Wil Wheaton | |
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![]() Wheaton at the 2019 GalaxyCon Raleigh | |
Born | Richard William Wheaton III July 29, 1972 |
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Years active | 1980–present |
Spouse | Anne Prince (m. 1999) |
Children | 2 |
Website | wilwheaton |
Richard William "Wil" Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American actor and writer. He portrayed Wesley Crusher on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation , Gordie Lachance in the film Stand by Me , Joey Trotta in Toy Soldiers , and Bennett Hoenicker in Flubber . Wheaton has also appeared in recurring voice acting roles as Aqualad in Teen Titans , Cosmic Boy in Legion of Super Heroes , and Mike Morningstar/Darkstar in the Ben 10 franchise's original continuity. He appeared regularly as a fictionalized version of himself on the sitcom The Big Bang Theory and in the roles of Fawkes on The Guild , Colin Mason on Leverage , and Dr. Isaac Parrish on Eureka . Wheaton was the host and co-creator of the YouTube board game show TableTop . He has narrated numerous audio books, including Ready Player One and The Martian .
Wheaton was born July 29, 1972, in Burbank, California, to Debra "Debbie" Nordean (née O'Connor), an actress, and Richard William Wheaton Jr., a medical specialist. [1] [2] [3] He has a brother, Jeremy, and a sister, Amy, [4] both of whom appeared uncredited in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "When the Bough Breaks". [5] Amy appeared alongside Wil in the 1987 film The Curse . [6]
As an adult, Wheaton described his father as being abusive to him as a child and his mother as being an enabler of that abuse. He also stated that his parents forced him to become an actor. He is currently estranged from his parents. [7] [8]
Wheaton made his acting debut in the television film A Long Way Home (1981), which starred Timothy Hutton. [9] He voiced the character of Martin in the animated film The Secret of NIMH (1982), the film adaptation of Robert C. O'Brien's book Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (1971). [10] Wheaton also appeared in Hambone and Hillie (1983), The Buddy System (1984) (opposite Richard Dreyfuss and Susan Sarandon), and The Last Starfighter . [9]
Wheaton first gained widespread attention for his work in Stand by Me (1986), the film adaptation of Stephen King's novella The Body . [11] [12] [13] In Stand by Me, Wheaton played the lead role of Gordie Lachance, a 12-year-old storyteller mourning the loss of his elder brother. [13] In her review of the film, Sheila Benson of the Los Angeles Times wrote that "Wheaton makes Gordie's 'sensitivity' tangible, but not effete. He's a gem". [14] In addition to being successful at the box office, [15] Stand by Me was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama [16] [17] and became known as a coming-of-age classic. [18] [19]
Wheaton played Wesley Crusher, a "boy genius and Starfleet hopeful", [20] during the first four seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation . [21] He appeared in an additional four episodes of the remaining three seasons. The Wesley Crusher character is a "polarizing" character; while some Star Trek fans love him, others are vocal about their hatred for the character. [22] [21] Wheaton commented about his critics in a 2004 interview for WebTalk Radio:
Later, I determined that the people who were really, really cruel – like the Usenet weenies – really are a statistically insignificant number of people. And I know, just over the years from people who've e-mailed me at my website and people who I've talked to since I started going to Star Trek conventions again in the last five years, that there are so many more people who really enjoyed everything about the show, including my performance, including the character. [23]
