Jonathan Taylor Thomas (né Weiss; September 8, 1981) is an American actor, voice actor, and director. He is known for portraying Randy Taylor on Home Improvement and voicing young Simba in Disney’s 1994 film The Lion King.
Thomas was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the son of Stephen Weiss, an industrial sales manager, and Claudine (née Gonsalves), a personal manager and social worker. The two divorced in 1991. His uncle is playwright and actor Jeff Weiss. Thomas has Pennsylvania Dutch (German) and Portuguese ancestry.