Tim Gunn: Wiki, Bio, Age, Career, Net worth, Wife, Family

Publish date: 2024-08-01

Tim Gunn: Wiki, Age, Bio, Career, Family, Profession, Relationship, University, Achievements, Nationality, Net worth and more: Timothy MacKenzie Gunn is an American author, actor, and television personality. He served on the faculty of Parsons School of Design from 1982 to 2007 and was chair of fashion design at the school from August 2000 to March 2007, after which he joined Liz Caliborne as its chief creative officer. Over 16 seasons Gunn has become well known as the on-air mentor to designers on the reality television program Project Runway.

Gunn’s popularity on Project Runway led to two spin-off shows; Bravo’s Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style and Lifetime’s Under the Gunn, as well as five books. In addition to being an executive producer, Gunn has served as a mentor for the teen designers on Project Runway: Junior. He also provides the voice of Baileywick, the castle steward in the Disney Junior television show Sofia the First and narrated the sitcom Mixology. Gunn was born on July 29, 1953, in Washington, D.C., United States. He is presently 67 years of age. He holds American nationality.

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Tim Gunn Personal Life and Education

Tim Gunn Personal Life and Education

Gunn was born in Washington, D.C. His father worked in the FBI where he started off as an agent but transitioned into becoming a ghostwriter and speechwriter for J. Edgar Hoover. Gunn, who is gay, was raised in an intensely homophobic household where homosexuals were viewed as predators. According to a video Gunn created for the It Gets Better Project, he attempted suicide at the age of 17 by swallowing over 100 pills. He denied his sexual orientation until his early 20s, and did not share it with his family until he came out to his sister when he was 29.

Gunn resides in Manhattan. Speaking of Gunn’s relationship, In a 2006 interview with Instinct, Gunn stated that he had not been in a relationship since the early 1980s, following the abrupt end of a six-year relationship when his boyfriend cheated on him, and that he still loves his former partner, though they are not in contact. In a 2010 interview with People magazine, He mentioned he has “always been kind of asexual”. Gunn spoke about his celibacy in 2012. He said he started his self-imposed celibacy as AIDS began ravaging the gay community, and that he and many other people simply retreated. Gunn is an outspoken critic of clothing designs using animal fur. Gunn endorsed Christine Quinn’s candidacy for Mayor of New York City in the 2013 mayoral election. Coming on to Gunn’s education, Gunn attended the Corcoran College of Art and Design, receiving a BFA in sculpture.

Tim Gunn Career

After serving as director of admissions for the Corcoran, Gunn started working at Parsons in 1982, served as associate dean from 1989 to 2000, and then became Fashion Design Department chair in August 2000. Gunn began appearing on Project Runway during its first season in 2004. Then starting in January 2014 Gunn was the host on a single 13-episode season of Lifetime’s Under the Gunn. Gunn is an executive producer for Project Runway: Junior. He is also the teen designer’s mentor.

Gunn also played a version of himself as a reporter for the fictional Fashion TV in two episodes of ABC’s Ugly Betty in February 2007. In April 2007, Abrams Image Publishers released Gunn’s book A Guide to Quality, Taste and Style. In May 2009, Gunn served as commencement speaker at the Corcoran College of Art and Design, and received an honorary doctorate from the institution. 2014, he participated in Do I Sound Gay?

Tim Gunn Net worth

Tim Gunn has a net worth of $18 million. He has been actively involved in fashion designing TV shows for about nearly two decades now. Besides this, he also works as an actor and author. Thus, we can presumably say that Tim Gunn has collected a decent amount of net worth.

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Tim Gunn Wiki, Bio, Age, Career, Relationship

Full name	Timothy MacKenzie Gunn
Gender	Male
Age	67 years old
Date of birth	July 29, 1953
Birthplace	Washington, D.C., United States
Height	Not known
Weight	Not known
Parents	Not known
Siblings	Not known
Marital status	Single
Sexuality	Gay
Education	Corcoran College of Art and Design
Profession	Author, Actor, Fashion consultant, Television personality
Religion	Not known
Nationality	American
Zodiac sign	Not known
Net worth	$18 million