Wheaton left Star Trek: The Next Generation due to concerns over how the production team addressed a scheduling conflict related to his wish to appear in the 1989 film Valmont . [24] [25]
Wheaton returned to Star Trek in 2002 and 2022, reprising his Wesley Crusher role in cameo appearances in Star Trek: Nemesis , and in the season 2 finale of Star Trek: Picard . [26]
Wheaton played Joey Trotta in the action film Toy Soldiers (1991). After leaving Star Trek, he moved to Topeka, Kansas, to work for NewTek, where he helped to develop the Video Toaster 4000 doing product testing and quality control [27] [28] and later used his public profile to serve as a technology evangelist for the product. [29]
Afterward, he returned to Los Angeles, attended acting school for five years, and then re-entered the acting world. [30] [31] In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Wheaton appeared in several independent films, including the award-winning The Good Things (2001), in which he portrays a frustrated Kansas tollbooth worker. [32] For his performance in Jane White Is Sick & Twisted (2002) he received the award for Best Actor at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival. [33] In June 2024 Wheaton announced that he was retired from on-screen acting. [34]
Wheaton is known for his voice acting career. [35] He voiced the role of Martin Brisby in The Secret of NIMH in 1981. [36] In August 2021. Wheaton voiced the villainous John Juniper in the video game, I Expect You to Die 2: The Spy and the Liar . [37]
Wheaton appeared in 12 episodes in a recurring, guest-starring role on Eureka , playing Dr. Isaac Parrish, the head of the Non-Lethal Weapons Lab at Global Dynamics and a thorn in Fargo's side. [38] Wheaton also voices the character of the former scoutmaster and current sous-chef Earl Harlan in the popular dark, surreal-comedy podcast Welcome to Night Vale . [39]
From September 2006 to September 2007, Wheaton hosted a Revision3 syndicated video podcast called InDigital along with Jessica Corbin and Hahn Choi. He hosted a NASA video on the Mars Curiosity rover which landed on Monday August 6, 2012. [40] He has hosted "2nd Watch", interviews with cast members and producers of the science-fiction series Falling Skies that appears online after each episode. [41] On April 3, 2014, Wheaton announced on his blog that his new show called The Wil Wheaton Project would premiere on the SyFy network at 10 pm on May 27 for an initial projected run of twelve episodes. [42] [43] However, on August 29, Wheaton blogged that SyFy canceled the show after only one season. [44] Wheaton has hosted Star Trek aftershow The Ready Room since the second season in 2020. [45]
Wheaton is a Dungeons & Dragons player, [46] and played during the PAX 2010 event using the 4th edition rules. Wheaton, along with webcartoonists Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik of Penny Arcade, and Scott Kurtz of PvP , played in front of a live audience. The game was hosted and recorded by Wizards of the Coast with Chris Perkins as the dungeonmaster. [47]
Wheaton starred in the Kickstarter-funded game There Came an Echo by Iridium Studios. [48] In Dungeons and Dragons Online , he became the dungeon master of the Temple of Elemental Evil quests. [49]
Nintendo of America announced on Twitter that Wheaton would be voicing Abraham Lincoln in Code Name: STEAM . [50] Wheaton does the voice narration on the Secret Hitler companion app for the Secret Hitler social deduction game. [51]
Wheaton has spoken out against misogyny in video game culture, [52] [53] and wrote a profile of Anita Sarkeesian for the 2015 Time 100. [54]
A fictionalized version of Wheaton was included in the comic book PS 238 , in which he harbors the power of telekinesis. Wheaton's debut comic book The Guild: Fawkes, which he wrote alongside Felicia Day, was released on May 23, 2012. [55]
Title | Author | Audiobook release date | Additional narrators |
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Peter and Max: A Fables Novel | Bill Willingham | 2009-12-08 | Unknown |
