Wil Wheaton
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Richard William "Wil" 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.
Early lifeEdit
Wheaton was born July 29, 1972, in Burbank, California, to Debra "Debbie" Nordean (née O'Connor), an actress who has appeared in television commercials<ref>https://wilwheaton.net/2022/05/yes-i-was-forced-to-be-a-child-star-it-was-never-my-dream-or-my-idea/</ref>, and Richard William Wheaton Jr., a medical specialist.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He has a brother, Jeremy, and a sister, Amy,<ref name="Catalano1988">Template:Cite book</ref> both of whom appeared uncredited in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "When the Bough Breaks".<ref name="BlockErdmann2012">Template:Cite book</ref> Amy appeared alongside Wil in the 1987 film The Curse.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
As an adult, Wheaton described his father as being emotionally abusive to him as a child and his mother as being an enabler of that abuse. He also stated that his parents forced him to become an actor; he is currently estranged from them.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Acting careerEdit
Early work and Stand By MeEdit
Wheaton made his acting debut in the television film A Long Way Home (1981), which starred Timothy Hutton.<ref name="auto1">Template:Cite news</ref> He voiced the character of Martin in the animated film The Secret of NIMH (1982), the film adaptation of Robert C. O'Brien's book Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (1971).<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Wheaton also appeared in Hambone and Hillie (1983), The Buddy System (1984) (opposite Richard Dreyfuss and Susan Sarandon), and The Last Starfighter.<ref name="auto1"/> He had a few lines in Starfighter which were ultimately cut from the theatrical release, but Wheaton is still visible in several scenes.<ref name="io9">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Wheaton first gained widespread attention for his work in Stand by Me (1986), the film adaptation of Stephen King's novella The Body.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="auto">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In Stand by Me, Wheaton played the lead role of Gordie Lachance, a 12-year-old storyteller mourning the loss of his elder brother.<ref name="auto"/> In her review of the film, Sheila Benson of the Los Angeles Times wrote that "Wheaton makes Gordie's 'sensitivity' tangible, but not effete. He's a gem".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In addition to being successful at the box office,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Stand by Me was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and became known as a coming-of-age classic.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Star TrekEdit
Wheaton played Wesley Crusher, a "boy genius and Starfleet hopeful",<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> during the first four seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation.<ref name="auto2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He appeared in an additional four episodes of the remaining three seasons. The Wesley Crusher character is a "polarizing" character; while some Star Trek fans love him, others are vocal about their hatred for the character.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="auto2"/> Wheaton commented about his critics in a 2004 interview for WebTalk Radio:
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Later, I determined that the people who were really, really cruel – like the Usenet weenies – really are a statistically insignificant number of people. And I know, just over the years from people who've e-mailed me at my website and people who I've talked to since I started going to Star Trek conventions again in the last five years, that there are so many more people who really enjoyed everything about the show, including my performance, including the character.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Wheaton left Star Trek: The Next Generation due to concerns over how the production team addressed a scheduling conflict related to his wish to appear in the 1989 film Valmont.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Wheaton returned to Star Trek in 2002, 2022 and 2024, reprising his Wesley Crusher role in cameo appearances in Star Trek: Nemesis, the season 2 finale of Star Trek: Picard,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and as a voice actor in the second season of the animated show Star Trek: Prodigy.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Post-Star TrekEdit
Wheaton played Joey Trotta in the action film Toy Soldiers (1991). After leaving Star Trek, he moved to Topeka, Kansas, to work for NewTek, where he helped to develop the Video Toaster 4000 doing product testing and quality control<ref name="avclub">Template:Citation</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref> and later used his public profile to serve as a technology evangelist for the product.<ref name="wired05">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Afterward, he returned to Los Angeles, attended acting school for five years, and then re-entered the acting world.<ref name="nerdist63">Template:Citation</ref><ref name="Wil Wheaton2004">Template:Cite book</ref>
