20 Facts About Ben Savage

Ben Savage played the lead role of Cory Matthews on the ABC sitcom Boy Meets World and its Disney Channel sequel Girl Meets World.

Ben Savage's grandparents were Jewish and from Poland, Ukraine, Germany, and Latvia, and Savage was raised in Reform Judaism.

Ben Savage made his film debut at the age of 9 in his elder brother Fred Ben Savage's Little Monsters and appeared in the feature films Big Girls Don't Cry.

Ben Savage 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.

Ben Savage was one of a family of orphans who con Robert Mitchum into being their guardian in A Family for Joe.

Ben Savage is best known for his role as lead character Cory Matthews on the hit TV sitcom Boy Meets World from 1993 until 2000.

Ben Savage's brother Fred appeared alongside him in one episode, guest starring as a lecherous college professor pursuing Cory's girlfriend.

Ben Savage has worked in several TV movies, including She Woke Up with Lindsay Wagner and McDonald's Family Theatre Presents: Aliens for Breakfast, as a young teen whose breakfast cereal figure comes alive.

Ben Savage received critical recognition for his portrayal of Coty Wyckoff, an angel-faced boy with the soul of a killer, in the ABC Event Series, Wild Palms.

In 2002, Ben Savage starred in the film Swimming Upstream playing the best friend who was slightly immature but very supportive of his terminally ill friend.

Ben Savage took a break from acting in both film and television for three years, but he later made a guest appearance in Still Standing as Seth Cosella, the boss of Bill Miller, played by Mark Addy.

Ben Savage guest starred on the Disney Channel series Shake It Up playing Andy Burns.

In November 2012, Ben Savage announced via his Twitter account that he had signed on to the Boy Meets World spin-off series, Girl Meets World.

Besides being Riley's father, Cory is her history teacher in this series; in addition to his on-screen role, Ben Savage directed 10 episodes.

Ben Savage has, on three occasions, portrayed younger versions of characters played by Mandy Patinkin in flashback scenes: in 2015 and 2020 in Criminal Minds, and in 2020 in Homeland.

Ben Savage interned for US Senator Arlen Specter in 2003 as a requirement for completing his studies at Stanford University, where he graduated in 2004 with a degree in political science and as a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.

Ben Savage was not elected for one of the three at-large positions.

In March 2023, Ben Savage announced his campaign as a Democrat for California's 30th congressional district, held by Adam Schiff, who retired to run for United States Senate.

Ben Savage was defeated in the primary by state Assemblywoman Laura Friedman.

In October 2023, Ben Savage signed an open letter written by Creative Community for Peace after the Hamas-led attacks on Israel.