Fred Savage

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Savage in The Wonder Years, 1988

Frederick Aaron Savage (born July 9, 1976) is an American actor and television director.'''

Contents

1 Biography

1.1 Early life
1.2 Career
1.3 Personal life

2 Filmography
3 External links

Biography

Early life

Savage was born in Glencoe, Illinois to Jewish American parents Lew Savage, a real estate agent, and Joanne, a housewife; his brother is actor Ben Savage, and his sister is actress Kala Savage He graduated from Stanford University, where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, in 1999 with a degree in English.

Career

Fred Savage's first role was in the film Dinosaur. His first kiss was as an actor in the series The Wonder Years. The show also led to his being the youngest person ever to be nominated for an Emmy Award for outstanding leading performer and also allowed him to be one of the youngest hosts of Saturday Night Live.

He appeared as "The Mole" in Austin Powers in Goldmember and guest starred on Boy Meets World, which starred his brother.

In the 1989 film Little Monsters, Savage played the son of Daniel Stern's character. Stern acted as Savage's inner monologue on The Wonder Years.

Fred Savage is currently a co-director of several children/teen programs on Nickelodeon and Disney.

Savage starred in the 1997 sitcom flop Working, which was cancelled in its second season. In January 2006, he began his starring role in the ABC comedy Crumbs, which was cancelled the following May. He recently appered in an episode of Justice League Unlimited along with his Wonder Years older brother, Jason Hervey, as the voice of Hawk, the more aggressive half of the superhero duo, Hawk and Dove.

Personal life

He married his childhood sweetheart, Jennifer Stone, on August 7, 2004. The two were wed at the L'Orangerie restaurant in Los Angeles, California. They are expecting their first child in August 2006.

Savage remains good friends with former The Wonder Years costar Danica McKellar and the two keep in regular touch. She made a guest starring appearance on Working.

Savage also plays on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home games for the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles charity.

Filmography

Crumbs (TV) (2006)
Welcome to Mooseport (2004)
The Last Run (2004)
The Rules of Attraction (2002)
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
Area 52 (2001) (TV)
Oswald (2001) (TV)
(1998) (V)
Working (1997) (TV)
A Guy Walks Into a Bar (1997)
How Do You Spell God? (1996) (TV)
No One Would Tell (1996) (TV)
Christmas on Division Street (1991) (TV)
When You Remember Me (1990) (TV)
The Wizard (1989)
Little Monsters (1989)
The Wonder Years (1988) (TV)
Run Till You Fall (1988) (TV)
Vice Versa (1988)
Runaway Ralph (1988) (TV)
The Princess Bride (1987)
(1987) (TV)
The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)
Morningstar/Eveningstar (1986) (TV)
Dinosaur (1980)

External links

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