According to police sources who spoke to TMZ, Sprouse and his wife, supermodel Barbara Palvin, discovered the person near their home in Los Angeles on Friday night.
While Palvin called the police, Sprouse confronted the intruder with a firearm before tackling and holding the person until police arrived at the scene.
Video footage from the couple's home shows several police cars and a person being taken away in handcuffs.
Neither Sprouse nor Palvin has commented on the incident.
