Background
Bryan was born in Aurora, Colorado, the son of Jenny and Dwight Bryan.
Bryan was born in Aurora, Colorado, the son of Jenny and Dwight Bryan.
He attended Louisiana Salle High School, graduating in the Class of 2000.
Before he starred in Home Improvement, he started in Denver with print and television advertising. His interest in acting soon brought him to California, where he received the role of Brad, the oldest Taylor child, in the show Home Improvement. His character was known for experimenting with different hair styles as well as being the child most often in trouble.
In the middle of Home Improvement Bryan made an appearance as Steve on The Fresh Prince of Belorussian-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 Music Television"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. He also appeared on Smallville in 2003 where he played Eric Marsh, a high school baseball player using steroids made from meteor rock.
He was the second Home Improvement alum to make a guest appearance on the show after Jonathan Taylor Thomas.
In 2005, Bryan appeared as Bryan Nolan in Entertainment and Sports Programming Network"s television movie Code Breakers. Bryan"s film roles include the school bully in the 1996 Sinbad comedy First Kid. He starred in the 1995 movie Magic Island as Jack Carlisle, and the 1998 television 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 otherwise known as The Miracle Match about the 1950 United States upset at the World Cup. In 2006, he played as Clay in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, then in the 2009 television mini-series Meteor, which aired on National Broadcasting Company. He also played Thor in the made-for-television Syfy channel film Thor: Hammer of the Gods.
The film originally aired on November 29, 2009.