Zachery Ty Bryan Biography

Zachery Ty Bryan (born October 9, 1981) is an American actor and producer best known for his role as Brad Taylor on the American sitcom Home Improvement.

Personal life

Bryan was born in Aurora, Colorado, the son of Jenny and Dwight Bryan. He has a younger sister named Ciri. He attended La Salle High School, graduating in the Class of 2000.

In 2007, he married Carly Matros whom he met while attending La Canada Junior High School. He is the father of 3 daughters born in 2014 (twins) and 2016. He and his wife are also expecting a baby boy in early 2019.

Career

Before he starred in Home Improvement, he started in Denver with print and television advertising. He then appeared at a showcase in New York City, directed by Peter Sklar, where he was seen by a professional talent representative. This, and his interest in acting soon brought him to California, where he received the role of Brad, the oldest Taylor child, in the show Home Improvement. His character was known for experimenting with different hair styles as well as being the child most often in trouble. He is one month younger than Jonathan Taylor Thomas, who played his younger brother Randy on the show.

In the middle of Home Improvement Bryan made an appearance as Gomer on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in 1995. After Home Improvement ended, Bryan made brief appearances in many other television shows including (2002) Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Peter Nicols, (2005) Veronica Mars as Caz Truman, and (2006) Shark as Scott Natterson, as well as a guest appearance on an episode of Reading Rainbow. Additionally, he made a cameo appearance on MTV's "I Bet You Will" in which he portrayed himself and competed in a challenge where he wrestled female convicted felons. In 2001, he portrayed an ice hockey player in an episode of Touched by an Angel. He also appeared on Smallville in 2003 where he played Eric Marsh, a high school baseball player using steroids made from meteor rock. He was the second Home Improvement alum to make a guest appearance on the show after Jonathan Taylor Thomas. In 2005, Bryan appeared as Bryan Nolan in ESPN's TV movie Code Breakers. Bryan also guest starred in Cold Case (as the young murderer in the flashback scenes) and in 2008 as a young man hiring a hitman to kill his stepmother on the show Burn Notice.

Bryan's film roles include the school bully in the 1996 Sinbad comedy First Kid. He starred in the 1995 movie Magic Island as Jack Carlisle, and the 1998 TV movie The Principal Takes A Holiday. He also starred as Eric in 1999's The Rage: Carrie 2. Later, he played defender Harry Keough alongside Gerard Butler in the 2005 movie The Game of Their Lives otherwise known as The Miracle Match about the 1950 US upset at the World Cup. In 2006, he played as Clay in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, then in the 2009 TV mini-series Meteor, which aired on NBC. He also played Thor in the made-for-TV Syfy channel film Thor: Hammer of the Gods. The film originally aired on November 29, 2009.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter	Cody
1995	Magic Island	Jack Carlisle	Video
1996	First Kid	Rob
1999	True Heart	Sam
1999	'	Eric
2000	Held for Ransom	Glenn Kirkland
2001	Rustin	Keith Gatlin
2001	Longshot	Deke
2004	Slammed	Derek
2005	'	Harry Keough
2006	Annapolis	Johnson (uncredited)
2006	'	Clay
2008	Trunk	Jake	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	ABC TGIF	Brad	TV series
1990	Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501	Child (uncredited)	TV movie
1991-1999	Home Improvement	Brad Taylor	Lead role
1994	Thunder Alley	Brad Taylor	Episode: "First Date"
1995	'	Steve	Episode: "There's the Rub: Part 1" Episode: "There's the Rub: Part 2"
1996	Picket Fences		Episode: "Winner Takes All"
1997	Soul Man	Brad Taylor	Episode: "Public Embarrassment and Todd's First Sermon"
1997	Promised Land	Ryan Gerhart	Episode: "Mr. Muscles"
1998	Principal Takes a Holiday	John Scaduto	TV movie
2000	Chicken Soup for the Soul	Daniel	Episode: "The Two Sides of Love"
2000	Opposite Sex	Chuck	Episode: "The Dance Episode" Episode: "The Field Trip Episode"
2000	Boston Public	Malcolm White	Episode: "Chapter One" Episode: "Chapter Five"
2001	Boston Public	Malcolm White	Episode: "Chapter Twenty-Two"
2001	Family Law	Jamie Wilkins	Episode: "Liar's Club: Part 1" Episode: "Liar's Club: Part 2"
2001	Touched by an Angel	Jeff McHenry	Episode: "The Penalty Box"
2001	ER	Upsilon Psi Lambda Frat Brother	Episode: "Sailing Away"
2001	'	Ray	Episode: "Abduction"
2002	'	Val Massey	TV movie
2002	Philly	Brian Lee	Episode: "Lies of Minelli"
2002	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Peter Nicols	Episode: "Help"
2003	Smallville	Eric Marsh	Episode: "Witness"
2004	Century City	Teddy Paikin	Episode: "Love and Games"
2004	Plainsong	Russell Beckman	TV movie
2004	Center of the Universe	Kevin Barnett	Episode: "Good Parenting, Bad Parenting"
2005	Center of the Universe	Kevin Barnett	Episode: "If You Love Something Leave It Alone" Episode: "Oh Brother, What the Hell Were You Thinking?"
2005	Veronica Mars	Caz Truman	Episode: "Ruskie Business" Episode: "Kanes and Abel's"
2005	Code Breakers	Brian Nolan	TV movie
2006	Cold Case	Petey (1988)	Episode: "8 Years"
2006	Shark	Scott Natterson	Episode: "Dj Vu All Over Again"
2007	K-Ville	Ricky	Episode: "Critical Mass"
2008	K-Ville	Ricky	Episode: "Game Night"
2008	Burn Notice	Drew	Episode: "Double Booked"
2009	Knight Rider	Terry Driscoll	Episode: "Knight and the City"
2009	Meteor	Deputy Koskey	TV miniseries
2009	THOR: Hammer of the Gods	Thor	TV movie

Producer

Year	Title	Notes
2008	Trunk	Co-producer
2010	'	Associate producer
2010	Prowl
2012	Rogue River
2012	The Grief Tourist

Awards

Wins

• 1994 - Young Artist Awards for Outstanding Youth Ensemble in a Television Series (Home Improvement) **Shared with Taran Noah Smith and Jonathan Taylor Thomas**
• 1999 - Young Artist Awards for Best Performance in a TV Drama or Comedy Series - Leading Young Actor (Home Improvement)
• 1999 - YoungStar Awards for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Comedy TV Series (Home Improvement)

Nominations

• 1993 - Young Artist Awards for Best Young Actor Starring in a Television Series (Home Improvement)
• 1998 - YoungStar Awards for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Miniseries/Made-for-TV Movie (Principal Takes a Holiday)