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My Take
Wil Wheaton interests me less as an actor than as a survivor with a keyboard. Child stardom in Stand by Me and Star Trek: The Next Generation chews most people up, and early internet fandom was openly cruel to him. Instead of disappearing, he wrote his way out: blogging early and candidly, publishing books, becoming an elder statesman of geek culture who speaks honestly about a rough start. I respect reinvention that comes from self-examination rather than rebranding, and his is exactly that. He turned being typecast into being trusted, which is a far rarer career achievement than another acting credit.
Overview
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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Wil Wheaton
- Name (Japanese)
- ウィル・ウィトン
- Reading
- うぃる・うぃとん
- Born
- July 29, 1972 (age 53)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Rat
- Origin
- Burbank, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / writer / poker player / voice actor / blogger
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Crescenta Valley High School
- University
- University of California, Los Angeles
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.