Zachery Ty Bryan
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Zachery Ty Bryan is an American actor
and producer best known for his role as Brad Taylor on the American sitcom Home Improvement.
, the son of Jenny and Dwight Bryan His cousin is Denver Broncos
quarterback
Brady Quinn
. His cousin Laura, Brady's sister, is married to Green Bay Packers
linebacker
A.J. Hawk. He has a younger sister named Ciri.
, 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.
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
. 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
. In 2001, he portrayed an ice hockey player in an episode of Touched by an Angel
.
More recently, he played defenseman 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.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and producer best known for his role as Brad Taylor on the American sitcom Home Improvement.
Personal life
Bryan was born in Aurora, ColoradoAurora, Colorado
City of Aurora is a Home Rule Municipality spanning Arapahoe, Adams, and Douglas counties in Colorado. Aurora is an eastern suburb of the Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area . The city is the third most populous city in the Colorado and the 56th most populous city in the...
, the son of Jenny and Dwight Bryan His cousin is Denver Broncos
Denver Broncos
The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
Brady Quinn
Brady Quinn
Brayden Tyler "Brady" Quinn is an American football quarterback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League. Quinn was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the first round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Notre Dame.-Early Years:Brayden Tyler "Brady" Quinn was born on...
. His cousin Laura, Brady's sister, is married to Green Bay Packers
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...
linebacker
Linebacker
A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...
A.J. Hawk. He has a younger sister named Ciri.
Career
Before he starred in Home Improvement, he started in Denver with print and television advertising. His interest in acting soon brought him to CaliforniaCalifornia
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, 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.
In the middle of Home Improvement Bryan made an appearance as Steve on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 10, 1990 to May 20, 1996. The show stars Will Smith as a fictionalized version of himself, a street-smart teenager from West Philadelphia who is sent to move in with his aunt and uncle in their...
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
Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas. The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during television network UPN's final two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW Television Network. Veronica Mars was produced by Warner Bros...
as Caz Truman, and (2006) Shark
Shark (TV series)
Shark is an American legal drama created by Ian Biederman that originally aired on CBS from September 21, 2006 to May 20, 2008. The series stars James Woods.-Synopsis:...
as Scott Natterson, as well as a guest appearance on an episode of Reading Rainbow
Reading Rainbow
Reading Rainbow is an American children's television series aired by PBS from June 6, 1983 until November 10, 2006 that encouraged reading among children. The award-winning public television series garnered over 200 broadcast awards, including scores of Emmy Awards, many for "Outstanding Children's...
. He also appeared on Smallville
Smallville
Smallville is the hometown of Superman in comic books published by DC Comics. While growing up in Smallville, the young Clark Kent attended Smallville High with best friends Lana Lang, Chloe Sullivan and Pete Ross...
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
Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Jonathan Taylor Thomas is an American actor, voice actor, former child star, and teen idol...
. In 2005, Bryan appeared as Bryan Nolan in ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
'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
Burn notice
A burn notice is an official statement issued by one intelligence agency to other agencies. It states that an individual or a group is unreliable for one or more reasons...
.
Bryan's film roles include the school bully in the 1996 Sinbad
Sinbad (entertainer)
David Adkins better known by his professional name of Sinbad, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He became well known in the 1990s from being featured on his own HBO specials, appearing on several television series, and starring in the films Necessary Roughness, Houseguest, First Kid,...
comedy First Kid
First Kid
First Kid is a 1996 Disney comedy film directed by David Mickey Evans and stars Sinbad and Brock Pierce. It was mostly filmed in Richmond, Virginia.-Plot:...
. 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
The Rage: Carrie 2
The Rage: Carrie 2 is the 1999 sequel to the 1976 horror film classic Carrie. Directed by Katt Shea, the film starred Emily Bergl, Mena Suvari, Jason London and Amy Irving.-Plot:...
. In 2001, he portrayed an ice hockey player in an episode of Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel is an American drama series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994 and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson, the series stars Roma Downey, as an angel named Monica, and Della...
.
