Ben Savage
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| Born | Bennett Joseph Savage September 13, 1980 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1989 — present |
Bennett Joseph "Ben" Savage (born on September 13, 1980) is an American film and TV actor and child star of late-1980s and early-1990s.
Savage is best known for his role as the lead character Cory Matthews on the TV sitcom Boy Meets World for seven seasons, which catapulted him into stardom, and for being the younger brother of Fred Savage, who starred in the TV series The Wonder Years.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Personal life
Savage was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Joanne and Lewis Savage, who was an industrial real estate broker and consultant. [1] His brother is actor Fred Savage and his sister is actress/musician Kala Savage.
He attended Stanford University where he graduated in 2004, with a degree in Political Science and as a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. [2]
He is a huge Bruce Springsteen fan to the point where he and his father spent a summer traveling the country following Springsteen on a U.S. tour.
Savage cited Albert Brooks, Paul Newman, and Nicolas Cage as his favorite actors.
[edit] Early life
[edit] Career
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Savage made his film debut at the age of 8 in his brother Fred's hit Little Monsters (1989) and appeared in the feature films Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (1992), as "Sam", the brainy little brother and playing a 10-year old in Clifford (1994), the latter starring Martin Short. Savage's stage debut was in The Laughter Epidemic at the Pasadena Playhouse.
Savage established himself more prominently on TV. His first major speaking role on network television was playing the recurring role of Matthew, son of the Judd Hirsch character, on the comedy series Dear John (1988). Then he was one of a family of orphans who con Robert Mitchum into being their guardian in A Family For Joe (NBC, 1990).
Savage is best known for his role as lead character Cory Matthews on the TV sitcom Boy Meets World from 1993 to 2000. Cory Matthews, a '90s-model Dennis the Menace constantly at daggers drawn with authority figures — especially his sixth grade teacher, Mr. Feeny (William Daniels). At age 13, Savage once said: "I'd never talk to my teachers like Cory talks to Mr. Feeny. I mean, they're the ones who give you the grades." When Boy Meets World (BMW) premiered in the fall of 1993, advertising agencies predicted that the clever Cory Matthews character would succeed. Indeed, the sitcom became a staple of the ABC's "T.G.I.F." Friday schedule. Along with Rider Strong, he is one of the only two actors to appear in all 158 episodes of "Boy Meets World" (1993).
Savage's brother Fred appeared alongside him in one episode of BMW, guest starring where he played a lecherous college professor going after Cory's girlfriend. In the following season, December 17, 1999, Fred directed his brother and the cast of BMW in the episode, "Family Trees," as Shawn (Rider Strong) discovers that the woman who raised him is not his real mother.
Ben has also worked in several TV-movies, including She Woke Up (ABC, 1992), with Lindsay Wagner, and McDonald's Family Theatre Presents: Aliens for Breakfast (ABC, 1995), as a young teen whose breakfast cereal figure comes alive.
Savage received critical recognition for his portrayal of "Coty Wyckoff", an angel-faced boy with the soul of a killer, in the ABC Event Series, Wild Palms (1993).
In May, 1998, Savage again received critical acclaim, this time for playing "Roddy Stern" in Tony Award-winner Israel Horovitz's rarely seen play Unexpected Tenderness at the Marilyn Monroe Theater.
He made a cameo appearance as himself in an episode of the Disney Channel original series Phil of the Future.
In 2002, Savage starred in the PG-13 film Swimming Upstream playing the best friend, who was not the most mature person in the world but whose support makes up for that, to his terminally ill friend.
In 2005, he made a guest appearance on the show Still Standing as Seth Cosella, the boss of Bill Miller, played by Mark Addy.
In 2005, he starred as Ford Davis in the independent feature Car Babes, which was shot on location in Los Gatos, California. "CarBabes" had its World Premiere at the Hollywood Film Festival on October 22, 2006.
In 2006, he starred in the critically acclaimed independent film Palo Alto which first premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 29, 2007.
In 2007, he starred in the ABC pilot from Sachs/Judah "Making it Legal" alongside Scott Wolf and Robert Wagner.
In 2008, he starred as Mark Ratner in an episode of the NBC series "Chuck" alongside Nicole Richie.
In 2008, he starred as murder suspect 'Kirby Morris' in an episode of the Emmy-award winning show, "Without a Trace".
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Awards and nominations
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
- 2000: Won, "Favorite Television Friends" - Boy Meets World (shared with Rider Strong)
- 1990: Nominated, "Best Young Actor Starring in a Motion Picture" - Little Monsters
- 1994: Nominated, "Best Youth Actor Leading Role in a Television Series" - Boy Meets World
- 1997: Nominated, "Best Youth Actor Leading Role in a Television Series" - Boy Meets World
- 1998: Nominated, "Best Youth Actor Leading Role in a Television Series" - Boy Meets World
YoungStar Awards
- 1998: Nominated, "Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Comedy TV Series" - Boy Meets World
[edit] References
- ^ Fred Savage Biography (1976-)
- ^ Coutts, Anna (April 8, 2005). "What ever happened to... Ben Savage?". The Gazette (London, Ontario, Canada). http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/article.cfm?section=Arts&articleID=620&month=4&day=8&year=2005.
