Wil Wheaton

Wil Wheaton

Known for
Acting
Born
July 29, 1972 (age 54)
Birthplace
Burbank, California, USA

Biography

Richard William "Wil" Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American actor and writer. As an actor, he is best known for his portrayals of Wesley Crusher on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Gordie LaChance in the film Stand by Me and Joey Trotta in Toy Soldiers. As a writer, he is best known for his blog, Wil Wheaton Dot Net.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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The Guild: Ren Faire'd poster

The Guild: Ren Faire'd

Movie · as Fawkes

2026
The Moof Milkers poster

The Moof Milkers

Movie · as C-3P0

2026
For the Love of Star Trek poster

For the Love of Star Trek

Movie · as Self

2026
The Official Big Bang Theory Podcast poster

The Official Big Bang Theory Podcast

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2026
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe Podcast poster

Stuart Fails to Save the Universe Podcast

TV · as Self - Host · 10 eps

2026
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe poster

Stuart Fails to Save the Universe

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2025
DIY: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Punk poster

DIY: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Punk

Movie · as Self

2025
Tales from Woodcreek poster

Tales from Woodcreek

TV · as Eldorae the Witch of the Old Wood · 2 eps

2024
DC Studios Showcase: The Official Podcast poster

DC Studios Showcase: The Official Podcast

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2023
Attack of the Doc! poster

Attack of the Doc!

Movie · as Self

2023
Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill! poster

Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!

TV · as Azagoron · 1 ep

2022
In Search of Tomorrow poster

In Search of Tomorrow

Movie · as Self - Interviewee

2022
Celebrity Jeopardy! poster

Celebrity Jeopardy!

TV · as Self - Contestant · 3 eps

2021
Dogs in Space poster

Dogs in Space

TV · as Atlas (voice) · 4 eps

2021
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek poster

The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2021
Star Trek: Prodigy poster

Star Trek: Prodigy

TV · as Wesley Crusher (voice) · 8 eps

2020
Pooka Lives! poster

Pooka Lives!

Movie · as David

2020
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters poster

Max Reload and the Nether Blasters

Movie · as Arcade Heroes Narrator (voice)

2020
Rent-A-Pal poster

Rent-A-Pal

Movie · as Andy

2020
Showbiz Kids poster

Showbiz Kids

Movie · as Self

2020
Rival Speak

Rival Speak

TV · as Wil Wheaton · 1 ep

2020
Star Trek Day poster

Star Trek Day

TV · as Self - Host · 4 eps

2020
Star Trek: Lower Decks poster

Star Trek: Lower Decks

TV · as Wesley Crusher (voice) · 1 ep

2020
Star Trek: Picard poster

Star Trek: Picard

TV · as Wesley Crusher · 1 ep

2019
Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary poster

Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary

Movie · as Self

2019
The Ready Room poster

The Ready Room

TV · as Self - Host · 104 eps

2018
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies poster

Teen Titans Go! To the Movies

Movie · as Flash (voice)

2018
Transformers: Power of the Primes poster

Transformers: Power of the Primes

Movie · as Perceptor (voice)

2018
SONA poster

SONA

TV · as Minos · 1 ep

2017
Transformers: Titans Return poster

Transformers: Titans Return

Movie · as Perceptor (voice)

2017
Mystery Science Theater 3000 poster

Mystery Science Theater 3000

TV · as Drake · 1 ep

2017
S.W.A.T. poster

S.W.A.T.

TV · as Evan Whitlock · 1 ep

2017
Transformers: Titans Return poster

Transformers: Titans Return

TV · as Perceptor · 10 eps

2017
Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters poster

Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters

TV · as Jonathan Rook (voice) · 23 eps

2017
Bill Nye Saves the World poster

Bill Nye Saves the World

TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep

2016
Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously poster

Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously

Movie · as Self

2016
Enter the Battlefield: Life on the Magic - The Gathering Pro Tour poster

Enter the Battlefield: Life on the Magic - The Gathering Pro Tour

Movie · as Narrator

2015
Titansgrave: The Ashes of Valkana poster

Titansgrave: The Ashes of Valkana

TV · as Game Master · 6 eps

2015
Dark Matter poster

Dark Matter

TV · as Alexander Rook · 1 ep

2015
Powers poster

Powers

TV · as Conrad Moody · 3 eps

2015
Critical Role poster

Critical Role

TV · as Thorbir Falbek · 2 eps

2015
Supergirl poster

Supergirl

TV · as Doomsday Protestor · 1 ep

2015
Con Man poster

Con Man

TV · as Officer Cahoots · 1 ep

2015
Celebrity Family Feud poster

Celebrity Family Feud

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2014
Video Games: The Movie poster

