Taran Noah Smith – Restaurateur

Taran Noah Smith is popularly known for his role as Marcus “Mark” Jason Taylor in the longest-running and most widely viewed sitcom in the 1990s Home Improvement where he started at 7. After the show ended when he was 16 years old, he knew he didn’t want to do acting anymore. Given that Smith didn’t have the chance of everyday private life initially, he changed his career and sought to have a personal life. Married at 17, Smith ventured to a new job and started a business with his then-wife, Heidi van Pelt.

Taran and Heidi launched a non-dairy cheese manufacturer and restaurant named Playfood. This restaurant specialized in vegan and organic foods, and it is in California. He also teaches people how to pilot submarines at the Community Submersibles Project, where he is also a technical manager. Unfortunately, he hired a divorce attorney in 2007 to finalize their separation.