Biografie

Is the first Star Trek actor and the only cast member of Raumschiff Enterprise: Das nächste Jahrhundert (1987) to be born after the franchise had begun.

Growing up, he was a huge fan of the original Raumschiff Enterprise (1966) series.

Wil's first big break in acting was opposite Bill Cosby in a Jell-O Pudding Pops commercial.

Anne Wheaton and her husband Wil Wheaton both attended the fictional wedding of Sheldon Cooper and Amy Farrah Fowler.

Is a member of Mensa, the high-IQ society.

[Interview magazine, 2005] I am a huge geek. And Star Trek was a haven for geeks.

(On his teenage years) I was such a geek that if I could go back in time, I would kick my own ass.

[on the death of Majel Barrett Roddenberry, December 19, 2008] We always had fun when we were working on Next Generation, but when Majel was on the set, it was a party.

Fun fact: I hate dancing. It makes me feel self conscious, stupid, uncoordinated, and like a complete idiot. Because I don't particularly enjoy feeling that way, I probably dance once a year, to only one song, and only to make Anne happy when she wants to dance with her husband at whatever thing we've gone to where they have organized dancing.

[on his frequent appearances on The Big Bang Theory (2007) as "himself"] I'm not really a jerk but I have fun playing one.