Video Games: The Movie

Movie · as Self

2014
To Be Takei poster

To Be Takei

Movie · as Self

2014
Sharknado 2: The Second One poster

Sharknado 2: The Second One

Movie · as Plane Passenger (uncredited)

2014
The Wil Wheaton Project poster

The Wil Wheaton Project

TV · as Himself - Host · 12 eps

2013
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds poster

Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds

Movie · as Ensign Wesley Crusher (archive footage)

2013
Whose Line Is It Anyway? poster

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
@midnight with Chris Hardwick poster

@midnight with Chris Hardwick

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2012
Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation poster

Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation

Movie · as Self

2011
Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts poster

Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts

Movie · as Self

2011
Underground Entertainment: The Movie poster

Underground Entertainment: The Movie

Movie · as Scapegoat #1

2010
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien poster

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

TV · as Mike Morningstar / Darkstar (voice) · 3 eps

2009
Star Trek poster

Star Trek

Movie · as Romulan (voice) (uncredited)

2009
Kyle + Rosemary poster

Kyle + Rosemary

Movie · as Kyle (voice)

2009
The Great Debate

The Great Debate

TV · 6 eps

2008
Leverage poster

Leverage

TV · as Colin Mason · 2 eps

2008
I Love the New Millennium poster

I Love the New Millennium

TV · as Self · 8 eps

2008
Random! Cartoons poster

Random! Cartoons

TV · as Kyle / Horace (voice) · 1 ep

2008
Ben 10: Alien Force poster

Ben 10: Alien Force

TV · as Darkstar (voice), Mike Morningstar (voice) · 4 eps

2008
Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy poster

Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

2008
Batman: The Brave and the Bold poster

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

TV · as Silver Age Blue Beetle (voice) · 2 eps

2007
Americanizing Shelley poster

Americanizing Shelley

Movie · as Director Alan Smithee

2007
The Big Bang Theory poster

The Big Bang Theory

TV · as Wil Wheaton · 17 eps

2007
The Guild poster

The Guild

TV · as Fawkes · 16 eps

2006
Legion of Super Heroes poster

Legion of Super Heroes

TV · as Cosmic Boy (voice) · 6 eps

2006
Eureka poster

Eureka

TV · as Isaac Parrish · 12 eps

2006
Child Star Confidential

Child Star Confidential

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Numb3rs poster

Numb3rs

TV · as Miles Sklar · 1 ep

2005
Criminal Minds poster

Criminal Minds

TV · as Floyd Hansen · 1 ep

2005
Avatar: The Last Airbender poster

Avatar: The Last Airbender

TV · as Pet Shop Owner (voice) · 1 ep

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Co-Worker (voice) · 1 ep

2005
Made in Hollywood poster

Made in Hollywood

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Robot Chicken poster

Robot Chicken

TV · as Dr. Doom / Centaur / State Farm Representative (voice) · 1 ep

2004
Best Week Ever poster

Best Week Ever

TV · 2 eps

2004
My Coolest Years

My Coolest Years

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

2003
Neverland poster

Neverland

Movie · as John Darling

2003
Book of Days poster

Book of Days

Movie · as Danny

2003
Teen Titans poster

Teen Titans

TV · as Aqualad (voice), Aqualad / Computer Geek (voice) · 6 eps

2002
Star Trek: Nemesis poster

Star Trek: Nemesis

Movie · as Wesley Crusher

2002
Fish Don't Blink poster

Fish Don't Blink

Movie · as Jimmy

2002
The Flintstones: On the Rocks poster

The Flintstones: On the Rocks

Movie · as Singer (bass) (voice)

