{{short description|Canadian actor|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{about|the actor|the drummer of Aerosmith|Joey Kramer}} {{use Canadian English|date=March 2025}} {{use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Joey Cramer | image = Joey Cramer in June 2024.png | caption = Cramer in 2024 | birth_name = {{nowrap|Deleriyes Joe August Fisher Cramer}} | birth_date = <!-- Valid citation required if adding EXACT DATE OF BIRTH for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) -->{{birth based on age as of date|42|2016|5|4}} | birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1984–1996; 2018–present | website = {{URL|joeycramer.com}} }}
'''Deleriyes Joe August Fisher Cramer''' (born <!-- Valid citation required if adding EXACT DATE OF BIRTH for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) -->{{birth based on age as of date|42|2016|5|4|noage=1}})<ref name="natpost">{{cite news |date=May 4, 2016 |title=Former child star of Flight of the Navigator, Joey Cramer, charged in B.C. bank robbery |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/former-child-star-of-flight-of-the-navigator-joey-cramer-charged-in-sechelt-b-c-bank-robbery |access-date=May 15, 2021 |work=National Post |quote=A former 1980s child actor...Deleriyes Joe August Fisher Cramer, 42...}}</ref> 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''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://showbizgeek.com/what-ever-happened-to-the-kid-from-flight-of-the-navigator/ | title=What Ever Happened To … the kid from 'Flight of the Navigator'? | accessdate=5 May 2016}}</ref>
==Biography== Cramer was born in Vancouver, British Columbia.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rahman |first=Abid |date=2016-05-04 |title='Flight of the Navigator' Star Arrested After Bank Robbery in Canada |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/flight-navigator-star-arrested-bank-890872/ |website=Hollywood Reporter |quote=Vancouver-born Cramer... |access-date=2025-03-05}}</ref> His starring performance in 1986's ''Flight of the Navigator'' earned him a nomination for a Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Young Actor from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA (1987) |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1987/1/ |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Heritage |first1=Stuart |date=15 May 2012 |title=The actor who printed his life on a business card |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2012/may/15/actor-card-biff-back-future |accessdate=5 May 2016 |newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>
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.<ref name="natpost" />
On May 1, 2016, he was arrested in connection with the robbery of Scotiabank in Sechelt, British Columbia a few days earlier.<ref name="robbery">{{cite web |date=May 4, 2016 |title=Former child star arrested in connection with Sechelt bank robbery |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/child-star-bank-robbery-sunshine-coast-1.3565444 |publisher=CBC}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Eckford |first=Sean |date=June 16, 2016 |title=Cramer Pleads Guilty to Sechelt Bank Robbery |url=http://www.coastreporter.net/news/local-news/cramer-pleads-guilty-to-sechelt-bank-robbery-1.2280437 |access-date=May 15, 2021 |work=Coast Reporter}}</ref> 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.<ref>'Cramer Sentenced for Bank Hold-up', 'Coast Reporter', 1 September 2016. http://www.coastreporter.net/news/local-news/cramer-sentenced-for-bank-holdup-1.2335307</ref>
In 2018, production began on a documentary about Cramer's life, ''Life After the Navigator''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Downs |first1=Lisa |last2=Cramer |first2=Joey |title=Life After the Navigator |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8320096/ |access-date=May 14, 2018 |website=IMDb}}</ref><ref name="navigator">{{cite web |title=Life After Movies |url=https://www.lifeaftermovies.com/ |access-date=May 15, 2021 |website=lifeaftermovies.com}}</ref><ref>* ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o3ccNEFFlk Life After Navigator]'' A documentary depicting the movie against the backdrop the actor's lifepath.</ref> It was released in November 2020 on Blu-ray Disc and select streaming providers.<ref name="navigator" />
==Filmography==
=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Title !Role ! style="width:15em;" class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1984 |''Runaway'' |Bobby Ramsey | |- | rowspan="2" |1986 |data-sort-value="Clan of the Cave Bear, The" | ''The Clan of the Cave Bear'' |Young Broud | |- |''Flight of the Navigator'' |David Freeman<ref>{{cite web |title=Flight of the Navigator |url=https://www.amazon.com/Flight-Navigator-Joey-Cramer/dp/B0001I562I |accessdate=5 May 2016 |website=Amazon}}</ref> |Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor |- |1987 |''Stone Fox'' |Willy | |- |1996 |''It's My Party'' |Party Guest |Uncredited |- | rowspan="2" |2020 |''Fried Barry'' |Himself | |- |''Life After the Navigator'' |Himself |Documentary |- | rowspan="3" |2021 |''End of Discussion'' |Father |Short film<br />Also writer |- |''Fragile Seeds'' |Buddy | |- |''Pirette'' |Chris |Short film |- |2022 |''In Search of Tomorrow'' |Himself |Documentary |- | rowspan="3" |2023 |''Ginny's Enterprise'' |Radio Broadcaster |Short film |- |''Altered Perceptions'' |Himself | |- |''PolyGone'' |Guy |Short film |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- | rowspan="2" |1986 |''The Magical World of Disney'' |Eric Wilder |Episode: "I-Man"<ref>{{cite book |last=Goldberg |first=Lee |title=The Best TV Shows That Never Were |year=2015}}</ref> |- |''Murder, She Wrote'' |Charlie McCallum |2 episodes |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0186160|Joey Cramer}}
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