By anushree garg | February 23, 2014 0 Comments

 Net Worth: $80 Million

Profession: Comedian, Over Voice artist and an American actor

Introduction

The actual name of Tim Allen is Timothy Alan Dick. He is professionally known by name Time Allen. He was born on 13^th June 1953. Colorado in Unites states is the birth place of Time Allen. The name of his present wife is Jane Hajduk. previously he had one more wife. but their marriage didn’t work  out. and so they got separated. He is an American actor, comedian, entertainer, and over voice artist. He has done a very notable work in Home Improvement. He is a very popular personality and has done many television shows. He is a very dedicated artist.  He has even worked in several movies like toy story, Galaxy guest, and The Santa Clause. He has received a lot of appreciation for all his work.

 

Early life

Martha Katherine and Gerald M. Dick were the parents of Tim Allen. His father was a real estate agent. He had four siblings. When Allen was 11 his father died in a car accident. His father was going to his office and his car got bumped with a truck. He died on the accident spot itself. After the death of his father, his mother married to a successful business executive. After getting married to that business executive she moved to Michigan. The Business executive already had three children. Allen completed his schooling from Ernest W. Seaholm High School which is located in Birmingham. In his school time he used to participate in all the activities which were related to theatre and music. He was very fond of classical piano. After completing his schooling he went to Central Michigan University. In 1994 he transferred to Western Michigan University to complete his graduation. He received a Bachelors of Degree for communication specialization in radio and television. In year 1996 he awarded with a Distinguished Alumni Award. He was also given an Honorary Fine arts Degree by Western Michigan University.

 

Career

Tim Allen started his career in year 1975. He is an appealing comedian. He started by participating in Comedy Night at Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle in Royal Oak. His work in this show was appreciated and he got a lot of recognition through this show. Later he worked in many other television series like Gary Thison’s Some Semblance of Sanity. He was also a consistent performer of The Comedy Store. He even appeared of several late night talk shows. In year 1997 he started with a family comedy show named Jungle 2 Jungle. In the final year of Home Improvement his popularity was very high and he was paid with $1.25 million to host the show. He worked in many famous movies like The Shaggy Dog, The Santa Clause 3, Tropical Snow, Comedy’s Dirtiest Dozen, Rodney Dangerfield, Tim Allen: Men are pigs, ABC TGIF, Tim Allen Rewires America, Meet Wally Sparks, Soul Man, For Richer Or Poorer, Spin city, Joe Somebody, Big Trouble, Top Speed, Wild hogs, Red Belt, Small Fry, Last man standing, Chimpanzee, Geezers, toy story of terror and the Toy Story.

 

Personal Life

In year 1978 he was arrested on the airport for keeping more than 650 grams of Cocaine. On 7^th April 1984 he got married to Laura Diebel. Their marriage didn’t work well and they got separated in year 2003. In year 1989 their daughter was born. They named their daughter as Katherine. After his divorce with Laura he married Jane Hajduk in year 2006. Before getting married to Jane, he dated her for five years. In year 1997 Tim Allen was again arrested for the presence of alcohol content in his blood.

Awards and Honors

In year 1991 he won People’s choice Award for favorite male performer in TV series. He even won the People’s Choice Award for Favorite Male TV Performer in year 1999. In year 1995 he Kid’s choice hall of the fame Award. He also won several other awards like Annie Award, and TV guide Award. He was nominated for many awards like Emmy Awards, Golden Globe Award for best actor and Blockbuster Award.

 

Richness

Time Allen is a very rich personality. His profession makes a lot of money for him. He leads a very lavish lifestyle. It is said that the estimated net worth of Tim Allen is around $80 million. He earns around $235 thousand per episode. He owns an outstanding house in Hollywood hills. The house is extremely beautiful. It covers a total of 2,604 square foot of area. It has 3 huge bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. The presence of huge garden in front of the house further enhances the beauty of the house. The estimated market price of the house is $1.4 million. Tim is very fond of cars. He is placed in the list of 20 biggest car collector celebrities. His favorite car type is Hot Rods. He had many cars named 1996 Chevrolet Impala SS, 1933 Ford Roadster special, 1955 Ford Custom line, The Tim Allen Moal Roadster, 1956 Ford F-100 Custom pickup, Big block Volkswagen bug, 1964 Chevrolet Chevelle SS, Chevrolet Volt, 1946 Ford Convertible. The garage of Tim Allen is filled with all these luxurious cars. In spite of having so many cars he never mentions the number of his cars in any of his interviews.