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Wil Wheaton
Wheaton at the 2019 GalaxyCon Raleigh
Born
Richard William Wheaton III
(1972-07-29) July 29, 1972 (age 51)
Burbank, California
Occupations
Actor
writer
television personality
blogger
narrator
Years active
1980–present
Spouse
Anne Prince
(m. 1999)
Children
2
Website
wilwheaton.net
Richard William Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American actor and writer. He portrayed Wesley Crusher on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Gordie Lachance in the film Stand by Me, Joey Trotta in Toy Soldiers, and Bennett Hoenicker in Flubber. Wheaton has also appeared in recurring voice acting roles as Aqualad in Teen Titans, Cosmic Boy in Legion of Super Heroes, and Mike Morningstar/Darkstar in the Ben 10 franchise's original continuity. He appeared regularly as a fictionalized version of himself on the sitcom The Big Bang Theory and in the roles of Fawkes on The Guild, Colin Mason on Leverage, and Dr. Isaac Parrish on Eureka. Wheaton was the host and co-creator of the YouTube board game show TableTop. He has narrated numerous audio books, including Ready Player One and The Martian.
"When the Bough Breaks". Amy appeared alongside Wil in the 1987 film The Curse. As an adult, Wheaton described his father as being abusive to him as a...
directed by Jennifer Arnold. It was created by WilWheaton and Felicia Day and was hosted by Wheaton. TableTop was published on Felicia Day's YouTube...
the son of Beverly Crusher and Jack Crusher and is portrayed by actor WilWheaton. In the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Wesley Crusher...
loves you, doesn't mean you'll love them back". WilWheaton plays a fictionalized version of himself. Wil played Wesley Crusher in Star Trek: The Next Generation...
Anne Wheaton can refer to: Anne Wheaton, wife of actor and writer WilWheaton Anne Williams Wheaton (1892–1977), American publicist This disambiguation...
after. Naomi Kyle hosted the aftershow for that season. In January 2020, WilWheaton was named as host for a second season of The Ready Room that serves as...
released on November 24, 2020. The Hollywood Reporter announced that WilWheaton would do the audio recording for the book, as he had for Ready Player...
the Unknown with George Noory Talk show 2008 1 season, 5 episodes The WilWheaton Project Talk show 2014 1 season, 12 episodes Reactor Talk show 2015 1...
members Brent Spiner and LeVar Burton have had cameos as themselves, while WilWheaton has a recurring role as a fictionalized version of himself. Leonard and...
show billed as "3 Hours of Geeks & Music". It was created in 2009 by WilWheaton, Adam Savage and Paul and Storm. The first shows took place in 2009 in...
Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden, Michael Dorn, WilWheaton, Denise Crosby, and Marina Sirtis all guest-starred as themselves, and...
during his freshman year and graduated in 1993. He was roommates with WilWheaton, whom he had met at a screening of Arachnophobia in Burbank, California...
Raymond. Penguicon has invited WilWheaton as a guest of honor multiple times, but he has had to cancel each time. In 2009, Wheaton had to cancel the morning...
Wesley Crusher from Star Trek: The Next Generation, portrayed by WilWheaton, until Wheaton did not show up at a convention attended by Sheldon in 1995. Sheldon...
regular performer at w00tstock alongside Paul and Storm, Adam Savage and WilWheaton. She has performed with the Presidents of the United States of America...
about how awful it was that there was a kid on the spaceship. Alas. — WilWheaton (Wesley Crusher on TNG) Yes, I have seen Galaxy Quest and no, it's not...
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