Jonathan Taylor Thomas was reportedly detained on suspicion of obstructing or resisting an officer after deputies determined he was intoxicated in public.
The 45-year-old actor and former child star, best known for his role on the sitcom Home Improvement, was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by deputies in Westlake Village, California, on Monday, according to TMZ.
Thomas exited the vehicle but allegedly refused deputies’ request to remain inside, becoming uncooperative, law enforcement sources told the publication.
TMZ reported that Thomas was considered publicly intoxicated and was accused of resisting.
Jail records show that Thomas was booked at the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station jail the same day, according to TMZ. He was released shortly afterward.
The Daily Mail has contacted Thomas’s representative and the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station seeking comment but has not received a response.
Jonathan Taylor Thomas was reportedly detained for obstructing or resisting an officer after he was deemed to be drunk in public; pictured in 2013
Thomas was a major star during the 1990s, appearing in The Lion King, Man of the House and the television series Home Improvement
A representative for Thomas told TMZ they had no comment.
Thomas rose to fame in the 1990s through roles in The Lion King and Man of the House, as well as his starring turn on Home Improvement.
The popular sitcom ran for eight seasons between 1991 and 1999. Tim Allen and Patricia Richardson played a suburban couple whose three sons were portrayed by Zachery Ty Bryan, Thomas and Taran Noah Smith.
Thomas played Randy Taylor, the middle son, before leaving acting in 2006. He later made a brief return to television with a four-episode guest role on Allen’s sitcom Last Man Standing between 2013 and 2015.
Since 2017, Thomas has served on the national board of SAG-AFTRA, the media labor union.
Smith left the entertainment industry entirely after Home Improvement ended in 1999. Since then, he has pursued a range of ventures, including a vegan restaurant and a company that teaches people to pilot submarines.
Bryan’s life after the series has been more troubled, with several arrests involving allegations including domestic violence and DUI.
In 2013, Thomas told People, “I’d been going nonstop since I was 8 years old. I wanted to go to school, to travel and have a bit of a break.”
He later attended Harvard and Columbia.
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Thomas played Randy Taylor, the son of Tim Allen and Patricia Richardson, on Home Improvement
Thomas with co-star Taran Noah Smith in an episode of the series
Thomas, pictured in 1996, left acting in 2006
The Hollywood icon appearing on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 1997
‘I never took the fame too seriously,’ he added. ‘It was a great period in my life, but it doesn’t define me. When I think back on the time, I look at it with a wink. I focus on the good moments I had, not that I was on a lot of magazine covers.’
Allen recently remarked that his co-stars’ ‘issues’ have made the prospect of a Home Improvement revival ‘difficult, to say the least,’ via Us Weekly.
‘They keep talking about how it could move forward, but they get stuck [because] there are some personality problems right now with the boys,’ he said.
‘They’ve got their own issues. I always thought it would be cool if it was a story about them. That’s a little challenging right now, to put it mildly.’
Home Improvement proved to be one of the most popular sitcoms of the 1990s, marking Allen’s emergence as a star actor after years as a stand-up comic.
Home Improvement ran for eight seasons from 1991 to 1999
Allen led the cast as a suburban father who hosts a TV show called Tool Time with a friend played by Richard Karn and a female foil, who for part of the series’ run was a character portrayed by Pamela Anderson.
Other than Allen, the actor on the show who achieved the greatest celebrity was Thomas, who in 1994 was also the voice of young Simba in The Lion King.
However his career fizzled after Home Improvement ended and he gave up on acting altogether in 2006, with the exception of his four episodes on Allen’s subsequent hit sitcom a decade later.
A couple of years ago, Allen claimed he had been ‘talking about a spinoff’ of Home Improvement with his onscreen sons and Richard Karn, per Entertainment Weekly.
Patricia Richardson, however, disputed his story, saying she had spoken to Thomas and he denied Allen had contacted him about a new show.
Richardson noted further that Thomas was ‘not really interested in acting’ any longer and rather ‘wants to direct and write,’ on the podcast Back to the Best.