Frederick Aaron Savage (born July 9, 1976) is an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-nominated American actor and television and film director.

Biography

Personal life

Fred Savage was born in Glencoe, Illinois to parents Lew Savage (a real estate executive) and Joanne (a housewife). His brother is actor Ben Savage and his sister is actress/musician Kala Savage. In 1999, he graduated from Stanford University, where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, with a degree in psychology. On August 7, 2004, Savage married Jennifer Lynn Stone. They have a son named Oliver Philip Savage, who was born on August 5, 2006.

Acting career

Fred Savage's first recorded performance was in the 1987 video Dinosaurs!. He then appeared onscreen in The Boy Who Could Fly and several television shows, including The Twilight Zone and Crime Story before gaining national attention as the grandson in the 1987 film The Princess Bride opposite Peter Falk.
In 1988, Savage appeared as Kevin Arnold on The Wonder Years, the role for which he is best known, along with one of his best actor friends Payam Kobari. His tenure in the show resulted in two Golden Globe Nominations and two Emmy Nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series; at the age of 13 he would be the youngest actor ever to receive these honors. He would remain on the show until it went off the air in 1993. During this period, he appeared in several movies, most notably Little Monsters, Vice Versa, and The Wizard.
After The Wonder Years, Savage primarily did guest and supporting roles, including an appearance on the show Seinfeld as himself, the show Boy Meets World (which starred his brother Ben) and in the film Austin Powers in Goldmember as 'Number Three'.
He has also lent his voice to several animated projects, including Kim Possible, Justice League, Oswald, and Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen.
His two lead roles since The Wonder Years were on the short-lived sitcoms Working and Crumbs.
Fred Savage has also appeared as a rapist on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit and as a womanizing professor on Boy Meets World.

Behind the scenes career

Beginning with episodes of Boy Meets World in 1999, Savage began a directing career in which he helmed episodes of over a dozen youth-oriented series. His credits include Drake & Josh and Ned's Declassified for Nickelodeon, as well as That's So Raven and Hannah Montana for the Disney Channel.
Besides directing several episodes, Savage co-produced the Disney Channel Original Series Phil of the Future. In 2007, he was nominated for a Directors Guild award for the Phil episode "Not-So-Great-Great Grandpa".
Savage made his theatrical film directorial debut on 2007's Daddy Day Camp. It was a massive flop both critically and commercially.
Savage also will direct several episodes of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Filmography

• The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)
• Dinosaurs! - A Fun-Filled Trip Back in Time! (1987)
• The Princess Bride (1987)
• Vice Versa (1988)
• The Wizard (1989)
• Little Monsters (1989)
• A Guy Walks Into a Bar (1997)
• The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998)
• The Rules of Attraction (2002)
• Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
• The Last Run (2004)
• Welcome to Mooseport (2004)
• Fresh Tomato For Sauce (Attached) (2007)

Television Work

• Morningstar/Eveningstar (1986) (TV)
• Convicted: A Mother's Story (1987) (TV)
• Runaway Ralph (1988) (TV)
• Run Till You Fall (1988) (TV)
• The Wonder Years (1988) (TV)
• When You Remember Me (1990) (TV)
• Christmas on Division Street (1991) (TV)
• No One Would Tell (1996) (TV)
• How Do You Spell God? (1996) (TV)
• Working (1997) (TV)
• Area 52 (2001) (TV)
• Oswald (2001) (TV)
• Crumbs (2006) (TV)
• Holidaze: The Christmas that Almost Didn't Happen (2006) (TV & DVD)
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2007) (TV)