---
name: "Ben Savage"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ben-savage"
fi1m_id: "ben-savage"
imdb_id: "nm0005399"
tmdb_id: 28166
wikidata_id: "Q725070"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "13 September 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T03:54:38.477937+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ben Savage

## Identity

Ben Savage

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ben-savage
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ben-savage
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005399
- **TMDB ID:** 28166
- **Wikidata ID:** Q725070
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Savage, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q725070, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005399/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28166

Director. Born 13 September 1980 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 13 September 1980, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 1988–2014
- **Also known as:** Bennett Joseph Savage
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 acting, 1 directing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (1), 1990s 73 (1), 2000s 73 (1), 2010s 67 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Savage, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q725070, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005399/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28166

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Girl Meets World*](https://film.one/tv/girl-meets-world.md) (67)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ben Savage, also credited as Bennett Joseph Savage, is an American actor. He was born on 13 September 1980 in Chicago, Illinois.

Savage is best known for playing Cory Matthews on the sitcom *Boy Meets World* (1993–2000) and reprising the role in its sequel series *Girl Meets World* (2014–2017), on which he also directed episodes. He is the younger brother of actor and director Fred Savage.

He graduated from Stanford University with a degree in political science in 2004. Other television credits include guest roles in *Criminal Minds*, *Bones*, *Chuck* and *Without a Trace*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (3)

- *Chuck* (2007), Fi1m 73, as Mark Ratner — [page](https://film.one/tv/chuck.md)
- *Party of Five* (1994), Fi1m 73, as Stuart — [page](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md)
- *The Wonder Years* (1988), Fi1m 82, as Curtis Hartsell — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md)

### Directed (1) — the average rests on these

- *Girl Meets World* (2014), Fi1m 67, as Cory Matthews — [page](https://film.one/tv/girl-meets-world.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Girl in the Shed: The Kidnapping of Abby Hernandez* (2022), as Nathaniel Kibby
- *Love, Lights, Hanukkah!* (2020), as David Singer
- *Speechless* (2016), series, as Stuart
- *Girl Meets World* (2014), series, as Cory Matthews · Director — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/girl-meets-world.md)
- *The Caterpillar's Kimono* (2013), as Lincoln
- *Girl Meets Boy* (2013), as Scott
- *Lake Effects* (2012), as Carl
- *Shake It Up* (2010), series, as Andy Burns
- *Palo Alto, CA* (2007), as Patrick
- *Chuck* (2007), series, as Mark Ratner — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/chuck.md)
- *Car Babes* (2006), as Ford Davis
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, as Young Gideon, Jason Gideon — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)
- *Bones* (2005), series, as Hugh Burnside — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *Phil of the Future* (2004), series, Actor
- *Still Standing* (2002), series, as Seth Cosella
- *Without a Trace* (2002), series, as Kirby Morris
- *Swimming Upstream* (2002), as Teddy Benevides
- *Walt Disney World Happy Easter Parade* (1997), Actor
- *Maybe This Time* (1995), series, as Cory Matthews
- *Party of Five* (1994), series, as Stuart — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md)
- *ABC Saturday Morning Preview Special* (1994), as Cory Matthews
- *Aliens for Breakfast* (1994), as Richard Bickerstaff
- *Clifford* (1994), as Roger
- *Boy Meets World* (1993), series, as Cory Matthews
- *Wild Palms* (1993), series, as Coty Wyckoff
- *Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even* (1992), as Sam
- *She Woke Up* (1992), as Andy
- *A Family for Joe* (1990), series, as Chris Bankston
- *Little Monsters* (1989), as Eric Stevenson
- *Dear John* (1988), series, as Matthew Lacey
- *The Wonder Years* (1988), series, as Curtis Hartsell — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md)

## Gallery

- ![Ben Savage](https://film.one/media/person/285807/gallery-cda33fd99926.jpg) Ben Savage — Ben Savage - Savage for Congress, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Ben_Savage_%282023%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ben Savage at the ATX TV Festival 2015 for Girl Meets World](https://film.one/media/person/285807/gallery-fc4dc017d04c.jpg) Ben Savage at the ATX TV Festival 2015 for Girl Meets World — iDominick, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Ben_Savage.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![American actor and Congressional candidate Ben Savage standing on a street in the 30th Congressional District of California. The photo captures the subject stan (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/285807/gallery-a68df46a4577.jpg) American actor and Congressional candidate Ben Savage standing on a street in the 30th Congressional District of California. The photo captures the subject stan (2023) — Ben Savage - Savage for Congress, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Ben_Savage_%282023%29.jpg/1280px-Ben_Savage_%282023%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ben Savage at the ATX TV Festival 2015 for Girl Meets World](https://film.one/media/person/285807/gallery-baffb108276a.jpg) Ben Savage at the ATX TV Festival 2015 for Girl Meets World — iDominick, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Ben_Savage_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ben Savage at the ATX TV Festival 2015 for Girl Meets World](https://film.one/media/person/285807/gallery-af072ae5b805.jpg) Ben Savage at the ATX TV Festival 2015 for Girl Meets World — iDominick, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Ben_Savage_2015_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ben Savage (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/285807/gallery-b6093728cdaf.jpg) Ben Savage (2007) — David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Ben_Savage_by_David_Shankbone.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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