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Wil Wheaton

Goodreads author profile

url

http://www.goodreads.com/wilwheaton

born

July 29, 1972 in Burbank, The United States

gender

male

website

http://wilwheaton.typepad.com

genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Short Stories, Science Fiction & Fantasy

influences

Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, David Sedaris, John Scalzi, Jean Shepherd,

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February 2009

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Wil Wheaton's successful acting career began in 1986 with acclaimed roles in Stand By Me and Toy Soldiers. He continued to build his resume through his teen years as series regular ‘Wesley Crusher’ on Star Trek: The Next Generation and opposite Robin Williams in Flubber. But Wil is much more than just an actor; he’s an author, blogger, voice actor, widely-followed original Twitter user, and a champion of geek culture.

Wil currently splits his time between acting and writing. He currently recurs as Doctor Isaac Parrish on SyFy’s hit series Eureka, as computer hacker Chaos on TNT’s Leverage, and as a “delightfully evil version” of himself on CBS’s The Big Bang Theory. He has recently appeared as serial killer ‘Floyd Hansen’ on Criminal Minds,...more Wil Wheaton's successful acting career began in 1986 with acclaimed roles in Stand By Me and Toy Soldiers. He continued to build his resume through his teen years as series regular ‘Wesley Crusher’ on Star Trek: The Next Generation and opposite Robin Williams in Flubber. But Wil is much more than just an actor; he’s an author, blogger, voice actor, widely-followed original Twitter user, and a champion of geek culture.

  Wil currently splits his time between acting and writing. He currently recurs as Doctor Isaac Parrish on SyFy’s hit series Eureka, as computer hacker Chaos on TNT’s Leverage, and as a “delightfully evil version” of himself on CBS’s The Big Bang Theory. He has recently appeared as serial killer ‘Floyd Hansen’ on Criminal Minds, comic book publisher ‘Miles Sklar’ on NUMB3RS, as the voice of ‘Ted Kord, the Silver Age Blue Beetle’, on Batman: The Brave and the Bold, and as Axis of Anarchy leader Fawkes in Felicia Day’s smash hit webseries “The Guild.”

An avid and passionate gamer, Wil gave the keynote address to the 2007 Penny Arcade Expo, and delivered the inaugural keynote address to PAX East in 2010. He has been featured on the long-running Wizards of the Coast Dungeons and Dragons podcast as the Eladrin Avenger Aeofel, and provides voices for numerous video games, including Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Red Dead Redemption, Brutal Legend, Fallout: New Vegas, and DC Universe Online.

As an author, he's published several acclaimed books, including: Just A Geek, Dancing Barefoot, The Happiest Days of Our Lives, and Memories of the Future Volume 1, a humorous and nostalgic episode guide of the first half of the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. All of his books grew out of Wil’s immensely popular, award-winning weblog, which he created at WIL WHEATON dot NET and currently maintains at WIL WHEATON dot NET: in Exile. While most celebrities are happy to let publicists design and maintain their websites, Wil took a decidedly different turn when he started blogging in 2001. He designed, coded, and maintained WWdN entirely on his own, until he “blew up” his sites’ database in 2005 and moved his blog to the TypePad service. In 2003, Forbes.com readers voted WWdN the “Best Celebrity Weblog.” Wil's blog was chosen by C|Net for inclusion in their 100 most influential blogs, and is an “A” lister, according to Blogebrity.com. In the 2002 weblog awards (the bloggies) Wil won every category in which he was nominated, including “Weblog of the Year.” In 2007, Wil was nominated for a Lifetime Achievement Bloggie, alongside Internet powerhouses Slashdot and Fark. In the 2008 weblog awards, Wil was voted the "Best Celebrity Blogger," and in 2009 Forbes named him the 14th most influential web celebrity. This is all amusing to Wil, who doesn't think of himself as a celebrity, but is instead, "just this guy, you know?"

Wil can be reached at: wil at wilwheaton dot net.(less)

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Books by Wil Wheaton

Average rating: 4.10 · 3619 ratings · 714 reviews · 21 distinct works

	Just a Geek: Unflinchingly honest tales of the search for life, love, and fulfillment beyond the Starship Enterprise by Wil Wheaton (Goodreads Author), Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) (Forward), Brett McLaughlin (Editor) 407 avg rating — 1370 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Dancing Barefoot by Wil Wheaton (Goodreads Author), Ben Claassen III (Illustrator) 409 avg rating — 489 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Memories of the Future - Volume 1 419 avg rating — 375 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Happiest Days of Our Lives 435 avg rating — 246 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Sunken Treasure: Wil Wheaton's Hot Cocoa Box Sampler 425 avg rating — 204 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Hunter 380 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Clash of the Geeks by Wil Wheaton (Goodreads Author), John Scalzi (Goodreads Author), Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads Author) 383 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	The Day After and Other Stories 399 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Monster in My Closet 405 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Wil Wheaton's Criminal Minds Production Diary 486 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2009	My rating:

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52, Vol. 3

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Criminal, Vol. 6: The Last of the Innocent

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Dreadnought (The Clockwork Century, #3)

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Quotes by Wil Wheaton

“Wil Wheaton Says: Don't be a dick.”
― Wil Wheaton

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“Sometimes we know in our bones what we really need to do, but we're afraid to do it. Taking a chance and stepping beyond the safety of the world we've always known is the only way to grow, though and without risk there is no reward.”
― Wil Wheaton, Just a Geek: Unflinchingly honest tales of the search for life, love, and fulfillment beyond the Starship Enterprise

tags: growth , inspirational

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“You can’t has,' he whispered softly, 'not yours.”
― Wil Wheaton, Clash of the Geeks

tags: clash-of-the-geeks , fantasy , geekery , humor

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“Wil Wheaton Says: Don't be a dick.”
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“You can’t has,' he whispered softly, 'not yours.”
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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

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