Editing Wil Wheaton

{{short description|American actor (born 1972)}}
{{About|the actor|the musician|Will Wheaton|the 19th-century lawyer and baseball pioneer|William Wheaton}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Wil Wheaton
| image              = TIMX6236 - Wil Wheaton - 53973459580.jpg
| caption            = Wheaton at the 2024 [[GalaxyCon]] Raleigh
| birth_name         = Richard William Wheaton III
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1972|07|29}}
| birth_place        = [[Burbank, California]], United States
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor |writer|television personality|blogger|narrator}}
| years_active       = 1980–present
| spouse             = {{marriage|Anne Prince|November 7, 1999}}
| children           = 2
| website            = {{URL|http://wilwheaton.net}}
}}

'''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 (film)|Stand by Me]]'', Joey Trotta in ''[[Toy Soldiers (1991 film)|Toy Soldiers]]'', and Bennett Hoenicker in ''[[Flubber (film)|Flubber]]''. 

Wheaton has also appeared in recurring [[voice acting]] roles as [[Aqualad]] in ''[[Teen Titans (TV series)|Teen Titans]]'', [[Cosmic Boy]] in ''[[Legion of Super Heroes (TV series)|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 (web series)|The Guild]]'', Colin Mason on ''[[Leverage (American TV series)|Leverage]]'', and Dr. Isaac Parrish on ''[[Eureka (2006 TV series)|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 (Weir novel)|The Martian]]''.

==Early life==
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>{{cite web |url= http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/celeb/wheaton.htm |title= Genealogy |work= Roots Web |publisher= Ancestry |access-date= October 14, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090715092542/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/celeb/wheaton.htm |archive-date= July 15, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.filmreference.com/film/13/Wil-Wheaton.html |title=Wil Wheaton Biography (1972–) | publisher=Film reference | access-date=October 14, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://famouskin.com/pedigree.php?name=53708%20wil%20wheaton&ahnum=1|title=Wil Wheaton Pedigree Chart - Richard William Wheaton III - Ahnentafel No: 1 (53708)|work=famouskin.com|access-date=February 14, 2017}}</ref> He has a brother, Jeremy, and a sister, Amy,<ref name="Catalano1988">{{cite book|author=Grace Catalano|title=Teen Star Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bAKMkI6aXcoC|year=1988|publisher=PaperJacks|isbn=978-0-7701-0937-0}}</ref> both of whom appeared uncredited in the ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode "[[When the Bough Breaks (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|When the Bough Breaks]]".<ref name="BlockErdmann2012">{{cite book|author1=Paula M. Block|author2=Terry J. Erdmann|title=Star Trek: The Next Generation 365|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JCbTA9wMmEAC&pg=PT152|date=November 16, 2012|publisher=Abrams|isbn=978-1-61312-400-0|pages=152–}}</ref> Amy appeared alongside Wil in the 1987 film ''[[The Curse (1987 film)|The Curse]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Muir|first=John Kenneth|date=2007|publisher=McFarland|title=Horror Films of the 1980s|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VJ1vcmaOd7wC&q=the+curse+amy+wheaton&pg=PA568|page=568|isbn=978-0-7864-2821-2}}</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>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2558858/why-big-bang-theory-and-star-trek-vet-wil-wheaton-thinks-acting-is-a-little-traumatic|title=Why Big Bang Theory And Star Trek Vet Wil Wheaton Thinks Acting Is 'A Little Traumatic'|date=November 17, 2020|website=Cinemablend |first1=Erik |last1=Swann |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419023617/https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2558858/why-big-bang-theory-and-star-trek-vet-wil-wheaton-thinks-acting-is-a-little-traumatic |archive-date= April 19, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2021/05/stand-by-me-wil-wheaton-parents-abuse-1234639480/|title='Stand by Me' Star Wil Wheaton Says Parents' Emotional Abuse Powered His Breakout Performance|first1=Ryan|last1=Lattanzio|date=May 22, 2021 |website=IndieWire |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230419002340/https://www.indiewire.com/2021/05/stand-by-me-wil-wheaton-parents-abuse-1234639480/ |archive-date= April 19, 2023 }}</ref>

==Acting career==
===Early work and ''Stand By Me''===
Wheaton made his acting debut in the television film ''[[A Long Way Home (1981 film)|A Long Way Home]]'' (1981), which starred [[Timothy Hutton]].<ref name="auto1">{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-08-21-8603020609-story.html |date=August 21, 1986 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629203544/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-08-21-8603020609-story.html |archive-date=June 29, 2022 |title=Teen actor Wheaton wants no part of trash |author=Kirk Honeycutt |newspaper=Chicago Tribune}}</ref> He voiced the character of Martin in the animated film ''[[The Secret of NIMH]]'' (1982), the film adaptation of [[Robert C. O'Brien (author)|Robert C. O'Brien]]'s book ''[[Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH]]'' (1971).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2009/07/a-new-secret-of-nihm/|title=A New Secret of NIMH|magazine=Wired |date=July 29, 2009 |url-access=limited |last1=Donahoo |first1=Daniel |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425080727/https://www.wired.com/2009/07/a-new-secret-of-nihm/ |archive-date= April 25, 2023 }}</ref> Wheaton also appeared in ''[[Hambone and Hillie]]'' (1983), ''[[The Buddy System (film)|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">{{cite web |url=https://gizmodo.com/everything-you-never-knew-about-the-making-of-last-star-1602703884|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112104321/https://gizmodo.com/everything-you-never-knew-about-the-making-of-last-star-1602703884|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 12, 2023|title=Everything You Never Knew About the Making of ''The Last Starfighter'' |author=Plummer, Ryan |publisher=[[Io9]] |date=July 10, 2014 |access-date=March 23, 2015}}</ref>

