Fred Savage

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Frederick Aaron Savage (born July 9, 1976)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> is an American actor and director. He is best known for his role as Kevin Arnold in the American television series The Wonder Years (1988–1993).<ref>Template:Citation</ref> 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, and voiced the title protagonist in Oswald. Savage has worked as a director, and in 2005 later starred in the television sitcom Crumbs.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Savage returned to acting in the television series The Grinder, as well as the Netflix series Friends from College.

Early life and education

Savage was born in Chicago, to Joanne and Lewis Savage,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> who was an industrial real estate broker and consultant.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Savage grew up in Glencoe, Illinois, before moving to Southern 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.<ref name=latimes2001>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He was raised in Reform Judaism.<ref name=latimes2001 />

Savage was educated at Brentwood School, a private co-educational day school in Brentwood, in the Westside area of Los Angeles. He graduated from Stanford University in 1999, with a bachelor's degree in English and as a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Career

Acting

Savage's first screen performance was in the television show Morningstar/Eveningstar, at the age of nine. He then appeared onscreen in The Boy Who Could Fly, Dinosaurs!, 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 starred in his most well-known role as Kevin Arnold on the comedy-drama television series The Wonder Years, which earned him two Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and two Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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 and The Wizard. After The Wonder Years ended, Savage returned to high school at age 17, and later attended Stanford. His first television role after high school was the NBC sitcom Working, which Savage starred in for its two-season run.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Savage also had a series of guest and supporting roles in the late 1990s and the 2000s such as on the show Boy Meets World, (which starred his younger brother Ben Savage), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Legend of Prince Valiant, and the film Austin Powers in Goldmember as The Mole.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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 ranked at #27 on VH1's 100 Greatest Kid Stars.

In July 2008, Savage guest-starred in the web series The Rascal on Crackle.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2015, Savage returned to acting with the Fox series The Grinder.<ref name=Snierson>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Producer Nick Stoller approached Savage about playing the role of Stewart on The Grinder.<ref name=Snierson /> Savage was uninterested at first, but agreed to meet with the producers of the series because his children attended school with Stoller's children.<ref name=Snierson /> Savage eventually agreed to take on the role.<ref name=Snierson /> The Grinder was canceled by Fox on May 16, 2016.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2017, he joined the cast of the Netflix series Friends from College as Max Adler, a gay literary agent.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref name="Rose, Never-Ending Wonder Years">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Following Working, Savage began observing production on the Disney Channel show Even Stevens to further learn the craft of directing.<ref name="Rose, Never-Ending Wonder Years" /> Savage also learned by shadowing Amy Sherman-Palladino, Todd Holland, and James Burrows.

His credits include Zoey 101, Drake & Josh, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and Big Time Rush 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.<ref name="Rose, Never-Ending Wonder Years" />

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 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 directorial debut with the children's comedy film Daddy Day Camp, for which he was nominated for Worst Director at the 28th Golden Raspberry Awards.<ref name="Rose, Never-Ending Wonder Years" />

Misconduct allegations

In 1993, Savage, then 16, and his Wonder Years co-star Jason Hervey were accused of sexual harassment in a lawsuit filed by the show's former costume designer. Monique Long alleged the young actors "verbally and physically harassed her daily," with her complaints over their behavior ignored by the show's staff. The lawsuit was settled out of court.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In March 2018, a costume designer on The Grinder accused Savage of assault and intimidation and filed a complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court alleging crimes including assault, battery, and gender discrimination. Savage denied the allegations. Fox later stated that an investigation cleared the actor of any wrongdoing.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On May 6, 2022, Savage was fired as executive producer and director of The Wonder Years reboot after an investigation into alleged inappropriate conduct.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> While Savage stated that 'some of the claims were untrue', he also stated that he was going to work on changing any perceived negative behavior.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Personal life

Savage married his childhood friend Jennifer Lynn Stone on August 7, 2004.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> They have three children.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Filmography

Film

List of Fred Savage film credits

Year	Title	Functioned as			Notes	Template:Refh
		Actor	Director	Role
1986	The Boy Who Could Fly	Template:Yes	Template:No	Louis Michaelson	Young Artist Award for Best Supporting Young Actor – Motion Picture
1987	Dinosaurs!	Template:Yes	Template:No	Phillip
	The Princess Bride	Template:Yes	Template:No	The Grandson	Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor – Motion Picture
1988	Vice Versa	Template:Yes	Template:No	Charlie Seymour / Marshall Seymour	Saturn Award for Best Young Performer
1989	Little Monsters	Template:Yes	Template:No	Brian Stevenson
	The Wizard	Template:Yes	Template:No	Corey Woods	Nominated – Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor – Motion Picture
1997	A Guy Walks Into a Bar	Template:Yes	Template:No	Josh Cohen	Short film
1998	Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story	Template:Yes	Template:No	Himself (Narrator)
2002	The Rules of Attraction	Template:Yes	Template:No	"A Junkie Named Marc"
	Austin Powers in Goldmember	Template:Yes	Template:No	Number Three / Mole
2004	The Last Run	Template:Yes	Template:No	Steven Goodson
	Welcome to Mooseport	Template:Yes	Template:No	Bullard
2007	Daddy Day Camp	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:N/A	Feature film directorial debut Nominated – Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director
2018	Super Troopers 2	Template:Yes	Template:No	Himself	Cameo in post-film scene
	Once Upon a Deadpool	Template:Yes	Template:No	The Grandson / Himself	PG-13 cut of Deadpool 2

