Jonathan, also known as Randy in the worldwide known TV-series
"Home Improvement", was born on September 8, 1981 in Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania.
He was born as Jonathan Taylor Weiss, but after his first appearances
on screen, took the stage name Jonathan Taylor Thomas, after his
brother Noel.
He likes the music group Boyz II Men, and his
favorite TV shows are "Roseanne" and "Grace Under
Fire", but he also like to watch CNN news, to keep up to date
with current events. One thing that Jonathan does not like is
meat. He has been a vegetarian since he was four years old, and he
doesn't use products that are tested on animals because he
believes that it is wrong to hurt them. When Jonathan was just
four years old, his family (his mother Claudine, his father
Stephen and his older brother Joel) moved from Bethlehem to
Sacramento, California. At the age of five, Jonathan was working
as a model for print advertisements in Sacramento, and over the
next few years, he appeared in TV
commercials for Kellogg's cereal, Mattel toys and for many
other products. By this time, Jonathan was ready for bigger roles,
and in 1989, he landed the part of Greg Brady's son, Kevin in the
TV special "The Bradys". In 1990, he landed his biggest
role yet: he was cast as Randy Taylor on "Home Improvement".
Jonathan's audition went well, but what really gave him an edge
over the other boys was that the casting directors thought that he
looked a lot like his TV dad-to-be, Tim
Allen. In 1991, Jonathan's parents were divorced, and he has
been living with his mother and his brother ever since. More
recently, Jonathan has completed two feature length movies: he was
the voice of young Simba in Disney's "The Lion King",
and he played the ever-lovable Ben Archer in "Man of the
House" opposite Chevy
Chase. He has also competed filming on two more movies:
"Tom Sawyer" and "Pinocchio", both of which
will be in theaters soon.
Jonathan was born in 1981 in Bethleham, Pa. When Jon's dad got
a new job it forced them to move to Sacramento, Ca. in 1986. At
the age of seven, Young Jon saw a children's modeling commercial
and pleeded his mom to sign him up. His mom agreed to a 13 week
course. Jon's first stage play was Scrooge. The talented
youngster landed in TV
commercials such as: Cannon Camcorder, Burger King,
Kellogg's Product 19, and Vivident Gum. In 1989 they moved to
L.A. so Jon could try out for roles in TV shows. For a short
while a TV show called _The Brady's_ (sequel to the Brady
Bunch), Jon played Greg's son Kevin. After the short-lived TV
show was canceled Jon tried out for another TV show called
"Home Improvement". He now plays the character Randy
on the hit TV show. His family moved from Sacremento to L.A.
permanently. Now Jon is making Smash Hit movies.
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