Career

Television

Thomas began his television career in 1990, playing the role of Kevin, the son of Greg Brady, on The Bradys, a spin-off of the 1970s TV show The Brady Bunch. In 1991, Thomas appeared in three episodes of Fox's sketch comedy series In Living Color. That same year, he was cast as Randy Taylor on ABC's sitcom Home Improvement. Thomas remained with Home Improvement well into his teenage years, but left the show in 1998 to focus on academics.

In early 2004, Thomas had a guest role on 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, another ABC sitcom, and appeared in the WB's Smallville in 2002 and 2004. In 2005, he appeared in UPN's high school detective drama Veronica Mars, and was also featured on The E! True Hollywood Story's show on Home Improvement.

On March 22, 2013, Thomas guest starred on the second season finale of his third ABC sitcom Last Man Standing, and again in the fourth episode of the third season on October 11, 2013, reuniting with Tim Allen, his TV father from Home Improvement. On January 10, 2015, Thomas again guest starred on twelfth episode of the fourth season of Last Man Standing, this time as Randy, reuniting with his TV parents from Home Improvement, Tim Allen and Patricia Richardson.

Film

Thomas appeared in many films during and after his run on Home Improvement. He had a few roles as a voice actor, but his major one was in Disney's 32nd animated feature The Lion King, in which he voiced the protagonist Simba as a cub.

He also appeared in live-action films. Among the ones he starred in are those from Disney: Man of the House, Tom and Huck, and I'll Be Home for Christmas. Other live-action films starring Thomas are: an adaptation of The Adventures of Pinocchio (in which he played the titular character), Wild America, Speedway Junky, and Walking Across Egypt.

Personal life

Thomas was born Jonathan Taylor Weiss in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the son of Claudine (née Gonsalves), a personal manager and social worker, and Stephen Weiss, an industrial sales manager; the two divorced in 1991. His uncle is playwright/actor Jeff Weiss. Thomas is of Portuguese and Pennsylvania Dutch (German) ancestry.

In 2000, he graduated with honors from Chaminade College Preparatory School in West Hills, California. Upon graduation, he enrolled at Harvard University, where he studied philosophy and history and spent his third year abroad at St. Andrews University in Scotland. In 2010, he graduated from the Columbia University School of General Studies.

He has been a vegetarian for much of his life.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Lion King, TheThe Lion King	Young Simba (voice)
1994	Pom Poko	Shoukichi (voice)
1995	Man of the House	Ben Archer (Little Wing)
1995	Tom and Huck	Tom Sawyer
1996	Adventures of Pinocchio, TheThe Adventures of Pinocchio	Pinocchio (voice)
1997	Wild America	Marshall Stouffer
1998	I Woke Up Early the Day I Died	Boy at Beach
1998	I'll Be Home for Christmas	Jake Wilkinson
1999	Speedway Junky	Steve
1999	Walking Across Egypt	Wesley Benfield
2000	Common Ground	Tobias Anderson
2005	Tilt-A-Whirl	Customer #3	Short film
2005	Thru the Moebius Strip	Prince Ragis (voice)
2006	Extra, TheThe Extra	Director	Short film

Television

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Adventures of Spot, TheThe Adventures of Spot	Spot (voice)	TV series short
1990	Bradys, TheThe Bradys	Kevin Brady	Episode: "Start Your Engines/Here We Grow Again" Episode: "Hat in the Ring"
1991	In Living Color	Macaulay Culkin	Episode: "Home Alone Again" Episode: "The Jackson Bunch"
1991-1998	Home Improvement	Randy Taylor	179 episodes
1993	In Living Color		Episode: "Forever Silky"
1994	Itsy Bitsy Spider, TheThe Itsy Bitsy Spider	George (voice)	Episode: "Spider Sense"
1996	Oz Kids, TheThe Oz Kids	Scarecrow Jr (voice)	TV series
2000	Common Ground	Tobias Anderson	TV movie
2000	Ally McBeal	Chris Emerson	Episode: "Do You Wanna Dance?"
2000	Wild Thornberrys, TheThe Wild Thornberrys	Tyler Tucker (voice)	5 episodes
2000	Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas!, TheThe Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas!	Tangie (voice)	Video
2000	Timothy Tweedle the First Christmas Elf	Timothy Tweedle	TV movie
2001	American Town, AnAn American Town	Rafe	TV movie
2002	Smallville	Ian Randall	Episode: "Dichotic"
2003	Simpsons, TheThe Simpsons	Luke Stetson (voice)	Episode: "Dude, Where's My Ranch?"
2004	Smallville	Ian Randall	Episode: "Asylum"
2004	8 Simple Rules	Jeremy	3 episodes
2005	Veronica Mars	Ben	Episode: "Weapons of Class Destruction"
2013-2015	Last Man Standing	John Baker/Randy	Episode: "College Girl" Episode: "Ryan vs. John Baker" Episode: "Tasers" Episode: "Helen Potts"

Video games

Video games

Year	Title	Role
1996	Adventures of Pinocchio, TheThe Adventures of Pinocchio	Human Pinocchio (voice)

Awards and nominations

Wins

• 1994 - Young Artist Awards for Outstanding Youth Ensemble in a Television Series (Home Improvement)
• 1996 - ShoWest Convention: ShoWest Award for Young Star of the Year
• 1997 - Young Artist Awards for Best Performance in a Voiceover - Young Artist (The Adventures of Pinocchio)
• 1998 - Kids' Choice Awards: Blimp Award for Favourite Television Actor (Home Improvement)
• 1999 - Kids' Choice Awards: Hall of Fame Award

Nominations

• 1993 - Young Artist Awards for Best Young Actor Starring in a Television Series (Home Improvement)
• 1995 - Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films: Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor (The Lion King)
• 1995 - Young Artist Awards for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Voiceover - TV or Movie (The Lion King)
• 1996 - Young Artist Awards for Best Young Leading Actor - Feature Film (Tom and Huck)
• 1996 - Kids' Choice Awards: Blimp Award for Favorite Movie Actor (Tom and Huck)
• 1997 - Kids' Choice Awards: Blimp Award for Favorite Television Actor (Home Improvement)
• 1997 - Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films: Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor (The Adventures of Pinocchio)
• 1997 - YoungStar Awards for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Comedy TV Series (Home Improvement)
• 1997 - YoungStar Awards for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Comedy Film (Tom and Huck)
• 1998 - YoungStar Awards for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Comedy TV Series (Home Improvement)
• 1999 - Kids' Choice Awards: Blimp Award for Favorite TV Actor (Home Improvement)

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