen) takes on a case involving an animal laboratory - one that will take him away yet again from his wife, Rebecca (Kristin Davis) and kids, Carly (Zena Grey) and Josh (..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 9,723 members
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  • Santa Clause 3 - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Alan Arkin,  Martin Short,  Ann-Margret
    Director: Michael Lembeck
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    It's Santa vs. Jack Frost as the two go head to head over who runs Christmas. In this third instalment of the series, Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) aka Santa Clause is up against it. With his wife Carol/Mrs Clause (Elizabeth Mitchell) pregnant, and her parents due for a visit, a lightning makeover of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 766 members
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  • Christmas With The Kranks on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis,  Julie Gonzalo,  Felicity Huffman
    Director: Joe Roth
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    After faithfully and happily celebrating Christmas their entire lives, and with their daughter Blair in Peru to serve a stint in the Peace Corps, Luther and Nora Krank are facing the prospect of a very lonely holiday. One blustery Chicago night, Luther glances longingly at an alluring poster in a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 10,542 members
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  • The Santa Clause 2 on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Wendy Crewson,  Spencer Breslin,  David Krumholtz
    Director: Michael Lembeck
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Tim Allen reprises his role as Scott Calvin, a cynical toy company executive who is forced to take over the job of Santa Claus in the first film. It is now 8 years later and Calvin has got used to the job. But things have started to go wrong; he begins to lose his resemblance to Santa and his son ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 6,432 members
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  • Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Tim Allen
    Director: Tad Stones
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Cartoon spin-off from the successful 'Toy Story' film series. Join Woody, Jessie and Rex as they tune in to the animated adventures of their good friend Buzz Lightyear (voiced by Tim Allen), the action figure who goes to infinity... and beyond. Buzz and his Space Ranger Cadet crew - Mira Nova, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 1,621 member
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  • Toy Story 2 on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Wallace Shawn,  Joan Cusack,  Kelsey Grammer
    Director: Lee Unkrich,  John Lasseter
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    "Toy Story 2" is the exciting, all-new sequel to the landmark 1995 computer-animated blockbuster from Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios. This time around, the fun and adventure continue when Andy goes off to summer camp and the toys are left to their own devices. Things shift into ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 57,222 members
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  • Galaxy Quest - Blu-ray (1999)
    Starring: Alan Rickman,  Mi,  Tony Shalhoub
    Director: Dean Parisot
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Sci-fi spoof in which Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman star as actors from a 1970s sci-fi TV series 'Galaxy Quest', which was cancelled after four years of broadcasting. Twenty years on, the show is repeated on television and aliens, under attack, mistake the transmissions for ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 1,322 member
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  • Galaxy Quest on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Alan Rickman,  Mi,  Tony Shalhoub
    Director: Dean Parisot
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA Protector donned their uniforms and set out on thrilling and often dangerous missions in space - then their series was cancelled. Twenty years later, the five stars of the classic '70s series "Galaxy Quest" are still in costume, making appearances at ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 9,866 members
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  • Toy Story 2 - 3D Blu-ray (1999)
    Starring: Tom Hanks,  Tim Allen,  Joan Cusack
    Director: John Lasseter,  Lee Unkrich
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    This sequel to 'Toy Story' sees pull-string cowboy Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks) kidnapped by toy collector Al, who plans to sell him to a Japanese toy museum. Assisted by Mr Potato Head, Slinky Dog and Rex the Dinosaur, action figure Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) sets off to the rescue, but when they ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 85% from 601 members
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  • Toy Story 2 - Blu-ray (1999)
    Starring: Wallace Shaw,  ,  
    Director: Lee Unkrich,  John Lasseter
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    This sequel to 'Toy Story' sees pull-string cowboy Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks) kidnapped by toy collector Al, who plans to sell him to a Japanese toy museum. Assisted by Mr Potato Head, Slinky Dog and Rex the Dinosaur, action figure Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) sets off to the rescue, but when they ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 86% from 2,859 members
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  • For Richer Or Poorer on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Wayne Knight,  Jay O. Sanders,  Kirstie Alley
    Director: Bryan Spicer
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    New York high-fliers Brad (Tim Allen) and Caroline Sexton (Kirstie Alley) are forced out of their palatial home when they suddenly discover they owe the IRS three million dollars in back taxes. Fleeing to Pennsylvania to avoid payment, they take refuge in an Amish community, posing as the distant ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 347 members
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  • Jungle 2 Jungle on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Bob Dishy,  Martin Short,  Leelee Sobieski
    Director: John Pasquin
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    When New York trader Michael Cromwell (Tim Allen) decides to marry fashion designer Charlotte, he must first obtain a divorce from his wife Patricia. She has been living in the Amazon for the past 13 years, and when Michael travels over to finalise matters he is shocked to discover that he has a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 901 members
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  • Toy Story - Blu-ray (1995)
    Starring: Don Rickles,  John Morris,  John Ratzenberger
    Director: John Lasseter
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Award winning computer-animated Disney adventure, about toys which come to life as soon as their owner, Andy, leaves the room. Pull-string cowboy Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks) is Andy's favourite toy until Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) arrives. The two have an ongoing feud, but are forced to team up ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 88% from 2,773 members
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  • Toy Story on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Tom Hanks,  Annie Potts,  Tim Allen
    Director: John Lasseter
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    As 6-year-old Andy's favourite toy, Woody (Tom Hanks), a take-charge, pull-string cowboy, is confident in his role as room leader. But after Andy's birthday party, newcomer Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen), a flashy space ranger with laser action and pop-out wings, crash-lands into Woody's world. Buzz ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 71,628 members
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  • The Santa Clause on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Mary Gross,  Wendy Crewson,  David Krumholtz
    Director: John Pasquin
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Television sitcom star Tim Allen made his big screen debut with this light, family-friendly holiday comedy. Allen stars as Scott Calvin, the divorced dad of Charlie (Eric Lloyd). Scott is distressed to learn that his ex-wife Laura (Wendy Crewson) and Charlie's psychiatrist stepfather Neal (Judge ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 8,201 members
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  • Home Improvement - Season 4 (3 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Jonathan Taylor Thomas,  Richard Karn,  Taran Noah Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    All 26 episodes from the fourth season of the popular television comedy. Tim Taylor (Tim Allen) is an average father raising three kids with his aspiring psychologist wife, Jill (Patricia Richardson). When not engaged in domestic squabbles, Tim hosts a home improvement show called 'Tool Time'. ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 140 members
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Tim Allen facts

5 most recent films

Crazy on the Outside - 3.0 stars
Toy Story 3 - 3D Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Toy Story 3 - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
I Am Comic - 3.5 stars
Toy Story 3 - 4.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Toy Story - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Toy Story - 3D Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Toy Story 2 - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Toy Story 2 - 3D Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Toy Story 3 - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Who is Cletis Tout? - 2.0 stars
Crazy on the Outside - 3.0 stars
Tim Allen - Live Onstage - 3.0 stars
I Am Comic - 3.5 stars
The Kings Of Comedy USA - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Zachery Ty Bryan - 19 times - show films
Jonathan Taylor Thomas - 19 times - show films
Patricia Richardson - 19 times - show films
Taran Noah Smith - 19 times - show films
Tom Hanks - 14 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Pasquin - 13 times - show films
none - 12 times - show films
John Lasseter - 11 times - show films
Lee Unkrich - 10 times - show films
Andy Cadiff - 5 times - show films