This is a signed 5x7 photo of Fred Savage
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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
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