Wheaton first gained widespread attention for his work in ''[[Stand by Me (film)|Stand by Me]]'' (1986), the film adaptation of [[Stephen King]]'s novella ''[[The Body (novella)|The Body]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Book vs. Movie: Stand By Me (The Body by Stephen King) |date=May 1, 2012 |work=The Readventurer |url=http://www.thereadventurer.com/-home/book-vs-movie-stand-by-me-the-body-by-stephen-king |access-date=March 9, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=16 Nostalgic Facts About ''Stand by Me'' |last=Cormier |first=Roger |date=August 6, 2015 |work=Mental Floss |url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/67025/16-nostalgic-facts-about-stand-me |access-date=March 9, 2018 }}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web |title='Stand By Me': A Love Letter To Childhood Innocence |date=August 6, 2011 |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2011/08/06/139025610/stand-by-me-a-love-letter-to-childhood-innocence |access-date=March 9, 2018 }}</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>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-stand-by-me-review-20160820-snap-story.html|title=From the Archives: 'Stand by Me' is a summer standout|date=August 8, 1986|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> In addition to being successful at the box office,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2016/08/22/stand-by-me-30th-anniversary-15-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-movie-6074110/|title=Stand By Me 30th anniversary: 15 things you may not know about the movie|first=Jon|last=O'Brien|date=August 22, 2016}}</ref> ''Stand by Me'' was nominated for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/photo-stand-by-me-cast-168878|title=PHOTO: 'Stand by Me' Cast Reunites 25 Years Later|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=March 17, 2011 |access-date=October 21, 2019|archive-date=October 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021003101/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/photo-stand-by-me-cast-168878|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/stand-me|title=Stand By Me|website=www.goldenglobes.com|access-date=October 21, 2019|archive-date=October 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021003102/https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/stand-me|url-status=live}}</ref> and became known as a coming-of-age classic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/stand-by-me-30th-anniversary-oral-history-corey-feldman-1201824490/|title='Stand by Me' Oral History: Rob Reiner and Cast on River Phoenix and How Coming-of-Age Classic Almost Didn't Happen|first1=Brent|last1=Lang|date=July 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/stand-by-me-at-30-why-this-stephen-king-movie-is-timeless-93647/|title='Stand by Me' at 30: Why This Stephen King Movie Is Timeless|first1=Charles|last1=Bramesco|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=August 22, 2016}}</ref>

===''Star Trek''===
[[File:Gates with Wil Wheaton Star Trek Cruise III Jan 2019.jpg|thumb|Wheaton with ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|TNG]]'' co-star [[Gates McFadden]] (who played his mother on the show) in January 2019]]
Wheaton played Wesley Crusher, a "boy genius and [[Starfleet]] hopeful",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/star-trek-tng-why-wesley-crusher-hated/|title=Star Trek: Why The Next Generation's Wesley Crusher Was So Hated|date=March 18, 2021|website=CBR}}</ref> during the first four seasons of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''.<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/news/happy-birthday-wil-wheaton-turns-44-years-old/|title=Happy Birthday! Wil Wheaton Turns 44 Years Old|website=Comicbook.com|date=September 6, 2017 }}</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>{{cite web|url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/star-trek/gene-roddenberry-loved-wesley-crusher/|title=Why 'Star Trek's' Creator Loved Wesley Crusher|first=Robin|last=Zabiegalski|date=May 31, 2021}}</ref><ref name="auto2"/> Wheaton commented about his critics in a 2004 interview for WebTalk Radio:
{{Blockquote | 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>{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081224071024/http://www.webtalkguys.com/091804.shtml | archive-date = December 24, 2008 | url = https://webtalkguys.com/091804.htm | title = From Star Trek: Next Generation to Geek Blogger |last=Greenlee |first=Dana |date=September 18, 2004 | publisher = Web talk guys}}</ref>}}

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 (film)|Valmont]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Elvy |first=Craig |url=https://screenrant.com/star-trek-wil-wheaton-wesley-crusher-left-season-4/ |title=Star Trek: Why Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher) Quit TNG |publisher=Screenrant.com |date=April 29, 2021 |access-date=February 14, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|author=Noah Shachtman |url=https://www.wired.com/2001/12/wheatons-trek-to-respectability/ |title=Wheaton's Trek to Respectability |magazine=WIRED |date= |access-date=February 14, 2022}}</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>{{cite web|url=https://wilwheaton.net/2022/05/welcome-home-wesley/|title= Welcome home, Wesley |first=Wil|last=Wheaton|date=May 5, 2022}}</ref> and as a voice actor in the second season of the animated show ''[[Star Trek: Prodigy]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dinh |first=Christine |date=July 23, 2024 |title=WARP FIVE: Wil Wheaton on the Original Prodigy Returning to Star Trek |url=https://www.startrek.com/en-un/news/warp-five-wil-wheaton-return-of-wesley-crusher |website=Star Trek}}</ref>

===Post-''Star Trek''===
[[File:Wil Wheaton.jpg|thumb|Wheaton in 2001]]
Wheaton played Joey Trotta in the action film ''[[Toy Soldiers (1991 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">{{Citation | first = Nathan | last = Rabin | contribution-url = https://www.avclub.com/wil-wheaton-1798208240 | contribution = Wil Wheaton | type = interview | title = [[The A.V. Club]] | date = November 20, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | url = http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/05/29/conversations-with-god-wil-wheaton/ | title = Conversations with GoD | contribution = Wil Wheaton | publisher = Geeks of Doom | access-date = May 2, 2009 | date = May 29, 2008}}</ref> and later used his public profile to serve as a [[technology evangelist]] for the product.<ref name="wired05">{{Cite magazine |last=Jacobs |first=Stephen |date=May 1, 1994 | url = https://www.wired.com/1994/05/flying-toasters/ | title = Flying Toasters | magazine = Wired | volume = 2 | issue = 5}}</ref>

Afterward, he returned to Los Angeles, attended acting school for five years, and then re-entered the acting world.<ref name="nerdist63">{{Citation |title=Wil Wheaton |work=Nerdist |date=Nov 2011 |number=63  |type=podcast |url=http://www.nerdist.com/2011/02/nerdist-podcast-63-wil-wheaton/ |access-date=December 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127085852/http://www.nerdist.com/2011/02/nerdist-podcast-63-wil-wheaton/ |archive-date=January 27, 2013 |at=8 min }}</ref><ref name="Wil Wheaton2004">{{Cite book|first=Wil|last=Wheaton|title=Just a geek: unflinchingly honest tales of the search for life, love, and fulfillment beyond the Starship Enterprise|year=2004|publisher=O'Reilly|location=Sebastopol, CA|isbn=0-596-00768-X|page=[https://archive.org/details/justgeek0000whea/page/9 9]|url=https://archive.org/details/justgeek0000whea/page/9}}</ref>

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Wheaton appeared in several [[independent film]]s, including the award-winning ''[[The Good Things (film)|The Good Things]]'' (2001), in which he portrays a frustrated Kansas [[Toll road|tollbooth]] worker.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Good Things |url=http://wilwheaton.net/2002/03/the_good_things/ |website=WIL WHEATON dot NET |date=March 15, 2002 |access-date=January 15, 2020}}</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>{{cite web|title=Winners Of The 2002 MUFF Awards|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030829073751/http://www.muff.com.au/2002/news.html#awards|url=http://www.muff.com.au/2002/noflash_index.html|archive-date=August 29, 2003|date=July 25, 2002|publisher=Melbourne Underground Film Festival}}</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>{{Cite web |title=MSN |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/the-big-bang-theory-s-8-best-side-characters-ranked/ar-BB1kOvpF?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1 |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=www.msn.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibbons |first=Ben |date=2023-12-29 |title=12 Best Guest Stars In The Big Bang Theory |url=https://screenrant.com/big-bang-theory-best-guest-stars/ |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref>

