This is a signed 5x7 photo of Fred Savage The signature was done in Black Fred Aaron Savage (born July 9, 1976) is an American actor, known for his role as Kevin Arnold in the American television series The Wonder Years (1988 to 1993). He has earned several awards and nominations, such as People's Choice Awards and Young Artist Awards. He is also known for playing the Grandson in The Princess Bride. Savage has worked as a director, and in 2005 later starred in the TV sitcom Crumbs. More recently, Savage returned to acting in the TV series The Grinder. e recently, Savage returned to acting in the TV series The Grinder. Early life Savage was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Joanne and Lewis Savage, who was an industrial real estate broker and consultant. Savage grew up in Glencoe, Illinois, before moving to California. His younger brother is actor Ben Savage and his younger sister is actress/musician Kala Savage. His grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland, Ukraine, Germany and Latvia. He was raised in Reform Judaism. Education Savage was educated at Brentwood School, a private co-educational day school in Brentwood, in the Westside area of Los Angeles County in California. He graduated from Stanford University in 1999, with a bachelor's degree in English and as a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Savage in 1991. Savage's first screen performance was in the television show Morningstar/Eveningstar, at the age of 9. He then appeared onscreen in The Boy Who Could Fly, Dinosaurs! - A Fun-Filled Trip Back in Time!, 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, and for which he received two Golden Globe nominations and two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. At the age of thirteen he was the youngest actor ever to receive these honors. He remained on the show until it ended in 1993. During this period, he appeared in several films, most notably Vice Versa (1988), and also starred in Little Monsters. After The Wonder Years ended, Savage returned to high school at age 17, and later attended Stanford. His first TV role after high school was the NBC sitcom Working, which Savage starred in for its two-season run. Savage also had a series of guest and supporting roles in the late 1990s and 2000s such as the show Boy Meets World (which starred his younger brother Ben Savage) and in the film Austin Powers in Goldmember as The Mole. Savage has lent his voice to several animated projects, including Family Guy, Kim Possible, Justice League Unlimited, 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. He appeared as a serial rapist on a 2003 episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and as a womanizing professor on Boy Meets World. He ranked at #27 on VH1's 100 Greatest Kid Stars. In July 2008, Savage guest-starred in the web series The Rascal on Crackle. In 2015, Savage returned to acting with the Fox series The Grinder. Producer Nick Stoller approached Savage about playing the role of Stewart on The Grinder. Savage was uninterested at first, but agreed to meet with the producers of the series because his children attended school with Stoller's children. Savage eventually agreed to take on the role. The Grinder was canceled by Fox on May 16, 2016. In 2017, he joined the cast of the Netflix series Friends from College as Max Adler, a gay literary agent. In 2018, he began to host Child Support (originally called Five to Survive) with Ricky Gervais. In 2019, he hosts a show called What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage. Directing and producing. In 1999, Savage began his directing career in which he helmed episodes of over a dozen television series. Savage's first directing credit was on the short-lived NBC sitcom Working which also starred Savage. Following Working, Savage began observing production on the Disney Channel show Even Stevens to further learn the craft of directing. Savage also learned by shadowing Amy Sherman-Palladino, Todd Holland, and James Burrows. His credits include Boy Meets World, Drake & Josh and Ned's Declassified for Nickelodeon, as well as That's So Raven, Hannah Montana, and Wizards of Waverly Place for Disney Channel. Additionally, Savage has directed for prime-time network sitcoms including Modern Family and 2 Broke Girls.esides 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 has served as a producer for several episodes of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Friends with Benefits, Party Down, Phil of the Future, The Crazy Ones, and Happy Endings. In 2007, he made his feature film directing debut with the film Daddy Day Camp. Filmography 86 The Boy Who Could Fly Louis Michaelson Young Artist Award for Best Supporting Young Actor – Motion Picture 1987 Dinosaurs! - A Fun-Filled Trip Back in Time! Phillip The Princess Bride The Grandson Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor – Motion Picture 1988 Vice Versa Charlie Seymour / Marshall Seymour Saturn Award for Best Young Performer Runaway Ralph Garfield "Garf" Jerrniga 1989 Little Monsters Brian Stevenson The Wizard Corey Woods Nominated–Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor – Motion Picture 1996 No One Would Tell Bobby Tennison Based On True Story 1997 A Guy Walks Into a Bar Josh Cohen Short 1998 Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story Narrator 2002 The Rules of Attraction "A Junkie Named Marc" Austin Powers in Goldmember Number Three/Mole 2004 The Last Run Steven Goodson Welcome to Mooseport Bullard 2018 Super Troopers 2 Himself Cameo in post-film scene Once Upon a Deadpool The Grandson/Himself PG-13 cut of Deadpool 2 Television[edit] Year Title Role Notes 1986 The Twilight Zone Jeff Mattingly Episode: "What Are Friends For?