Homeland [56] | Cory Doctorow | 2014 | No |
More of the Best of Science Fiction and Fantasy [57] | Orson Scott Card et al. | 1999-12-15 | Yes |
The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of the 20th Century [57] | Greg Bear et al. | 1999-12-16 | Yes |
The Criminal Minds Production Diary [58] | Wil Wheaton | 2009-03-04 | No |
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer [57] | Mark Twain | 2009-10-21 | No |
Boneshaker [59] | Cherie Priest | 2010-03-18 | Yes |
METAtropolis: Cascadia [57] | John Scalzi et al. | 2010-11-16 | Yes |
The Android's Dream [57] | John Scalzi | 2010-12-07 | No |
Agent to the Stars [57] | John Scalzi | 2010-12-07 | No |
Fuzzy Nation [60] [61] [57] | John Scalzi | 2011-05-10 | Yes |
Ready Player One [62] [57] | Ernest Cline | 2011-08-16 | No |
Redshirts [63] [57] | John Scalzi | 2012-06-05 | No |
Masters of Doom [64] [57] | David Kushner | 2012-07-12 | No |
Trumps of Doom [57] | Roger Zelazny | 2012-07-31 | No |
Prince of Chaos [57] | Roger Zelazny | 2012-07-31 | No |
Sign of Chaos [57] | Roger Zelazny | 2012-07-31 | No |
Knight of Shadows [57] | Roger Zelazny | 2012-07-31 | No |
Blood of Amber [57] | Roger Zelazny | 2012-07-31 | No |
V Wars [57] | Jonathan Maberry et al. | 2012-10-10 | Yes |
Rip-Off! [57] | John Scalzi et al. | 2012-12-18 | Yes |
Just A Geek: The Audio Book [58] | Wil Wheaton | 2013-11-23 | No |
Dancing Barefoot: The Audio Book [58] | Wil Wheaton | 2013-12-07 | No |
The Happiest Days of Our Lives: The Special Extended Edition Audio Book [58] | Wil Wheaton | 2013-12-10 | No |
Dead Pig Collector [57] | Warren Ellis | 2013-12-17 | No |
Byways: A METAtropolis Story [65] | Tobias Buckell | 2014-01-30 | No |
Suspect Zero [57] | Richard Kadrey | 2014-07-01 | No |
If Ever They Happened Upon My Lair [57] | R. A. Salvatore | 2014-08-11 | No |
Lock In [66] [67] [57] | John Scalzi | 2014-08-26 | No |
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions [68] | Randall Munroe | 2014-09-02 | No |
The Education of Brother Thaddius and Other Tales of DemonWars [57] | R. A. Salvatore | 2015-01-13 | Yes |
Mather's Blood [57] | R. A. Salvatore | 2015-01-13 | No |
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [Phoenix Books Edition] [57] | Mark Twain | 2015-01-14 | No |
Armada [62] | Ernest Cline | 2015-07-14 | No |
Prepare to Meet Thy Doom [57] | David Kushner | 2015-10-15 | No |
The Collapsing Empire [69] [57] | John Scalzi | 2017-03-21 | No |
Dead Trees Give No Shelter [58] | Wil Wheaton | 2017-04-08 | No |
asteraleS [58] | Wil Wheaton | 2017-04-26 | No |
kamaKiri [58] | Wil Wheaton | 2017-05-04 | No |
Strange Weather [57] | Joe Hill | 2017-10-24 | Yes |
Head On [70] [57] | John Scalzi | 2018-04-17 | No |
The Consuming Fire [71] [57] | John Scalzi | 2018-10-16 | No |
Alexander X [57] | Edward Savio | 2019-06-05 | No |
Ancient Among Us [57] | Edward Savio | 2019-07-30 | No |
How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems [57] | Randall Munroe | 2019-09-03 | No |
Looking for Alaska [57] | John Green | 2019-09-24 | No |
Full Throttle [57] | Joe Hill | 2019-10-01 | Yes |
The Martian [57] | Andy Weir | 2020-01-01 | No |
The Last Emperox [57] | John Scalzi | 2020-04-14 | No |
Ready Player Two [57] | Ernest Cline | 2020-11-24 | No |
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster [72] [57] | Bill Gates | 2021-02-16 | Yes |
Still Just a Geek: The Audiobook [57] | Wil Wheaton | 2022-04-12 | Yes |
Red Team Blues [73] | Cory Doctorow | 2023-04-23 | No |
The Bezzle [73] | Cory Doctorow | 2024-02-20 | No |
Wheaton has performed improvisational and sketch comedy at the ACME Comedy Theater in Hollywood. [74] He has a traveling sketch comedy/improv troupe called "EarnestBorg9" that performs science fiction-related comedy at conventions. [75]
Wheaton is the author of Dancing Barefoot (2004) and Just a Geek (2004). He released a revised follow-up, Still Just a Geek, in 2022.
