<P> 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 . </P> <P> 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 Valentine's Day episode . </P> <P> 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). </P> <P> Ben is best known for his role as lead character Cory Matthews on the hit TV sitcom Boy Meets World from 1993 until 2000 . Savage's brother Fred appeared alongside him in one episode of Boy Meets World, guest starring as a lecherous college professor pursuing Cory's girlfriend . In the following season, Fred directed his brother and the cast of Boy Meets World in the episode "Family Trees," as Shawn (Rider Strong) discovers that the woman who raised him is not his biological mother . </P>

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