Director of "Joe Somebody" (2001), "The Santa Clause" (1994), "My Life and Times" (1991), "Don't Touch My Daughter" (1991).

Timothy Allen Dick was born on June 13, 1953, in Denver, Colorado, USA. His father was Gerald Dick, a real-estate salesman who was killed in a collision with a drunk driver while driving his family home from a University of Colorado football game when Tim was 11 years-old. His mother was Martha Dick (AKA Marty Dick), a community-service worker who remarried her high-school sweetheart, an Episcopalian deacon, two years after Tim's father's death. Tim also has a total of eight siblings. When Tim was young his family moved to Birmingham, Michigan, USA (a suburb of Detroit). In high school, his favorite subject was shop, of course, and after high school he attended Western Michigan University and graduated with a degree in Television Production in 1975. In 1978, he was arrested on drug charges and spent two years in jail. Upon his release, he had a new outlook on life and on a dare from a friend started his comedy career at the Comedy Castle in Detroit. Later, he went on to do several cable specials, including, Comedy's Dirtiest Dozen (1988) and Tim Allen: Men Are Pigs (1991) (TV). In 1991 he became the star of his own hit television series on ABC called "Home Improvement" (1991). While continuing to film his television show throughout most of the 90's, he starred in a string of blockbuster movies including Santa Clause, The (1994), Toy Story (1995), Toy Story 2 (1999) and Galaxy Quest (1999). In August of 1996, he developed and unveiled his own signature line of power tools, manufactured by Ryobi. On top of all that, he has his own racing team, Tim Allen/Saleen RRRRacing. In May of 1999, he ended his show "Home Improvement" (1991) after 8 seasons and in 2001, he filmed such movies as Big Trouble (2002) and Joe Somebody (2001).

The man who gave the world Ed Grimley and Jackie Rogers, Jr., has yet to achieve in his bigscreen work the prominence he enjoyed as one of TV's brightest lights. The tightly wound comedic performer, whose expressive face and body enable him to change himself, chameleonlike, into any one of a dozen characters, is a native-born Canadian who initially wowed audiences as one of the "SCTV" comedy troupe. Short's self-created original characters, spot-on impersonations of real-life personalities (from Jerry Lewis to Katharine Hepburn), improvisational skills, and flair for physical comedy won him a berth on "Saturday Night Live" (1984-85 season) before director John Landis paired him with Steve Martin and Chevy Chase in the cowboy-hero spoof ¡Three Amigos! (1986). (He'd already debuted on-screen in 1979's Lost and Found Short was a nebbishy, reluctant hero in Innerspace (1987), then toplined his first romantic comedy, Cross My Heart (also 1987). The farcical Three Fugitives (1989) was a misfire, as was the pratfall-laden Pure Luck (1991, in which he played the world's unluckiest man), and Captain Ron (1992), in which he played it straight and Kurt Russell went for the laughs! Short's supporting roles, however, have been hilarious, indicating that this may be his ideal movie niche. He was uproarious as a wigged-out Hollywood agent in The Big Picture (1989) and as a flamboyant wedding planner with an impenetrable accent in Father of the Bride (1991). He provided a voice for We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) and played a ten-yearold boy in Clifford (1994). His Ultimate Nerd character from TV skits was also featured in the animated TV series "The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley" (1988-89).

Sam Huntington started his career in New Hampshire, with his mom's acting company called "the black box" which is where he learned his technique of acting. For 3 summers of his life he worked at "Andy's Summer Playhouse" which is mostly run by children. He then did 4 seasons at the "Perterborough Players" which is a professional theater company. Sam learned for the first time how to work as a professional. He wanted to go to New York City and get an agent at the age of 10, but his mom made him wait until 13. Upon going to NY at 13, he was a hit with his agent and the ball started rolling. At 13, he received a screen test for Disney's hit film, "Jungle 2 Jungle, " and got the part. They filmed for 3 weeks, on location, in Venezuela, and another 2 months in New York City.