Home Improvement star and teen-heartthrob Jonathan Taylor Thomas has been spotted out and about in California.
Jonathan was seen leaving his apartment wearing a beige Lacoste sweatshirt over a green shirt, jeans, a beanie on his head and prescription glasses and a drink in hand. The actor left the Hollywood scene in 2015 but is known for his role as Randy Taylor on Home Improvement, which aired from 1991 to 1999. He worked close with his Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Taran Noah Smith, Pamela Anderson and William O’Leary on the show.
He is also known for being the voice of Young Simba on 1994 hit movie, The Lion King, and voice of Pinocchio on The Adventures of Pinocchio.
When auditioning for his iconic role on Home Improvement, the casting directors did not only think it “went well” but “thought that he looked a lot like his TV dad-to-be, Tim Allen,” according to IMDb.
Jonathan hasn’t been seen much since stepping out the spotlight, and the last time fans caught a glimpse of his post-fame life was back in 2021. He was seen walking two furry friends in Los Angeles. He was wearing jeans, a zip up hoodie, a New York Mets cap and sunglasses. Talk about being lowkey. According to People, that was his first time being photographed in public in nearly eight years.
Thomas told PEOPLE that he “never took the fame too seriously” and did not regret leaving the industry. He said: “I’d been going non-stop since I was 8 years old. I wanted to go to school, to travel and have a bit of a break, to sit in a big library amongst books and students, that was pretty cool. It was a novel experience for me.” He added: “It was a great period in my life. It doesn’t define me.”
When Jonathan was seven-years-old, he worked as a model for print advertisements in Sacramento and appeared in TV commercials like Kellogs cereal and Mattel toys. He graduated from Chaminade College Preparatory School in Missouri in 2000 and studied philosophy and history at Harvard University in Massachusetts. He then went off to Columbia University of General Studies in New York City in 2010.