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Wheaton appeared in several independent films, including the award-winning The Good Things (2001), in which he portrays a frustrated Kansas tollbooth worker.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> For his performance in Jane White Is Sick & Twisted (2002) he received the award for Best Actor at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Wheaton regularly portrayed a fictionalized version of himself on The Big Bang Theory, becoming a recurring guest star and then side character on the show.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In June 2024, Wheaton announced that he was retired from on-screen acting.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Voice workEdit
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Wheaton is known for his voice acting career.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He voiced the role of Martin Brisby in The Secret of NIMH in 1981.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In August 2021. Wheaton voiced the villainous John Juniper in the video game, I Expect You to Die 2: The Spy and the Liar.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Television and webEdit
Wheaton appeared in 12 episodes in a recurring, guest-starring role on Eureka, playing Dr. Isaac Parrish, the head of the Non-Lethal Weapons Lab at Global Dynamics and a thorn in Fargo's side.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Wheaton also voices the character of the former scoutmaster and current sous-chef Earl Harlan in the popular dark, surreal-comedy podcast Welcome to Night Vale.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Non-acting professional venturesEdit
HostingEdit
From September 2006 to September 2007, Wheaton hosted a Revision3 syndicated video podcast called InDigital along with Jessica Corbin and Hahn Choi. He hosted a NASA video on the Mars Curiosity rover which landed on Monday August 6, 2012.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> He has hosted "2nd Watch", interviews with cast members and producers of the science-fiction series Falling Skies that appears online after each episode.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On April 3, 2014, Wheaton announced on his blog that his new show called The Wil Wheaton Project would premiere on the SyFy network at 10 pm on May 27 for an initial projected run of twelve episodes.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, on August 29, Wheaton blogged that SyFy canceled the show after only one season.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Wheaton has hosted Star Trek aftershow The Ready Room since the second season in 2020.<ref name="ReadyRoomS2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
GamesEdit
Wheaton is a Dungeons & Dragons player,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and played during the PAX 2010 event using the 4th edition rules. Wheaton, along with webcartoonists Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik of Penny Arcade, and Scott Kurtz of PvP, played in front of a live audience. The game was hosted and recorded by Wizards of the Coast with Chris Perkins as the dungeonmaster.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Wheaton starred in the Kickstarter-funded game There Came an Echo by Iridium Studios.<ref name="there-came-an-echo-kickstarter">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In Dungeons and Dragons Online, he became the dungeon master of the Temple of Elemental Evil quests.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Nintendo of America announced on Twitter that Wheaton would be voicing Abraham Lincoln in Code Name: STEAM.<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref> Wheaton does the voice narration on the Secret Hitler companion app for the Secret Hitler social deduction game.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Wheaton has spoken out against misogyny in video game culture,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref> and wrote a profile of Anita Sarkeesian for the 2015 Time 100.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Comic bookEdit
A fictionalized version of Wheaton was included in the comic book PS 238, in which he harbors the power of telekinesis. Wheaton's debut comic book The Guild: Fawkes, which he wrote alongside Felicia Day, was released on May 23, 2012.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
NarrationsEdit
Wil Wheaton has been a narrator for dozens of audiobooks, including his own works. He has been a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award multiple times, and received an Earphones Award from AudioFile magazine.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
| Title | Author | Audiobook release date | Additional narrators | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter and Max: A Fables Novel | Bill Willingham | 2009-12-08 | Unknown | |
| Homeland<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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Cory Doctorow | 2014 | No |
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Orson Scott Card et al. | 1999-12-15 | Yes |
