Richard William "Wil" Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American actor and writer. As an actor, he is best known for his portrayals of Wesley Crusher on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Gordie LaChance in the film Stand by Me and Joey Trotta in Toy Soldiers. As a writer, he is best known for his blog, Wil Wheaton Dot Net.

Filmography

• 2026The Moof Milkers — C-3P0
• Tales from Woodcreek — Eldorae the Witch of the Old Wood
• Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill! — Azagoron
• Dogs in Space — Atlas (voice)
• Star Trek: Prodigy — Wesley Crusher (voice)
• 2020Max Reload and the Nether Blasters — Arcade Heroes Narrator (voice)
• 2020Pooka Lives! — David
• 2020Rent-A-Pal — Andy
• Rival Speak — Wil Wheaton
• Star Trek: Lower Decks — Wesley Crusher (voice)
• Star Trek: Picard — Wesley Crusher
• SONA — Minos
• 2018Teen Titans Go! To the Movies — Flash (voice)
• 2018Transformers: Power of the Primes — Perceptor (voice)
• Mystery Science Theater 3000 — Drake
• S.W.A.T. — Evan Whitlock
• Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters — Jonathan Rook (voice)
• 2017Transformers: Titans Return — Perceptor (voice)
• Transformers: Titans Return — Perceptor
• 2016Enter the Battlefield: Life on the Magic - The Gathering Pro Tour — Narrator
• Con Man — Officer Cahoots
• Critical Role — Thorbir Falbek
• Dark Matter — Alexander Rook
• Powers — Conrad Moody
• Supergirl — Doomsday Protestor
• Titansgrave: The Ashes of Valkana — Game Master
• 2014Sharknado 2: The Second One — Passenger
• 2013Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds — Ensign Wesley Crusher (archive footage)
• 2011Underground Entertainment: The Movie — Scapegoat #1
• Ben 10: Ultimate Alien — Mike Morningstar / Darkstar (voice)
• 2009Kyle + Rosemary — Kyle (voice)
• 2009Star Trek — Romulan (voice) (uncredited)
• The Great Debate
• Batman: The Brave and the Bold — Silver Age Blue Beetle (voice)
• Ben 10: Alien Force — Darkstar (voice), Mike Morningstar (voice)
• Leverage — Colin Mason
• Random! Cartoons — Kyle / Horace (voice)
• 2007Americanizing Shelley — Director Alan Smithee
• The Big Bang Theory — Wil Wheaton
• The Guild — Fawkes
• Eureka — Isaac Parrish
• Legion of Super Heroes — Cosmic Boy (voice)
• American Dad! — Co-Worker (voice)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender — Pet Shop Owner (voice)
• Criminal Minds — Floyd Hansen
• Numb3rs — Miles Sklar
• Robot Chicken — Dr. Doom / Centaur / State Farm Representative (voice)
• Best Week Ever
• 2003Book of Days — Danny
• 2003Neverland — John Darling
• Teen Titans — Aqualad (voice), Aqualad / Computer Geek (voice)
• Arena
• 2002Fish Don't Blink — Jimmy
• 2002Jane White Is Sick & Twisted — Dick Smith
• 2002Star Trek: Nemesis — Wesley Crusher
• 2002The Flintstones: On the Rocks — Singer (bass) (voice)
• Beat the Geeks
• 2001Foreign Correspondents — Jonas
• 2001The Good Things — Zach Means
• The Zeta Project
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Walter
• 2000Deep Core — Rodney Bedecker
• 2000Python — Tommy
• 2000The Girls' Room — Charlie
• Chicken Soup for the Soul — Will
• Family Guy — Wil Wheaton (voice)
• Twice in a Lifetime — Ryan Storey / Dr. Thomas
• 1998Fag Hag
• 1998The Day Lincoln Was Shot — Robert Todd Lincoln
• 1997Flubber — Bennett Hoenicker
• Gun — Bilchick
• Perversions of Science — Bryan
• 1996Pie in the Sky — Jack
• Hang Time
• 1995It Was Him or Us — Scottie Cray
• 1995Mr. Stitch — Lazarus
• The Outer Limits — Cadet
• 1994The Liars' Club — David Reynolds
• Diagnosis: Murder — Forest Ranger Gary Barton
• Sirens — Wayne McGarrick
• 1991December — Kipp Gibbs
• 1991The Last Prostitute — Danny
• 1991Toy Soldiers — Joey Trotta
• 8:15 from Manchester
• 1990Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration!
• 1989My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He? — Nick Karpinsky
• Tales from the Crypt — Arling
• 1988Dare to Say No!
• Monsters — Kevin
• 1988She's Having a Baby — Wil Wheaton (uncredited)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation — Wesley Crusher
• 1987The Curse — Zack
• 1987The Man Who Fell to Earth — Billy Milton
• 1987Young Harry Houdini — Ehrich Weiss / Young Harry Houdini
• 1986Long Time Gone — Mitchell
• 1986Stand by Me — Gordie Lachance
• 1986The Defiant Ones — Clyde
• Highway to Heaven
• 1984The Buddy System — Tim
• 1984The Last Starfighter — Louis' Friend
• 1983Hambone and Hillie — Jeff Radcliffe
• Family Ties — Timothy Higgins
• St. Elsewhere — Owen Drimmer
• 1982The Secret of NIMH — Martin (voice)
• 1981A Long Way Home — Donald Branch, age 8
• ABC Afterschool Special — Nick Karpinsky
• The Guild: Ren Faire'd — Fawkes

Appearances as themselves (33)

• 2026For the Love of Star Trek — Self
• Stuart Fails to Save the Universe — Self
• Stuart Fails to Save the Universe Podcast — Self - Host
• The Official Big Bang Theory Podcast — Self - Guest
• 2025DIY: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Punk — Self
• DC Studios Showcase: The Official Podcast — Self
• 2023Attack of the Doc! — Self
• Celebrity Jeopardy! — Self - Contestant
• 2022In Search of Tomorrow — Self - Interviewee
• The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek — Self
• 2020Showbiz Kids — Self
• Star Trek Day — Self - Host
• 2019Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary — Self
• The Ready Room — Self - Host
• Bill Nye Saves the World — Self - Panelist
• 2016Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously — Self
• Celebrity Family Feud — Self - Contestant
• The Wil Wheaton Project — Himself - Host
• 2014To Be Takei — Self
• 2014Video Games: The Movie — Self
• @midnight with Chris Hardwick — Self
• Whose Line Is It Anyway? — Self
• 2012Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation — Self
• 2011Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts — Self
• I Love the New Millennium — Self
• Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy — Himself
• Child Star Confidential — Self
• Made in Hollywood — Self
• My Coolest Years — Himself
• 2000Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me — Self
• 1997Trekkies — Self
• 1991Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special — Self
• Kids' Choice Awards — Himself - Host