Wil Wheaton Biography

Fast Facts

• After leaving "Star Trek," he moved to Kansas and helped NewTek develop the Video Toaster 4000, which won a Technical Achievement Emmy in 1993
• Started out acting in commercials at the age of seven
• Quote: "I'm grateful that I have an opportunity to touch people's lives and make people think and get in touch with who they are and where they've been․ I'm very lucky that I'm able to do that․"
• Quote: "It's kind of intimidating meeting Gene Roddenberry-it was like meeting Arthur C․ Clarke or somebody-but he was a great guy, and I ended up getting the job․"
• After being told he would have to put onion juice in his eye to make him cry on stage, he became afraid of crying, which nearly lost him the role of Gordie Lachance in "Stand By Me․"
• Was featured in the video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas․"
• In a skit on nerdcore rapper MC Frontalot's 2008 album "Final Boss," he appeared as himself trying to rap about shellfish