Josh Saviano (born March 31, 1976) is an American lawyer and former child actor who played Kevin Arnold's best friend, Paul Pfeiffer, in the ABC television show The Wonder Years.
Josh Saviano | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 31, 1976 White Plains, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Yale University (BA) Yeshiva University (JD) |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, former child actor |
| Years active | 1987–1993, 2014–2016 |
| Children | 1[1] |
Early life
editSaviano was born in White Plains, New York and raised in North Caldwell, New Jersey.[2] His mother is Jewish and his father is Italian-American.[3]
Acting
editHis role in The Wonder Years was one of his few television or movie roles. His first television appearance was a one-line role in a commercial for Aim toothpaste. Saviano's other roles were as Kid Belz in the movie The Wrong Guys in 1988 and Max Plotkin in the made-for-TV movie Camp Cucamonga in 1990. He appeared in an uncredited cameo in the 1989 movie The Wizard starring Fred Savage. He guest starred on the show The Ray Bradbury Theater in 1989 as Willie and on Reading Rainbow and Fun House as himself. Saviano once starred in a television commercial for the Oldsmobile Silhouette.
After The Wonder Years ended in 1993, Saviano stopped acting, went to college and became a lawyer, but from 2014 to 2015, Saviano returned to television in three episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, where his character mimicked him in real life, as an attorney.
Later career
editSaviano majored in political science at Yale University, where he became president of Sigma Nu fraternity.[4] Upon graduation in 1998, he worked for a while as a paralegal for a New York City law firm. In 2000, he worked for an Internet firm before earning a J.D. degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University. He was admitted to the bar in New York. He joined the law firm Morrison Cohen LLP becoming a Senior Counsel in 2011 and Partner in 2013.[5] He left Morrison Cohen in 2015 to found two start-up endeavors: law firm JDS Legal and celebrity brand consultancy Act 3 Advisors.[6]
Filmography
editFilms
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | The Wrong Guys | Kid Belz |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Willie | 1 episode |
| 1989 | The All-New Mickey Mouse Club | Himself | 1 episode |
| 1989 | Reading Rainbow | Himself | 1 episode |
| 1990 | Camp Cucamonga | Max Plotkin | TV movie |
| 1988–1993 | The Wonder Years | Paul Pfeiffer | Main role; 115 episodes |
| 2005 | Biography | Himself | Documentary series |
| 2014–2016 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Don Taft | 3 episodes |
References
edit- ^ "Josh Saviano on Instagram: "Happy birthday to the most amazing human I know. Your beauty inside and out is matched only by your insatiable drive for learning, for performing and for righteousness (And for apple pie). Pride is not the word I'm looking for. It's no coincidence that you were born at 18:18 on Earth Day. On that day 14 short/Long years ago you made me the luckiest Dad there ever was and you became my gift to the Earth. Happy happy birthday ❤️🎉"".
- ^ "Thechat". Washington Post. August 7, 2006. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
- ^ Green, Tom (April 11, 1989). "Josh Saviano, no small 'Wonder'". USA Today. Retrieved February 17, 2011.[dead link]
- ^ "Josh Saviano Law School".
- ^ "Welcome to Morrison Cohen LLP - Home". morrisoncohen.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2006. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
- ^ "Josh Saviano". Retrieved July 18, 2015.