| The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of the 20th Century<ref name=Audible/> | Greg Bear et al. | 1999-12-16 | Yes | |
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Wil Wheaton | 2009-03-04 | No |
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer<ref name=Audible/> | Mark Twain | 2009-10-21 | No | |
| Boneshaker<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | Cherie Priest | 2010-03-18 | Yes | |
| METAtropolis: Cascadia<ref name=Audible/> | John Scalzi et al. | 2010-11-16 | Yes | |
| The Android's Dream<ref name=Audible/> | John Scalzi | 2010-12-07 | No | |
| Agent to the Stars<ref name=Audible/> | John Scalzi | 2010-12-07 | No | |
| Fuzzy Nation<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=Audible/> | John Scalzi | 2011-05-10 | Yes | |
| Ready Player One<ref name=ArmadaRP1>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref><ref name=Audible/> |
Ernest Cline | 2011-08-16 | No |
| Redshirts<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=Audible/> | John Scalzi | 2012-06-05 | No | |
| Masters of Doom<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref><ref name=Audible/> | David Kushner | 2012-07-12 | No | |
| Trumps of Doom<ref name=Audible/> | Roger Zelazny | 2012-07-31 | No | |
| Prince of Chaos<ref name=Audible/> | Roger Zelazny | 2012-07-31 | No | |
| Sign of Chaos<ref name=Audible/> | Roger Zelazny | 2012-07-31 | No | |
| Knight of Shadows<ref name=Audible/> | Roger Zelazny | 2012-07-31 | No | |
| Blood of Amber<ref name=Audible/> | Roger Zelazny | 2012-07-31 | No | |
| V Wars<ref name=Audible/> | Jonathan Maberry et al. | 2012-10-10 | Yes | |
| Rip-Off!<ref name=Audible/> | John Scalzi et al. | 2012-12-18 | Yes | |
| Just A Geek: The Audio Book<ref name=Wil_Wheaton/> | Wil Wheaton | 2013-11-23 | No | |
| Dancing Barefoot: The Audio Book<ref name=Wil_Wheaton/> | Wil Wheaton | 2013-12-07 | No | |
| The Happiest Days of Our Lives: The Special Extended Edition Audio Book<ref name=Wil_Wheaton/> | Wil Wheaton | 2013-12-10 | No | |
| Dead Pig Collector<ref name=Audible/> | Warren Ellis | 2013-12-17 | No | |
| Byways: A METAtropolis Story<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | Tobias Buckell | 2014-01-30 | No | |
| Suspect Zero<ref name=Audible/> | Richard Kadrey | 2014-07-01 | No | |
| If Ever They Happened Upon My Lair<ref name=Audible/> | R. A. Salvatore | 2014-08-11 | No | |
| Lock In<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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John Scalzi | 2014-08-26 | No |
| What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | Randall Munroe | 2014-09-02 | No | |
| The Education of Brother Thaddius and Other Tales of DemonWars<ref name=Audible/> | R. A. Salvatore | 2015-01-13 | Yes | |
| Mather's Blood<ref name=Audible/> | R. A. Salvatore | 2015-01-13 | No | |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [Phoenix Books Edition]<ref name=Audible/> | Mark Twain | 2015-01-14 | No | |
| Armada<ref name=ArmadaRP1/> | Ernest Cline | 2015-07-14 | No | |
| Prepare to Meet Thy Doom<ref name=Audible/> | David Kushner | 2015-10-15 | No | |
| The Collapsing Empire<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=Audible/> | John Scalzi | 2017-03-21 | No | |
| Dead Trees Give No Shelter<ref name=Wil_Wheaton/> | Wil Wheaton | 2017-04-08 | No | |
| asteraleS<ref name=Wil_Wheaton/> | Wil Wheaton | 2017-04-26 | No | |
| kamaKiri<ref name=Wil_Wheaton/> | Wil Wheaton | 2017-05-04 | No | |
| Strange Weather<ref name=Audible/> | Joe Hill | 2017-10-24 | Yes | |
| Head On<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=Audible/> | John Scalzi | 2018-04-17 | No | |
| The Consuming Fire<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=Audible/> | John Scalzi | 2018-10-16 | No | |
| Alexander X<ref name=Audible/> | Edward Savio | 2019-06-05 | No | |
| Ancient Among Us<ref name=Audible/> | Edward Savio | 2019-07-30 | No | |
| How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems<ref name=Audible/> | Randall Munroe | 2019-09-03 | No | |
| Looking for Alaska<ref name=Audible/> | John Green | 2019-09-24 | No | |
| Full Throttle<ref name=Audible/> | Joe Hill | 2019-10-01 | Yes | |
| The Martian<ref name=Audible/> | Andy Weir | 2020-01-01 | No | |
| The Last Emperox<ref name=Audible/> | John Scalzi | 2020-04-14 | No | |
| Ready Player Two<ref name=Audible/> | Ernest Cline | 2020-11-24 | No | |
| How to Avoid a Climate Disaster<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=Audible/> | Bill Gates | 2021-02-16 | Yes | |
| Still Just a Geek: The Audiobook<ref name=Audible/> | Wil Wheaton | 2022-04-12 | Yes | |
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Cory Doctorow | 2023-04-23 | No |
| The Bezzle<ref name=":0" /> | Cory Doctorow | 2024-02-20 | No |
Live showsEdit
Wheaton has performed improvisational and sketch comedy at the ACME Comedy Theater in Hollywood.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He has a traveling sketch comedy/improv troupe called "EarnestBorg9" that performs science fiction-related comedy at conventions.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
WritingEdit
Wheaton is the author of Dancing Barefoot (2004) and Just a Geek (2004). He released a revised follow-up, Still Just a Geek, in 2022.