More recently, he played defenseman Harry Keough alongside Gerard Butler
Gerard Butler
Gerard James Butler is a Scottish actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television. A trained lawyer, Butler turned to acting in the mid-1990s with small roles in productions such as the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies , which he followed with steady work on television, most notably in...
in the 2005 movie The Game of Their Lives
The game of their lives
The Game of Their Lives may refer to:* The Game of Their Lives , a documentary about the North Korean national football team that competed in the 1966 FIFA World Cup...
otherwise known as The Miracle Match
The Miracle Match
The Game of Their Lives is a 2005 American drama film directed by David Anspaugh. The screenplay by Angelo Pizzo is based on the book of the same title by Geoffrey Douglas.-Plot:...
about the 1950 US upset at the World Cup. In 2006, he played as Clay in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift is a 2006 street racing action film directed by Justin Lin. It is the third installment in the The Fast and the Furious film series and currently the sixth in terms of series chronology...
, then in the 2009 TV mini-series Meteor, which aired on NBC. He also played Thor
Thor
In Norse mythology, Thor is a hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, oak trees, strength, the protection of mankind, and also hallowing, healing, and fertility...
in the made-for-TV Syfy
Syfy
Syfy , formerly known as the Sci-Fi Channel and SCI FI, is an American cable television channel featuring science fiction, supernatural, fantasy, reality, paranormal, wrestling, and horror programming. Launched on September 24, 1992, it is part of the entertainment conglomerate NBCUniversal, a...
channel film Thor: Hammer of the Gods. The film originally aired on November 29, 2009.
As Actor
- Hammer of the GodsHammer of the GodsHammer of the Gods is a 1994 turn-based strategy computer game developed by Holistic Design and published by New World Computing for MS-DOS. The events of the game take place in viking age Europe, with a Norse fantasy setting...
(2009) ... Thor - MeteorMeteor (TV miniseries)Meteor is a 2009 disaster television miniseries about the asteroid 114 Kassandra on a collision course with the Earth. The surrounding meteorites crash into various locations worldwide, including the small town of Taft, California, with little success in their elimination by the military.The first...
(2009) (TV Series) ... Deputy Koskey - Knight RiderKnight Rider (2008 TV series)Knight Rider was a 2008 series that follows the 1982 TV series of the same title and the 2008 television movie. The series stars Justin Bruening as Mike Traceur, the estranged son of Michael Knight. The series also stars Deanna Russo as Sarah Graiman, Traceur's former girlfriend and love interest....
(2009) (TV Series) ... Terry Driscoll - Burn NoticeBurn noticeA burn notice is an official statement issued by one intelligence agency to other agencies. It states that an individual or a group is unreliable for one or more reasons...
(2008) ... Drew - K-VilleK-VilleK-Ville may refer to:* Krzyzewskiville, a line of students wishing to gain access to basketball games at Duke University.* K-Ville , a 2007 television series on Fox.* Kville Hundred in Sweden....
(2007-2008) (TV Series) ... Ricky - The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo DriftThe Fast and the Furious: Tokyo DriftThe Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift is a 2006 street racing action film directed by Justin Lin. It is the third installment in the The Fast and the Furious film series and currently the sixth in terms of series chronology...
(2006) ... Clay - Annapolis (2006) ... Johnson
- Code Breakers (2005) ... Brian Nolan
- The Game of Their LivesThe game of their livesThe Game of Their Lives may refer to:* The Game of Their Lives , a documentary about the North Korean national football team that competed in the 1966 FIFA World Cup...
(2005) ... Harry Keough - Veronica MarsVeronica MarsVeronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas. The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during television network UPN's final two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW Television Network. Veronica Mars was produced by Warner Bros...
(2005) (TV Series) ... Caz Truman - Center of the UniverseCenter of the UniverseCenter of the Universe is a television series on CBS, which ran from October 27, 2004, until January 19, 2005. The sitcom was canceled after just 10 episodes aired. It was set in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma....
(2004-2005) (TV Series) ... Kevin Barnett - PlainsongPlainsongPlainsong is a body of chants used in the liturgies of the Catholic Church. Though the Eastern Orthodox churches and the Catholic Church did not split until long after the origin of plainchant, Byzantine chants are generally not classified as plainsong.Plainsong is monophonic, consisting of a...
