Moriah Gill
The All-American comedic television seriesĀ Home Improvement was a staple of the ’90s television shows. The show ran for eight years and ended after it’s eighth season on May 25, 1999. Here is what the show’s stars, Tim Allen, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Zachery Ty Bryan, Richard Karn, Patricia Richardson, and Taran Noah Smith are up to now!
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Tim Allen
The show focused onĀ Tim Allen as he raised kids with his wife and worked as a host for Tool Time,Ā aĀ home improvement show. If you watched it, you may recall hearing him referred to as “Tim the tool man Taylor,” even though he wasn’t a very good handyman.
Today, he continues working on family shows. Most recently he has starred in another family comedy, the Last Man Standing. He’s also earned voice acting credits in theĀ Toy StoryĀ franchise asĀ Buzz Lightyear.
Patricia Richardson
Starring next to Allen as the familial matriarch was Patricia Richardson as Jill Taylor, Tim Taylor’s wife. In recent years, Richardson has acted less. In the early 2000s, she was in Strong MedicineĀ and had a reoccurring role inĀ The West Wing. Most recently, she guest-starred in NBC’s Blindspot and onĀ Last Man Standing with her co-star and former TV husband. She is a mother of three from her marriage to actor Ray Baker.
Zachery Ty Bryan
The oldest Taylor child,Ā BradĀ Taylor,Ā was played byĀ Zachery Ty Bryan. Now,Ā Brad is a father to three daughters with his wife, Carly Matros. In addition to fathering, he is a horror film producer. Two of his produced titles are The Greif Tourist and Prowl, and the 2018 documentary BIT X BIT: In Bitcoin We Trust.
Jonathan Taylor Thomas
One of the most well-known child actor faces of the nineties wasĀ Jonathan Taylor Thomas. He was the middle childĀ of the family,Ā RandyĀ Taylor.Ā RandyĀ was always getting into some sort of shenanigans.
He isn’t acting much anymore, aside from some guest spots onĀ Last Man Standing, Veronica Mars, and Smallville. His peak was quite possibly voicing SimbaĀ in the originalĀ DisneyĀ Lion King film. He attended Columbia University and has been living a quiet life.
Taran Noah Smith
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The youngest kid inĀ theĀ TaylorĀ familyĀ onĀ Home ImprovementĀ wasĀ Taran Noah Smith. He playedĀ MarkĀ Taylor, the baby. He also no longer acts. He did write a book called “Stardom Happens” about his acting experience and the fallout the money he earned caused his family. He and his ex-wife, HeidiĀ Van Pelt, a womanĀ twiceĀ his age, opened aĀ vegan restaurant. It has since closed, and they are divorced.
Richard Karn
Richard KarnĀ playsĀ Al Borland, Tim’sĀ Tool Time co-host. AfterĀ Home Improvement, Karn became a game show host. His first wasĀ Family Feud, followed by Bingo America. He has also appeared in Last Man Standing, The Bold and the Beautiful, and Detroiters. His son is Cooper KarnĀ WilsonĀ and is an actor as well.
