  fredrick aaron "fred" savage (born july 9, 1976) is an american actor, director and producer of television and film. he is best known for his role as kevin arnold in the american television series the wonder years. for his successes, savage has earned several awards and nominations such as citations from the people's choice awards and the young artist awards. ==early life== savage was born in chicago, the son of joanne and lewis savage, who was an industrial real estate broker and consultant. his brother is actor ben savage, and his sister is actress/musician kala savage. his grandparents were jewish immigrants from poland, ukraine, germany, and latvia. ==acting career== savage's first screen performance was in the television show morningstar/eveningstar, at age 9. he then appeared onscreen in the boy who could fly, dinosaurs!, and several television shows, including the twilight zone and crime story before gaining national attention as the grandson in the 1987 film the princess bride opposite peter falk. in 1988, savage appeared as kevin arnold on the wonder years, the role for which he is best known, and for which he received two golden globe nominations and two emmy nominations for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series. at the age of thirteen he was the youngest actor ever to receive these honors.
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