Michael Eric Kramer is an

American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, p ...

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

. He is best known as playing the main character "Carl" from the cult film '' Over the Edge'' which centers on teenage rebellion. He appeared in other films with very small parts, like '' Project X''—which, like ''Over the Edge'', was directed by

Jonathan Kaplan Jonathan Kaplan (born November 25, 1947) is an American film producer and film director, director. His film ''The Accused (1988 film), The Accused'' (1988) earned actress Jodie Foster the Academy Awards, Oscar for Academy Award for Best Actress ...

—and '' Return to Horror High''. No longer acting, he is a clinical psychologist and currently works at the Manhattan Campus of the

Veterans Health Administration The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the component of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) led by the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health that implements the healthcare program of the VA through a Nationali ...

Medical Center New York, on

posttraumatic stress disorder Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental disorder that develops from experiencing a Psychological trauma, traumatic event, such as sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, warfare and its associated traumas, natural disaster ...

therapy using virtual reality. He also is the father of twins."A Soldier's Therapy Session"
Digital Nation, PBS Frontline, April 29, 2009.

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* * https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/virtual-worlds/health-healing/a-soldiers-therapy-session.html Living people American male film actors 1962 births {{US-film-actor-1960s-stub