Zachery Ty Bryan
Zachery Ty Bryan
Born/Date of Birth: October 9, 1981
Place of Birth: Aurora, Colorado, United States
Height: 1.8 m
Occupation: Actor, producer
Spouse(s): Carly Matros (m. 2007)
Children: Taylor Simone Bryan, Jordana Nicole Bryan, Gemma Rae Bryan
Relatives: Brady Quinn (cousin)
Parents: Dwight Bryan, Jenny Bryan
Zachery Ty Bryan (born October 9, 1981) is an American actor and film producer best known for his role as Brad Taylor on the American sitcom Home Improvement and his film appearances in True Heart (1999), The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006).
Early life
Bryan was born in Aurora, Colorado, to Jenny and Dwight Bryan.
Career
Before he starred in Home Improvement, he appeared in local print and television advertising in Denver. 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 was cast in 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 Steve 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 a villain named 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. Bryan quit acting in 2009 because in his words "He had gotten tired of being in the industry"
Personal life
In 2007, he married Carly Matros, whom he met while attending La Cañada High School. He is the father of twin girls (Taylor Simone Bryan and Gemma Rae Bryan) born in 2014, and Jordana Nicole Bryan, born in 2016. On March 18, 2019, Bryan announced the birth of their son, Pierce Alexander Bryan.
Bryan’s cousin is former NFL quarterback Brady Quinn.
Two weeks after splitting from wife Carly Matros, Bryan was held on charges of strangulation, a felony, and misdemeanor charges of fourth-degree assault and interfering with making a report. This followed the apparent assault of his current girlfriend following an argument at his home in Eugene, Oregon on October 17, 2020.
