The Jonathan Taylor Thomas Handbook - Everything you need to know about Jonathan Taylor Thomas

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Jonathan Taylor Thomas (born Jonathan Taylor Weiss; September 8, 1981) is an American actor, voice actor, former child star, and teen idol. He is best known for his role as the middle child Randy Taylor on the sitcom Home Improvement, as Pinocchio in New Line Cinema's The Adventures of Pinocchio, and as the voice of the young Simba in Disney's The Lion King.

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In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about his Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, The Lion King, Man of the House (1995 film), Tom and Huck, The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996 film), Wild America (film), I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998 film), Speedway Junky, Walking Across Egypt (film), Thru the Moebius Strip, The Bradys, Home Improvement (TV series), List of Home Improvement characters, Itsy Bitsy Spider (TV series), The Oz Kids, Common Ground (film), Dude, Where's My Ranch?, 8 Simple Rules, Weapons of Class Destruction.

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• Biography
• Autobiography

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• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2012
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• EAN13: 9781743384282
• Langue: English
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Contents

Articles Jonathan Taylor Thomas The Lion King Man of the House (1995 film) Tom and Huck The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996 film) Wild America (film) I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998 film) Speedway Junky Walking Across Egypt (film) Thru the Moebius Strip The Bradys Home Improvement (TV series) Itsy Bitsy Spider (TV series) The Oz Kids Common Ground (film) Dude, Where's My Ranch? 8 Simple Rules Weapons of Class Destruction

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Jonathan Taylor Thomas

Jonathan Taylor Thomas

Jonathan Taylor Thomas BornJonathan Taylor Weiss September 8, 1981 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Occupation

Years active

Actor

1987–2006, 2011–present

Jonathan Taylor Thomas(bornJonathan Taylor Weiss; September 8, 1981) is an American actor, voice actor, former child star, and teen idol. He is best known for his role as the middle child Randy Taylor on the sitcomHome Improvement, as Pinocchio in New Line Cinema'sThe Adventures of Pinocchio, and as the voice of the young Simba in Disney'sThe Lion King.

Personal life Thomas was bornJonathan Taylor Weissin Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the son of Claudine (n e Gonsalves), a [1] personal manager and social worker, and Stephen Weiss, an industrial sales manager; the two divorced in 1989. [2] [3] [4] His uncle is playwright/actor Jeff Weiss. Thomas is of Portuguese and Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry. Jonathan has an older brother, Joel Thomas Weiss, who is an assistant basketball coach at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. His stage name is taken from his real first name (Jonathan), his middle name (Taylor), and his brother's middle name (Thomas). [5] [6] 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 [7] [8] [9] abroad at St. Andrews University in Scotland. In 2010, he graduated from Columbia University, under his [10] legal name, Jonathan Weiss. His classmates recall, "He loved to talk. He'd say really intelligent things." Thomas currently lives in Los Angeles, California, and in September 2011, reunited with the rest of theHome Improvementcast for a photo shoot forEntertainment Weekly. At that time, Patricia Richardson tweeted an update [10] about Jonathan, stating, "Jonathan is acting, and he wants to direct!" [11] [12] He has been vegetarian for much of his life.

Career

Television In 1990, Thomas garnered the role of Kevin Brady, the son of Greg Brady, on the short-lived TV showThe Bradys, a spin-off of the 1970s TV showThe Brady Bunch. In 1991, at the age of 10, he won the role of Randall William "Randy" Taylor on the television showHome Improvement. He remained withHome Improvementwell into his teenage years, but left the show in 1998 in order to further his acting career. He had a guest role on the ABC sitcom8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughterin early 2004, and appeared in the WB'sSmallvillein 2002 and 2004. In 2005, he had a guest role in UPN's high school detective drama Veronica Mars, and was also featured onThe E! True Hollywood Story's show onHome Improvement.