Wheaton runs his own blog, Wil Wheaton Dot Net. In June 2005, he became that month's featured Tech writer for the SuicideGirls Newswire. [76]
In 2017, Wheaton wrote the short story "Laina" for the Star Wars anthology From a Certain Point of View. [77] The book features 40 short stories, each by a different author, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Star Wars. [78]
Wheaton campaigned for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 general election. [79]
Immediately following the Sutherland Springs church shooting on November 5, 2017, Wheaton on Twitter stated in response to Congressman Paul Ryan's call for prayers for the victims that "The murdered victims were in a church. If prayers did anything, they'd still be alive, you worthless sack of shit." [80] Wheaton subsequently clarified his opinion after receiving criticism, writing "I apologize to those of you who are sincere people of Faith, who felt attacked by me", but accused "the right wing noise machine" of using his comments "to deflect attention and anger away from the role that unfettered access to weapons of mass murder played in the latest incidence of mass murder in America". [81] [82] [83]
Wheaton married Anne Prince on November 7, 1999, [84] and lives in Arcadia, California, with her and her two sons from a previous relationship. [85] Upon reaching maturity, both sons asked Wheaton to legally adopt them, which he did. [86]
Wheaton was roommates with Chris Hardwick while Chris attended UCLA. [87] They met at a showing of Arachnophobia in Burbank, California. [30]
Wheaton has struggled with alcohol addiction. [88] In January 2021, Wheaton announced he had been sober from alcohol for five years. [89]
Wheaton lives with complex post-traumatic stress disorder, [90] generalized anxiety disorder, [90] [91] and chronic depression. [90] [91] He supports mental health nonprofit organizations in raising awareness for these conditions. [92] [91]
He criticized Dave Chappelle for making transphobic jokes after his The Closer special. Wheaton said popular comics had influenced him to think homophobic humor was acceptable when he was young. [93]
In 2022, Wheaton participated in Celebrity Jeopardy! , playing for the National Women's Law Center. He reached the finals, defeating Troian Bellisario and Hasan Minhaj in the quarterfinals, and John Michael Higgins and Joel Kim Booster in the semifinals. [94] He finished in third place, behind winner Ike Barinholtz and runner-up Patton Oswalt, earning $100,000. [95]
An asteroid was named after him: 391257 Wilwheaton. [98]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1981 | A Long Way Home | Donald Branch | Television film |
1983 | Hambone and Hillie | Jeff Radcliffe | |
1983 | 13 Thirteenth Avenue | Willie | Television film |
1983 | The Buddy System | Tim | |
1984 | The Last Starfighter | Louis' friend | |
1986 | The Defiant Ones | Clyde | Television film |
1986 | Long Time Gone | Mitchell | |
1986 | Stand by Me | Gordie Lachance | |
1987 | The Curse | Zack | |
1987 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Billy Milton | Television film |
1987 | Young Harry Houdini | Ehrich Weiss | |
1988 | She's Having a Baby | Eloy | |
1991 | Toy Soldiers | Joseph "Joey" Trotta | |
1991 | The Last Prostitute | Danny | Television film |
1991 | December | Kipp Gibbs | |
1992 | Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special | Himself, Wesley Crusher | Television documentary |
1993 | The Liars' Club | David Reynolds | |
1995 | Mr. Stitch | Lazarus | |
1995 | It Was Him or Us | Scottie | Television film |
1996 | Pie in the Sky | Jack | |
1996 | Boys' Night Out | Marco | |
1997 | Trekkies | Himself | Documentary |
1997 | Flubber | Bennett Hoenicker | |
1997 | Tales of Glamour and Excess | Danny Sugerman | |
1998 | The Day Lincoln Was Shot | Robert Lincoln | Television film |
1998 | Fag Hag | Himself | |
1999 | Foreign Correspondents | Jonas | |
2000 | The Girls' Room | Charlie | |
2000 | Deep Core | Rodney Bedecker | |
2000 | Python | Thommy | |
2001 | Speechless... | Ryan | Short film |
2001 | The Good Things | Zach Means | Short film |
2002 | Jane White Is Sick & Twisted | Dick Smith | |
2002 | Fish Don't Blink | Jimmy | |
2002 | Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me | Himself | Documentary |