In June 2024, Wheaton announced that he was retired from on-screen acting.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wilwheaton.net/2024/06/happy-retirement-to-me/|title=happy (on camera acting) retirement to me|date=June 5, 2024}}</ref>

===Voice work===
[[File:Will Wheaton Q&A Panel (49662155558).jpg|thumb|Wheaton at Q&A Panel Galaxy Con Richmond 2020]]
Wheaton is known for his voice acting career.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/entertainment/2017/05/wil_wheaton_talks_star_trek_bi.html|title=Wil Wheaton talks 'Star Trek,' 'Big Bang Theory,' and living with depression|first=Edward |last=Pevos|date=May 18, 2017|website=mlive}}</ref> He voiced the role of Martin Brisby in ''[[The Secret of NIMH]]'' in 1981.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.serienjunkies.de/person/wil-wheaton/20498/|title=Wil Wheaton: Filme, Serien und Biografie|website=Serienjunkies}}</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>{{cite web | last=Teuton | first=Christopher | title=Wil Wheaton Interview - I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and the Liar | website=ScreenRant | date=August 19, 2021 | url=https://screenrant.com/i-expect-you-die-2-wil-wheaton-interview/ | access-date=February 25, 2023}}</ref>

===Television and web===
[[File:Wil Wheaton wOOtstock 2.4 04.jpg|thumb|left|Wheaton at [[W00tstock]] 2.4 in San Diego, July 2010]]
Wheaton appeared in 12 episodes in a recurring, guest-starring role on ''[[Eureka (2006 TV series)|Eureka]]'', playing Dr. Isaac Parrish, the head of the Non-Lethal Weapons Lab at Global Dynamics and a thorn in [[Douglas Fargo|Fargo]]'s side.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/wil-wheaton-guest-1016950/|title=Wil Wheaton to Guest-Star on Eureka|last=Abrams |first=Natalie |date=April 5, 2010 | work =TV Guide|access-date=December 20, 2021}}</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>{{Citation |title=Welcome to Night Vale (Podcast Series 2012) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt12026272/fullcredits |access-date=June 2, 2023}}</ref>

==Non-acting professional ventures==

=== Hosting ===
From September 2006 to September 2007, Wheaton hosted a [[Revision3]] syndicated video [[podcast]] called ''[[Geekdrome|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>{{Citation |title=NASA |date=April 28, 2010 |type=video gallery |url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=149477301 |access-date=December 18, 2012}}</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>{{cite web |title=2nd Watch |url=http://www.fallingskies.com/watch/2nd-watch |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904083644/http://www.fallingskies.com/watch/2nd-watch |archive-date=September 4, 2015 |access-date=August 5, 2015 |work=Falling Skies}}</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&nbsp;pm on May 27 for an initial projected run of twelve episodes.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 2, 2014 |title=Announcing The Wil Wheaton Project |url=http://wilwheaton.net/2014/04/the-wil-wheaton-project/ |access-date=August 5, 2015 |work=WIL WHEATON dot NET}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Syfy Greenlights Twelve Half-Hour Episodes of 'The Wil Wheaton Project ' - Ratings |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/04/02/syfy-greenlights-twelve-half-hour-episodes-of-the-wil-wheaton-project/250597/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403041113/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/04/02/syfy-greenlights-twelve-half-hour-episodes-of-the-wil-wheaton-project/250597/ |archive-date=April 3, 2014 |access-date=August 5, 2015 |work=TVbytheNumbers}}</ref> However, on August 29, Wheaton blogged that SyFy canceled the show after only one season.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 29, 2014 |title='The Wil Wheaton Project' Cancelled by Syfy After One Season - Ratings |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/08/29/the-wil-wheaton-project-cancelled-by-syfy-after-one-season/297971/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902060825/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/08/29/the-wil-wheaton-project-cancelled-by-syfy-after-one-season/297971/ |archive-date=September 2, 2014 |access-date=August 5, 2015 |work=TVbytheNumbers}}</ref> Wheaton has hosted ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[aftershow]] ''[[The Ready Room]]'' since the second season in 2020.<ref name="ReadyRoomS2">{{cite web |last=Bullard |first=Benjamin |date=January 12, 2020 |title=Wil Wheaton to Host Star Trek: Picard Aftershow The Ready Room at CBS All Access |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/wil-wheaton-star-trek-picard-ready-room |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113062903/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/wil-wheaton-star-trek-picard-ready-room |archive-date=January 13, 2020 |access-date=March 14, 2020 |website=[[SyFy Wire]]}}</ref>

=== Games ===
[[File:6.29.13WilWheatonByLuigiNovi1.jpg|thumb|Wheaton at the 2013 [[Wizard World]] New York Experience in Manhattan]]
Wheaton is a ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' player,<ref>{{cite web | last =Pascale | first = Anthony|title=Wil Wheaton Talks Geeking Out at Phoenix Comic Con w/TNG Co-stars + more|url= http://trekmovie.com/2009/01/21/exclusive-interview-wil-wheaton-talks-geeking-out-at-phoenix-comic-con-w-tng-co-stars-more/ |work= Trek Movie | date = January 21, 2009 |access-date=November 25, 2009}}</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 (webcomic)|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>{{cite web | publisher = Wizards | url= http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Feature.aspx?x=dnd/feature/paxgame | archive-url= https://archive.today/20130210042403/http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Feature.aspx?x=dnd/feature/paxgame | archive-date= February 10, 2013 |title=2010 Pax Celebrity Game}}</ref>

Wheaton starred in the [[Kickstarter]]-funded game ''[[There Came an Echo]]'' by Iridium Studios.<ref name="there-came-an-echo-kickstarter">{{cite web |url= http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iridiumstudios/there-came-an-echo-0 | title =There Came an Echo by Iridium Studios | publisher=[[Kickstarter]] | access-date =March 22, 2013}}</ref> In ''[[Dungeons and Dragons Online]]'', he became the [[dungeon master]] of [[the Temple of Elemental Evil]] quests.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.ddo.com/en/classic | title =U25: Reign of Elemental Evil | publisher=[[Dungeons and Dragons Online]] | access-date =April 14, 2015}}</ref>