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Episode: "Start Your Engines/Here We Grow Again" Episode: "Hat in the Ring"

Walking Across Egypt

1999

1999

2006

1996

1998

1998

The Extra

TV series short

Television

Director

Year

1995

1994

Customer #3

Filmography

Title

Jonathan Taylor Thomas

The Adventures of Pinocchio

Pinocchio (voice)

Marshall Stouffer

Christmas in Oz

Who Stole Santa?

Title

The Adventures of Spot

Notes

Short film

Short film

Scarecrow Jr (voice)

Kevin Brady

Spot (voice)

Young Simba (voice)

Macaulay Culkin

Jake Wilkinson

Shokichi (voice)

Tom Sawyer

Ben Archer (Little Wing)

Boy at Beach

Steve

Speedway Junky

I'll Be Home for Christmas

Wild America

1997

Film

I Woke Up Early The Day I Died

Role

Prince Ragis (voice)

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Video

Video short

Episode: "Home Alone Again" Episode: "The Jackson Bunch"

Video

Video

Scarecrow Jr (voice)

TV series

Scarecrow Jr (voice)

Scarecrow Jr (voice)

Randy Taylor

Role

Notes

In Living Color

Wesley Benfield

1991

Year

1993

1996

In Living Color

1996

The Nome Prince and the Magic Belt

1996

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

1994

The Oz Kids

1996

1996

1991-1998

Home Improvement

Film During his run onHome Improvement, Thomas voiced the role of young Simba in the 1994 Disney filmThe Lion King. He starred in such films asI'll Be Home for Christmas,Man of the House,Tom and Huck,The Adventures of Pinocchio,Wild America,Common Ground,Walking Across Egypt, andSpeedway Junky.

179 episodes

Episode: "Forever Silky"

Episode: "Spider Sense"

George (voice)

1987

Thru the Moebius Strip

2005

Scarecrow Jr (voice)

Toto Lost in New York

Tilt-A-Whirl

2005

Tom and Huck

1995

Man of the House

Pom Poko

The Lion King

1994

1990

The Bradys

Human Pinocchio (voice)

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Episode: "Do You Wanna Dance?"

Tyler Tucker (voice) 5 episodes

TV movie

TV movie

Episode: "Dichotic"

TV movie

Video

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

Wins a 1994 -Young Artist Awardsfor Outstanding Youth Ensemble in a Television Series (Home Improvement) 1996 -ShoWest Convention:ShoWest Awardfor Young Star of the Year 1997 -Young Artist Awardsfor Best Performance in a Voiceover - Young Artist ([[The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996 fiFavourite Television Actor (Home Improvement) 1999 -Kids' Choice Awards:Hall of Fame Award

2005

Veronica Mars

Episode: "Dude, Where's My Ranch?"

Episode: "Weapons of Class Destruction"

The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas!

Tangie (voice)

Chris Emerson

2004

Jeremy

Video games

2000

Ally McBeal

Smallville

Timothy Tweedle the First Christmas Elf

8 Simple Rules

Awards and nominations

1996

The Simpsons

An American Town

Smallville

Jonathan Taylor Thomas

2000

2000

2000

The Adventures of Pinocchio

Ben

Tobias

Title

Year

Rafe

Timothy Tweedle

Luke Stetson (voice)

2001

2001

2004

2000

The Wild Thornberrys

2003

Common Ground

Episode: "Asylum"

