Comprehensive information and links about Wil Wheaton

Wil Wheaton (born July 29, 1972 in Burbank, CaliforniaWil Wheaton is a writer, actor, and geek icon. As an actor, he is best known for his portrayals of Wesley Crusher on the television series conventions and very popular in teen magazines.

In the late 1990s, he embraced work in independent film, appearing in a number of roles. Several of his independent films have won awards: , in which Wheaton portrays a frustrated Kansas tollbooth worker, was selected Best Short Film at the 2002 Deauville Film Festival. He also received the Best Actor award at the 2002 Melbourne Underground Film Festival for his performance in , and performs improvisational and sketch comedy at the ACME Comedy Theater in Hollywood. He has a travelling sketch comedyimprov troupe called "EarnestBorg9" that performs Sci-Fi and geek-related comedy at conventions.

Although his character (and by extension Wil himself) was loudly hated by a small but vocal group of Trekkers (see Usenet group tt 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. He is a frequent poster at Slashdot and Fark, and is heavily involved with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, promoting free speech and privacy issues. Wil 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 video game.

Wheaton married Anne Prince in 1999. He lives with his wife and two step-sons in Los Angeles, California. Wheaton is often confused with Will Wheaton Jr., a jazz musician who contributed to the film "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 . 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 , in summer of 2004.

Wil had a monthly column entitled "Wil Save" in the Dungeons and Dragons based magazine , where he related anecdotal tales of his life in relation to the famous fantasy RPG. He ceased writing the column in May 2005. In January 2005, Wil began a column about video games in

In February 2005, Wil announced that he had won the role of a one-off character, the crack-addicted homeless man Walter, on column by John Schwartz [2] portrayed Wil's role in a highly favorable light. Duane Clark, director of the episode, is quoted as saying "[Wil brought] a lot of scary volatility [to the role]. He really dug his teeth into it, and on his own came up with a backstory of who Walter was. He really filled out what could have been a caricature."

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, Wil accepted an invitation to join Team PokerStars [3]. He went on to play in that year's World Series of Poker.r clear="all" Wesley Crusher's name first appeared on Usenet in 1987 as a quote attached to a signature in the ttVersion: 3.12 GPA d-- s+: a C+++ UL+++ P+>+++ L+++ E--- W+++ N+ o+ K+++ w-- O---- M+ V-- PS++(+++) PE Y++ PGP++>+++ t++@$ 5++ X+ R+ tv- b++ DI+ D++ G++ e h---- r+++ y+++It's the best show around. I have all the episodes and the movies on tape and can quote entire scenes verbatim. I've built a few of the model kits too. But you'll never catch me at one of those conventions. Those people are kooks. But that varies... Getting paid for it!

Incorrectly attributed to Wil Wheaton

Numerous 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 Wil's website - Wil Wheaton Dot Net (not to be confused with wilwheaton.org, which formerly randomly redirected to a shock site)Wil's Typepad weblog - aka WWdN: In Exile, used as Wil has currently "stirred up some epic database problems which are going to involve technical support" and the regular WWdN is out of service.