Fred Savage Biography

Fast Facts

• By age 6, he was acting in radio and TV commercials, including one for Pac-Man vitamins
• Said his first kiss happened on camera, with Danica McKellar, who played Winnie on The Wonder Years
• In 1989, at age 13, he became the youngest actor nominated for a Best Actor Emmy
• After The Wonder Years went off the air, he attended Brentwood School in L
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• for his senior year of high school, and played running back and linebacker on its football team
• Earned an English degree at Stanford, but took time off between his junior and senior years to star in the short-lived sitcom Working
• After graduating from college, he focused on directing for TV, helming episodes of Boy Meets World (which starred his brother Ben), Ugly Betty, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and others
• The "In Memoriam" segment at the 2010 Emmys spurred Internet death rumors, when producers used a childhood photo of Corey Haim that bore a striking resemblance to Savage