2002
Jane White Is Sick & Twisted poster

Jane White Is Sick & Twisted

Movie · as Dick Smith

2002
Arena

Arena

TV · 73 eps

2001
Foreign Correspondents poster

Foreign Correspondents

Movie · as Jonas

2001
The Good Things

The Good Things

Movie · as Zach Means

2001
Beat the Geeks poster

Beat the Geeks

TV · 1 ep

2001
The Zeta Project poster

The Zeta Project

TV · 1 ep

2000
The Girls' Room

The Girls' Room

Movie · as Charlie

2000
Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me poster

Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me

Movie · as Self

2000
Python poster

Python

Movie · as Tommy

2000
Deep Core poster

Deep Core

Movie · as Rodney Bedecker

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Walter · 1 ep

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as Wil Wheaton (voice) · 1 ep

1999
Twice in a Lifetime poster

Twice in a Lifetime

TV · as Ryan Storey / Dr. Thomas · 1 ep

1999
Chicken Soup for the Soul

Chicken Soup for the Soul

TV · as Will · 23 eps

1998
The Day Lincoln Was Shot poster

The Day Lincoln Was Shot

Movie · as Robert Todd Lincoln

1998
Fag Hag poster

Fag Hag

Movie

1997
Flubber poster

Flubber

Movie · as Bennett Hoenicker

1997
Trekkies poster

Trekkies

Movie · as Self

1997
Perversions of Science poster

Perversions of Science

TV · as Bryan · 1 ep

1997
Gun poster

Gun

TV · as Bilchick · 1 ep

1996
Pie in the Sky poster

Pie in the Sky

Movie · as Jack

1995
It Was Him or Us poster

It Was Him or Us

Movie · as Scottie Cray

1995
Mr. Stitch poster

Mr. Stitch

Movie · as Lazarus

1995
Hang Time poster

Hang Time

TV · 1 ep

1995
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as Cadet · 1 ep

1994
The Liars' Club poster

The Liars' Club

Movie · as David Reynolds

1993
Sirens poster

Sirens

TV · as Wayne McGarrick · 1 ep

1993
Diagnosis: Murder poster

Diagnosis: Murder

TV · as Forest Ranger Gary Barton · 1 ep

1991
Toy Soldiers poster

Toy Soldiers

Movie · as Joey Trotta

1991
The Last Prostitute poster

The Last Prostitute

Movie · as Danny

1991
December poster

December

Movie · as Kipp Gibbs

1991
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special poster

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special

Movie · as Self

1990
Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration! poster

Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration!

Movie

1990
8:15 from Manchester

8:15 from Manchester

TV · 1 ep

1989
My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He? poster

My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?

Movie · as Nick Karpinsky

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Arling · 1 ep

1988
Dare to Say No! poster

Dare to Say No!

Movie

1988
She's Having a Baby poster

She's Having a Baby

Movie · as Wil Wheaton (uncredited)

1988
Monsters poster

Monsters

TV · as Kevin · 1 ep

1987
The Curse poster

The Curse

Movie · as Zack

1987
The Man Who Fell to Earth poster

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Movie · as Billy Milton

1987
Young Harry Houdini poster

Young Harry Houdini

Movie · as Ehrich Weiss / Young Harry Houdini

1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation poster

Star Trek: The Next Generation

TV · as Wesley Crusher · 82 eps

1987
Kids' Choice Awards poster

Kids' Choice Awards

TV · as Himself - Host · 1 ep

1986
Stand by Me poster

Stand by Me

Movie · as Gordie Lachance

1986
The Defiant Ones poster

The Defiant Ones

Movie · as Clyde

1986
Long Time Gone poster

Long Time Gone

Movie · as Mitchell

1984
The Buddy System poster

The Buddy System

Movie · as Tim

1984
The Last Starfighter poster

The Last Starfighter

Movie · as Louis' Friend

1984
Highway to Heaven poster

Highway to Heaven

TV · 1 ep

1983
Hambone and Hillie poster

Hambone and Hillie

Movie · as Jeff Radcliffe

1982
The Secret of NIMH poster

The Secret of NIMH

Movie · as Martin (voice)

1982
St. Elsewhere poster

St. Elsewhere

TV · as Owen Drimmer · 1 ep

1982
Family Ties poster

Family Ties

TV · as Timothy Higgins · 1 ep

1981
A Long Way Home poster

A Long Way Home

Movie · as Donald Branch, age 8

1972
ABC Afterschool Special poster

ABC Afterschool Special

TV · as Nick Karpinsky · 1 ep