Television

List of Fred Savage television credits

Year	Title	Functioned as				Notes	Template:Refh
		Actor	Director	Producer	Role
1986	The Twilight Zone	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Jeff Mattingly	Episode: "What Are Friends For?/Aqua Vita"
1986–1987	Morningstar/Eveningstar	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Alan Bishop	7 episodes
1987	Convicted: A Mother's Story	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Matthew Nickerson	Television film
	Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Mowser	Episode: "Phantom of the Theater"
1988	ABC Weekend Special: Runaway Ralph	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Garfield	Television film
	Run Till You Fall	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	David Reuben	Television film
1988–1993	The Wonder Years	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	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	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Mike Mills	Television film
	Saturday Night Live	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Himself	Host; episode: "Fred Savage/Technotronic"
1991	Christmas on Division Street	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Trevor Atwood	Television film
1992	Seinfeld	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Himself	Episode: "The Trip"
1996	No One Would Tell	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Bobby Tennison	Television film
	How Do You Spell God?	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Himself (Narrator)	Television film
1997	The Outer Limits	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Danny Martin	Episode: "Last Supper"
1997–1999	Working	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Matt Peyser	Lead role; 39 episodes
1998	Boy Meets World	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Stuart	Episode: "Everybody Loves Stuart"
1999–2000	Boy Meets World	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	2 episodes
2001	All About Us	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	2 episodes
2001–2002	Even Stevens	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	2 episodes
2001–2003	Oswald	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Oswald	Voice, 25 episodes
	Nick Jr.	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Himself (Host)	Host from September 3, 2001 – August 29, 2003
2003	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Michael Gardner	Episode: "Futility"
2003–2005	That's So Raven	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	2 episodes
2004	Justice League Unlimited	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Hank Hall / Hawk	Voice, episode: "Hawk and Dove"
	Drake & Josh	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	1 episode
2004–2005	Unfabulous	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	5 episodes
2004–2006	Phil of the Future	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:N/A	9 episodes Nominated – Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Children's Program (Episode: "Not So Great Great Great Grandpa")
2004–2007	Kim Possible	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Wego	Voice, 2 episodes
	Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	6 episodes
2005	Kitchen Confidential	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	1 episode
	Zoey 101	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	2 episodes
	What I Like About You	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	1 episode
2006	Crumbs	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Mitch Crumb	Lead role; 13 episodes
	Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Rusty	Voice, TV special
2007	Cavemen	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	1 episode
	Hannah Montana	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	1 episode
2007–2008	Doozers	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	4 episodes
	Wizards of Waverly Place	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	3 episodes Nominated – Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Children's Program (Episode "The Crazy 10 Minute Sale")
2007–2009	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:N/A	19 episodes
2008	Ugly Betty	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	1 episode
	Worst Week	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	1 episode
2009	Family Guy	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Himself	Voice, episode: "Fox-y Lady"
	Zeke and Luther	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	Pilot episode Nominated – Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Children's Program (Episode "Pilot")
	Ruby & the Rockits	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	1 episode
2009–2010	Greek	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	2 episodes
	Party Down	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:N/A	9 episodes; executive producer
2010	Sons of Tucson	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	1 episode
	Big Time Rush	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	2 episodes
	Blue Mountain State	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	2 episodes
2010–2013	Generator Rex	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Noah Nixon	Voice, 22 episodes
2010–2020	Modern Family	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	14 episodes
2011	Gigantic	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	2 episodes
	Breaking In	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	1 episode
	Perfect Couples	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	2 episodes
	Franklin & Bash	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	1 episode
	Friends with Benefits	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	1 episode
	Mr. Sunshine	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Himself	Episode: "Celebrity Tennis"
	Happy Endings	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Himself	3 episodes
2011–2012	How to Be a Gentleman	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	2 episodes
2011–2016	2 Broke Girls	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	20 episodes
2012	Whitney	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	1 episode
	Best Friends Forever	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:N/A	6 episodes; executive producer
2013	The Michael J. Fox Show	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	1 episode
	The Crazy Ones	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	2 episodes
2014	Super Fun Night	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	1 episode
	Growing Up Fisher	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	1 episode
	Friends with Better Lives	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	4 episodes
	Playing House	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	2 episodes
	Bad Teacher	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	1 episode
	Garfunkel and Oates	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:N/A	8 episodes; executive producer	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2014	Marry Me	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	1 episode
2014–2016	BoJack Horseman	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Goober / Richie Osborne	Voice, 2 episodes
2014–2019	The Goldbergs	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	2 episodes
2015	Sin City Saints	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	2 episodes
2015–2016	The Grinde	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Stewart Sanderson	Lead role; 22 episodes Nominated – Critics' Choice Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series
	Casual	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	3 episodes
2017	Fresh Off the Boat	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	1 episode
2017–2019	Friends from College	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Max Adler	Main cast; 2 seasons	<ref name=":0" />
2018	Child Support	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Himself	Host. In 2018, he began to host Child Support (originally called Five to Survive) with Ricky Gervais.
	Robot Chicken	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Oswald, Steve, Westworld Investor	Voice, episode: "Scoot to the Gute"
	Modern Family	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Caleb	Episode: "Dear Beloved Family"
	LA to Vegas	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	Episode: "Parking Lot B"
	Bob's Burgers	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Parker	Voice, episode: "Boywatch"
2018–2019	The Cool Kids	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	4 episodes
2018–2021	The Conners	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Dr. Harding	7 episodes
2019	What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Himself	Host	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2019–2020	Single Parents	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	4 episodes
2020	Black-ish	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	3 episodes
	Indebted	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	1 episode
	Home Movie: The Princess Bride	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	The Grandson	Episode: "Chapter One: As You Wish"	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Dash & Lily	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:N/A	4 episodes
2021–2022	The Wonder Years	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:N/A	4 episodes	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022	The Afterparty	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Vaughn	Episode: "Danner"
2024	Three Women	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Rody	2 episodes

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