Greg Kramer

Greg Kramer was a British-Canadian actor, author, director and magician who left Hertfordshire, England for Canada in 1981 and worked there for the rest of his life. On television he appeared regularly in Forever Knight and Once a Thief, and in Tales from the Neverending Story, and he also did voice work on Tripping the Rift and Arthur. His film roles included 300 (2007), The Day After Tomorrow, I'm Not There and On the Road, and he acted across Canada, from the Vancouver Playhouse to Ottawa's National Arts Centre. He directed for the theater as well, earning a Dora nomination for Marat/Sade and a Best Director MECCA award for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and he was a magic consultant for a Stratford Shakespeare Festival staging of The Tempest directed by Des McAnuff. As a writer he published novels including The Pursemonger of fugu, shortlisted for the City of Toronto Book Award, and wrote plays.