Wil Wheaton Biography

Fast Facts

• First acting job was at age 7 in a Jell-O commercial opposite Bill Cosby
• Asked to be written out of Star Trek: The Next Generation during the show's fourth season; he subsequently returned to the show for several guest appearances
• Was a roommate of actor Chris Hardwick when they were both teenagers
• Took a brief break from acting in the early 1990s and took a computer job in Kansas
• Published his first book, Dancing Barefoot, a compilation of stories originally published on his blog, in 2004
• He published a companion book, Just a Geek, later that year
• Has a recurring role on The Big Bang Theory, playing a fictional version of himself