Richard William "Wil" Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American actor and writer. As the former, 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, prep-school rebel Joseph 'Joey' Trotta in Toy Soldiers, and for his role in The Guild.
Wheaton was born in Burbank, California, to Debbie (née O’Connor), an actress, and Richard William Wheaton, ...
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Richard William "Wil" Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American actor and writer. As the former, 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, prep-school rebel Joseph 'Joey' Trotta in Toy Soldiers, and for his role in The Guild.
Wheaton was born in Burbank, California, to Debbie (née O’Connor), an actress, and Richard William Wheaton, Jr., a medical specialist. He has a brother, Jeremy, and a sister, Amy, who both appeared, uncredited, in the "When the Bough Breaks" episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
He states he is "not a religious person" who is "not quite an atheist, but I'm certainly not a theist, either. Friends describe me as an agnostic Taoist, whatever that means." He attended parochial school and endeavors to "work diligently to live my life according to those principles" (of tolerance, charity, and compassion).
Wheaton married Anne Prince in 1999. He lives...
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