Wil Wheaton began acting in commercials at the age of seven, and by the age of ten had appeared in numerous television and film roles. In 1986, his critically acclaimed role in Rob Reiner’s Stand By Me put him in the public spotlight, where he remains to this day. In 1987, Wil was cast as Wesley Crusher in the hit television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Recently, Wil has held recurring roles on TNT’s Leverage and SyFy’s Eureka; he currently recurs on CBS’s The Big Bang Theory. He played Axis of Anarchy leader Fawkes in Felicia Day’s webseries The Guild, and currently writes, produces, and hosts The Wil Wheaton Project on Syfy. He is also the creator and host of the multiple award-winning webseries Tabletop, which is about to begin its third season..As a voice actor, Wil has been featured in video games such as Broken Age, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Brütal Legend, DC Universe Online, Fallout: New Vegas, and Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter. He has lent his voice talents to animated series including Family Guy, Legion of Superheroes, Ben 10: Alien Force, Generator Rex, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, and Teen Titans. As an author, he's published many acclaimed books, among them: Just A Geek, Dancing Barefoot, and The Happiest Days of Our Lives. All of his books grew out of Wil’s immensely popular, award-winning weblog, which he created and maintains at WIL WHEATON dot NET. While most celebrities are happy to let publicists design and maintain their websites, Wil took a decidedly different turn when he started blogging in 2001, when he designed and coded his website on his own. Wil personally maintains a popular social media presence, including a popular Tumblr, Facebook page, and Google Plus page. His frequently-cited Twitter account is followed by over 2.3 million people.Wil is widely recognized as one of the original celebrity bloggers, and is a respected voice in the blogging community. In 2003, Forbes.com readers voted WWdN the “Best Celebrity Weblog.” Wil's blog was chosen by C|Net for inclusion in their 100 most influential blogs, and is an “A” lister, according to Blogebrity.com. In the 2002 weblog awards (the bloggies) Wil won every category in which he was nominated, including “Weblog of the Year.” In 2007, Wil was nominated for a Lifetime Achievement Bloggie, alongside Internet powerhouses Slashdot and Fark. In the 2008 weblog awards, Wil was voted the "Best Celebrity Blogger," and in 2009 Forbes named him the 14th most influential web celebrity. This is all amusing to Wil, who doesn't think of himself as a celebrity, but is instead, "just this guy, you know?"
Family: parents, Rick and Debbie; younger siblings, Jeremy Wheaton , Amy Wheaton.
Wils first big break in acting was opposite Bill Cosby in a Jell-O Pudding Pops commercial.
Loves hockey, magic, juggling, plays golf and plays guitar.
He said a few lines on Chunky As (Arsenio Hall s) song "Dope, the Big Lie", which appears on the Chunky A album "Large and in Charge".
He and wife, Anne, have two sons, Nolan and Ryan Wheaton , from her previous marriage. They live in Los Angeles, California.
Was once a celebrity spokesman for NewTek company, after leaving "Star Trek: The Next Generation" .
Wil is a life-long fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, and he is also an avid player of video games, which lead to his voice-over role in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas .
He is a posting member of the internet communities Slashdot (slashdot.org) and Reddit (reddit.com). He does interviews on a regular basis and participates in discussion. He also answers private messages.
Has played as part of the PokerStars.com team in the 2005 World Series of Poker.
Regained a decent measure of fame after launching his own website, WilWheaton.net, which led to a number of voice acting roles and a new career as a blogger and an author--he has written three memoirs; "Dancing Barefoot" (Monolith Press - 2003), "Just a Geek" (OReilly Media - 2004) and "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" (Monolith Press - 2007). All three books are based on his blog.
According to Wheatons book "Just a Geek", several of his "Star Trek: The Next Generation" castmates, including Jonathan Frakes , nicknamed (and still call) him Teen Idol, while Brent Spiner calls him Miltie.