[[Nintendo]] of America announced on Twitter that Wheaton would be voicing [[Abraham Lincoln]] in ''[[Code Name: STEAM]]''.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=NintendoAmerica|author=Nintendo of America|number=573573724298960897|date=March 5, 2015|title=.@wilw spotting! Wil Wheaton lends his talents to #CodeNameSTEAM for #3DS as the voice of the great Abe Lincoln.}}</ref> Wheaton does the voice narration on the ''[[Secret Hitler]]'' companion app for the ''Secret Hitler'' social deduction game.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/maxtemkin/secret-hitler/posts/1451101|title=Update 15: Welcome to the app: Mr. Wil Wheaton · Secret Hitler|website=Kickstarter|language=en-US|access-date=January 4, 2017}}</ref>

Wheaton has spoken out against [[misogyny]] in [[video game culture]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jezebel.com/5922961/the-fight-against-misogynism-in-gaming-enlists-some-big-names|title=The Fight Against Misogyny in Gaming Enlists Some Big Names|author=Katie J.M. Baker|date=July 3, 2012 |work=Jezebel}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |author=Wil Wheaton |user=wilw |number=505210075758075904 |date=August 29, 2014 |title=I really hope there's some serious discussion at #PAX about the cesspool of misogyny that's trying to ruin gaming.|access-date=August 28, 2015}}</ref> and wrote a profile of [[Anita Sarkeesian]] for the 2015 [[Time 100]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://time.com/3822727/anita-sarkeesian-2015-time-100/|title=Anita Sarkeesian|last=Wheaton|first=Wil|date=April 16, 2015|access-date=April 22, 2015|magazine=Time}}</ref>

===Comic book===
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>{{Citation | url = https://digital.darkhorse.com/profile/1969.guild-fawkes-one-shot-paul-duffield-cover/ | title = The Guild | contribution = Fawkes | publisher = Dark Horse Comics | date = May 23, 2012 | access-date = December 18, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130628002741/https://digital.darkhorse.com/profile/1969.guild-fawkes-one-shot-paul-duffield-cover/ | archive-date = June 28, 2013 | df = mdy-all }}</ref>

===Narrations===
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)|AudioFile]] magazine.<ref>{{cite web |title=10 Editors' Picks from October 2019 Earphones Award Winners |date=October 18, 2019 |url=https://booktrib.com/2019/10/18/10-editors-picks-from-october-2019-earphones-award-winners/ |publisher=BookTrib |access-date=September 25, 2024}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of narrations
! Title
! Author
! Audiobook release date
! Additional narrators
|-
| ''[[Peter and Max: A Fables Novel]]''
| [[Bill Willingham]]
| 2009-12-08
| Unknown
|-
| ''[[Homeland (Cory Doctorow novel)|Homeland]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/92020/homeland-by-cory-doctorow-read-by-wil-wheaton/|website=Audiophile |access-date=September 16, 2020 |title=Homeland by Cory Doctorow Read by Wil Wheaton - Audiobook Review }}</ref>
| [[Cory Doctorow]]
| 2014
| No
|-
| ''More of the Best of Science Fiction and Fantasy''<ref name=Audible>{{cite web |url=https://www.audible.com/search?searchNarrator=Wil+Wheaton |website=Audible |access-date=September 12, 2020|title=Results by narrator "Wil Wheaton" in All Categories }}</ref>
| [[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
|-
| ''The Criminal Minds Production Diary''<ref name=Wil_Wheaton>{{cite web |url=https://wilwheaton.bandcamp.com/ |website=bandcamp |access-date=September 16, 2020|title=Audio - Wil Wheaton}}</ref>
| Wil Wheaton
| 2009-03-04
| No
|-
| ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer''<ref name=Audible/>
| [[Mark Twain]]
| 2009-10-21
| No
|-
| ''[[Boneshaker (novel)|Boneshaker]]''<ref>{{cite book|publisher=Audible|title=Boneshaker|url=https://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Boneshaker-Audiobook/B003CZ8QV0}}</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>{{cite book|publisher=Audible|title=Fuzzy Nation|url=https://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B004YXLK7G}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|publisher=Audible|title=The Android's Dream|url=https://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/The-Androids-Dream-Audiobook/B004FGDVUG}}</ref><ref name=Audible/>
| [[John Scalzi]]
| 2011-05-10
| Yes
|-
| ''[[Ready Player One]]''<ref name=ArmadaRP1>{{cite web|url=http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/a-old-school-book-lover-in-praise-of-the-audiobook/Content?oid=4878681|title=An old-school book lover in praise of the audiobook|first=Brian|last=Howe|date=November 11, 2015|work=[[Indy Week]]|access-date=February 14, 2017|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075505/http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/a-old-school-book-lover-in-praise-of-the-audiobook/Content?oid=4878681|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Audible/>
| [[Ernest Cline]]
| 2011-08-16
| No
|-
| ''[[Redshirts (novel)|Redshirts]]''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Redshirts-Audiobook/B007SP2LPM|title=Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas|last=Scalzi|first=John|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=Audible/>
| [[John Scalzi]]
| 2012-06-05
| No
|-
| ''[[Masters of Doom]]''<ref>{{cite tweet|user=audiobooks_com|author=Audiobooks.com|number=202491862848770049|date=May 15, 2012|title=Masters of Doom launched today exclusively through. Listen here, free! @wilw @davidkushner}}</ref><ref name=Audible/>
| [[David Kushner (writer)|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>{{cite book|publisher=Audible|title=Cascadia|url=https://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B004AM4KDC}}</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>{{cite web|last=Scalzi|first=John|title=The Lock In Audiobook: Two Versions, Two Narrators. Pre-Order and Get Both |url=http://whatever.scalzi.com/2014/07/02/the-lock-in-audiobook-two-versions-two-narrators-pre-order-and-get-both/|date=July 2, 2014|access-date=August 26, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Lock-In-Narrated-by-Wil-Wheaton-Audiobook/B00KYUYM14|title=Lock In (Narrated by Wil Wheaton)|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=Audible/>
| [[John Scalzi]]
| 2014-08-26
| No
|-
| ''[[What If? (book)|What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions]]''<ref>{{cite book|publisher=Audible|title=What If?|url=https://www.audible.com/pd/Science-Technology/What-If-Audiobook/B00LV6V4UW}}</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 (writer)|David Kushner]]
| 2015-10-15
| No
|-
| ''[[The Collapsing Empire]]''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Collapsing-Empire-Audiobook/B01L2PE1XI|title=The Collapsing Empire Fire|access-date=October 18, 2018}}</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 (writer)|Joe Hill]]
| 2017-10-24
| Yes
|-
| ''[[Head On (novel)|Head On]]''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Head-On-Narrated-by-Wil-Wheaton-Audiobook/B07BGDSPR9|title=Head On (Narrated by Wil Wheaton)|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=Audible/>
| [[John Scalzi]]
| 2018-04-17
| No
|-
| ''[[The Consuming Fire]]''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Consuming-Fire-Audiobook/B07HNMVMK8|title=The Consuming Fire|access-date=October 18, 2018}}</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 (book)|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 (writer)|Joe Hill]]
| 2019-10-01
| Yes
|-
| ''[[The Martian (Weir novel)|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>{{cite book|url=https://www.audible.com/pd/How-to-Avoid-a-Climate-Disaster-Audiobook/024144876X|title=How to Avoid a Climate Disaster|access-date=February 16, 2021}}</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
|-
|Red Team Blues<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Shop {{!}} Cory Doctorow's craphound.com |url=https://craphound.com/shop/ |access-date=July 23, 2024 |website=craphound.com}}</ref>
|[[Cory Doctorow]]
|2023-04-23
|No
|-
|The Bezzle<ref name=":0" />
|[[Cory Doctorow]]
|2024-02-20
|No
|}

