Biografia

Is the first Star Trek actor and the only cast member of Jornada nas Estrelas: A Nova Geração (1987) to be born after the franchise had begun.

Growing up, he was a huge fan of the original Jornada nas Estrelas (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.

His first major film role was as a child playing Gordie LaChance in Conta Comigo (1986), before taking the role of Wesley Crusher on Jornada nas Estrelas: A Nova Geração (1987). He later returned to the Star Trek franchise by lending his voice to Star Trek (2009). This film featured Anton Yelchin as Pavel Chekov. Not only are the characters similar, but Yelchin's career parallels that of Wheaton's in another way: he too got his first big role as a child in Lembranças de um Verão (2001), which was also based on a Stephen King story.

[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 Big Bang: A Teoria (2007) as "himself"] I'm not really a jerk but I have fun playing one.