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The star of the iconic ’90s sitcom looks unrecognizable with a sleek frame as she steps out in Los Angeles — can you guess who?

The star of the iconic ’90s sitcom looks unrecognizable with a sleek frame as she steps out in Los Angeles — can you guess who?

He appeared in one of the biggest comedies of the 1990s.

He played a major supporting role to star Tim Allen from 1991 until the series’ success in 1999.

This actor has also had a varied career, which included a multi-year stint as the host of a popular game show in the 2000s.

And he had a career resurgence starting in 2019 with a recurring role on Hulu’s acclaimed series Pen15.

Can you name this veteran television and film actor?

The star of the iconic ’90s sitcom looks unrecognizable with a sleek frame as she steps out in Los Angeles — can you guess who?

He starred in one of the biggest sitcoms of the ’90s, became the fourth host of Family Feud, and had a late-career revival on Hulu’s PEN15. Do you know who he is?

It's 68-year-old film and TV actor Richard Karn, best known for co-starring with Tim Allen (R) on the ratings juggernaut Home Improvement (pictured) from 1991 to 1999

It’s 68-year-old film and TV actor Richard Karn, best known for co-starring with Tim Allen (R) on the ratings juggernaut Home Improvement (pictured) from 1991 to 1999

He’s 68-year-old Richard Karn, best known for playing Tim Allen’s faithful sidekick on his classic 90s sitcom Home Improvement.

Karn was photographed with his wife Tudi Roche earlier this month as they went shopping in Los Angeles.

The actor was dressed casually in a short-sleeved gold golf shirt spotted with blue and red, along with navy blue shorts and gray sneakers.

He looked significantly different from his ’90s heyday. Karn had lost weight, unlike his more vigorous figure on Home Improvement, but it was his mostly white beard and gray hair that made him look notably different from his Home Improvement character.

He played Al Borland, the co-host of the show-within-a-show, Tool Time, a fictional home improvement series by Allen’s character Tim ‘The Tool Man’ Taylor.

Al was the less telegenic of the pair, but he was also the true tool and construction expert, rather than Tim.

Karn had an instantly identifiable uniform for the series: some sort of plaid flannel shirt and a bushy beard that was sometimes the subject of Allen’s jokes.

The actor began as a recurring character on the series after replacing Groundhog Day actor Stephen Tobolowsky, who had to drop out after recording the pilot episode conflicted with a film project he was working on.

Even though he was a replacement, Karn proved to be a hit with viewers and was promoted to the main cast in the second season of Home Improvement.

Karn wore a red and blue golf shirt and navy blue shorts with gray sneakers. He had lost weight from his rugged '90s figure, but his white beard and gray hair made him look unrecognizable compared to the thick, dark hair he sported on Home Improvement.

Karn wore a red and blue golf shirt and navy blue shorts with gray sneakers. He had lost weight from his rugged ’90s figure, but his white beard and gray hair made him look unrecognizable compared to the thick, dark hair he sported on Home Improvement.

He played Al Borland, who was the less prominent co-host of Tim Allen's Tim 'The Tool Man' Taylor.

He played Al Borland, who was the less prominent co-host of Tim Allen’s Tim ‘The Tool Man’ Taylor.

Al, who also wore plaid flannel shirts and sported his bushy beard, was a lovable square but less telegenic than Tim, although he was the real tool expert.

Al, who also wore plaid flannel shirts and sported his bushy beard, was a lovable square but less telegenic than Tim, although he was the real tool expert.

Following Home Improvement’s conclusion after eight seasons in 1999, Karn took over as Family Feud’s fourth solo host in 2002.

He left the series in 2006 when Seinfeld actor John O’Hurley replaced him.

He later hosted another game show, Bingo America, from 2008 to 2009, and remained an in-demand guest star on television.

Karn had one of his most high-profile roles in the years beginning in 2019 when he began appearing in the critically beloved Hulu comedy series PEN15.

The series was created by its writers and stars, Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle, who played fictional versions of themselves from the age of 13 onwards.

The women were all in their mid-30s, which created a hilariously surreal contrast to the rest of the age-appropriate child actors attending high school.

Karn appeared in several episodes as Maya’s father, a struggling cover band drummer who was frequently on the road and away from home. (In fact, Erskine’s father is respected jazz drummer and former Weather Report member Peter Erskine.)

In 2021, the creators and stars announced that the show’s second season would be its last.

He enjoyed a career resurgence with a major recurring role in Anna Konkle and Maya Erskine's acclaimed Hulu comedy PEN15. He played Erskine's father (R)

He enjoyed a career resurgence with a major recurring role in Anna Konkle and Maya Erskine’s acclaimed Hulu comedy PEN15. He played Erskine’s father (R)

Karn later hosted Family Feud from 2002 to 2006 and reunited with Tim Allen in 2021 on the home repair competition Assembly Required, then in 2022 on the tool-themed series More Power; pictured in 2017 in Burbank, California.

Karn later hosted Family Feud from 2002 to 2006 and reunited with Tim Allen in 2021 on the home repair competition Assembly Required, then in 2022 on the tool-themed series More Power; pictured in 2017 in Burbank, California.

That year, Karn reunited with Allen for the pandemic-era Home Improvement-inspired series Assembly Required, which was a home repair competition.

The two introduced April Wilkerson, and she joined them again in 2022 for the More Power series, which featured the three charting the evolution of classic tools to some of the newest tech-inspired gadgets out there.

Although Karn has appeared in supporting roles in several films, he did not appear in his first film until 1998’s Legend Of The Mummy, although he has worked steadily in film since then.

Last year, Karn appeared in two episodes of the revived series Beyond Belief, hosted by Jonathan Frakes, and he has several low-budget films and shows on the horizon.

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