===Live shows===
Wheaton has performed improvisational and [[sketch comedy]] at the [[ACME Comedy Theater]] in Hollywood.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://events.kroq.cbslocal.com/losangeles_ca/events/call-show-live-/E0-001-050450112-1|title=Call It A Show! LIVE|website=CBS Local.com|access-date=July 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115195409/http://events.kroq.cbslocal.com/losangeles_ca/events/call-show-live-/E0-001-050450112-1|archive-date=November 15, 2018}}</ref>  He has a traveling sketch comedy/improv troupe called "EarnestBorg9" that performs science fiction-related comedy at conventions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/general-news/20060608/tracy-burns-returns-in-glass-slipper-comedy|title=Tracy Burns returns in Glass Slipper' comedy|website=Ukiah Daily Journal.com|date=June 8, 2006 }}</ref>

===Writing===
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 [[weblog|blog]], ''Wil Wheaton Dot Net''. In June 2005, he became that month's featured Tech writer for the [[SuicideGirls]] Newswire.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://suicidegirls.com/news/culture/9036/ |title=New Writers for SuicideGirls Newswire |access-date=October 14, 2010 |publisher=Suicide girls |date=June 3, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628231004/http://suicidegirls.com/news/culture/9036/ |archive-date=June 28, 2011 }}</ref>

[[File:Wil Wheaton Meets Tim O'Reilly.jpg|thumb|left|Wil Wheaton (left) meets [[Tim O'Reilly]] at the 2003 booksigning of ''[[Dancing Barefoot (book)|Dancing Barefoot]]'' at [[Powell's City of Books|Powell's]] in [[Portland, Oregon]].]]
In 2017, Wheaton wrote the short story "Laina" for the ''[[Star Wars]]'' anthology ''From a Certain Point of View''.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View' offers fresh perspectives on an iconic tale: book review |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/theater-arts/star-wars-point-view-offers-new-perspectives-article-1.3536633 |access-date=July 29, 2022 |website=New York Daily News|date=October 3, 2017 }}</ref> The book features 40 short stories, each by a different author, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of ''Star Wars''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crouse |first=Megan |date=October 3, 2017 |title=Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View Review |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/star-wars-from-a-certain-point-of-view-review/ |access-date=June 2, 2023 |website=Den of Geek |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton ===
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>{{cite web |last1=Busch |first1=Jenna |title=We Chat with Wil Wheaton About His New Podcast, It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton |url=https://www.vitalthrills.com/its-storytime-with-wil-wheaton-podcast/ |website=Vital Thrills |access-date=16 May 2025}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Wheaton married Anne Prince on November 7, 1999,<ref>{{cite web|last=Wheaton|first=Wil|title=Fourteen years ago today|date=November 7, 2013 |url=http://wilwheaton.net/2013/11/fourteen-years-ago-today/}}</ref> and lives in [[Arcadia, California]], with her and her two sons from a previous relationship.<ref name="LATimes">{{cite news|author=Wilson, Dave|title=A Trekkie, and a Techie|date=October 4, 2001|work= The [[Los Angeles Times]]|publisher=[[Tribune Publishing]]|page =T.2|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-oct-04-tt-53182-story.html|quote= He lives with his wife and two children in Arcadia.}}</ref> Wheaton legally adopted both sons at their request when they reached the age of majority.<ref name="youtube1">{{cite web|title=Wil Wheaton on Trauma, Depression, & Self-Discovery (Bialik Breakdown)|last=Wheaton|first=Wil|website=YouTube |date=April 27, 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwvHcWvpibM&t=3908s| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/AwvHcWvpibM| archive-date=October 30, 2021|access-date=July 14, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Wheaton was roommates with [[Chris Hardwick]] while Chris attended [[UCLA]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Wheaton |first=Wil |date=November 6, 2019 |title=the golden apples of the Hesperides |url=https://wilw.medium.com/the-golden-apples-of-the-hesperides-92e109efef13 |access-date=November 6, 2019 |work=Medium}}</ref> They met at a showing of ''[[Arachnophobia (film)|Arachnophobia]]'' in Burbank, California.<ref name="nerdist63" />

Wheaton has struggled with [[alcohol addiction]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2022/05/25/stand-by-me-actor-wil-wheaton-suicidal-thoughts/9934345002/|title=Wil Wheaton discusses childhood fame, feeling suicidal as a teen: 'I am a survivor'|website=USA TODAY|last=Segarra|first=Ed |date=May 25, 2022}}</ref> In January 2021, Wheaton announced he had been sober from alcohol for five years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/wil-wheaton-five-years-sober/|title=Wil Wheaton Celebrates Five Years of Sobriety With Reflective, Emotional Facebook Post|date=January 12, 2021|website=CBR}}</ref>

