Wil Wheaton Net Worth

Wil Wheaton's Quotes

• [Interview magazine, 2005] I am a huge geek. And Star Trek was a haven for geeks.
• (On his teenage years) I was such a geek that if I could go back in time, I would kick my own ass.
• [on the death of Majel Barrett Roddenberry, December 19, 2008] We always had fun when we were working on Next Generation, but when Majel was on the set, it was a party.
• Fun fact: I hate dancing. It makes me feel self conscious, stupid, uncoordinated, and like a complete idiot. Because I don't particularly enjoy feeling that way, I probably dance once a year, to only one song, and only to make Anne happy when she wants to dance with her husband at whatever thing we've gone to where they have organized dancing.
• [on his frequent appearances on The Big Bang Theory (2007) as "himself"] I'm not really a jerk but I have fun playing one.

Interesting Facts about Wil Wheaton

1. Family: parents, Rick and Debbie; younger siblings, Jeremy Wheaton, Amy Wheaton.
2. Wil's first big break in acting was opposite Bill Cosby in a Jell-O Pudding Pops commercial.
3. Loves hockey, magic, juggling, plays golf and plays guitar.
4. He said a few lines on Chunky A's (Arsenio Hall's) song "Dope, the Big Lie", which appears on the Chunky A album "Large and in Charge".
5. He and wife, Anne, have two sons, Nolan and Ryan Wheaton, from her previous marriage. They live in Los Angeles, California.
6. Was once a celebrity spokesman for NewTek company, after leaving Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).
7. Wil is a life-long fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, and he is also an avid player of video games, which lead to his voice-over role in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004).
8. He is a posting member of the internet communities Slashdot (slashdot.org) and Reddit (reddit.com). He does interviews on a regular basis and participates in discussion. He also answers private messages.
9. Has played as part of the PokerStars.com team in the 2005 World Series of Poker.
10. Regained a decent measure of fame after launching his own website, WilWheaton.net, which led to a number of voice acting roles and a new career as a blogger and an author--he has written three memoirs; "Dancing Barefoot" (Monolith Press - 2003), "Just a Geek" (O'Reilly Media - 2004) and "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" (Monolith Press - 2007). All three books are based on his blog.
11. According to Wheaton's book "Just a Geek", several of his Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) castmates, including Jonathan Frakes, nicknamed (and still call) him Teen Idol, while Brent Spiner calls him Miltie.
12. Was number 62 on VH1's The Greatest: 100 Greatest Kid Stars (2005).
13. Was one of the first bloggers and is an avid, active homebrewer.
14. He is an active member of the Propeller social news site, where he is a Scout.
15. In 1988, Wil Power was the name of his Nickelodeon-based club for all Trek and non-Trek fans.
16. Recently designed/created a tee for the one-item-a-day-sale spin-off of woot.com, shirt.woot.com. It is entitled "How We Roll".
17. Is the first Star Trek actor and the only cast member of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) to be born after the franchise had begun.
18. His first major film role was as a child playing Gordie LaChance in Stand by Me (1986), before taking the role of Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). He later returned to the Star Trek franchise by lending his voice to Star Trek: The Future Begins (2009). This film featured Anton Yelchin as Pavel Chekov. Not only are the characters similar, but Yelchin's career parallels that of Wheaton's in another way: he too got his first big role as a child in Hearts in Atlantis (2001), which was also based on a Stephen King story.
19. Maintains the active wilwheaton.net, one of the most frequented fansites on the Internet.
20. Growing up, he was a huge fan of the original Star Trek (1966) series.