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 lead character Cory Matthews on the TV sitcom Boy Meets World from 1993 to 2000. and for being the younger brother of Fred Savage, who starred in the TV series The Wonder Years.
Savage was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Joanne and Lewis Savage, who was an industrial rea...
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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 lead character Cory Matthews on the TV sitcom Boy Meets World from 1993 to 2000. and for being the younger brother of Fred Savage, who starred in the TV series The Wonder Years.
Savage was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Joanne and Lewis Savage, who was an industrial real estate broker and consultant. His brother is actor Fred Savage, his sister is actress/musician Kala Savage. His grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Latvia, Ukraine, Germany, and Poland, and Savage was raised as a Reform Jew.
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...
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