(2004) ... Russell Beckman - Century City (2004) ... Teddy Paikin
- SmallvilleSmallvilleSmallville is the hometown of Superman in comic books published by DC Comics. While growing up in Smallville, the young Clark Kent attended Smallville High with best friends Lana Lang, Chloe Sullivan and Pete Ross...
(2003) (TV Series) ... Eric Marsh - A Killing SpringA Killing SpringA Killing Spring is a Canadian TV thriller screened in 2002, directed by Stephen Williams. Starring Wendy Crewson, Kim Schraner. Thriller about the murder of a College dean.-Cast:*Wendy Crewson - Joanne Kilbourn*Shawn Doyle - Detective Alex Emanuel...
(2002) ... Val Massey - Boston PublicBoston PublicBoston Public is an American drama television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox. It centered on Winslow High School, a fictional public high school located in Boston, Massachusetts. The show was named for the real public school district in which it takes place...
(2000-2001) ... Malcolm White - Touched by an AngelTouched by an AngelTouched by an Angel is an American drama series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994 and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson, the series stars Roma Downey, as an angel named Monica, and Della...
(2001) ... Jeff McHenry - Home Improvement (1991-1999) ... Brad Taylor
- The Rage: Carrie 2The Rage: Carrie 2The Rage: Carrie 2 is the 1999 sequel to the 1976 horror film classic Carrie. Directed by Katt Shea, the film starred Emily Bergl, Mena Suvari, Jason London and Amy Irving.-Plot:...
(1999) ... Eric - Principal Takes a Holiday (1998) ... John Scaduto
- Soul ManSoul Man (TV series)Soul Man is an American sitcom that aired on ABC in 1997 that lasted two seasons and starred Dan Aykroyd.The series premiered on April 15, 1997, and was picked up for a second season of 22 episodes after only three episodes aired for the first season...
(1996) (TV Series) ... Brad Taylor - Thunder AlleyThunder AlleyThunder Alley is an American sitcom which aired from March 9, 1994 to July 4, 1995 on ABC.-Premise:The show stars Edward Asner as retired race-car driver Gil Jones. The unaired original pilot episode featured Felicity Huffman in the role of Bobbi Turner, Gil's daughter. When ABC picked up the...
(1994) (TV Series) ... Brad Taylor - Bigfoot: The Unforgettable EncounterBigfoot: The Unforgettable EncounterBigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter is a 1995 American independent family film about the legendary creature Bigfoot and a young boy he befriends. The film was written and directed by Ilyas Akram, and stars Zachery Ty Bryan as the young boy Cody and Mike Hunt as Bigfoot. It was distributed by...
(1994) ... Cody - Seven PoundsSeven PoundsSeven Pounds is a 2008 film, directed by Gabriele Muccino. Will Smith stars as a man who sets out to change the lives of seven people. Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, and Barry Pepper star. The film was released in theaters in the United States and Canada on December 19, 2008, by Columbia Pictures...
(2009)... Blind Guy
As Producer
- The Grief Tourist (2011)
- Rogue RiverRogue RiverRogue River may refer to:* "Rogue River" , an episode of Jericho and the eponymous place* Rogue River , a river in Michigan, USA* Rogue River , a river in Oregon, USA* Rogue River, Oregon, a city in Oregon, USA...
(2010) - ProwlProwlProwl may refer to:*Prowl, a type of gait in humans*Predation, a biological interaction where a predator, an organism that is hunting, feeds on its prey*Prowl , a fictional character in the Transformers universe...
(2010) - The Wine Guy Unplugged with Anthony Gilardi (2010)
Wins
- 1994 - Young Artist Awards for Outstanding Youth Ensemble in a Television Series (Home Improvement) **Shared with Taran Noah SmithTaran Noah SmithTaran Noah Smith is an American actor. He is most notably known for his portrayal of youngest son, Marcus "Mark" Jason Taylor, on the sitcom Home Improvement.-Personal life:...
and Jonathan Taylor ThomasJonathan Taylor ThomasJonathan Taylor Thomas is an American actor, voice actor, former child star, and teen idol...
** - 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)