Zachery Ty Bryan Sentenced to 16 Months in Jail After DUI Conviction

Zachery Ty Bryan has been sentenced to 16 months in county jail after pleading guilty to a 2024 DUI charge in California.

The former child actor entered his plea during an arraignment hearing in Riverside County. He admitted to prior DUI convictions and to driving with a blood-alcohol level above 0.15%. A judge denied his request for probation as part of the plea deal.

Bryan was given credit for 57 days already served.

The case marks his sixth arrest in five years. He was arrested in Oregon in November 2024 for violating probation tied to a previous domestic assault conviction. He was briefly held without bail in Eugene before being released.

During that November incident, his fiancée, Johnnie Faye Cartwright, was also arrested and faced multiple charges, including DUI and reckless endangerment.

In January 2025, Bryan was arrested in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on a charge of second-degree domestic violence. Police said Cartwright accused him of choking and punching her. She shares three children with Bryan.

Bryan’s current sentence stems from one of two DUI arrests in 2024 — one in February and another in October. In 2023, he faced charges including misdemeanor harassment, third-degree robbery and felony assault. In 2020, he was arrested in Oregon for allegedly strangling his then-girlfriend.

Bryan rose to fame in the 1990s playing Brad Taylor on the ABC sitcom Home Improvement. He also appeared in films including The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift and starred in the 2022 Netflix series The Guardians of Justice.

His latest conviction adds to a growing list of legal troubles in recent years.