Taylor family List of Home Improvement characters

1 taylor family

1.1 tim taylor
1.2 jill taylor
1.3 brad taylor
1.4 randy taylor
1.5 mark taylor
1.6 marty taylor
1.7 jeff taylor

taylor family
tim taylor

timothy tim taylor (tim allen) – tim taylor (the character has birth date of october 1954) father of family. ever know-it-all, tim believes has incredibly wide knowledge of tools, electronics, , general mechanics. in reality, highly accident-prone. have significant amount of skill general handyman, can overly confident , prone spectacular mishaps. forgets crucial step, ignores instructions, makes ill-advised modifications, or comes inaccurate conclusions. exception ineptitude when working on cars, @ excels. left-handed great deal of work right hand. taylor s arch enemy , speak, real-life home improvement specialist, bob vila. 1 episode saw tim competing against bob vila in lawnmower contest charity. tim installed jet engine on machine-which resulted in tim causing unintended chaos , destruction. tim hosts home improvement show called tool time co-host , friend, al borland. while al co-host, al must remind tim of safety regulations , practices. tim ignores al s advice, , results in accident. while mentioned tool time limited local home improvement show sits high on channel dial, tool time seems have wide audience in state of michigan, , progressively broadcast more outlets across midwest (a season 5 episode has tim, al, , bud brainstorming ideas on how bring show chicago markets). tim boasts @ popularity hosting show, although many people state al better. running gag involves people encountering tim in public , stating, oh, watch tool time...we love al. annoyed tim reply, oh yeah, love al. in later seasons, however, learned tim has higher fan base al.

because of numerous accidents in involved, both on tv show , @ home, recurring joke tim on first name basis hospital staff, , suggested tim has special offers available him being repeat customer. gag tool time fans believe many accidents staged, show people not do. however, many of tim s modified inventions work powerful, new ice cube dispenser in season 2. tim garbles advice heard wilson and/or otherwise makes stupid remarks – although on 1 episode tim stuns jill , wilson putting forth sound advice of own. running gag tim accidentally causing damage or destruction touches – such destroying world s smallest car or running on golf carts marine corps tank. tim has unhealthy obsession halloween , christmas, going extraordinary lengths scare others , competing doc johnson in annual neighborhood christmas lighting contest, has won.

while tim has relationship wife, quick admit defeat in conflict become engaged in. works hard maintain healthy relationships 3 sons, although relates more closely brad randy or mark.

tim chauvinistic in attitude, putting women down or seeing them inferior(but must absorb same insults against men jill). tends mock overweight, such al s mother or mother-in-law (until loses weight), , can juvenile in attitude on many occasions. running gag involves jill s distaste attitude, in says re pathetic every time goes far. tim avid fan of local sports teams; detroit lions, detroit pistons, detroit red wings, , detroit tigers. big fan of boxing, indy racing league, , tractor pulls. many scenes take place in garage during favorite hobby, working on 1 of 2 hot rods, 1 of built ground up, , other existing vehicle restored.

while considers moving on professionally, tim remains main host of tool time until final episode of home improvement. before cast on tool time, worked traveling tool salesman. tim barely graduated college, later receives honorary doctorate western michigan university. tim famous ever-popular noisemaking, refers simian grunt.

his mother alive entire series, father died when tim eleven years old. there has been disparity between how many brothers tim has. on several occasions in later seasons, mentioned tim has 4 brothers, in earlier seasons stated have five, however, 7 have been mentioned name (marty, jeff, rick, john, steve, brian, , danny).

tim thinks things need more power , , seen wearing sweaters michigan-based colleges. tim thinks knows there know tools.

tim character appear in every single episode. close second jill, missed second part of series finale (unless 1 counts flashbacks shown).

jill taylor

jillian jill patterson taylor (patricia richardson) – jill (born november 1956) tim s wife , mother of brad, randy, , mark. jill graduated adams high school (taken actual high school in rochester hills, michigan) in 1973. jill intelligent, practical, , has dry sense of humor doesn t fly family. after decides career not fulfilling, jill dedicates herself toward earning master s degree in psychology. while motherly , domestic in nature, apparently bad cook, tim , 3 boys make remarks cooking. strong femininity in direct conflict tim s masculinity, leading wonder why work couple.

jill comes strong military family, , uses upbringing solve several family squabbles. father colonel in army , referred such. jill has 4 sisters, of whom have appeared: robin, carrie, tracy, , linda. (a fifth sister, katie, briefly mentioned jill s mother in season 2 episode, ado nana , , in season 4 episode, quibbling siblings , never again.) appears overwhelmed @ fact female in family 3 sons , no daughter. appears closest youngest son, mark, remarks few times mark 1 still has ability open-minded accept things jill likes opposed being typical boy . on, has temporary job working @ magazine, , later in series, jill psychology student. significant amount of volunteer work, local library.

jill has strong feminist side , enjoys opera, theatre, , ballet. tries interested in sports , tools ends relating husband on buried sensitivity. jill considers mission tim, brad, randy, , mark right thing. jill refers or of sons, tim full names when angry. jill likes match-make , mixed results, did set al ilene, few seasons, , wilson , 1 of professors in successful relationship. has thing cars – driving @ different times austin-healey 3000 (which tim hates because doesn t understand british wiring) , cherry red chevy bel-air nomad; in 2 memorable episodes, jill furious tim driving healey without permission , wrecking nomad. in other memorable episodes, jill extremely angry @ tim when calls old hen on tv , when finds out bought $4,000 worth of game tickets detroit pistons.

brad taylor

bradley michael brad taylor (zachery ty bryan) – (born january 1981) oldest, athletic , strongest of 3 boys, once seen throwing randy around when got argument. while 3 boys portrayed troublemakers @ 1 point or another, brad gets serious trouble. 1 have run-in police (after throwing bricks @ windows in abandoned greenhouse) , once discovered in possession of marijuana, admitted smoking. on other hand, brad taylor son co-host episode of tool time, , 1 seen doing extensive work on tim s hot rod, , son tim relates easiest. although struggled school work, has extraordinary athletic ability, playing soccer. throughout series, offered numerous opportunities make career out of soccer, including offer play professional team in england (the fictitious birmingham chubbs). rejected when parents refused allow him give college play professional soccer. later in series, despite knee injury threatened put end athletic pursuits, earned college scholarship ucla. brad has prominent attraction women, including mild infatuation tool time s heidi keppert. brad , tim enjoy working on classic cars.

brad got along randy, on in show. 2 seen working tease mark, attempting cover brad s actions keep him out of trouble, or hanging out together. brad , mark don t share many things in common until older, in 8th season develop close bond while randy away in costa rica.

randy taylor

randall william randy taylor (jonathan taylor thomas) – randy (born february 8, 1982) middle child, smartest of 3 boys, , mischievous troublemaker. randy s intelligence led him skipping ahead advanced math , science classes, , cause of sibling rivalry brad. randy inherited tim s talents jokester. randy in later seasons noticeably lot shorter brothers , height made fun of brad. whenever tim in trouble jill, randy there quick remark him in trouble. although sharing same interests brad , father, throughout adolescence randy became conscious environment , civil rights. became skeptical of intentions of organized religion, christian denominations, , became vegetarian in later seasons. wrote school newspaper, concentrated on social , political issues, including criticizing binford pollution record, led fierce disagreement tim. unlike brad dated many different girls, randy, part, dated 1 girl, lauren, whom remained rest of series.

randy level-headed son in family, although because intelligent boy, prone arrogance, jealousy, , little prejudice. father has tendency dislike , mock has no interest in, such ballet , opera, , randy inherited attitude, ironically puts him @ odds tim, since randy has no interest in cars , tools. out of taylor boys, randy 1 least respect father. once called father s show fool time , , compared father ape. when tim brought brad onto tool time, randy called stupid show , acted hateful towards tim , brad. during high school, wrote school article turned many adults against tim binford s pollution record, threatening father s reputation, , bitterly disapproved of brad s jockish article earning paper s front page, occupied randy s articles. mend relationships them after learning error of ways.

in eighth season of show, randy leaves costa rica (along lauren, stayed in nearby town), reappearing in 1 episode when came christmas. on occasion, randy felt had changed in absence no longer fit in family, although confiding in wilson aided feelings. unlike tim , brad, randy not hands , not enjoy working on crafts or hot rod. randy relates more mother, whom shares intelligence , enjoyment of acting (although tim embarrassed randy during 1 acting scene malfunctioning stage prop). in episode randy s party friends ruined due tim putting on many coats of floorwax-which resulted in girlfriend getting sprained ankle.

early on in show, brad , randy portrayed partners in crime . while did argue normal brothers, bonded on mutual enjoyment of teasing mark. got older, grew apart somewhat, randy became more focused on school , social issues , brad became more focused on athletics , girls.

early on randy , mark along when united against brad, though things improved got older.

mark taylor

marcus jason mark taylor (taran noah smith) – mark (born march 1985) youngest , sensitive of 3 boys. relates closely mother, after first season. not share many interests brothers or father, , in seasons victim due naïveté of practical joke brad , randy had thought on spot him. mark not troublemaker, doesn t possess joking demeanor or hint of mean streak. on rare occasions brad or randy include him on pranks, mark blows cover responding when not supposed or divulging information. divulging of information not gets brad , randy in trouble, tim well, when trying keep said or did jill. during adolescence, mark began adopt more goth , anti-establishment kind of attitude, cause of founded in feelings of social isolation. while mark s darkening demeanor worried tim , jill on several occasions, never turned extremely destructive, although homemade horror movie created bit more twisted expected. gothic appearance gone end of series. mark enjoys film production , music, took karate , pilot training, , became proficient cook. during seasons of show mark seen in cub scout uniform-sans badges.

mark s relationship brad , randy adversarial, in seasons butt of jokes, pranks , teasing. while mark never bonded randy, in final season mark , brad grew close result of dynamic of relationship changing when randy left costa rica. mark became taller randy , later brad.

marty taylor

martin marty taylor (william o leary) – marty (born in 1964) tim s youngest brother ten years. father died when marty 1 year old, tim closest thing knows father. marty picked on older brothers, mark brad , randy. seen bouncing job job, unable hold steady career, partially due autism. majority of show s run, marty married nancy (jensen daggett), , had identical twin girls, gracie , claire.

jeff taylor

jeffrey jeff taylor (thom sharp) – jeff tim , marty s oldest brother (exact age unspecified). extremely frugal , suffers male-pattern baldness, both of make him frequent target of tim s jokes. marty, jeff has trouble maintaining steady job. mentioned has made number of bad business ventures (such drive-thru pet store), divorced twice, , didn t finish college (as mentioned jill s sister in 1 episode). jeff makes investment in tim s hardware store.