Ken Kramer

About Ken Kramer

Who is it?: Actor
Birth Day: February 19, 1942
Appointed by: George H.W. Bush
Preceded by: Bill Armstrong
Succeeded by: Joel Hefley
Political party: Republican
Alma mater: University of Illinois Harvard Law School
Occupation: Attorney
Allegiance: United States of America
Service/branch: United States Army
Years of service: 1967–1970

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Ken Kramer was born on February 19, 1942, is Actor. Ken Kramer was born in 1940 in Canada, and was studying theatre in England when he met and married Sue Richmond (Sue Kramer) where they both graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. They formed the Globe Theatre in Regina, Saskatchwan in 1966 as a children's touring company. By 1970, the Globe was adding adult productions, and in 1974 mounted a full adult season, including at least one new Canadian play in the lineup.Ken acted in or directed many of the Globe's ambitious productions, including Macbeth (1985), Cyrano de Bergerac (1986), and King Lear (1986). In 1988, he was named to the Order of Canada. In 1990, he was awarded a Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts by the Saskatchewan Arts Board. After enormous success with the Globe Theater Ken left the theater for green pastures in Vancouver BC where he has worked steadily in movies, television and doing voice work.As a movie actor he has been in The Fantastic Four (2005), played a doctor in a hilarious scene that found him going toe to toe with Marlon Wayans in Little Man (2006) and played Gordon Trescott in No Men Beyond This Point (2015).As a television actor he was a series regular on A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001-2002), played Fritz Sauckel alongside Alec Baldwin in the TV Series Nuremberg (2000). He's fought in court with MacGyver (1990), worked a case with Fox Mulder (1996) and brought Joan Rivers to tears in Tears and Laughter: The Joan and Melissa Rivers Story (1994).Also known in the industry for his impeccable voice work - Ken brought his Shakespearean gravitas to animated features like Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven (2005) and as Master Bai-Luan in Sword of the Stranger (2007) and recently did the lead voice of Asterix in Asterix and Obelix: Mansion of the Gods (2014).
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Biography/Timeline

1942

Born in 1942, in Chicago, Kramer grew up in the city's suburb of Skokie, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois, and after earning his degree, entered Harvard University, from which he received his Juris Doctor. In 1966, he was admitted to the bar, and by 1970, he had risen to the position of assistant district attorney for the state's Fourth Judicial District.

1972

In 1972, Kramer was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives and served for three terms until 1978. That year, he was elected to represent the state's 5th congressional district, filling the vacancy left by U.S. Senator-elect william Armstrong. Kramer held the seat for eight years. In 1986, he retired to run for the United States Senate, but lost the election to Democrat Tim Wirth. Kramer returned to Colorado Springs, Colorado to be an attorney in private practice.

1988

Since retiring, Kramer has held several positions. President Ronald Reagan nominated Kramer to be Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) on June 10, 1988; the United State Senate confirmed Kramer by unanimous consent on October 14, 1988. He was nominated by President George H.W. Bush and appointed as a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in 1989. He was chief judge for the court until he retired in 2004.