Joey Cramer

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Joey Cramer
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Cramer in 2007
Born
Deleriyes Joe August Fisher Cramer

1973or1974(age 49–50)
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)Television and movie actor
Years active1984–1996, 2018–present

Deleriyes Joe August Fisher Cramer (born 1973or1974) [1] 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 . [2]

Contents

Filmography

Television

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). [5]

Personal life

When Cramer's acting career ended in the late 1990s, Cramer returned to Canada's Sunshine Coast, where he worked in a small sporting goods store. [6]

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. [1]

In 2011, he was convicted of uttering threats and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, and was jailed for 30 days.[ citation needed ] Later that year, he was convicted of cashing forged bank cheques. [7] In October 2011, he was fined for consuming liquor in a public place.[ citation needed ]

On May 1, 2016, he was arrested in connection with the robbery of Scotiabank in Sechelt, British Columbia a 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] [13] It was released in November 2020 on Blu-ray Disc and select streaming providers. [12]

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