Home Improvement' Star Charged with Assault by Strangulation

An actor who played the oldest son from Home Improvement was arrested in Oregon and faces charges of assault by strangulation. The Eugene Police Department said officers were dispatched to a North Eugene apartment Friday night on a report of a physical dispute. They found Bryan sitting outside and his girlfriend at a neighboring apartment.



Bryan reportedly assaulted the victim, impeded her breathing, and took her phone away when she tried to call 911, police said.


As of Saturday afternoon, Bryan was listed on the Lane County Jail's inmate custody roster on charges of strangulation, assault and interfering with making a police report. The strangulation charge is a felony; the other two charges are misdemeanors.


According to information sent, on Friday night at 10:24 p.m. officers responded to reports of a physical dispute at an apartment complex and found 39-year-old Bryan outside one of the units. 


Actor's Girlfriend was waiting for police at a neighbor's home in the apartment complex where she lived. Bryan is accused of assaulting the woman, impeding her breathing and taking her phone from her when she tried to call 911.


Bryan's most recent acting credit was the 2009 film Thor: Hammer of the Gods. He is listed as a producer on several projects from the last decade, most recently the documentary Finding 52: The Search for the Loneliest Whale in the World, which is in post-production.


According to police, the victim declined medical treatment. Her name has not been released. Bryan was booked into the Lane County Jail at 1:101 a.m. A message left with a possible agent for Bryan was not immediately returned. It wasn't immediately known if he had a lawyer who could speak on his behalf.


This month Bryan announced his separation from Carly Matros, whom he married in 2007. They have four children.

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