Josh Saviano | |
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| Born | (1976-03-31)March 31, 1976 (age 48) 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] |
Josh Saviano (born March 31, 1976)[2]is an American lawyer and formerchild actor who played Kevin Arnold's best friend, Paul Pfeiffer, in the ABC television showThe Wonder Years.
Saviano was born inWhite Plains, New York and raised inNorth Caldwell, New Jersey.[3] He isJewish. As a child, he played soccer.[4]
His role inThe Wonder Years was one of his few television or movie roles. When he was not filming forThe Wonder Years, he attended school in New Jersey. His first television appearance was a one-line role in a commercial forAim toothpaste. Saviano's other roles were as Kid Belz in the movieThe Wrong Guys in 1988 and Max Plotkin in the made-for-TV movieCamp Cucamonga in 1990. He appeared in an uncredited cameo in the 1989 movieThe Wizard starring Fred Savage. He guest starred on the showThe Ray Bradbury Theater in 1989 as Willie and onReading Rainbow andFun House as himself. Saviano once starred in a television commercial for theOldsmobile Silhouette.
AfterThe 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 ofLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit, where his character mimicked him in real life, as an attorney.
Saviano majored inPolitical Science atYale University, where he became president ofSigma Nu fraternity.[5] Upon graduation in 1998, he worked for a while as aparalegal for aNew York City law firm. In 2000, he worked for an Internet firm before earning aJ.D. degree from theBenjamin N. Cardozo School of Law atYeshiva 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.[6] He left Morrison Cohen in 2015 to found two start-up endeavors: law firm JDS Legal and celebrity brand consultancy Act 3 Advisors.[7]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1988 | The Wrong Guys | Kid Belz |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 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 |
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