Wheaton runs his own blog, Wil Wheaton Dot Net. In June 2005, he became that month's featured Tech writer for the SuicideGirls Newswire.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2017, Wheaton wrote the short story "Laina" for the Star Wars anthology From a Certain Point of View.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The book features 40 short stories, each by a different author, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Star Wars.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
It's Storytime with Wil WheatonEdit
In March 2025, Wheaton launched a podcast titled It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton. The series includes Wheaton narrating selections of stories selected from Lightspeed Magazine, Uncanny Magazine, Clarkesworld Magazine, and On Spec.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Personal lifeEdit
Wheaton married Anne Prince on November 7, 1999,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and lives in Arcadia, California, with her and her two sons from a previous relationship.<ref name="LATimes">Template:Cite news</ref> Wheaton legally adopted both sons at their request when they reached the age of majority.<ref name="youtube1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref>
Wheaton was roommates with Chris Hardwick while Chris attended UCLA.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> They met at a showing of Arachnophobia in Burbank, California.<ref name="nerdist63" />
Wheaton has struggled with alcohol addiction.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In January 2021, Wheaton announced he had been sober from alcohol for five years.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Wheaton lives with complex post-traumatic stress disorder,<ref name="auto3">Template:Citation</ref> generalized anxiety disorder,<ref name="auto3" /><ref name="auto4">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and chronic depression.<ref name="auto3" /><ref name="auto4" /> He supports mental health nonprofit organizations in raising awareness for these conditions.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="auto4" />
He criticized Dave Chappelle for making jokes about transgender people during Chappelle's comedy film The Closer. Wheaton said popular comics had influenced him to think homophobic humor was acceptable when he was young.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2022, Wheaton participated in Celebrity Jeopardy!, playing for the National Women's Law Center. He reached the finals, defeating Troian Bellisario and Hasan Minhaj in the quarterfinals, and John Michael Higgins and Joel Kim Booster in the semifinals.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He finished in third place, behind winner Ike Barinholtz and runner-up Patton Oswalt, earning $100,000.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
PoliticsEdit
Wheaton campaigned for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 general election.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Immediately following the Sutherland Springs church shooting on November 5, 2017, Wheaton on Twitter stated in response to Congressman Paul Ryan's call for prayers for the victims that, "The murdered victims were in a church. If prayers did anything, they'd still be alive, you worthless sack of shit."<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref> Wheaton subsequently clarified his opinion after receiving criticism, writing, "I apologize to those of you who are sincere people of Faith, who felt attacked by me," but accused "the right wing noise machine" of using his comments "to deflect attention and anger away from the role that unfettered access to weapons of mass murder played in the latest incidence of mass murder in America."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In September 2024, Wheaton joined other actors from the Star Trek franchise on a livestream to support the campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 United States presidential election.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
HonorsEdit
- Young Artist Awards: 1989 & 1987
- Melbourne Underground Film Festival: Best Actor (2002)
- International Academy of Web Television Awards: Best Host (Pre-Recorded) (2014)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Saturn Awards: Lifetime Achievement Award – The Cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation (2024)<ref name=TrekMovie>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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An asteroid was named after him: 391257 Wilwheaton.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