2002 | Star Trek: Nemesis | Wesley Crusher | Cameo & deleted scenes |
2003 | Book of Days | Danny | Television film |
2003 | Four Fingers of the Dragon | Himself | |
2003 | Neverland | John Darling | |
2007 | Americanizing Shelley | Director Alan Smithee | |
2009 | Star Trek | Romulans (various) [99] | |
2010 | Loki and SageKing Go to GenCon | Evil Wil Wheaton | Short film |
2014 | Sharknado 2: The Second One | Himself as an airline Passenger | Uncredited |
2014 | Video Games: The Movie | Himself | Documentary |
2020 | Rent-A-Pal | Andy | |
2022 | In Search of Tomorrow | Himself | Documentary |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1982 | CBS Afternoon Playhouse | Amos Cotter | Episode: "The Shooting" |
1985 | Highway to Heaven | Max | Episode: "One Winged Angels" |
1986 | St. Elsewhere | Owen Drimmer | Episode: "Nothing Up My Sleeve" |
1987 | Disneyland | Ehrich Weiss / Harry Houdini | Episode: "Young Harry Houdini" |
1987 | Family Ties | Timothy Higgins | Episode: "'D' Is for Date" |
1987–1994 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Wesley Crusher | Main role; 85 episodes |
1989 | ABC Afterschool Special | Nick Karpinsky | Episode: "My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?" |
1990 | Monsters | Kevin | Episode: "A Shave and a Haircut, Two Bites" |
1992 | Lifestories: Families in Crisis | Robert Bierer | Episode: "A Deadly Secret: The Robert Bierer Story" |
1993 | Tales from the Crypt | Arling | Episode: "House of Horror" |
1994 | Sirens | Wayne McGarrick | Episode: "Chasing a Ghost" |
1996 | The Outer Limits | Cadet | Episode: "The Light Brigade" |
1997 | Gun | Bilchick | Episode: "Ricochet" |
1997 | Perversions of Science | Bryan | Episode: "Snap Ending" |
1998 | The Love Boat: The Next Wave | Tristan Reedy | Episode "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" |
1998 | Diagnosis: Murder | Forest Ranger Gary Barton | Episode: "Alienated" |
1999 | Guys Like Us | Steve, The Fig | Episode: "Good Old Days" |
1999 | Chicken Soup for the Soul | Will | Episode: "The Wallet" |
2001 | The Invisible Man | Dorman | Episode: "Perchance to Dream" |
2001 | Twice in a Lifetime | Ryan Storey, Dr. Thomas | Episode: "The Choice" |
2002 | A&E Biography | Narrator | Episode: "Eclipsed by Death: The Life of River Phoenix" |
2002 | Arena | Presenter | Unknown episodes |
2002–2003 | The Screen Savers | 2 episodes | |
2005 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Walter | Episode: "Compulsion" |
2007 | Numb3rs | Miles Sklar | Episode: "Graphic" |
2008 | Criminal Minds | Floyd Hansen | Episode: "Paradise" |
2009–2011 | Leverage | Colin Mason | Recurring role |
2009–2019 | The Big Bang Theory | A fictionalized version of himself | Recurring role; 17 episodes [100] |
2010–2012 | Eureka | Dr. Isaac Parrish | Recurring role (Season 4–5) |
2014 | The Wil Wheaton Project | Presenter | 12 episodes |
2015–2016 | Dark Matter | Alexander Rook | 2 episodes |
2016 | Powers | Conrad Moody | 3 episodes |
2017 | Mystery Science Theater 3000 | Drake | Episode: "Reptilicus" |
2017 | Bill Nye Saves the World | Himself | Episode: "The Original Martian Invasion" |
2017 | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | "July 10, 2017" (Season 13, Episode 5) | |
2019 | Supergirl | End of the World Protestor | Episode: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One" |
2022 | Star Trek: Picard | Wesley Crusher | Episode: "Farewell" |
2022 | S.W.A.T. | Evan Whitlock | Episode: "Old School Cool" |
2022-2023 | Celebrity Jeopardy! | Self - Celebrity Contestant | Episode: "Quarterfinal #5: Troian Bellisario, Wil Wheaton and Hasan Minhaj" Episode: "Semifinal #2: John Michael Higgins, Wil Wheaton and Joel Kim Booster" Episode: "Final: Wil Wheaton, Patton Oswalt and Ike Barinholtz" |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006–2007 | Revision3 | Presenter | |
2007 | LoadingReadyRun | Himself | |
2008 | Retarded Policeman #5: Writers Strike [101] | Presenter | |
2009–2011 | The Guild | Fawkes | Main role |
2010 | IRrelevant Astronomy | The Physician | Episode: "Robot Astronomy Talk Show: Destroyer of Worlds" |
2012–2017 | TableTop | Presenter | |
2013 | Kris and Scott's Scott and Kris Show #10: Ties | Kris's father | |
