Frederick Aaron Savage, known more popularly as Fred Savage, was born on July 9, 1976 in Glencoe , Illinois . He is the son of consultant Joanne and real estate broker Lewis, and brother to actor Ben Savage (of Boy Meets World) and actress and musician Kala Savage.

Savage is of Jewish descent, with grandparents from a variety of central European countries. He was raised in Reform Judaism.

Savage was an actor from a very early age, with his first recorded performance coming in the 1987 claymation video Dinosaurs!. He continued to appear in roles in The Boy Who Could Fly, The Twilight Zone and Crime Story before becoming a well-known child actor with his spot in The Princess Bride as the grandson in the real-life segments of the movie.

His best known role to date, however, has undoubtedly been that of Kevin Arnold on The Wonder Years. As Arnold Savage dealt with always comedic, occasionally dramatic issues involved with growing up in the 1960’s (it was something of a retrospective show). He was the show’s star for all six of its seasons, and was the youngest actor at that point to receive both Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for the part. The show ended in 1993.

During his tenure on The Wonder Years Savage appeared in a number of movies including Vice Versa, The Wizard and Little Monsters, in each case in a starring role. Once The Wonder Years ended Savage’s starring roles petered out and he began appearing in mostly cameo roles, including Seinfeld, Austin Powers in Goldmember, Law and Order and on his brother’s show Boy Meets World. He’s also contributed his voice to a number of animated shows, among them Kim Possible, Oswald, Holidaze: The Christmas The Almost Didn’t Happen and Justice League Unlimited.

After his time on Boy Meets World Savage attended and graduated from Stanford University with a degree in English. Several years later he married Jennifer Lynn Stone, and since then they’ve had two children, son Oliver and daughter Lily.

Savage also attempted to break back into starring roles with two television shows. The first was on the two-season sitcom Working, and the second on the aborted Crumbs. Neither encountered much success.

Savage has since broken into the directing world, beginning with several episodes of Boy Meets World in 1999. From there he moved on to direct episodes of several child-oriented shows the likes of Hannah Montana, That’s So Raven, Drake & Josh, Ned’s Declassified and Wizards of Waverly Palae. He’s worked for both the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon, also co-producing the Disney series Phil of the Future, for which he was nominated for a Directors Guild award.

Savage made his big screen directorial debut in 2007 with the film Daddy Day Care. Unfortunately the movie was not well received, and he earned a nomination for Worst Director at the Golden Raspberry Awards.

Savage’s latest work includes directing several episodes of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and appearances in Fresh Tomato for Sauce and Single White Millionaire.