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Jonathan Taylor Thomas

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Jonathan Taylor Thomas (Template:Ne; born September 8, 1981)<ref name=vice>Template:Cite news</ref> is an American actor and director. He is known for portraying Randy Taylor on Home Improvement and voicing young Simba in Disney's 1994 animated feature film The Lion King and Pinocchio in New Line Cinema's 1996 film The Adventures of Pinocchio.

Early life and educationEdit

Thomas was born on September 8, 1981, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and later moved to Sacramento, California, and then to Los Angeles.<ref name=vice/> Thomas's paternal uncle was playwright and actor Jeff Weiss (1940–2022).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Thomas has Pennsylvania Dutch and Portuguese ancestry.<ref name=thomas>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=yas>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2000, Thomas enrolled at Harvard University, where he studied philosophy and history and spent his third year abroad at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2010, he graduated from the Columbia University School of General Studies.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

CareerEdit

TelevisionEdit

Thomas began his television career in 1990, playing the role of Kevin Brady, the son of Greg Brady, on The Bradys, a spin-off of the 1970s TV show The Brady Bunch. In 1991, Thomas appeared in three episodes of Fox's sketch comedy series In Living Color. That same year, he was cast as middle son Randy Taylor on ABC's sitcom Home Improvement. Despite looking much younger, in reality, Thomas was a month older than Zachery Ty Bryan who played his elder brother Brad. Thomas remained with Home Improvement well into his teenage years but left the show in 1998 to focus on academics, and was only involved in three episodes of the final season.

Since departing Home Improvement, Thomas has acted only occasionally. In early 2004, he had a small guest role on 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, another ABC sitcom, and appeared in the WB's Smallville in 2002 and 2004. In 2005, Thomas appeared in UPN's high school detective drama Veronica Mars and was also featured on The E! True Hollywood StoryTemplate:'s episode on Home Improvement.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On March 22, 2013, Thomas guest-starred on the second-season finale of his third ABC sitcom, Last Man Standing, and again in the fourth episode of the third season on October 11, 2013, reuniting with Tim Allen, his TV father from Home Improvement.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On January 10, 2015, he had a small cameo on the twelfth episode of the fourth season of Last Man Standing, reuniting with both of his TV parents from Home Improvement, Tim Allen and Patricia Richardson.<ref name= "Returns to Last">Template:Cite news</ref>

Thomas directed three episodes of Last Man Standing between 2013 and 2016.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Since 2017, Thomas has served as a national board member of the media labor union SAG-AFTRA.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

FilmEdit

Thomas appeared in many films during and after his run on Home Improvement. He had a few roles as a voice actor in his child years, including Disney's animated feature The Lion King, in which he voiced the protagonist Simba as a cub.

He also appeared in live-action films. Among the ones he starred in are those from Disney: Man of the House, Tom and Huck, and I'll Be Home for Christmas. Other live-action films starring Thomas are an adaptation of The Adventures of Pinocchio (in which he played and voiced the titular character), Wild America, Speedway Junky, and Walking Across Egypt.

FilmographyEdit

FilmEdit

Year Title Role Notes
1994 Template:Sortname Young Simba Voice role
Pom Poko Shoukichi Voice role
(2005 Disney dub)
1995 Man of the House Ben Archer
Tom and Huck Tom Sawyer
1996 Template:Sortname Pinocchio Voice role
1997 Wild America Marshall Stouffer
1998 I Woke Up Early the Day I Died Boy at Beach
I'll Be Home for Christmas Jake Wilkinson
The Emperor's New Clothes: An All-Star Illustrated Retelling of the Classic Fairy Tale The Imperial Prince Voice role
1999 Speedway Junky Steve
Walking Across Egypt Wesley Benfield
2000 Common Ground Tobias Anderson
The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas! Tangie Voice role;
TV movie
Timothy Tweedle the First Christmas Elf Timothy Tweedle TV movie
2001 An American Town Rafe
2005 Tilt-A-Whirl Customer #3 Short film
Thru the Moebius Strip Prince Ragis Voice role

TelevisionEdit

Year Title Role Notes
1989–1993 Template:Sortname Spot Voice role;
26 episodes; (1989–1993 American version)
1990 Template:Sortname Kevin Brady 5 episodes
1991 In Living Color Macaulay Culkin 1 episode
1991–1998 Home Improvement Randy Taylor 179 episodes
1994 Template:Sortname George Voice role;
Episode: "Spider Sense"
1996 Template:Sortname Scarecrow Jr. Voice role
2000 Ally McBeal Chris Emerson Episode: "Do You Wanna Dance?"
2000–2001 Template:Sortname Tyler Tucker Voice role;
6 episodes
2002–2004 Smallville Ian Randall 2 episodes
2003 Template:Sortname Luke Stetson Voice role;
Episode: "Dude, Where's My Ranch?"
2004 8 Simple Rules Jeremy 3 episodes
2005 Veronica Mars Ben Episode: "Weapons of Class Destruction"
2013–2015 Last Man Standing John Baker / Randy 4 episodes

Video gamesEdit

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Template:Sortname Human Pinocchio
2006 Template:Sortname Young Simba Archive audio

Production creditsEdit

Year Title Position Notes
2006 The Extra Director Short film
2013–2016 Last Man Standing 3 episodes

Awards and nominationsEdit

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