Deleriyes Joe August Fisher Cramer (born August 23, 1973) is a Canadian actor who had a briefly successful career in Canadian television and Hollywood in the mid-1980s, most notably for his role in the film Flight of the Navigator.[1]

Joey Cramer
Cramer in 2007
Born	Deleriyes Joe August Fisher Cramer[citation needed] (1973-08-23) August 23, 1973 (age 49) Vancouver, British Columbia possibly Edgewood, British Columbia, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation	Television and movie actor
Years active	1984–present

Early life

Cramer was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on August 23, 1973. He entered professional acting in his early teenage years using the name Joey Cramer.

Filmography

• 1984 – Runaway as Bobby Ramsey
• 1985 – I-Man as Eric Wilder[2]
• 1986 – Flight of the Navigator as David Scott Freeman[3]
• 1986 – The Clan of the Cave Bear as young Broud
• 1987 – Stone Fox as Willie
• 1988 – The Invasion, (Short Film)
• 1996 – It's My Party (uncredited)
• 2018 – 50/50 Grind as Lenny (short film)
• 2020 – Life After the Navigator as Himself
• 2020 – Fried Barry

Television

• Murder, She Wrote – Season 3 episodes 1 and 2 "Death Stalks the Big Top" (1 and 2) (1986) as Charlie McCallum.
• The Disney Sunday Movie – "I-Man" (1986) as Eric Wilder.

Awards

Cramer was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Young Actor from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films for his performance in Flight of the Navigator (1987).[4]

Personal life

When his acting career ended in the late 1990s, Cramer returned to Canada's Sunshine Coast, where he worked in a small sporting goods store.[5]

In 2008, he was prosecuted for careless storage of a firearm, and received three months' probation. Later that year, he was convicted for possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, and received a prison sentence of six months.[6] In October 2011, he was fined for consuming liquor in a public place.

In 2011, he was convicted of uttering threats and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, and was jailed for 30 days. Later that year, he was convicted of cashing forged bank cheques.[7]

On May 1, 2016, he was arrested in connection with the robbery of Scotiabank in Sechelt, British Columbia few days earlier.[8] On June 8, 2016, he pleaded guilty to charges of robbing a bank, wearing a disguise to commit a crime, fleeing police, and dangerous driving.[9] On August 31, 2016, he was sentenced to a custodial term of two years less a day, as well as two years of probation, conditions of which included attending counselling and residing in a treatment centre for narcotics abuse.[10]

In 2018, production began on a documentary about Cramer's life, Life After the Navigator.[11][12] It was released in November 2020 on Blu-ray Disc and select streaming providers.[12]

References

External links

• Joey Cramer at IMDb
• Life After the Navigator – Official movie site

На других языках

[ru] Креймер, Джои