Biography:
| Birthday: |
September 13th, 1980, Chicago, Illinois, USA, as Bennett Joseph Savage |
| Parents: |
Lew (a real estate executive) and Joanne (a homemaker), live with Ben
and Kala in Los Angeles (1996) |
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Ben is the younger brother of Fred
Savage who played the main character Kevin Arnold on "The Wonder Years".
He has also a older sister, Kala, who was born in 1979 and is now a high
school senior and a stage actress (1996).
Today he is a tenth-grade student (1996).
He spent his early days with his family in Glencoe, a suburb of Chicago. |
Trivia:
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Ben followed in the footsteps of his older brother brother by launching
his television career with appearences in several TV commercials. His first
job was in a TV ad for a drugstore chain in 1985. "All I had to do was
sit in a pool and smile," says Ben.
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He co-starred in the ABC special "McDonald's Family Theatre Presents:
Aliens For Breakfast."
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Ben Savage also made a stage debut, in "The Laughter Epidemic,"
performed at the Pasadena Playhouse.
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In May 1998 he played Roddy Stern in "Unexpected Tenderness", a play by
Israel Horovitz, at Marilyn Monroe Theater, Los Angeles.
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In the movie "Little Monsters" (1989) we see both brothers: Fred Savage
as Brian, Ben as Eric.
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He has done TV commercial for Sunbeam bread (1989) and for Frosted Cheerios
(1996).
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Ben is attending Stanford University, beginning fall 2000.
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Height: 5' 6" or 5' 7"
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There is an article about Ben Savage with a
short interview.
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