FilmographyEdit
Films and television filmsEdit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | A Long Way Home | Donald Branch | Television film |
| 1983 | Hambone and Hillie | Jeff Radcliffe | |
| 1983 | 13 Thirteenth Avenue | Willie | Television film |
| 1983 | The Buddy System | Tim | |
| 1984 | The Last Starfighter | Louis' friend | |
| 1986 | The Defiant Ones | Clyde | Television film |
| 1986 | Long Time Gone | Mitchell | |
| 1986 | Stand by Me | Gordie Lachance | |
| 1987 | The Curse | Zack | |
| 1987 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Billy Milton | Television film |
| 1987 | Young Harry Houdini | Ehrich Weiss | |
| 1988 | She's Having a Baby | Eloy | |
| 1991 | Toy Soldiers | Joseph "Joey" Trotta | |
| 1991 | The Last Prostitute | Danny | Television film |
| 1991 | December | Kipp Gibbs | |
| 1992 | Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special | Himself, Wesley Crusher | Television documentary |
| 1993 | The Liars' Club | David Reynolds | |
| 1995 | Mr. Stitch | Lazarus | |
| 1995 | It Was Him or Us | Scottie | Television film |
| 1996 | Pie in the Sky | Jack | |
| 1996 | Boys' Night Out | Marco | |
| 1997 | Trekkies | Himself | Documentary |
| 1997 | Flubber | Bennett Hoenicker | |
| 1997 | Tales of Glamour and Excess | Danny Sugerman | |
| 1998 | The Day Lincoln Was Shot | Robert Lincoln | Television film |
| 1998 | Fag Hag | Himself | |
| 1999 | Foreign Correspondents | Jonas | |
| 2000 | The Girls' Room | Charlie | |
| 2000 | Deep Core | Rodney Bedecker | |
| 2000 | Python | Thommy | |
| 2001 | Speechless... | Ryan | Short film |
| 2001 | The Good Things | Zach Means | Short film |
| 2002 | Jane White Is Sick & Twisted | Dick Smith | |
| 2002 | Fish Don't Blink | Jimmy | |
| 2002 | Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me | Himself | Documentary |
| 2002 | Star Trek: Nemesis | Wesley Crusher | Cameo & deleted scenes |
| 2003 | Book of Days | Danny | Television film |
| 2003 | Four Fingers of the Dragon | Himself | |
| 2003 | Neverland | John Darling | |
| 2007 | Americanizing Shelley | Director Alan Smithee | |
| 2009 | Star Trek | Romulans (various)<ref>Template:Citation</ref> | |
| 2010 | Loki and SageKing Go to GenCon | Evil Wil Wheaton | Short film |
| 2014 | Sharknado 2: The Second One | Himself as an airline Passenger | Uncredited |
| 2014 | Video Games: The Movie | Himself | Documentary |
| 2020 | Rent-A-Pal | Andy | |
| 2022 | In Search of Tomorrow | Himself | Documentary |
TV shows and appearancesEdit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | CBS Afternoon Playhouse | Amos Cotter | Episode: "The Shooting" | |
| 1985 | Highway to Heaven | Max | Episode: "One Winged Angels" | |
| 1986 | St. Elsewhere | Owen Drimmer | Episode: "Nothing Up My Sleeve" | |
| 1987 | Disneyland | Ehrich Weiss / Harry Houdini | Episode: "Young Harry Houdini" | |
| 1987 | Family Ties | Timothy Higgins | Episode: "'D' Is for Date" | |
| 1987–1994 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Wesley Crusher | Main role; 85 episodes | |
| 1989 | ABC Afterschool Special | Nick Karpinsky | Episode: "My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?" | |
| 1990 | Monsters | Kevin | Episode: "A Shave and a Haircut, Two Bites" | |
| 1992 | Lifestories: Families in Crisis | Robert Bierer | Episode: "A Deadly Secret: The Robert Bierer Story" | |
| 1993 | Tales from the Crypt | Arling | Episode: "House of Horror" | |
| 1994 | Sirens | Wayne McGarrick | Episode: "Chasing a Ghost" | |
| 1996 | The Outer Limits | Cadet | Episode: "The Light Brigade" | |
| 1997 | Gun | Bilchick | Episode: "Ricochet" | |
| 1997 | Perversions of Science | Bryan | Episode: "Snap Ending" | |
| 1998 | The Love Boat: The Next Wave | Tristan Reedy | Episode "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" | |
| 1998 | Diagnosis: Murder | Forest Ranger Gary Barton | Episode: "Alienated" | |
| 1999 | Guys Like Us | Steve, The Fig | Episode: "Good Old Days" | |
| 1999 | Chicken Soup for the Soul | Will | Episode: "The Wallet" | |
| 2001 | The Invisible Man | Dorman | Episode: "Perchance to Dream" | |
| 2001 | Twice in a Lifetime | Ryan Storey, Dr. Thomas | Episode: "The Choice" | |
