Joey Cramer

{{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 = {{birth based on age as of date|42|2016|5|4}}

| birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1984–1996; 2018–present

| website = {{url|joeycramer.com}}

}}

Deleriyes Joe August Fisher Cramer (born {{birth based on age as of date|42|2016|5|4|noage=1}}){{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...}} 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.{{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}}

Biography

Cramer was born in Vancouver, British Columbia.{{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}} 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.Saturn Awards list nomination 1987. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1987.

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.{{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}}

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.

On May 1, 2016, he was arrested in connection with the robbery of Scotiabank in Sechelt, British Columbia a few days earlier.{{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}} 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.{{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}} 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.'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

In 2018, production began on a documentary about Cramer's life, Life After the Navigator.{{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}}{{cite web |title=Life After Movies |url=https://www.lifeaftermovies.com/ |access-date=May 15, 2021 |website=lifeaftermovies.com}}* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o3ccNEFFlk Life After Navigator] A documentary depicting the movie against the backdrop the actor's lifepath. It was released in November 2020 on Blu-ray Disc and select streaming providers.

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{{cite web |title=Flight of the Navigator |url=https://www.amazon.com/Flight-Navigator-Joey-Cramer/dp/B0001I562I |accessdate=5 May 2016 |website=Amazon}}

|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