Was number 62 on VH1s "The Greatest" {100 Greatest Kid Stars} .
Was one of the first bloggers and is an avid, active homebrewer.
He is an active member of the Propeller social news site, where he is a Scout.
In 1988, Wil Power was the name of his Nickelodeon-based club for all Trek and non-Trek fans.
Recently designed/created a tee for the one-item-a-day-sale spin-off of woot.com, shirt.woot.com. It is entitled "How We Roll".
Is the first Star Trek actor and the only cast member of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" to be born after the franchise had begun.
His first major film role was as a child playing Gordie LaChance in Stand by Me , before taking the role of Wesley Crusher on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" . He later returned to the Star Trek franchise by lending his voice to Star Trek . This film featured Anton Yelchin as Pavel Chekov. Not only are the characters similar, but Yelchins career parallels that of Wheatons in another way: he too got his first big role as a child in Hearts in Atlantis , which was also based on a Stephen King story.
Maintains the active wilwheaton.net, one of the most frequented fansites on the Internet.
Growing up, he was a huge fan of the original "Star Trek" series.
(December 2003) Signed a 3-book deal with publisher OReilly & Associates for books "Dancing Barefoot", "Just a Geek" (expected spring 2004) and "Wil Wheatons Web Design" (expected summer 2004).
Terminated his deal with publisher OReilly & Associates.
Wils maternal grandmother, Norma Aleene Farrington, was born in Coln, Panama. Normas father, Edwin Flavel Kortright Farrington, had English and French ancestry. Normas mother, Wils matrilineal great-grandmother Daphne Silvera, was born in Kingston, Jamaica, to Sephardi Jewish parents, Theodore Silvera and Deborah Pretto. Wils other ancestry is English, German, Irish and Welsh.
Wheaton has statistically improbable bad luck when rolling dice, rolling a 1 nearly 20% of the time on a 20 sided die when playing Dungeons & Dragons on the Critical Role Twitch stream.
Endorsed Bernie Sanders in the 2016 presidential election of the United States.
[Interview magazine, 2005] I am a huge geek. And Star Trek was a haven,for geeks.
(On his teenage years) I was such a geek that if I could go back in,time, I would kick my own ass.
I was obsessed with Ghostbusters (1984) .
I spent a lot of my childhood not fitting in, in a lot of different,ways.
Even when I was little and going on auditions, it was clear who was,there because they wanted to be there, and who was there because their,stage parents were making them be there. There was a major difference.
One of the things that drives me crazy is the belief in Hollywood that,bittorrent exists solely for stealing things.
When you get a group of kids together, especially boys, the psychology,of those kids requires that they find a weak kid or a sensitive kid or,a soft kid.
Some ISPs are blocking all BitTorrent traffic, because BitTorrent can be,used to share files in a piratical way. Hollywood lobbying groups are,trying to pass laws which would force ISPs to block or degrade,BitTorrent traffic, too. Personally, I think this is like closing down,freeways because a bank robber could use them to get away.
I would love to find myself in a position where I have to decide, "Gosh,do I want to be on a series?".
I loved Galaxy Quest (1999) . I thought it was brilliant satire,not only of Trek, but of fandom in general. The only thing I wish they,had done was cast me in it, and have me play a freaky fanboy who keeps,screaming at the actor who played "the kid" about how awful it was that,there was a kid on the spaceship. Alas.
When I saw Galaxy Quest (1999) , I remembered how much fun I used,to have at conventions, and I missed it. I missed the interaction with,the fans. I missed the chance to tell stories about my life on TNG. . .
but mostly, I missed the sex. The hot, Klingon-forehead-wearing fansex.
As an adult, getting paid thousands of dollars a week to say, “Aye, Sir. Course laid in” is a seriously sweet gig, but when I was a teenager, it sucked.
Lore: Making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS!,Picard only saw the movie, which had the entire Tales of the Black Starship subplot removed for time. .