2014-2016 | Welcome to Night Vale | Earl Harlan | 5 episodes, multiple live shows |
2015 | Titansgrave: The Ashes of Valkana | Game Master/Host | |
2015 | Conversations with Creators | Host [102] | |
2015 | Critical Role | Himself, Thorbir Falbek | 2 episodes |
2015 | Con Man | Officer Cahoots, Man on Plane | 2 episodes |
2017 | Transformers: Titans Return | Perceptor | Voice, 3 episodes [103] |
2020-present | The Ready Room | Host | 84 episodes |
2020-2021 | Rival Speak [104] | 12 episodes | |
2022 | The Sandman [105] | Brant Tucker | Voice, 4 episodes |
2023 | Third Eye [106] | Robigus | Voice |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1982 | The Secret of NIMH | Martin Brisby | Feature film |
1993 | The Legend of Prince Valiant | Prince Michael / King Michael | Main role (Season 2) |
2001 | The Flintstones: On the Rocks | Brad (Bass Singer) | Television film |
2002 | The Zeta Project | Kevin | Episode: "The Wrong Morph" [103] |
2003–05 | Teen Titans | Aqualad | Recurring role (6 episodes) [103] |
2005 | Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! | Skurg | Episode: "The Lords of Soturix 7" |
2006 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Additional voices | Episode: "City of Walls and Secrets" |
2007 | Random! Cartoons | Kyle, Sir Horace | Episode: "Kyle + Rosemary" [103] |
2007–08 | Legion of Super Heroes | Cosmic Boy, Roderick Doyle | Recurring role (6 episodes) [103] |
2008–09 | Ben 10: Alien Force | Michael Morningstar / Darkstar | Recurring role (5 episodes) [103] |
2009 | Naruto | Menma | 3 episodes, English version |
2009 | Kurokami: The Animation | Yakumo | Supporting role, English version |
2009–10 | Family Guy | Himself, Anti-Abortion Activist | 2 episodes |
2009–10 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Ted Kord/Blue Beetle | 2 episodes [103] |
2010 | Ben 10: Ultimate Alien | Michael Morningstar / Darkstar | Recurring role (3 episodes) [103] |
2010 | Slayers Evolution-R | Hans | Episode 2, English version |
2010 | Naruto Shippuden the Movie | Taruho, Shizuku | English version |
2011 | Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn | Aaron Terzieff | Episode: "Ghost of Laplace", English version |
2011–12 | Redakai: Conquer the Kairu | Quantus | Main role [103] |
2012–13 | Generator Rex | Dr. Peter Meechum | 4 episodes [103] |
2014 | Robot Chicken | Doctor Doom, Centaur | Episode: "Batman Forever 21" |
2014 | Ben 10: Omniverse | Michael Morningstar / Darkstar, Dante | 2 episodes [103] |
2014–18 | Teen Titans Go! | Aqualad | 4 episodes [103] |
2015–18 | Miles from Tomorrowland | Commander S'Leet, Nemetron Units | 4 episodes [103] |
2016 | Fantasy Hospital | The High Wizard | 10 episodes |
2017–18 | Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters | Jonathan Rook, additional voices | 23 episodes [103] |
2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Korvac | Episode: "Unfortunate Son" [103] |
2018 | Teen Titans Go! To the Movies | Flash | Feature film [103] |
2018 | Power of the Primes | Perceptor | 10 episodes [103] |
2020 | American Dad! | Co-Worker with Witching Sticks | Episode: "Businessly Brunette" |
2023 | Star Trek: Lower Decks | Wesley Crusher | Episode: "Old Friends, New Planets" |
2024 | Star Trek: Prodigy | Main role, Season 2 |
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"Where No One Has Gone Before" is the sixth episode of the American science-fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, which originally aired October 26, 1987, in broadcast syndication in the United States. A high-definition, remastered version of the episode received a limited theatrical release for one day to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the series on July 23, 2012. The story was originally developed with the title "Where None Have Gone Before" and was based on Diane Duane's book, The Wounded Sky. Duane and Michael Reaves pitched the idea to David Gerrold and Gene Roddenberry, and then submitted a script. Their script was subsequently rewritten by Maurice Hurley, whose first effort was poorly received; however, he subsequently rewrote it and that version was filmed. The episode was the first of the series directed by Rob Bowman, who went on to direct 12 more episodes. It was the only Star Trek: The Next Generation assignment for writers Duane and Reaves.
