Home Improvement Star Busted for Alleged DUI (Again)

UPDATE Oct 30, 2024 2:00 AM CDT

Zachery Ty Bryan, onetime child star on Home Improvement, was on Friday arrested for an alleged DUI for the second time this year. An Oklahoma officer says he spotted Bryan asleep in his car on the side of the road around 6:47am, then waited for Bryan to wake up and start driving before pulling him over. Fox News has dashcam video from Bryan's ride to jail, in which he can be heard telling the trooper, "I'm just a good dude, man, I don't know why everybody— I'm sorry I like to drink." He was booked on a charge of driving under the influence and failing to produce a valid driver's license, Deadline reports.

Feb 19, 2024 1:30 AM CST

One of the former child stars of 1990s sitcom Home Improvement was arrested Saturday for alleged drunk driving. Zachery Ty Bryan, 42, who played the eldest of Tim Allen's three sons on the show, was arrested in La Quinta, California, after deputies carried out a traffic stop on a vehicle believed to have been involved in a recent traffic collision just after 2am, TMZ reports. "When deputies contacted the driver, they observed indications of impairment, leading to the driver's arrest for driving under the influence with priors," a sergeant says, per Fox News.

Bryan was booked into a Riverside County jail and then released on bail; his next court date is set for April 23. Bryan has had previous run-ins with the law: In 2020, he pleaded guilty to fourth-degree menacing and assault after an altercation with his girlfriend at their Oregon apartment, and in July of last year, he was arrested after another alleged domestic dispute with an unidentified woman. He pleaded guilty to felony assault in the fourth degree constituting domestic violence and served a week behind bars. He was also sentenced to conditions including 36 months of supervised release, alcohol/substance abuse treatment, and no unapproved contact with the victim. (More child star stories.)