- Is considered "the weird sister" by his siblings and parents.
- Has one son (born in January 1989) from his first marriage.
- Living in Los Angeles, California as a single father enjoying life and trying to break into Main Stream entertainment. (August 2006)
- He suffered a small stroke in 2006 but fully recovered.
- Savage appeared in the 1978 classic Debbie Does Dallas, for which he was paid about $150 a day. The film was a financial success, becoming one of the top five highest grossing adult films of all time.
- Savage began studying acting under Broadway theatre actress Uta Hagen and renowned acting teacher Stella Adler.
- Savage was introduced to the adult film industry via the actor R. Bolla in 1976, He went on to become one of the biggest stars of the "Golden Age of Porn" in the 1970s and 1980s.
- During the mid-1980s, Savage helped to organize sex workers in San Francisco to fight for better wages. The initiative was ultimately abandoned after production studios threatened to blacklist performers.
- In 2002, AVN ranked him 46th on their list of The Top 50 Porn Stars of All Time.
- In 1988, Savage was inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame. That same year, he left pornography to work in sales and video distribution. He returned to performing in 1997.
- He also performed in the interactive dinner show Joni and Gina's Wedding.
- Growing up, he attended a Conservative synagogue. Savage saw his first adult film The Nun's Bad Habit at a movie theater in Times Square.
- In July 2016, Savage premiered Porn Star: My Life In The Sex Industry, an autobiographical one-man show, which he successfully funded through a Kickstarter campaign.
- He also worked for an exercise company.
- In January 2013, he portrayed pornographic film director Gerard Damiano in the Los Angeles production of The Deep Throat Sex Scandal, a play described as the "theatrical telling of the back story of Deep Throat." His performance drew positive reviews. Writing for The Los Angeles Times, Charlotte Stoudt called Savage's portrayal of Damiano "surprisingly cogent". Myron Meisel from The Hollywood Reporter remarked that he "engenders endearing empathy as the amiably deluded director Damiano".
- His mother battled with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- Savage appeared as himself in Pretty Filthy, a musical about the adult film industry.
- Savage performed under the name "Max Cohen" in a 2006 production of Neil Simon's The Prisoner of Second Avenue.
- Savage is a practicing Buddhist.
- Savage initially sought a mainstream stage and screen career. However, he became disillusioned by the constant auditioning and competition for roles.
- Served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War.
- Savage suffered a major heart attack in 2022.
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