"Justice" is the eight episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. The episode first aired in broadcast syndication on November 9, 1987. Directed by James L. Conway, writer John D. F. Black originally pitched the story, but after Worley Thorne and Gene Roddenberry modified it, Thorne wrote the script. Because of the changes to the story, Black chose to receive his credit under the pseudonym Ralph Wills.
"Haven" is the eleventh episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, originally aired on November 30, 1987, in broadcast syndication in the United States. Directed by Richard Compton, the story was originally created by Lan O'Kun, and developed into the final script by Tracy Tormé.
"The Big Goodbye" is the twelfth episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. The episode first aired in broadcast syndication on January 11, 1988. This was the second writing credit of the series for Tracy Tormé following the episode "Haven". Rob Bowman planned to direct the episode, but he was switched to "Datalore" due to delays in its production. With Bowman working on another episode, Joseph L. Scanlan became the director.
"Family" is the second episode of the fourth season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the 76th episode overall. It was originally released on October 1, 1990, in broadcast syndication. It was written by Ronald D. Moore, from an idea by Michael Piller. It featured additional work taken from a spec script by Susanne Lambdin. "Family" was directed by Les Landau.
"Evolution" is the first episode of the third season of the syndicated American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. The 49th episode overall, it first aired in the United States on September 25, 1989.
Star Trek: The Manga is an original English-language manga from Tokyopop based on Star Trek: The Original Series that began in September 2006. Writers in the three volumes included Diane Duane, David Gerrold, Mike W. Barr and former Star Trek: The Next Generation cast member Wil Wheaton. Tokyopop released an additional manga based on The Next Generation in April 2009.
Just A Geek (ISBN 059600768X) is a 2004 book of memoirs written by actor and author Wil Wheaton. Wheaton released a revised follow-up, Still Just a Geek, in 2022.
"Not All Dogs Go to Heaven" is the 11th episode of the seventh season of the American animated television series Family Guy. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 29, 2009. The episode was directed by Greg Colton and written by Danny Smith. In the episode, Quahog hosts its annual Star Trek convention and the cast members of Star Trek: The Next Generation are guests. After he was unable to ask the actors any questions at a Q&A session, Stewie builds a transporter in his bedroom to beam the cast over and spend the day with them. Meanwhile, Meg becomes a born-again Christian and tries to convert the atheist Brian to Christianity.
Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime is a 2001 American documentary film in which actors William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy discuss the Star Trek science fiction franchise and its effects on their lives. Shatner and Nimoy portrayed the characters James T. Kirk and Spock respectively in the 1960s Star Trek television series, the 1970s animated television series, and their film sequels.
The Ready Room is an American aftershow on Paramount+ in which a host discusses episodes of a first-run Star Trek television series on the service with cast and crew members from the series. It replaced a previous aftershow, After Trek, which was live streamed on All Access following episodes of the first season of Star Trek: Discovery. The series is also made for Facebook Live.
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