Fred Savage was born July 9, 1976. He began acting at age 9 in a production produced by Lorimar called Morningstar/Eveningstar (1986). He was found by Roger Damon Price to play the role of Alan Bishop. During production Fred auditioned for Der Knabe, der fliegen konnte (1986) which launched Jay Underwood's career.
At the age of twelve, he was cast in the lead role of the series
Wunderbare Jahre (1988). He was
later in the movie Ich bin Du (1988)
with Judge Reinhold and then in
Little Monsters: Kleine Monster (1989), in which
he worked with his younger brother
Ben Savage. Then, he went into the
movie Joy Stick Heroes (1989), with
Luke Edwards,
Christian Slater,
Jenny Lewis, and
Beau Bridges.
Wunderbare Jahre (1988)
was canceled while his younger brother
Ben Savage got the lead in the show
Das leben und ich (1993). He
stopped working for a couple of years until he was cast in the series
Die lieben Kollegen (1997).