3 episodes

Role

Ian Randall

Ian Randall

Jonathan Taylor Thomas

References

[1] "Jonathan Taylor Thomas Biography (1981-)" (http:/ /www.filmreference.com/film/61/Jonathan-Taylor-Thomas.html). Filmreference.com. . Retrieved 2011-12-05. [2] "Walnutport Girl, 6, Already A New York Commuter ... Backstage - Morning Call" (http:/ /articles.mcall.com/1993-02-26/features/ 2900740_1_rock-opera-marquis-theatre-tommy). Articles.mcall.com. 1993-02-26. . Retrieved 2011-12-05. [3] "Questions and answers w/ Jonathan Taylor Thomas" (http:/ /web.archive.org/web/20070929023034/http://www.hiarchive.co.uk/ articles/jttyours.php). Web.archive.org. 2007-09-29. . Retrieved 2011-12-05. [4] Pacheco, Patrick (1986-04-06). "Off-Off-Broadway's king goes Public" (http:/ /pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/100067693. html?dids=100067693:100067693&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+06,+1986&author=By+Patrick+Pacheco& pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Off-Off-Broadway's+king+goes+Public&pqatl=google). Newsday. . Retrieved 2010-08-29. [5] "Jonathan Taylor Thomas' Birthday: Star Turns 30 Years Old (PHOTOS)" (http:/ /www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/08/ jonathan-taylor-thomas-bi_n_953913.html). Huffingtonpost.com. 2011-09-08. . Retrieved 2011-12-05. [6] Nahas, Aili (2011-09-08). "Jonathan Taylor Thomas Pictures with Home Improvement Cast" (http:/ /www.people.com/people/article/ 0,,20526769,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines#disqus_thread). People.com. . Retrieved 2011-12-05. [7] "Jonathan Taylor Thomas : News" (http:/ /www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:JonathanTaylorThomas,00.html). People.com. . Retrieved 2011-12-05. [8] Alana Daley (2005-09-22). "Whatever happened to: child star Jonathan Taylor Thomas?" (http:/ /www.gazette.uwo.ca/article. cfm?section=arts&articleid=687&month=9&day=22&year=2005). The Gazette. . Retrieved 2011-12-05. [9] Jonathan Taylor Thomas - Biography (http:/ /www.imdb.com/name/nm0001795/bio) [10] Nahas, Aili (2011-09-08). "Jonathan Taylor Thomas Pictures with Home Improvement Cast" (http:/ /www.people.com/people/article/ 0,,20526769,00.html). People.com. . Retrieved 2011-12-05. [11] The Spokesman-Review - Google News Archive Search (http:/ /news.google.com/newspapers?id=QmNWAAAAIBAJ& sjid=0PEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3389,6203549&dq=jonathan-taylor-thomas+vegetarian&hl=en) [12] "Vegetarian Starter Kit" (http:/ /www.petakids.com/vsk/celebs.asp). PETAKids.com. . Retrieved 2011-12-05.

External links a Jonathan Taylor Thomas (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1795/) at the Internet Movie Database

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The Lion King

The Lion King

The Lion King

[1] Theatrical release poster by John Alvin

Directed by

Produced by

Written by

Starring

Music by

Editing by

Studio

Distributed by

Release date(s)

Running time

Country

Language

Budget

Box office

Roger Allers Rob Minkoff

Don Hahn

Irene Mecchi Jonathan Roberts Linda Woolverton

Matthew Broderick Jeremy Irons James Earl Jones Jonathan Taylor Thomas Moira Kelly Nathan Lane Ernie Sabella Rowan Atkinson Robert Guillaume Madge Sinclair Whoopi Goldberg Cheech Marin Jim Cummings

Hans Zimmer

Ivan Bilancio

Walt Disney Feature Animation

Walt Disney Pictures

[2] June 15, 1994

[2] 87 minutes

United States

English

[3] $45 million

[3] $945,674,776

The Lion Kingis a 1994 American animated musical-adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 32nd feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. The story takes place in a kingdom of anthropomorphic lions in Africa, and was influenced by the Bible tales of Joseph and Moses, and the William Shakespeare playHamlet. The film was produced during a period known as the Disney Renaissance.The Lion Kingwas directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, produced by Don Hahn, and has a screenplay credited to Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts and Linda Woolverton. The voice cast includes Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Moira Kelly, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Rowan Atkinson, Robert Guillaume, Madge Sinclair, Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin and Jim Cummings. It tells the story of Simba, a young lion who is to take his father Mufasa's place as king. However, after Simba's uncle Scar kills Mufasa, he must stop his uncle from conquering the Pride Lands and avenge his father.

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