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Ben Savage

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Ben Savage

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  • Both Ben and his brother Fred Savage made guest appearances on each of their respected sitcoms, Boy Meets World and Wonder Years.
  • He has played the same character (Cory Matthews) on three different series: Boy Meets World (1993), Maybe This Time (1995) and Girl Meets World (2014).
  • He and his Boy Meets World co-star Matthew Lawrence both credit their older brothers Fred Savage and Joey Lawrence for getting them into acting.
  • Graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Political Science (2004)
  • Spent 7 years of his childhood growing up with the same group of people while on Boy Meets World , Rider Strong, Danielle Fishel, and Will Friedle. They are all still good friends today.
  • Is good friends with former Boy Meets World co-star Rider Strong.
  • Interned in the office of US Senator Arlen Specter as a requirement for completing his Political Science degree at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, from where he graduated in 2004.
  • Volunteers for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.
  • Along with Rider Strong, he is one of only two actors to appear in all 158 episodes of Boy Meets World (1993).
  • Close friends with Matthew Lawrence.
  • Youngest brother of actor Fred Savage and Kala Savage.
  • His acting mentor was William Daniels.
  • In the Criminal Minds (2005) episode "Nelson's Sparrow (2015), he plays the younger version of Jason Gideon, the character originally played by Mandy Patinkin, who appeared in The Princess Bride (1987) with his older brother Fred Savage.
  • He is a huge Bruce Springsteen fan. His father and he spent a summer traveling the country following Springsteen on a US tour.
  • Has cited Albert Brooks, Paul Newman, and Nicolas Cage as his favorite actors.
  • Played a younger version of Mandy Patinkin's characters in both Criminal Minds and Homeland. Plus, Savage and Patinkin were both born in Chicago.
  • Was very good friends with Willie Garson who he met on the set of Boy meets World. They knew each for over 25 years until Garson's passing in 2021.
  • He donated many items to Rocky Stone to be given to less-fortunate kids as part of the Toy Mountain Campaign.
  • Good friends with fellow Boy Meets World actor Anthony Tyler Quinn.
  • Majored in Political Science.
  • In 1998, he won an Ovation Award for Best Actor for his part in the play "Unexpected Tenderness."
  • Member of Sigma Chi fraternity.
  • Credits his parents with getting him into acting.
  • Graduated high school in 1998 from Brentwood School in Los Angeles, California.
  • On January 11, 2023, Savage announced his engagement to his girlfriend Tessa Angermeier for nearly 5 years together.
  • Brother-in-law of Jared Flamm.

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