Richard William "Wil" Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972 in Burbank, California) is a writer, actor, and geek icon. As an actor, he is best known for his portrayals of Wesley Crusher on the television series The Next Generation (TNG) and Gordie LaChance in the film Stand By Me.

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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.

In the late 1990s, he embraced work in independent film, appearing in a number of roles. Several of his independent films have won awards: The Good Things, 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 Jane White is Sick and Twisted. He was also a contestant on a Star Trek-themed episode of The Weakest Link, and performs improvisational and sketch comedy at the ACME Comedy Theater in Hollywood. He has a travelling sketch comedy/improv troupe called "EarnestBorg9" that performs Sci-Fi and geek-related comedy at conventions.

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Playing movies for our "Cheesy New Year's Eve", we happened upon "The Curse" w/ Wil Wheaton ( @wilw )! Huzzah! Wonder about his fate at end.
theErikNielsen (Erik Nielsen) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:26:08 -0000
Playing movies for our "Cheesy New Year's Eve", we happened upon "The Curse" w/ Wil Wheaton ( @wilw )! Huzzah! Wonder about his fate at end.
Wil Wheaton, thanks for a great year of listening and reading @wilw
ROBERTJON (Robert) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:59:29 -0000
Wil Wheaton, thanks for a great year of listening and reading @wilw
Wil Wheaton and Hal Sparks are the best commenters on I Love the New Millennium.
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