History Creator / WilWheaton

Wil Wheaton (born Willie Mack Wheaton Jr., July 29, 1972) is a [[JustForFun/OneOfUs geek]], [[http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/ blogger]], [[http://thebloggess.com/heres-a-picture-of-wil-wheaton-collating-papers/ paper collator]], and actor best known for ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and ''WebVideo/TableTop'' on Creator/GeekAndSundry's Website/YouTube channel.

He's quite active on both [[http://www.twitter.com/wilw Twitter]] (incidentally, [[Webcomic/QuestionableContent Jeph Jacques]] drew his profile image)[[note]](at least he was, but he shut down his account in August 2018)[[/note]] and, these days, on [[http://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/ Tumblr]].

He also did a hilarious take on KentBrockmanNews as Richard Burns on ''Radio/GTARadio'', plays [[StrawNihilist Fawkes]] on ''WebVideo/TheGuild'' and was a frequent guest on the [[WebVideo/AcquisitionsIncorporated Dungeons & Dragons podcast]] alongside his fellow geek luminaries from ''WebComic/PennyArcade'' and ''Webcomic/PvP''. He also plays Darkstar (imagine if Wesley was more obnoxious and villainous) in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'', ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien Ultimate Alien]]'', and ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse Omniverse]]''. He also had a recurring role as Dr. Isaac Parrish, a {{Jerkass}} [[TheAce Ace]], [[spoiler:unsuccessful]] astronaut candidate, and Fargo's [[TheRival long time rival]], on ''Series/{{Eureka}}.'' He is also the host of ''WebVideo/{{Tabletop}}'' and its RPG spin-off ''WebVideo/TitansgraveTheAshesOfValkana'', and plays a gleefully evil version of himself as a recurring character in ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''. In addition, Wil, like his ''The Guild'' co-star Creator/FeliciaDay, has a voice role in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', as the voice of the Robobrain enemy. In ''VideoGame/CodeNameSteam'', he voice-acts UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln. He used to host ''The Wil Wheaton Project'', a show which could be described as ''Series/TheSoup'' for sci-fi/fantasy and geek culture in general, but it was cancelled after a single season. In 2014, he was cast as recurring character Earl Harlan in ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale''.

* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: He may hate Wesley as much as the next Star Trek fan, but in 2016 he [[https://twitter.com/wilw/status/688127971337449475 went on record]] to say thats he's absolutely sick of the [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneratikn "Shut up, Wesley."]] line being said to him, and now insta-blocks anyone on Website/{{Twitter}} who tells him to him, even in jest.

* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: In 2016 he [[https://twitter.com/wilw/status/688127971337449475 went on record]] to say he's now instantly blocking anyone on Website/{{Twitter}} who tells him to [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration "Shut up, Wesley"]], even in jest.

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Wil Wheaton (born Willie Mack Wheaton Jr., July 29, 1972) is a [[JustForFun/OneOfUs geek]], [[http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/ blogger]], [[http://thebloggess.com/heres-a-picture-of-wil-wheaton-collating-papers/ paper collator]], and actor best known for ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and ''WebVideo/TableTop'' on Creator/GeekAndSundry's YouTube channel.

Will Wheaton (born Willie Mack Wheaton Jr., July 29, 1972) is a [[JustForFun/OneOfUs geek]], [[http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/ blogger]], [[http://thebloggess.com/heres-a-picture-of-wil-wheaton-collating-papers/ paper collator]], and actor best known for ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and ''WebVideo/TableTop'' on Creator/GeekAndSundry's YouTube channel.

[[caption-width-right:320:A major example of being OneOfUs.]]

Will Wheaton (born Willie Mack Wheaton Jr., July 29, 1972) is a [[OneOfUs geek]], [[http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/ blogger]], [[http://thebloggess.com/heres-a-picture-of-wil-wheaton-collating-papers/ paper collator]], and actor best known for ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and ''WebVideo/TableTop'' on Creator/GeekAndSundry's YouTube channel.

Offscreen (well, and on, really), he's become pretty much the poster boy for OneOfUs.

* OneOfUs: As stated above, he's pretty much the Poster Boy.