Wheaton lives with [[complex post-traumatic stress disorder]],<ref name="auto3">{{Citation |title=Wil Wheaton: Trauma, Depression & Self-Discovery | date=April 27, 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwvHcWvpibM |language=en |access-date=November 20, 2022}}</ref> [[generalized anxiety disorder]],<ref name="auto3" /><ref name="auto4">{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/@wilw/my-name-is-wil-wheaton-i-live-with-chronic-depression-and-generalized-anxiety-i-am-not-ashamed-8f693f9c0af1|title=My name is Wil Wheaton. I Live With Chronic Depression and Generalized Anxiety. I Am Not Ashamed.|last=Wheaton|first=Wil|date=June 1, 2018|website=Medium}}</ref> and [[chronic depression]].<ref name="auto3" /><ref name="auto4" /> He supports mental health nonprofit organizations in raising awareness for these conditions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/07/08/mental_illness_wil_wheaton_and_dealing_with_depression.html|title=Oh, Right, I Can Be a Person Now|author=Phil Plait|publisher=Slate.com|date=July 8, 2015|access-date=April 20, 2016}}</ref><ref name="auto4" />

He criticized [[Dave Chappelle]] for making jokes about transgender people during Chappelle's comedy film ''[[The Closer (2021 film)|The Closer]]''. Wheaton said popular comics had influenced him to think homophobic humor was acceptable when he was young.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newsweek.com/who-wil-wheaton-actor-slams-netflix-dave-chappelle-headlining-joke-festival-1657770 | title=Actor Wil Wheaton Slams Netflix, Chappelle for Headlining Joke Festival | website=[[Newsweek]] | date=December 9, 2021 }}</ref>

In 2022, Wheaton participated in ''[[Celebrity Jeopardy! (2022 TV series)|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>{{Cite web |title=2022 Celebrity Jeopardy! {{!}} Jeopardy.com |url=https://www.jeopardy.com/contestant-zone/2022/celebrity-jeopardy |access-date=November 14, 2022 |website=www.jeopardy.com |language=en}}</ref> He finished in third place, behind winner [[Ike Barinholtz]] and runner-up [[Patton Oswalt]], earning $100,000.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosenbloom |first=Alli |date=February 3, 2023 |title='Celebrity Jeopardy' crowns new champion |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/03/entertainment/celebrity-jeopardy-finale-winner/index.html |access-date=August 18, 2023 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>

===Politics===

Wheaton campaigned for [[Hillary Clinton]] in the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 general election]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Star Trek Actor Wil Wheaton to Campaign for Hillary Clinton in Michigan |url=http://wchbnewsdetroit.newsone.com/3194580/star-trek-actor-wil-wheaton-to-campaign-for-hillary-clinton-in-michigan/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027060612/http://wchbnewsdetroit.newsone.com/3194580/star-trek-actor-wil-wheaton-to-campaign-for-hillary-clinton-in-michigan/ |archive-date=October 27, 2016}}</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 [[thoughts and prayers|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>{{cite tweet |number=927284357609353218 |user=wilw |title=The murdered victims were in a church. If prayers did anything, they'd still be alive, you worthless sack of shit. |author=Wil 'stop enabling the Nazis' Wheaton |date=November 5, 2017}}</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>{{cite web |last1=Wheaton |first1=Wil |date=November 6, 2017 |title=point of clarification |url=http://wilwheaton.net/2017/11/point-of-clarification/ |access-date=November 6, 2017 |website=Wil Wheaton dot Net}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Borchers |first1=Callum |date=November 6, 2017 |title=What prayer shamers get wrong (and right) about Christianity |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/11/06/what-prayer-shamers-misunderstand-about-christianity-and-what-they-get-right/ |access-date=November 6, 2017 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=November 5, 2017 |title=Wil Wheaton angers people of faith with furious tweet at Paul Ryan |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/wil-wheaton-angers-people-of-faith-with-furious-tweet-at-paul-ryan |access-date=November 6, 2017 |website=Fox News}}</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>{{cite news |date=September 24, 2024 |title=Wonder Woman brings us Geeks for Harris tonight |url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/9/24/2272630/-Wonder-Woman-brings-us-Geeks-for-Harris-tonight |access-date=September 25, 2024 |publisher=Daily KOs}}</ref>

==Honors==
*[[Young Artist Awards]]: 1989 & 1987
*[[Melbourne Underground Film Festival]]: Best Actor (2002)
*International Academy of Web Television Awards: Best Host (Pre-Recorded) (2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iawtv.org/2014-iawtv-awards-nominees-and-winners|title=2014 IAWTV Awards Nominees and Winners|website=International Academy of Web Television|language=en-US|access-date=October 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827093259/http://www.iawtv.org/2014-iawtv-awards-nominees-and-winners|archive-date=August 27, 2019}}</ref>
* [[51st Saturn Awards|Saturn Awards]]: Lifetime Achievement Award – The Cast of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' (2024)<ref name=TrekMovie>{{Cite web |last=Pascale |first=Anthony |date=February 4, 2024 |title='Star Trek: Picard' Wins 4 Saturn Awards, 'Strange New Worlds' Wins 1 |url=https://trekmovie.com/2024/02/04/star-trek-picard-wins-4-saturn-awards-strange-new-worlds-wins-1/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205055005/https://trekmovie.com/2024/02/04/star-trek-picard-wins-4-saturn-awards-strange-new-worlds-wins-1/ |archive-date=February 5, 2024 |website=TREKMOVIE.com}}</ref>{{efn|"The Lifetime Achievement Award is usually presented to an individual for their contributions to [[Genre fiction|genre entertainment]]. Top luminaries like [[Stan Lee]] and [[Leonard Nimoy]], [[Spock|Mr. Spock]] himself, have received this top honor. It's not new, but we extended this award to cover the entire cast of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', due to its continued influence on the face of general television. It was originally doomed to failure since it was following in the footsteps of [[Star Trek: The Original Series|the original ''Star Trek'']], yet it carved its own identity, and its diverse cast was light years ahead of its time!" —[[Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films]]<ref name=TrekMovie/>}}

