Zachery Tyler Bryan is an American actor and film producer best known for his role as Brad Taylor on the ABC sitcom Home Improvement.

From 1991 to 1999, the show also starred Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, and Taran Noah Smith.

This article will discuss all the details about her, such as Zachery Tyler Bryan’s professional life, net worth, and many other things. 

Quick information

Early life 

Zachery Tyler Bryan was born on October 9, 1981. Bryan told The Hollywood Reporter in June 2023. Zachery attended La Salle High School, where he graduated in 2000.

He was an active sportsman while completing his education and has played paintball and baseball for the ‘New York Yankees.

You were stigmatized as a TV star, and no matter how good your audition was, you would never be taken seriously. But I kept at it. After appearing in several 2009 projects, including Meteor and THOR: Hammer of the Gods, Bryan took a break from being in front of the camera and became a producer on multiple films.

Bryan found it “really difficult” to find stability after Home Improvement wrapped, adding, “On the same token, you might get turned down on a bunch of projects, but you could go out at night and hang out with your buddies at Mel’s Diner, and everybody knows you. Join us to celebrate Bryan’s special day right here.

Career

This, and his interest in acting, soon brought him to California, where he was cast in the role of Brad, the oldest Taylor child, in the show Home Improvement.

His character was known for experimenting with different hairstyles and being the child most often in trouble.

One month younger than Jonathan Taylor Thomas, he played his younger brother Randy on the show. In the middle of Home Improvement, Bryan appeared 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. 

Additionally, he made a cameo appearance on MTV’s I Bet You Will, in which he portrayed himself and competed in a challenge where he wrestled female convicted felons. In 2001, he portrayed an ice hockey player in an episode of Touched by an Angel.

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 also starred as Jack Carlisle in the 1995 movie Magic Island, and the 1998 TV movie The Principal Takes A Holiday. He also starred as Eric in 1999’s The Rage: Carrie 2.

Later, he played defender Harry Keough alongside Gerard Butler in the 2005 movie The Game of Their Lives, The Miracle Match, about the 1950 US upset at the World Cup.

In 2006, he played a villain named Clay in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, then in the 2009 TV mini-series Meteor, which aired on NBC.

Personal Life 

Zachery married a high school friend named Carly Matros in 2007. They have four children. Carly and Zachery split up in early October of 2020. Bryan and Matros divorced in September 2020 after 13 years of marriage.

On November 17, 2021, Bryan announced his engagement to model Johnnie Faye. Bryan and Faye had a daughter in 2021.

On Friday October 16, 2020 Zachery was arrested in Eugene, Oregon on charges that included allegedly strangling a different woman, apparently his girlfriend.

Interestingly Zachery and the girlfriend, Johnnie Faye Cartwright, remain together to this day. They have three children together, including a set of twins.

Net worth 

Zachery Ty Bryan is an American actor with a net worth of $5 million. Brown is probably most famous for playing the role of Brad Taylor on the TV series “Home Improvement.”

According to multiple sources, Zachery Ty Bryan’s estimated net worth is around $4-5 Million.

Fast Facts

• Began his career in commercial and print ads at the age of 5
• Jonathan Taylor Thomas, who played Bryan’s younger brother Randy on Home Improvement, is actually one month older
• Served as the official youth ambassador for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, which was held in the United States
• Founded the production company Vision Entertainment Group Inc