Moved with family from Denver, CO to Birmingham, Mi

Made stand-up comedy debut at Detroit's Comedy Castle

Began playing the comedy circuit while working days at a Detroit ad agency

Formed Boxing Cat Productions to work in graphic arts, design and commercial production

Performed stand-up on "Showtime Comedy Club All-Stars II"

Film debut, performed stand-up in "Comedy's Dirtiest Dozen" (only received festival screenings)

Spotted by a Disney talent scout during a gig at the Los Angeles Improv comedy club

Headlined his first TV comedy special, "Men Are Pigs" (Showtime)

Starred in his own TV sitcom, "Home Improvement" (ABC) playing Tim 'The Tool-Man' Taylor

TV debut as a writer/producer, the Showtime special "Tim Allen Rewires America"

Published the book, Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man

Feature acting debut, Walt Disney's "The Santa Clause"

Provided the voice of Buzz Lightyear in Disney's "Toy Story"

Starred in the Disney comedy "Jungle 2 Jungle"

Returned as the voice of Buzz Lightyear in the phenomenally successfull "Toy Story 2"

Starred in the cult favorite hit comedy "Galaxy Quest"

Played the title role in the comedy, "Joe Somebody"

Co-starred with Rene Russo and Stanley Tucci in "Big Trouble"

Reprised role for "The Santa Claus 2"

Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (November)

With Jamie Lee Curtis starred in "Christmas with the Kranks"

Played a man who sometimes turns into a sheepdog in a remake of Walt Disney's 1959 favorite "The Shaggy Dog"

Cast as Captain Zoom, an out-of-shape former superhero in "Zoom"

Reprised role for "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause"

Cast in the comedy-adventure "Wild Hogs," as one of four middle-aged friends who decide to rev up their routine suburban lives with a freewheeling motorcycle trip

Featured in the David Mamet directed, "Redbelt"