An asteroid was named after him: [[391257 Wilwheaton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/asteroid-star-trek-wil-wheaton-wesley-crusher/|title=Asteroid named after Star Trek's Wil Wheaton: Engage!|last=Kooser|first=Amanda|date=January 19, 2017|work=CNET|access-date=February 14, 2017}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Films and television films===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of appearances in films and television films
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| 1981
| ''[[A Long Way Home (1981 film)|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 (film)|The Buddy System]]''
| Tim
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[The Last Starfighter]]''
| Louis' friend
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[The Defiant Ones (1986 film)|The Defiant Ones]]''
| Clyde
| rowspan="2" | Television film
|-
| 1986
| ''Long Time Gone''
| Mitchell
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Stand by Me (film)|Stand by Me]]''
| Gordie Lachance 
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[The Curse (1987 film)|The Curse]]''
| Zack
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[The Man Who Fell to Earth (TV)|The Man Who Fell to Earth]]''
| Billy Milton
| rowspan="2" | Television film
|-
| 1987
| ''Young Harry Houdini''
| Ehrich Weiss
|-
| 1988
| ''[[She's Having a Baby]]''
| Eloy
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Toy Soldiers (1991 film)|Toy Soldiers]]''
|  Joseph "Joey" Trotta
|
|-
| 1991
| ''The Last Prostitute''
| Danny
| Television film
|-
| 1991
| ''[[December (1991 film)|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 (1996 film)|Pie in the Sky]]''
| Jack
|
|-
| 1996
| ''Boys' Night Out''
| Marco
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Trekkies (film)|Trekkies]]''
| Himself
| Documentary
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Flubber (film)|Flubber]]''
| Bennett Hoenicker
|
|-
| 1997
| ''Tales of Glamour and Excess''
| Danny Sugerman
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[The Day Lincoln Was Shot]]''
| [[Robert Todd Lincoln|Robert Lincoln]]
| Television film
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Fag Hag (film)|Fag Hag]]''
| Himself
| 
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Foreign Correspondents (film)|Foreign Correspondents]]''
| Jonas
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[The Girls' Room]]''
| Charlie
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Deep Core (film)|Deep Core]]''
| Rodney Bedecker
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Python (film)|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 (film)|Book of Days]]''
| Danny
| rowspan="2" | Television film
|-
| 2003
| ''Four Fingers of the Dragon''
| Himself
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Neverland (film)|Neverland]]''
| John Darling
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Americanizing Shelley]]''
| Director Alan Smithee
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Star Trek (2009 film)|Star Trek]]''
| Romulans (various)<ref>{{Citation | publisher = Type pad | first = Wil | last = Wheaton | url = http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2009/11/in-which-a-fairly-major-secret-is-made-secret-no-more.html | title = In which a fairly major secret is made secret no more |date=Nov 2009}}</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 appearances===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of appearances in TV shows
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| 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
| ''[[Walt Disney anthology television series|Disneyland]]''
| [[Harry Houdini|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#Season Eighteen (1989-90)|ABC Afterschool Special]]''
| Nick Karpinsky
| Episode: "My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?"
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Monsters (American TV series)|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 (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]''
| Arling
| Episode: "House of Horror"
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Sirens (1993 TV series)|Sirens]]''
| Wayne McGarrick
| Episode: "Chasing a Ghost"
|-
| 1996
| ''[[The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]''
| Cadet
| Episode: "The Light Brigade" 
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Gun (TV series)|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 (2000 TV series)|The Invisible Man]]''
| Dorman
| Episode: "Perchance to Dream" 
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Twice in a Lifetime (TV series)|Twice in a Lifetime]]''
| Ryan Storey, Dr. Thomas
| Episode: "The Choice" 
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Biography (TV series)|A&E Biography]]''
| Narrator
| Episode: "Eclipsed by Death: The Life of [[River Phoenix]]" 
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Arena (G4 TV series)|Arena]]''
| rowspan="2" | Presenter
| Unknown episodes
|-
| 2002–2003
| ''[[The Screen Savers]]''
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2005
| ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' 
| Walter
| Episode: "[[List of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episodes|Compulsion]]" 
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Numbers (TV series)|Numb3rs]]''
| Miles Sklar
| Episode: "Graphic"
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Criminal Minds]]''
| Floyd Hansen
| Episode: "Paradise" 
|-
| 2009–2011
| ''[[Leverage (American TV series)|Leverage]]''
| Colin Mason
| Recurring role
|-
| 2009–2019
| ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]''
|A fictionalized version of himself
| Recurring role; 17 episodes<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cleveland.com//tv/2019/02/wil-wheaton-wraps-up-run-as-wil-wheaton-on-big-bang-theory.html|title=Wil Wheaton wraps up run as Wil Wheaton on 'Big Bang Theory'|website=Cleveland.com|first= Mark|last=Dawidziak|date=February 23, 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2010–2012
| ''[[Eureka (2006 TV series)|Eureka]]''
| Dr. Isaac Parrish
| Recurring role ([[This One Time at Space Camp|Season 4]]–[[List of Eureka episodes#Season 5 (2012)|5]])
|-
| 2014
| ''[[The Wil Wheaton Project]]''
| Presenter
| 12 episodes
|-
| 2015–2016
| ''[[Dark Matter (2015 TV series)|Dark Matter]]''
| Alexander Rook
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Powers (American TV series)|Powers]]''
| Conrad Moody
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''
| Drake
| Episode: "Reptilicus" 
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Bill Nye Saves the World]]''
| rowspan="2" | Himself
| Episode: "The Original Martian Invasion" 
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (American TV series)|Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]''
| "July 10, 2017" (Season 13, Episode 5)
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Supergirl (TV series)|Supergirl]]''
| End of the World Protestor
| Episode: "[[Crisis on Infinite Earths (Arrowverse)|Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One]]"
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Star Trek: Picard]]''
| Wesley Crusher
| Episode: "Farewell"
|-
| 2022
| ''[[S.W.A.T. (2017 TV series)|S.W.A.T.]]''
| Evan Whitlock
| Episode: "Old School Cool"
|-
| 2022-2023
| ''[[Celebrity Jeopardy! (2022 TV series)|Celebrity Jeopardy!]]''
| Self - Celebrity Contestant
| Episode: "Quarterfinal #5: [[Troian Bellisario]], Wil Wheaton and [[Hasan Minhaj]]"<br />Episode: "Semifinal #2: [[John Michael Higgins]], Wil Wheaton and [[Joel Kim Booster]]"<br />Episode: "Final: Wil Wheaton, [[Patton Oswalt]] and [[Ike Barinholtz]]"
|}