/Aqua Vita" 1986–87 Morningstar/Eveningstar Alan Bishop 7 episodes 1987 Convicted: A Mother's Story Matthew Nickerson TV film Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater Mowser Episode: "Phantom of the Theater"; uncredited 1988 ABC Weekend Special: Runaway Ralph Garfield TV film Run Till You Fall David Reuben TV film 1988–93 The Wonder Years Kevin Arnold Lead role; 115 episodes People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Performer (1989–90) Viewers for Quality Television Award Award for Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series (1989–90) Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor in a Television Series (1988–89) Nominated– Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (1989–90) Nominated– Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (1989–90) 1990 When You Remember Me Mike Mills TV film Saturday Night Live Himself Host; Episode: "Fred Savage/Technotronic" 1991 Christmas on Division Street Trevor Atwood TV film 1992 Seinfeld Himself Episode: "The Trip" 1996 No One Would Tell Bobby Tennison TV film How Do You Spell God? Narrator TV film 1997 The Outer Limits Danny Martin Episode: "Last Supper" 1997–99 Working Matt Peyser Lead role; 39 episodes 1998 Boy Meets World Stuart Episode: "Everybody Loves Stuart" 2001–03 Oswald Oswald (voice) 25 episodes Nick Jr. Host Host from September 3, 2001 – August 29, 2003 2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Michael Gardner Episode: "Futility" 2004 Justice League Unlimited Hank Hall/Hawk (voice) Episode: "Hawk and Dove" 2006 Crumbs Mitch Crumb Lead role; 13 episodes Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen Rusty (voice) TV special 2009 Family Guy Himself (voice) Episode: "Fox-y Lady" 2010 Big Time Rush Director Episode: "Big Time Christmas" 2010–13 Generator Rex Noah (voice) 22 episodes 2011 Mr. Sunshine Himself Episode: "Celebrity Tennis" Happy Endings Himself Episode: "Lying Around" 2014–16 BoJack Horseman Goober / Richie Osborne (voice) 2 episodes 2015–16 The Grinder Stewart Sanderson Lead role; 22 episodes Nominated–Critics' Choice Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series 2017–19 Friends from College Max Adler Main cast; 2 seasons 2018 Robot Chicken Oswald / Steve / Westworld Investor (voice) Episode: "Scoot to the Gute" Bob's Burgers Parker (voice) Episode: "Boywatch" 2019 What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage Himself Host As director[edit] Films[edit] Year Title Notes 2007 Daddy Day Camp Feature film directorial debut Nominated– Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director Television[edit] Year Title Notes 1999 Working 1 episode Boy Meets World 2 episodes (1999 & 2000) 2001 All About Us 2 episodes Even Stevens 2 episodes (2001 & 2002) 2003–2005 That's So Raven 2 episodes 2004 Unfabulous 5 episodes (2004–2005) Phil of the Future 9 episodes (2004–2006), also producer Nominated–Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Children's Program (Episode: "Not So Great Great Great Grandpa") Drake & Josh 1 episode Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide 6 episodes (2004–2007) 2005 Kitchen Confidential 1 episode Zoey 101 2 episodes What I Like About You 1 episode 2007 Cavemen 1 episode Hannah Montana 1 episode 2007–2008 Doozers 4 episodes 2007–2009 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 19 episodes, also producer 2007–2008 Wizards of Waverly Place 3 episodes Nominated– Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Children's Program (Episode "The Crazy 10 Minute Sale") 2008 Ugly Betty 1 episode Worst Week 1 episode 2009 Party Down 9 episodes (2009–2010), also producer and supervising producer Zeke and Luther pilot episode Nominated– Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Children's Program (Episode "Pilot") Ruby & The Rockits 1 episode Greek 2 episodes 2010 Sons of Tucson 1 episode Big Time Rush 2 episodes Blue Mountain State 2 episodes 2010–2019 Modern Family 13 episodes 2011 Gigantic 2 episodes Happy Endings 3 episodes How to Be a Gentleman 2 episodes (2011–2012) Perfect Couples 2 episodes Breaking In 1 episode Franklin & Bash 1 episode Friends with Benefits 1 episode 2 Broke Girls 20 episodes (2011–2016) Mr. Sunshine 1 episode 2012 Whitney 1 episode Best Friends Forever 6 episodes; also executive producer 2013 The Michael J. Fox Show 1 episode The Crazy Ones 2 episodes 2014 Super Fun Night 1 episode Growing Up Fisher 1 episode Friends with Better Lives 4 episodes Playing House 2 episodes Bad Teacher 1 episode Garfunkel and Oates 8 episodes;[14] also executive producer 2014-present The Goldbergs 2 episodes 2014 Marry Me 1 episode 2015 Sin City Saints 2 episodes 2015–2016 Casual 3 episodes 2017 Fresh Off the Boat 1 episode 2018 LA to Vegas 1 episode 2018-2019 The Cool Kids 4 episodes The Conners 3 episodes 2019 Single Parents 1 episode 2020 Black-ish 1 episode This signed photo is parter of a larger lot of autographs from the infamous Sig Armitage autograph collection. All autographs have been certified by Premier Auctions. Each winning bidder will get a copy of the original Letter of Authenticity from Premier Auctions which will act as proof that this signature is real and was genuinely signed by the celebrity in the Listing. 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