The evolution of Jonathan Taylor Thomas

Jonathan Taylor Thomas through the years

Born in Pennsylvania on Sept. 8, 1981, Jonathan Taylor Thomas first hit the small screen as a child star, filling his résumé with gigs on The Bradys and Home Improvement, in addition to voicing young Simba in The Lion King. Thomas slowed down his acting career in the early-2000s, but popped up in the mid-2010s in episodes of Last Man Standing. See the actor through the years, ahead.

Jonathan Taylor Thomas at the Starlight Foundation Carnival in Santa Monica on Sept. 7, 1990

Jonathan Taylor Thomas with Taran Noah Smith and Zachery Ty Bryan on Home Improvement on July 19, 1991

Jonathan Taylor Thomas with Zachery Ty Bryan at the ABC Television fall season kick-off party in Los Angeles on Sept. 11, 1991

Jonathan Taylor Thomas on Home Improvement on Feb. 4, 1992

Jonathan Taylor Thomas on Home Improvement on Feb. 18, 1992

Jonathan Taylor Thomas on Home Improvement on July 23, 1992

Jonathan Taylor Thomas at ABC Television affiliates' party in Los Angeles on June 10, 1993

Jonathan Taylor Thomas with Zachery Ty Bryan and Taran Noah Smith at the 62nd annual Hollywood Christmas Parade on Nov. 28, 1993

Jonathan Taylor Thomas at the 11th annual William S. Paley Television Festival — An Evening with the Cast of Home Improvement on Feb. 28, 1994

Jonathan Taylor Thomas at the wrap-up party for the 100th episode of Home Improvement in Burbank, Calif., on April 6, 1995

Jonathan Taylor Thomas at MTV's 1995 Rock N' Jock Basketball in Los Angeles on Sept. 7, 1995

Jonathan Taylor Thomas in Canada in the mid-1990s

Jonathan Taylor Thomas at the 1996 Family Film Awards in Los Angeles on Aug. 22, 1996

Jonathan Taylor Thomas with Mel Gibson and John Travolta at ShoWest '96 on Sept. 7, 1996

Jonathan Taylor Thomas at the 1996 Nickelodeon Big Help at the Santa Monica Pier on Sept. 30, 1996

Jonathan Taylor Thomas with Dean Cain at MTV's 1997 Rock N' Jock Football in New Orleans on Jan. 27, 1997

Jonathan Taylor Thomas with Devon Sawa, Scott Bairstow, and Frances Fisher at the Wild America Westwood premiere on June 30, 1997

Jonathan Taylor Thomas on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on Aug. 5, 1997

Jonathan Taylor Thomas with Tyra Banks at the 1997 benefit for the Pediatric AIDS Foundation in Beverly Hills on Sept. 6, 1997

Jonathan Taylor Thomas with Nikki Hale at the 1997 Cable ACE Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 6, 1997

Jonathan Taylor Thomas at the 49th annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 14, 1997

Jonathan Taylor Thomas at the WB Network All-Star Celebration on Jan. 11, 2003

Jonathan Taylor Thomas with Tim Allen, Amanda Fuller, and Jordan Masterson on Last Man Standing on Feb. 19, 2013

Jonathan Taylor Thomas in Los Angeles on Aug. 14, 2013