Wil Wheaton |
Richard William (Wil) Wheaton III (born .
=Biography=
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.
Like many actors attempting to revitalize their careers, he has as of the late and geek-related comedy at conventions.
Although his character (and by extension Wil himself) was loudly hated by a small but vocal group of video game.
Wheaton married Anne Prince in 1999. He lives with his wife and two step-sons in Los Angeles, California. Wheaton is often confused with Will Wheaton Junior, a jazz musician who contributed to the film Mystery Men, among other works.
In the spring of 2003, Wheaton founded the independent publishing company Monolith Press and released a book of his memoirs, entitled Dancing Barefoot . Most of the entries are extended versions of his online blog entries. Wheaton sold out three printings in four months, and in the winter of 2003, the book s success caught the eye of publisher Tim O Reilly, who signed Wheaton to a three book contract. O Reilly Media acquired Dancing Barefoot , and published Wheaton s extended memoirs, Just A Geek in summer of 2004.
Wil had a monthly column entitled Wil Save in the Dungeons and Dragons based magazine Dungeon (magazine) , where he related anecdotal tales of his life in relation to the famous fantasy Role playing game. He ceased writing the column in May of 2005. In January 2005, Wil began a column about video games in The Onion and in June 2005 became the feature tech editor for the SuicideGirls Newswire.
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On June 23 2005, Wil began providing advertising services for PokerStars.Com. He went on to play in the World Series of Poker. He got knocked out in the first day of the main event.
=Trivia=
Wesley Crusher s name first appeared on Usenet in 1987 as a quote attached to a signature in the comp.os.cpm group. [http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.os.cpm/msg/88d5472b0ce206e1 see the post here]
Wil s Geek Code: -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GPA d-- s+: a C+++ UL+++ P+>+++ L+++ E--- W+++ N+ o+ K+++ w-- O---- M+ V-- PS++(+++) PE Y++ PGP++>+++ t++@$ 5++ X+ R+ tv- b++ DI+ D++ G++ e h---- r+++ y+++------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
Of note, the t++@$ tag for Star Trek decodes to: :It s the best show around. I have all the episodes and the movies on tape and can quote entire scenes verbatim. I ve built a few of the model kits too. But you ll never catch me at one of those conventions. Those people are kooks. But that varies... Getting paid for it!
Wil Wheaton is also very fond of the game NetHack
=Filmography=
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==Incorrectly attributed to Wil Wheaton==
Numerous sources incorrectly list (or, as in the case of the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), listed) Wil Wheaton as providing additional voices in the Disney animated feature Brother Bear . The voice actor is Willie Wheaton , who is not the same person as Wil Wheaton. [http://slashdot.org/~CleverNickName/journal/110602]
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