| 2002 | A&E Biography | Narrator | Episode: "Eclipsed by Death: The Life of River Phoenix" | |
| 2002 | Arena | Presenter | Unknown episodes | |
| 2002–2003 | The Screen Savers | 2 episodes | ||
| 2005 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Walter | Episode: "Compulsion" | |
| 2007 | Numb3rs | Miles Sklar | Episode: "Graphic" | |
| 2008 | Criminal Minds | Floyd Hansen | Episode: "Paradise" | |
| 2009–2011 | Leverage | Colin Mason | Recurring role | |
| 2009–2019 | The Big Bang Theory | A fictionalized version of himself | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2010–2012 | Eureka | Dr. Isaac Parrish | Recurring role (Season 4–5) | |
| 2014 | The Wil Wheaton Project | Presenter | 12 episodes | |
| 2015–2016 | Dark Matter | Alexander Rook | 2 episodes | |
| 2016 | Powers | Conrad Moody | 3 episodes | |
| 2017 | Mystery Science Theater 3000 | Drake | Episode: "Reptilicus" | |
| 2017 | Bill Nye Saves the World | Himself | Episode: "The Original Martian Invasion" | |
| 2017 | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | "July 10, 2017" (Season 13, Episode 5) | ||
| 2019 | Supergirl | End of the World Protestor | Episode: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One" | |
| 2022 | Star Trek: Picard | Wesley Crusher | Episode: "Farewell" | |
| 2022 | S.W.A.T. | Evan Whitlock | Episode: "Old School Cool" | |
| 2022-2023 | Celebrity Jeopardy! | Self - Celebrity Contestant | Episode: "Quarterfinal #5: Troian Bellisario, Wil Wheaton and Hasan Minhaj" Episode: "Semifinal #2: John Michael Higgins, Wil Wheaton and Joel Kim Booster" Episode: "Final: Wil Wheaton, Patton Oswalt and Ike Barinholtz" |
Web shows and seriesEdit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–2007 | Revision3 | Presenter | ||
| 2007 | LoadingReadyRun | Himself | ||
| 2008 | Retarded Policeman #5: Writers Strike<ref>Template:Citation</ref> | Presenter | ||
| 2009–2011 | The Guild | Fawkes | Main role | |
| 2010 | IRrelevant Astronomy | The Physician | Episode: "Robot Astronomy Talk Show: Destroyer of Worlds" | |
| 2012–2017 | TableTop | Presenter | ||
| 2013 | Kris and Scott's Scott and Kris Show #10: Ties | Kris's father | ||
| 2014–2016 | Welcome to Night Vale | Earl Harlan | 5 episodes, multiple live shows | |
| 2015 | Titansgrave: The Ashes of Valkana | Game Master/Host | ||
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| 2015 | Critical Role | Himself, Thorbir Falbek | 2 episodes | |
| 2015 | Con Man | Officer Cahoots, Man on Plane | 2 episodes | |
| 2017 | Transformers: Titans Return | Perceptor | Voice, 3 episodes<ref name="btva" /> | |
| 2020–present | The Ready Room | Host | 84 episodes | |
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12 episodes | |
| 2022 | The Sandman<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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Brant Tucker | Voice, 4 episodes |
| 2023 | Third Eye<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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Robigus | Voice |
AnimationEdit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | The Secret of NIMH | Martin Brisby | Feature film | |
| 1993 | The Legend of Prince Valiant | Prince Michael / King Michael | Main role (Season 2) | |
| 2001 | The Flintstones: On the Rocks | Brad (Bass Singer) | Television film | |
| 2002 | The Zeta Project | Kevin | Episode: "The Wrong Morph"<ref name="btva" /> | |
| 2003–05 | Teen Titans | Aqualad | Recurring role (6 episodes)<ref name="btva" /> | |
| 2005 | Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! | Skurg | Episode: "The Lords of Soturix 7" | |
| 2006 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Additional voices | Episode: "City of Walls and Secrets" | |
| 2007 | Random! Cartoons | Kyle, Sir Horace | Episode: "Kyle + Rosemary"<ref name="btva" /> | |
| 2007–08 | Legion of Super Heroes | Cosmic Boy, Roderick Doyle | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2008–09 | Ben 10: Alien Force | Michael Morningstar / Darkstar | Recurring role (5 episodes)<ref name="btva" /> | |
| 2009 | Naruto | Menma | 3 episodes, English version | |
| 2009 | Kurokami: The Animation | Yakumo | Supporting role, English version | |
| 2009–10 | Family Guy | Himself, Anti-Abortion Activist | 2 episodes | |
| 2009–10 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Ted Kord/Blue Beetle | 2 episodes<ref name="btva" /> | |
| 2010 | Ben 10: Ultimate Alien | Michael Morningstar / Darkstar | Recurring role (3 episodes)<ref name="btva" /> | |
