Zachery Ty Bryan, star of the popular 90s TV sitcom Home Improvement, has been arrested again in the United States, the latest in a series of arrests that mark a dramatic fall from grace for the former child star.
This time Bryan, who played Brad Taylorin the show, faces charges of second-degree domestic violence after his arrest in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
TMZ reported that Bryan allegedly punched a woman multiple times and threatened to kill her during the January 1 incident, citing a police report which also states that the woman shares a child with Bryan.
Zachery Ty Bryan, seen in an arrest photo following his January 1 arrest for domestic violence. Photo / Horry County Jail
When he started on the show, playing the oldest child of Tim Allen’s Tim ‘The Tool Man’ Taylor character, he was just 9.
After the show wrapped he made smaller appearances on other shows such as Veronica Mars and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, before retiring from acting in 2009.
Jonathan Taylor Thomas, who played his younger brother Randy in the show, took a different path after he stepped away from acting.
The former tween heartthrob disappeared from public view for years after leaving the profession, eventually surfacing in 2023.
He went to university and studied philosophy and history, graduating with a degree from Columbia University in 2010.
“I’d been [acting] nonstop since I was eight years old. I wanted to go to school, to travel and have a bit of a break,” he said in 2013.
“To sit in a big library amongst books and students, that was pretty cool.
