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Frederick Aaron Savage (born July 9, 1976) is an American actor and television director.
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 English. His son Oliver Philip Savage was born in August 2006.
Acting career
Fred Savage's first recorded performance was in the 1980 film Dinosaurs!. He then appeared onscreen in The Boy Who Could Fly and several television shows, including The Twilight Zone and Crime Story before gaining notoriety 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. 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 and The Wizard.
After The Wonder Years, Savage primarily did guest and supporting roles, including an appearance on the television 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 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.
Behind the scenes career
Beginning with episodes of Boy Meets World in 1993, 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 will make his theatrical film directorial debut on 2007's Daddy Day Camp.
Acting filmography
1. Holidaze: The Christmas that Almost Didn't Happen (2006) (TV & DVD)
2. Crumbs (2006) (TV)
3. Welcome to Mooseport (2004)
4. The Last Run (2004)
5. Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
6. The Rules of Attraction (2002)
7. Oswald (2001) (TV)
8. Area 52 (2001) (TV)
9. The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998) (V)
10. Working (1997) (TV)
11. A Guy Walks Into a Bar (1997)
12. How Do You Spell God? (1996) (TV)
13. No One Would Tell (1996) (TV)
14. Christmas on Division Street (1991) (TV)
15. When You Remember Me (1990) (TV)
16. The Wizard (1989)
17. Little Monsters (1989)
18. The Wonder Years (1988) (TV)
19. Run Till You Fall (1988) (TV)
20. Vice Versa (1988)
21. Runaway Ralph (1988) (TV)
22. Dinosaurs! - A Fun-Filled Trip Back in Time! (1987) (VHS)
23. The Princess Bride (1987)
24. Convicted: A Mother's Story (1987) (TV)
25. The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)
26. Morningstar/Eveningstar (1986) (TV)
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