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Richard William "Wil" Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American writer and actor. As an actor, he is best known for his portrayals of Wesley Crusher on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation ("ST:TNG"), as Gordie LaChance in the film Stand By Me, and as prep-school rebel Joseph 'Joey' Trotta in Toy Soldiers.
BiographyWheaton was born in Burbank, California to Debbie O’Connor and Richard William Wheaton, Jr.[1] Like many actors who were popular from their work in the Star Trek franchise, much of Wheaton's career has been limited to Trek-oriented appearances. During his youth, he was a prominently featured guest at Star Trek conventions and very popular in teen magazines.
Although his character, and by extension Wheaton himself, was loudly hated by a small but vocal group of Trekkers (see Usenet group alt.ensign.wesley.die.die.die or alt.wesley.crusher.die.die.die) during TNG's first run, Wheaton has emerged as a vocal member of the geek / nerd community and runs his own weblog, Wil Wheaton Dot Net. The majority of his present popularity comes from this web site, the books it has spawned, and from fans who admire his earlier work. Wheaton also contributes regularly to the Los Angeles-based Metroblogging site. His work as a voice actor can be found in such diverse places as Aqualad of the cartoon Teen Titans and, most recently, as the voice of radio newsman Richard Burns in the popular Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas video game. Wheaton married Anne Prince in 1999. He lives with his wife and two step-sons in Los Angeles, California. Image:Wil Wheaton Meets Tim O'Reilly.jpg Wil Wheaton meets Tim O'Reilly at the 2003 booksigning of Dancing Barefoot at Powell's in Portland, Oregon In the spring of 2003, Wheaton founded the independent publishing company Monolith Press and released a book of his memoirs, entitled Dancing Barefoot. Monolith Press was "founded on the idea that publication should not be limited by opportunity."[1] Most of the entries are extended versions of his online blog entries. Wheaton sold out three printings in four months, and in the winter of 2003, the book's success caught the eye of publisher Tim O'Reilly, who signed Wheaton to a three book contract. O'Reilly acquired Dancing Barefoot, and published Wheaton's extended memoirs, Just A Geek, in summer of 2004. The book's sales were apparently rather disappointing, and Wheaton has since written about his bitterness regarding how the book was marketed, believing it was pitched as a Star Trek book when he intended it as more of a personal memoir.
In January 2005, Wheaton began a column about early video games called Games of Our Lives in The Onion, but has not written new material for that column since October 2006. In June 2005, he became the feature Geek editor for the SuicideGirls Newswire. A column that Wheaton wrote for Salon.com in 2005, The Real War on Christmas, attacked conservative commentators like Bill O'Reilly and detailed his arguments with his conservative parents over current political matters. [2] Wheaton's parents were very offended by the article, and Wheaton posted a lengthy apology on his site and an interview in which his parents gave their version of events. [3] In 2003, Wheaton began noting on his blog his love for the game of poker. The following year, Wheaton began writing more extensively about his poker-playing experiences, including stories about playing Texas hold 'em tournaments locally and in Las Vegas. Eventually, Wheaton worked up to regular play, including a notable run at the 2005 World Poker Tour Championships. On June 23, 2005, Wheaton accepted an invitation to join Team PokerStars [4]. He went on to play in that year's World Series of Poker. As of April 2006, Wheaton has been signed on to the new Nickelodeon cartoon, Kyle + Rosemary, as the titular Kyle. In late September of 2006, Wheaton began hosting a Revision3 syndicated video podcast called InDigital along with Jessica Corbin and veteran host Hahn Choi.
Though never one to shy away from politics (he describes himself as a libertarian [5]), in September of 2006 Wheaton very stringently clarified his anti-Bush beliefs in a blog posting, stating: "Shame on President Bush. Shame on his Republican allies in congress." 1 Trivia
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Incorrectly attributed to Wil WheatonNumerous sources incorrectly list (or, as in the case of the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), listed) Wil Wheaton as providing "additional voices" in the Disney animated feature Brother Bear. The voice actor is "Willie Wheaton", who is not the same person as Wil Wheaton. [7] Wheaton is often confused with Will Wheaton Jr., a jazz musician who contributed to the film Mystery Men, among other works. Video games
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