Savage was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Joanne and Lewis Savage, who were an industrial real estate broker and a consultant. His elder brother is actor/director Fred Savage, and his elder sister is actress/musician Kala Savage. His grandparents were Jewish and from Poland, Ukraine, Germany, and Latvia, and Savage was raised in Reform Judaism.\n', '

Savage made his film debut at the age of 9 in his elder brother Fred Savage\'s 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 as a 10-year-old in Clifford (1994), the latter starring Martin Short. Savage\'s stage debut was in The Laughter Epidemic at the Pasadena Playhouse. He also guest starred on his brother Fred\'s TV series The Wonder Years in the season three episode The St. Valentine\'s Day Massacre as a cupid-esque character named Curtis Hartsell.\n', '

His first major speaking role on network television was playing the recurring role of Matthew, son of the Judd Hirsch character, on the comedy series Dear John (1988). Then he was one of a family of orphans who con Robert Mitchum into being their guardian in A Family For Joe (NBC, 1990).\n', '

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