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Fred Savage

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Fred Savage was born July 9, 1976. He began acting at age 9 in a production produced by Lorimar called Morningstar/Eveningstar (1986). He was found by Roger Damon Price to play the role of Alan Bishop. During production Fred auditioned for The Boy Who Could Fly (1986) which launched Jay Underwood's career.

At the age of twelve, he was cast in the lead role of the series The Wonder Years (1988). He was later in the movie Vice Versa (1988) with Judge Reinhold and then in Little Monsters (1989), in which he worked with his younger brother Ben Savage. Then, he went into the movie The Wizard (1989), with Luke Edwards, Christian Slater, Jenny Lewis, and Beau Bridges. The Wonder Years (1988) was canceled while his younger brother Ben Savage got the lead in the show Boy Meets World (1993). He stopped working for a couple of years until he was cast in the series Working (1997).
- IMDb mini biography by: Sam W.

At the age of twelve, he became the youngest person ever to be nominated for an Emmy as best leading performer.
In lieu of wedding gifts, they requested that donations be made to Children's Hospital Cancer Center of Los Angeles, in memory of their childhood friend.
After having not seen each other in over five years, Fred was reunited with his fellow The Wonder Years (1988) cast member Jason Hervey, who played his older brother Wayne when they did a guest spot on the animated series Justice League Unlimited (2004) in the episode Hawk and Dove (2004). They played, of all things, bickering brothers who were also superheroes. It was originally intended that Jason would voice the older, more aggressive brother (Hank Hall/Hawk) while Fred voiced the younger, more docile brother (Don Hall/Dove) as they had done on The Wonder Years (1988), but during the voice-recording session, they switched roles unexpectedly, so Fred voiced the older brother while Jason voiced the younger brother.
Graduated from Stanford University in 1999 with a degree in English.
He first met his wife, Jennifer Savage, when they were neighbors as children. Coincidently, he became famous for playing a character, on The Wonder Years (1988), who has a childhood romance with his neighbor.

I love to unwind and watch movies, especially those from the classic black-and-white era.
I think it is important to maintain a sense of self and confidence, not letting either falter for the sake of a particular part or project, no matter how great it might be.
Other acting opportunities had come along, but nothing that was tantalizing enough to me to step away from what I found most interesting.
I am an English major in school with an emphasis in creative writing. I think hearing Maya Angelou speak at school last year was one of the best moments Stanford, at least, intellectually, had to offer.
The only thing that frightens me a little is when I'm called Kevin rather than Fred, but that's how people have known me for so many years. So, I can't really blame them.

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