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The family-friendly comic actor you know and love spent two years and four months in a federal prison for drug trafficking. While the character Allen played is recognizable, and the actor’s subsequent Hollywood films in the 1990s were successful, few people know he used to be a drug dealer. Premiering in 1991, the hit sitcom aired on televisions across America for eight seasons with a total of 204 episodes. Tim Allen is undoubtedly most famous for his role as Tim Taylor, the family man on ABC’s Home Improvement which catapulted the stand-up comedian into a new stratum of fame.
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So he decided to make a deal - which eventually led to fame and fortune. After being caught with more than half a kilo of cocaine, Tim Allen faced life imprisonment in 1978.
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