Jonathan Taylor Thomas

Jonathan Taylor Thomas Biography

Jonathan Taylor Thomas or JTT (born Jonathan Taylor Weiss on September 8, 1981) is an American actor, voice actor, former child star, and teen idol. He is best known for his role as the middle child Randy Taylor on the sitcom Home Improvement, as Pinocchio in New Line Cinema's The Adventures of Pinocchio, and as the voice of the young Simba in Disney's The Lion King.

Career

Television

In 1990, Thomas garnered 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, at the age of 10, he won the role of Randall William "Randy" Taylor on the television show Home Improvement. He remained with Home Improvement well into his teenage years, but left the show in 1998 to focus on academics. Thomas also appeared in three episodes of the sketch comedy series In Living Color, notably portraying Macaulay Culkin.

He had a guest role on the ABC sitcom 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter in early 2004, and appeared in the WB's Smallville in 2002 and 2004. In 2005, he had a guest role in UPN's high school detective drama Veronica Mars and was also featured on The E! True Hollywood Story's show on Home Improvement. Thomas guest starred on the 2nd season finale of ABC's Last Man Standing which aired on March 22, 2013, reuniting with Tim Allen, his TV father from Home Improvement.

Film

During his run on Home Improvement, Thomas voiced the role of young Simba in The Lion King.

He starred in such films as I'll Be Home for Christmas, Man of the House, Tom and Huck, The Adventures of Pinocchio, Wild America, Common Ground, Walking Across Egypt, and Speedway Junky.

Personal life

Thomas was born Jonathan Taylor Weiss in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the son of Claudine (née Gonsalves), a personal manager and social worker, and Stephen Weiss, an industrial sales manager; the two divorced in 1989. His uncle is playwright/actor Jeff Weiss. Thomas is of Portuguese and Pennsylvania Dutch (German) ancestry.

In 2000, he graduated with honors from Chaminade College Preparatory School in West Hills, California. Upon graduation, he enrolled at Harvard University, where he studied philosophy and history and spent his third year abroad at St. Andrews University in Scotland. In 2010, he graduated from Columbia University.

He has been a vegetarian for much of his life.

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	'	Young Simba (voice)
1994	Pom Poko	Shokichi (voice)
1995	Man of the House	Ben Archer (Little Wing)
1995	Tom and Huck	Tom Sawyer
1996	'	Pinocchio (voice)
1997	Wild America	Marshall Stouffer
1998	I Woke Up Early the Day I Died	Boy at Beach
1998	I'll Be Home for Christmas	Jake Wilkinson
1999	Speedway Junky	Steve
1999	Walking Across Egypt	Wesley Benfield
2005	Tilt-A-Whirl	Customer #3	Short film
2005	Thru the Moebius Strip	Prince Ragis (voice)
2006	'	Director	Short film

Television

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	'	Spot (voice)	TV series short
1990	'	Kevin Brady	Episode: "Start Your Engines/Here We Grow Again" Episode: "Hat in the Ring"
1991	In Living Color	Macaulay Culkin	Episode: "Home Alone Again" Episode: "The Jackson Bunch"
1991"1998	Home Improvement	Randy Taylor	179 episodes
1993	In Living Color		Episode: "Forever Silky"
1994	'	George (voice)	Episode: "Spider Sense"
1996	Who Stole Santa?	Scarecrow Jr (voice)	Video
1996	'	Scarecrow Jr (voice)	TV series
1996	Christmas in Oz	Scarecrow Jr (voice)	Video short
1996	'	Scarecrow Jr (voice)	Video
1996	Toto Lost in New York	Scarecrow Jr (voice)	Video
2000	Common Ground	Tobias	TV movie
2000	Ally McBeal	Chris Emerson	Episode: "Do You Wanna Dance?"
2000	'	Tyler Tucker (voice)	5 episodes
2000	'	Tangie (voice)	Video
2000	Timothy Tweedle the First Christmas Elf	Timothy Tweedle	TV movie
2001	An American Town	Rafe	TV movie
2001	Smallville	Ian Randall	Episode: "Dichotic"
2003	The Simpsons	Luke Stetson (voice)	Episode: "Dude, Where's My Ranch?"
2004	Smallville	Ian Randall	Episode: "Asylum"
2004	8 Simple Rules	Jeremy	3 episodes
2005	Veronica Mars	Ben	Episode: "Weapons of Class Destruction"
2013	Last Man Standing	Jon	Episode: "College Girl"

Video games

Video games
Year	Title	Role
1996	'	Human Pinocchio (voice)

Awards and nominations

Wins

1994 " Young Artist Awards for Outstanding Youth Ensemble in a Television Series (Home Improvement)
1996 " ShoWest Convention: ShoWest Award for Young Star of the Year
1997 " Young Artist Awards for Best Performance in a Voiceover " Young Artist (The Adventures of Pinocchio)
1998 " Kids' Choice Awards: Blimp Award for Favourite Television Actor (Home Improvement)
1999 " Kids' Choice Awards: Hall of Fame Award

Nominations

1993 " Young Artist Awards for Best Young Actor Starring in a Television Series (Home Improvement)
1995 " Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films: Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor (The Lion King)
1995 " Young Artist Awards for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Voiceover " TV or Movie (The Lion King)
1996 " Young Artist Awards for Best Young Leading Actor " Feature Film (Tom and Huck)
1996 " Kids' Choice Awards: Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actor (Tom and Huck)
1997 " Kids' Choice Awards: Blimp Award for Favorite Television Actor (Home Improvement)
1997 " Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films: Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor (The Adventures of Pinocchio)
1997 " YoungStar Awards for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Comedy TV Series (Home Improvement)
1997 " YoungStar Awards for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Comedy Film (Tom and Huck)
1998 " YoungStar Awards for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Comedy TV Series (Home Improvement)
1999 " Kids' Choice Awards: 'Blimp Award' for Favorite TV Actor (Home Improvement)

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