- Is the first Star Trek actor and the only cast member of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) to be born after the franchise had begun.
- Anne Wheaton and her husband Wil Wheaton both attended the fictional wedding of Sheldon Cooper and Amy Farrah Fowler.
- Wil's first big break in acting was opposite Bill Cosby in a Jell-O Pudding Pops commercial.
- Growing up, he was a huge fan of the original Star Trek (1966) series.
- Wil Wheaton once said that the only good thing about the movie The Curse (1987) was that his sister Amy Wheaton got a job on it.
- His first major film role was as a child playing Gordie LaChance in Stand by Me (1986), before taking the role of Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation (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 Hearts in Atlantis (2001), which was also based on a Stephen King story.
- Is a member of Mensa, the high-IQ society.
- According to Wheaton's book "Just a Geek", several of his Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) castmates, including Jonathan Frakes, nicknamed (and still call) him Teen Idol, while Brent Spiner calls him Miltie.
- He is a posting member of the internet communities Slashdot (slashdot.org) and Reddit (reddit.com). He does interviews on a regular basis and participates in discussion. He also answers private messages.
- Was one of the first bloggers and is an avid, active homebrewer.
- Regained a decent measure of fame after launching his own website, WilWheaton.net, which led to a number of voice acting roles and a new career as a blogger and an author--he has written three memoirs; "Dancing Barefoot" (Monolith Press - 2003), "Just a Geek" (O'Reilly Media - 2004) and "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" (Monolith Press - 2007). All three books are based on his blog.
- He and wife, Anne, have two sons, Nolan and Ryan Wheaton, from her previous marriage. They live in Los Angeles, California.
- Wil is a life-long fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, and he is also an avid player of video games, which lead to his voice-over role in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004).
- Maintains the active wilwheaton.net, one of the most frequented fansites on the Internet.
- Loves hockey, magic, juggling, plays golf and plays guitar.
- Was number 62 on VH1's 100 Greatest Kid Stars (2005).
- In 1988, Wil Power was the name of his Nickelodeon-based club for all Trek and non-Trek fans.
- Has played as part of the PokerStars.com team in the 2005 World Series of Poker.
- Wil's maternal grandmother, Norma Aleene Farrington, was born in Colón, Panama. Norma's father, Edwin Flavel Kortright Farrington, had English and French ancestry. Norma's mother, Wil's matrilineal great-grandmother Daphne Silvera, was born in Kingston, Jamaica, to Sephardi Jewish parents, Theodore Silvera and Deborah Pretto. Wil's other ancestry is English, German, Irish and Welsh.
- Wheaton has statistically improbable bad luck when rolling dice, rolling a 1 nearly 20% of the time on a 20 sided die when playing Dungeons & Dragons on the Critical Role Twitch stream.
- He claimed that he was cast in Valmont (1989), but the producers of his show Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) wouldn't release him, so the role went to Henry Thomas.
- Family: parents, Rick and Debbie; younger siblings, Jeremy Wheaton, Amy Wheaton.
- Endorsed Bernie Sanders in the 2016 presidential election of the United States.
- Signed a 3-book deal with publisher O'Reilly & Associates for books "Dancing Barefoot", "Just a Geek" (expected spring 2004) and "Wil Wheaton's Web Design" (expected summer 2004). (December 2003)
- First cousin three times removed of actor Frank Silvera. His great-great-great-grandparents Alexis Silvera and Caroline Aarons are Frank's paternal grandparents.
- Was once a celebrity spokesman for NewTek company, after leaving Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).
- Recently designed/created a T-shirt for the one-item-a-day-sale spin-off of woot.com, shirt.woot.com. It is entitled "How We Roll".
- He said a few lines on Chunky A's (Arsenio Hall's) song "Dope, the Big Lie", which appears on the Chunky A album "Large and in Charge".
- Terminated his deal with publisher O'Reilly & Associates (2004).
- Great-grandson of actor and director Frank O'Connor.
- He is an active member of the Propeller social news site, where he is a Scout.
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