He's quite active on both [[http://www.twitter.com/wilw Twitter]] (incidentally, [[Webcomic/QuestionableContent Jeph Jacques]] drew his profile image)[[note: at least he was, but he shut down his account in August 2018]] and, these days, on [[http://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/ Tumblr]].

* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: Quite a few of his characters are massive, insufferable jerks. He's, of course, polite, friendly and nice.
** In fact, he wrote an ESSAY on this:
--->[[http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2010/03/hi-im-wil-wheaton-im-not-a-dick-but-i-play-one-on-tv.html "Hi, I'm Wil Wheaton. I'm not a dick, but I play one on TV..."]]

He's quite active on both [[http://www.twitter.com/wilw Twitter]] (incidentally, [[Webcomic/QuestionableContent Jeph Jacques]] drew his profile image) and, these days, on [[http://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/ Tumblr]].

Will Wheatonborn Willie Mack Wheaton Jr., July 29, 1972) is a [[OneOfUs geek]], [[http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/ blogger]], [[http://thebloggess.com/heres-a-picture-of-wil-wheaton-collating-papers/ paper collator]], and actor best known for ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and ''WebVideo/TableTop'' on Creator/GeekAndSundry's YouTube channel.

Will Wheaton (July 29, 1972-) is a [[OneOfUs geek]], [[http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/ blogger]], [[http://thebloggess.com/heres-a-picture-of-wil-wheaton-collating-papers/ paper collator]], and actor best known for ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and ''WebVideo/TableTop'' on Creator/GeekAndSundry's YouTube channel.

He also did a hilarious take on KentBrockmanNews as Richard Burns on ''Radio/GTARadio'', plays [[StrawNihilist Fawkes]] on ''WebVideo/TheGuild'' and was a frequent guest on the [[WebVideo/AcquisitionsIncorporated Dungeons & Dragons podcast]] alongside his fellow geek luminaries from ''WebComic/PennyArcade'' and ''Webcomic/PvP''. He also plays Darkstar (imagine if Wesley was more obnoxious and villainous) in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'', ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien Ultimate Alien]]'', and ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse Omniverse]]''. He also had a recurring role as Dr. Isaac Parrish, a {{Jerkass}} [[TheAce Ace]], [[spoiler:unsuccessful]] astronaut candidate, and Fargo's [[TheRival long time rival]], on ''Series/{{Eureka}}.'' He is also the host of ''WebVideo/{{Tabletop}}'' and its RPG spin-off ''WebVideo/TitansgraveTheAshesOfValkana'', and plays himself as a recurring character in ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''. In addition, Wil, like his ''The Guild'' co-star Creator/FeliciaDay, has a voice role in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', as the voice of the Robobrain enemy. In ''VideoGame/CodeNameSteam'', he voice-acts UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln. He used to host ''The Wil Wheaton Project'', a show which could be described as ''Series/TheSoup'' for sci-fi/fantasy and geek culture in general, but it was cancelled after a single season. In 2014, he was cast as recurring character Earl Harlan in ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale''.

* RunningGag: Wil has ''horrible'' luck with dice, to the point where thanks to ''Tabletop'' and ''Critical Role'', he is said to be haunted by "The Wheaton Dice Curse." This extended to ''WebVideo/AcquisitonsIncorporated'' as well as his ''own TV show.''

* RunningGag: Wil has ''horrible'' luck with dice, to the point where thanks to ''Tabletop'' and ''Critical Role'', he is said to be haunted by "The Wheaton Dice Curse."

* TabletopGames: He's currently the [[Pantheon/{{Gaming}} God of this medium]].

* BaconAddiction: In one episode of ''WebVideo/{{Tabletop}}'', it's revealed that Wil is a patron of "Bacon of the Month" club (which sends him packages of specialty bacon), and that he considers cooking bacon in a microwave to be [[SeriousBusiness a crime against nature]].

Will Wheaton (July 29, 1972-) is a [[OneOfUs geek]], [[http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/ blogger]], [[http://thebloggess.com/heres-a-picture-of-wil-wheaton-collating-papers/ paper collator]], and actor best known for ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and ''WebVideo/TableTop'' on Creator/GeekAndSundry's Youtube channel.

