Taran Noah Smith Biography, Wife, Net Worth, Age, Height, Dead or Alive

Taran Noah Smith is an American actor that few people know now because he rose to fame in the 1990s through his roles in sitcoms such as Home Improvement where he played the role of Mark Taylor.

Since he hasn’t been in Hollywood since the 2000s, he still holds his place among the people who loved him as a child actor.

Taran Noah Smith Biography and Age

Taran Noah Smith was born on April 8, 1984 in San Francisco, California. It was here that he was raised alongside his sister, Ariandrea Hilary Smith, by their parents, Candy Bennici and David Smith. For his education, he attended the University of Southern California where he intended to study film.

Even before he turned 10, Taran had a role on the popular sitcom, Home Improvement that shot him to fame. Before that, he had a role in ABC TGIF (1990) and later another role in Ebbie (1995). Little Bigfoot 2: The Journey Home, 7th Heaven, and Batman Beyond Are there any other movies he’s been in?

By the time he was an adult, he realized he didn’t want to be an actor and that kept him away from the screen. As an actor, he won the TV Land Fan Favorite Award as well as the Young Artist Award for Outstanding Performance by a Young Actor Under the Age of Ten in 1992.

Although he went to college, he did not graduate, he later dropped out. It was there that he met the woman who would later be his wife, Heidi van Pelt.

Since leaving the public eye, Taran managed to maintain a very calm life until 2012 when he was arrested on February 1 and charged with driving under the influence. The former child star was also charged with possession of hashish and pleaded guilty to both counts. In his sentencing, he completed 12 hours of classes on a drug diversion program for 18 months, as well as a fine and three years probation.

He was 7 years old when he started playing and when he stopped he was 19 years old.

relationship and wife

The relationship life of the Home Improvement actor is rather very interesting. He married in 2001 to 32-year-old Heidi Van Pelt. At the time, the former actor was only 17 and they had already been dating for several years before getting married, which prompted the teenage actor to leave his home.

The two of them have been together ever since and they even started a business together until 2007 when they divorced. It was said that the divorce resulted from the huge age difference (16 years) between them. Nonetheless, it was later reported that Heidi preferred girl company to boy company and that was also before she found out that the actor had found a steady girlfriend for himself. Heidi Van Pelt smashed all the dishes they owned before divorcing.

The divorce was not amicable as they fought over the business they started together.

Net value

From his acting work, Taran Noah Smith had a trust fund in the amount of $1.5 million until he was 18 years old. After 18 years, he sued his parents who he says misused the fund and used it to buy a mansion.

After receiving the money, he used it with his wife to start a food business which later collapsed following their divorce. After messing it all up, his net worth was recently pegged at $300,000.

Is Taran Noah Smith dead or alive?

Likely due to how far the actor has taken himself from the screen, many people now assume he is dead. On the contrary, the man is very lively, leads a very private life. Recently, there has been talk of a reboot of the 1990s sitcom Home Improvement Tim Allen, but it’s unclear if it will actually happen and if Smith will be a part of it.

The last time the former Home Improvement actor was heard of was after Hurricane Harvey, in which he played a part in helping people rebuild their homes. He volunteered for Burners Without Borders and stayed at a camp outside of Corpus Christi, Texas.

the size

A rather skinny and handsome former actor, Taran has a height of 1.83m.