| 2010 | Slayers Evolution-R | Hans | Episode 2, English version | |
| 2010 | Naruto Shippuden the Movie | Taruho, Shizuku | English version | |
| 2011 | Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn | Aaron Terzieff | Episode: "Ghost of Laplace", English version | |
| 2011–12 | Redakai: Conquer the Kairu | Quantus | Main role<ref name="btva" /> | |
| 2012–13 | Generator Rex | Dr. Peter Meechum | 4 episodes<ref name="btva" /> | |
| 2014 | Robot Chicken | Doctor Doom, Centaur | Episode: "Batman Forever 21" | |
| 2014 | Ben 10: Omniverse | Michael Morningstar / Darkstar, Dante | 2 episodes<ref name="btva" /> | |
| 2014–18 | Teen Titans Go! | Aqualad | 4 episodes<ref name="btva" /> | |
| 2015–18 | Miles from Tomorrowland | Commander S'Leet, Nemetron Units | 4 episodes<ref name="btva" /> | |
| 2016 | Fantasy Hospital | The High Wizard | 10 episodes | |
| 2017–18 | Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters | Jonathan Rook, additional voices | 23 episodes<ref name="btva" /> | |
| 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Korvac | Episode: "Unfortunate Son"<ref name="btva" /> | |
| 2018 | Teen Titans Go! To the Movies | Flash | Feature film<ref name="btva" /> | |
| 2018 | Power of the Primes | Perceptor | 10 episodes<ref name="btva" /> | |
| 2020 | American Dad! | Co-Worker with Witching Sticks | Episode: "Businessly Brunette" | |
| 2021-22 | Dogs in Space | Atlas | 4 episodes | |
| 2023 | Star Trek: Lower Decks | Wesley Crusher | Episode: "Old Friends, New Planets" | |
| 2024 | Star Trek: Prodigy | Main role, Season 2 |
Video gamesEdit
| Year | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge | Bandit<ref name="btva" /> | |
| 2004 | EverQuest II | Additional voices | |
| 2004 | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Richard Burns | |
| 2004 | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 | Additional voices | |
| 2005 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown | ||
| 2005 | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter | ||
| 2005 | Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories | Richard Burns | |
| 2006 | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories | ||
| 2007 | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 | Additional voices | |
| 2008 | Grand Theft Auto IV | Alien in Republican Space Rangers | |
| 2009 | Brütal Legend | Watt-R-Boys<ref name="btva" /> | |
| 2009 | Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks | Darkstar<ref name="btva" /> | |
| 2010 | Fallout: New Vegas | Robobrain<ref name="btva" /> | |
| 2011 | DC Universe Online | Robin<ref name="btva" /> | |
| 2013 | Grand Theft Auto V | The Local Population | |
| 2014 | Broken Age | Curtis The Lumberjack<ref name="btva" /> | |
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| 2015 | Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. | Abraham Lincoln<ref name="btva" /> | |
| 2015 | Dungeons & Dragons Online - Reign of Elemental Evil<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
Dungeon Master |
| 2021 | I Expect You to Die 2: The Spy and the Liar<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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John Juniper |
| 2022 | Star Trek Online<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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Terran Emperor Wesley Crusher |
BibliographyEdit
- Dancing Barefoot (Template:ISBN) (2004)
- Just a Geek (Template:ISBN) (2004)
- Stories of Strength (Template:ISBN) (2005; contributor)
- The Happiest Days of Our Lives (Template:ISBN) (2007)
- Sunken Treasure (2009)
- Memories of the Future Vol. 1 (Template:ISBN) (2009)
- Wil Wheaton's Criminal Minds Production Diary (2009)
- Clash of the Geeks (2010; contributor)
- The Day After, and Other Stories (2010)
- The Monster in My Closet (2011)
- Hunter (2011)
- Dead Trees Give No Shelter (2017)
- Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View (2017; contributor)
- Still Just a Geek (Template:ISBN) (2022)
NotesEdit
ReferencesEdit
Further readingEdit
- Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995. Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 390-391.
- Wheaton, Wil. "My name is Wil Wheaton. I Live With Chronic Depression and Generalized Anxiety. I Am Not Ashamed." Medium.com, June 1, 2018.
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- WWdN: In Exile
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