June 13, 1953 – Actor and Disney Legend Tim Allen is Born
“However, in the end, Buzz [Lightyear] is really who I like to be. It’s a character I developed with John Lasseter.”
On June 13, 1953, Tim Allen, born as Timothy Alan Dick, was born in Denver, Colorado. He attended Ernest W. Seaholm High School in Birmingham, Michigan; after high school, he graduated from Western Michigan University in 1974 with a degree in communications. He began his career in stand-up comedy in 1975, when he was dared to participate in a comedy night at a club in Detroit, which lead to appearances in commercials and cable comedy shows. He moved to Los Angeles to work at The Comedy Store, and in 1991, Allen made his big break in the ABC television sitcom Home Improvement, which ran for eight seasons. In 1994, Allen starred in the film The Santa Clause, which became a box office hit. In 1995, he voiced the character Buzz Lightyear in the Pixar blockbuster Toy Story, and would continue to voice the character in each film of the trilogy. Allen starred in several films for Disney, including the other two films in the Santa Clause trilogy, Jungle 2 Jungle, and The Shaggy Dog. He named a Disney Legend in 1999 for his work with Pixar, Disney, and ABC. Currently, Allen stars in the ABC sitcom Last Man Standing as Mike Baxter.
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