Born in Burbank, California, he became a full-time actor at the age of 8, scoring small roles and a large voice-acting credit for the classic ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH''. Then in 1986, he was cast as the lead in the Rob Reiner movie based on Creator/StephenKing's novella ''The Body'', called ''Film/StandByMe''. This got him plenty of public exposure, enough for him to land the job that he's most known for:

->''"I thought it was brilliant satire, not only of [[Franchise/StarTrek Trek]], but of fandom in general. The only thing I wish they had done was [[CastingGag cast me in it]], and have me play a [[FanDumb freaky fanboy]] who keeps screaming at the actor who played 'the kid' about how awful it was that there was a kid on the spaceship. Alas."''

[[CreatorsPet Wesley Crusher]] of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration.''

He also did a hilarious take on KentBrockmanNews as Richard Burns on ''Radio/GTARadio'', plays [[StrawNihilist Fawkes]] on ''WebVideo/TheGuild'' and was a frequent guest on the [[WebVideo/AcquisitionsIncorporated Dungeons & Dragons podcast]] alongside his fellow geek luminaries from ''WebComic/PennyArcade'' and ''Webcomic/PvP''. He also plays Darkstar (imagine if Wesley was more obnoxious and villainous) in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'', ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien Ultimate Alien]]'', and ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse Omniverse]]''. He also had a recurring role as Dr. Isaac Parrish, a {{Jerkass}} [[TheAce Ace]], [[spoiler:unsuccessful]] astronaut candidate, and Fargo's [[TheRival long time rival]], on ''Series/{{Eureka}}.'' He is also the host of ''WebVideo/{{Tabletop}}'' and its RPG spin-off ''WebVideo/TitansgraveTheAshesOfValkana'', and plays himself as a recurring character in ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''. In addition, Wil, like his ''The Guild'' co-star Creator/FeliciaDay, has a voice role in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', as the voice of the Robobrain enemy. In ''VideoGame/CodeNameSteam'', he voice-acts UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln. He used to host ''The Wil Wheaton Project'', a show which could be described as ''TheSoup'' for sci-fi/fantasy and geek culture in general, but it was cancelled after a single season. In 2014, he was cast as recurring character Earl Harlan in ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale''.

* GatewaySeries: [[DiscussedTrope Has stated]] on his blog that ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' is what led him to watch anime including ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'', Creator/HayaoMiyazaki's films, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and one]] accidental {{hentai}} film [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles with "tentacle dicks"]].
* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: Quite a few of his characters are massive, insufferable jerks. He's, of course, polite, friendly and nice.
** In fact, he wrote an ESSAY on this:
--->[[http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2010/03/hi-im-wil-wheaton-im-not-a-dick-but-i-play-one-on-tv.html "Hi, I'm Wil Wheaton. I'm not a dick, but I play one on TV..."]]

* OneOfUs: As stated above, he's pretty much the Poster Boy.
* PlayingAgainstType: He played a rapist[=/=]{{serial killer}} on ''Series/CriminalMinds'' and a cowardly hipster-lumberjack in ''VideoGame/BrokenAge''.
* PromotedFanboy: He was a big ''Star Trek'' fan. [[CreatorBacklash Not as much as nowadays, of course, but...]]

Will Wheaton (July 29, 1972-) is a [[OneOfUs geek]], [[http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/ blogger]], [[http://thebloggess.com/heres-a-picture-of-wil-wheaton-collating-papers/ paper collator]], and actor best known for ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and WebVideo/TableTop on ''Geek and Sundry.''

* GatewaySeries: [[DiscussedTrope Has stated]] on his blog that ''Anime/{{Akira}}'' is what led him to watch anime including ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'', Creator/HayaoMiyazaki's films, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and one]] accidental {{hentai}} film [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles with "tentacle dicks"]].

Will Wheaton is a [[OneOfUs geek]], [[http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/ blogger]], [[http://thebloggess.com/heres-a-picture-of-wil-wheaton-collating-papers/ paper collator]], and actor best known for ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and WebVideo/TableTop on ''Geek and Sundry.''

Born in Burbank on July 29, 1972, he became a full-time actor at the age of 8, scoring small roles and a large voice-acting credit for the classic ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH''. Then in 1986, he was cast as the lead in the Rob Reiner movie based on Creator/StephenKing's novella ''The Body'', called ''Film/StandByMe''. This got him plenty of public exposure, enough for him to land the job that he's most known for: