Wil Wheaton was born on July 29, 1972 in Burbank, California.
Richard William Wheaton III is Wil Wheaton's birth name, he also
goes by the nickname Uncle Willie.
An avid gamer in February 2005, Wil Wheaton was writting a weekly
column called GAMES OF OUR LIVES for The Onion A.V. club at http://avclub.theonion.com/.
Wil writes about vintage nostalgia-worthy video games.
For the TV Series STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, Wil Wheaton
play Ensign Wesley Crusher from 1987-1990.
Launching his own website, led Wil Wheaton to new success. WilWheaton.net
is his website which led Wil to several voice acting roles.
Wil Wheaton has also added to his acting career by becoming an
author as of 2005 Wheaton has written two books JUST A GEEK and
DANCING BAREFOOT which is a variety of essays about the of events
in his life.
In 2005 Wil Wheaton played as part of the PokerStars.com team
in the World Series of Poker.
Keeping busy Wil Wheaton also is a posting member of slashdot.org.
He also does interviews on a regular basis and participates in
the internet discussion including answering private messages.
It was in 1986 that Wil Wheaton made himself really known to
the acting community in the Rob Reiner film STAND BY ME. Although
his first break opposite Bill Cosby in a Jell-O Pudding Pops commercial.
Wil Wheaton can be heard in just a few lines on Chunky A's Arsenio
Hals song Dope, The Big Lie this is on the album Large And In
Charge.
Wil Wheaton's voice made it on 4 popular video games GRAND THEFT
AUTO: SAN ANDREAS he was the voice of Richard Burns/Talk Radio,
4 different voices for the game EVERQUEST II he was Festus Septimus,
Overseer Zerrin, Merchant William, Innkeeper Valean,also GHOST
RECON 2 and RAINBOW SIX:LOCK DOWN.
Wil Wheaton's other notable credits include...
AMERICANIZING SHELLEY (2007)
NEVERLAND (2003)
SPEECHLESS (2001)
FLUBBER (1997)
TOY SOLDIERS (1991)
STAND BY ME (1986)
THE BUDDY SYSTEM (1984)
Wil Wheaton
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