===Web shows and series===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of appearances in web shows and series
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| 2006–2007
| ''[[Revision3]]''
| Presenter
| 
|-
| 2007 
| ''[[LoadingReadyRun]]''
| Himself
| 
|-
| 2008 
| ''Retarded Policeman #5: Writers Strike''<ref>{{Citation | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U3suqfWRz8 | title = Retarded Policeman #5 | first = Wil | last = Wheaton | publisher = YouTube | date = January 22, 2008 | access-date = June 4, 2012}}</ref>
| Presenter
| <!---Yes, that's the name and Felicia Day of The Guild and Eureka was in another video of that series. --->
|-
| 2009–2011
| ''[[The Guild (web series)|The Guild]]''
| Fawkes
| Main role
|-
| 2010
| ''[[IRrelevant Astronomy]]''
| The Physician
| Episode: "Robot Astronomy Talk Show: Destroyer of Worlds"
|-
| 2012–2017
| ''[[TableTop (web series)|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
| ''[[Geek & Sundry|Titansgrave: The Ashes of Valkana]]''
| Game Master/Host
|
|-
| 2015
| ''Conversations with Creators''
| Host<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/06/22/conversations-with-creators/ |title=Conversations with Creators with Wil Wheaton Premieres July 7th |last=Wheaton |first=Wil |work=[[PlayStation Blog]] |publisher=[[Sony Computer Entertainment]] |date=June 22, 2015 |access-date=July 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717111350/http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/06/22/conversations-with-creators/ |archive-date=July 17, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| 
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Critical Role]]''
| Himself, Thorbir Falbek
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Con Man (web series)|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]]''
| rowspan="2" | Host
| 84 episodes
|-
|2020–2021
|''Rival Speak''<ref>{{cite web|date=March 24, 2021|title=Wil Wheaton Interview: Rival Peak and Rival Speak|url=https://screenrant.com/rival-peak-speak-show-wil-wheaton-interview/|access-date=April 20, 2021|website=ScreenRant|language=en-US}}</ref>
|12 episodes
|-
|2022
|''[[The Sandman (podcast)|The Sandman]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.audible.com/blog/its-here-the-sandman-act-3-cast-list|title=It's Here: The Sandman Act 3 Cast List|work=Audible|access-date=June 9, 2024|language=en-US}}</ref>
|Brant Tucker
|Voice, 4 episodes
|-
|2023
|''[[Third Eye (podcast)|Third Eye]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2023/10/20/felicia-day-on-her-new-third-eye-podcast-and-the-joy-of-subversion/?sh=1c999913a2dc|title=Felica Day on her New 'Third Eye' podcast|work=Forbes|first=Rob|last=Salkowitz|date=October 20, 2023}}</ref>
| Robigus
| Voice
|}

===Animation===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of voice performances in animated films and television series
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| 1982 || ''[[The Secret of NIMH]]'' || Martin Brisby ||Feature film
|-
| 1993 || ''[[The Legend of Prince Valiant]]'' || Prince Michael / King Michael || Main role ([[List of The Legend of Prince Valiant episodes#Season two|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 (TV series)|Teen Titans]]'' || [[Garth (comics)|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 (TV series)|Legion of Super Heroes]]'' || [[Cosmic Boy]], Roderick Doyle || Recurring role (6 episodes)<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Wil Wheaton (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Wil-Wheaton/ |access-date=July 30, 2023 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
|-
| 2008–09 || ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force]]'' || Michael Morningstar / Darkstar || Recurring role (5 episodes)<ref name="btva" />
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Naruto (TV series)|Naruto]]'' || Menma || 3 episodes, English version
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Black God (manga)|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 (TV series)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]''
|[[Korvac]]
|Episode: "Unfortunate Son"<ref name="btva" />
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Teen Titans Go! To the Movies]]'' || [[Barry Allen|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 (TV series)|Dogs in Space]]'' || Atlas || 4 episodes
|-
| 2023 || ''[[Star Trek: Lower Decks]]'' || rowspan="2" | Wesley Crusher || Episode: "Old Friends, New Planets"
|-
| 2024
|''[[Star Trek: Prodigy]]''
| Main role, Season 2
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of voice performances in video games
! 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]]''
| rowspan="3" | Additional voices
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown]]''
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter]]''
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]''
| rowspan="2" | 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]]''
| [[Tim Drake|Robin]]<ref name="btva" />
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Grand Theft Auto V]]''
| The Local Population
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Broken Age]]''
| Curtis The Lumberjack<ref name="btva" />
|-
| 2015
| ''[[There Came an Echo]]''
| Corrin<ref name=echosteam >{{cite web| publisher = [[Steam (service)|Steam]], Iridium Studios| url =http://store.steampowered.com/app/319740| access-date = March 4, 2015| title = There Came an Echo on Steam}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.]]''
| [[Abraham Lincoln]]<ref name="btva" />
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Dungeons & Dragons Online]] - Reign of Elemental Evil<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/34450/Wil-Wheaton-to-DM-Reign-of-Elemental-Evil|title=Wil Wheaton to DM Reign of Elemental Evil - Dungeons & Dragons Online - MMORPG.com|work=mmorpg.com|date=April 6, 2015 |access-date=February 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102163307/http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/34450/Wil-Wheaton-to-DM-Reign-of-Elemental-Evil|archive-date=January 2, 2016}}</ref>''
| [[Dungeon Master]]
|-
|2021
|''[[I Expect You to Die 2: The Spy and the Liar]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and the Liar Launches This Summer, Featuring Wil Wheaton and Puddles Pity Party {{!}} I Expect You To Die {{!}} Schell Games|url=https://iexpectyoutodie.schellgames.com/news/i-expect-you-to-die-2-the-spy-and-the-liar-launches-this-summer|access-date=June 17, 2021|website=iexpectyoutodie.schellgames.com}}</ref>
|John Juniper
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Star Trek Online]]''<ref>{{cite web | last=Brown | first=Fraser | title=Wil Wheaton is trying to become a god in Star Trek Online | website=PC Gamer | date=September 14, 2022 | url=https://www.pcgamer.com/wil-wheaton-is-trying-to-become-a-god-in-star-trek-online/ | access-date=February 27, 2023}}</ref>
| Terran Emperor Wesley Crusher
|}

==Bibliography==
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* ''[[Dancing Barefoot (book)|Dancing Barefoot]]'' ({{ISBN|0-596-00674-8}}) (2004)
* ''[[Just a Geek]]'' ({{ISBN|0-596-00768-X}}) (2004)
* ''Stories of Strength'' ({{ISBN|1-4116-5503-6}}) (2005; contributor)
* ''The Happiest Days of Our Lives'' ({{ISBN|0-9741160-2-5}}) (2007)
* ''Sunken Treasure'' (2009)
* ''Memories of the Future Vol. 1'' ({{ISBN|0-9741160-4-1}}) (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 (book)|Still Just a Geek]]'' ({{ISBN|978-0-06-308047-8}}) (2022)
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==Notes==
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* Holmstrom, John. ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995''. Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p.&nbsp;390-391.
* Wheaton, Wil. [https://web.archive.org/web/20180605092306/https://medium.com/@wilw/my-name-is-wil-wheaton-i-live-with-chronic-depression-and-generalized-anxiety-i-am-not-ashamed-8f693f9c0af1 "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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* [http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/ WWdN: In Exile]
* {{IMDb name|696|Wil Wheaton}}
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