<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1988--present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Relatives </Th> <Td> Fred Savage (brother) Kala Savage (sister) </Td> </Tr> <P> Bennett Joseph Savage (born September 13, 1980) is an American actor . He played the lead role of Cory Matthews on the ABC sitcom Boy Meets World (1993--2000) and its Disney Channel sequel series Girl Meets World (2014--2017). </P> <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>

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