Wil Wheaton - Wikipedia Wil Wheaton This article is about the actor and writer. For the musician, see Will Wheaton. Wil Wheaton Wheaton at the 2013 Wizard World New York Experience Comic Con in Manhattan Richard William Wheaton III ( 1972 - 07 - 29 ) July 29, 1972 ( age 46 ) Burbank, California, U.S. Residence Arcadia, California, U.S. Alma mater University of California, Los Angeles Occupation Actor, writer, blogger, voice actor Years active 1980 -- present Spouse ( s ) Anne Prince ( m. 1999 ) Children 2 stepsons Website www.wilwheaton.net Richard William Wheaton III ( born July 29, 1972 ) is an American actor, blogger, voice 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 roles as Aqualad in Teen Titans, Cosmic Boy on the Legion of Super Heroes and Mike Morningstar / Darkstar in the Ben 10 universe. He has also regularly appeared as a fictionalized version of himself on the CBS 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 is also the host and co-creator of the YouTube board game show TableTop. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Early work 2.2 Star Trek 2.3 Post-Star Trek 2.4 Voice work 2.5 Television and web 2.6 Hosting 3 Other ventures 3.1 Games 3.2 Comic book 3.3 Audiobooks 3.4 Live shows 3.5 Writing 3.6 Politics 4 Personal life 5 Honors 6 Legacy 7 Filmography 7.1 Films and television films 7.2 TV shows and appearances 7.3 Web shows and series 7.4 Animation 7.5 Video games 8 Bibliography 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External links Early life Wheaton was born July 29, 1972, in Burbank, California, to Debra Nordean `` Debbie '' ( née O'Connor ), an actress, and Richard William Wheaton, Jr., a medical specialist. He has a brother, Jeremy, and a sister, Amy. Both appeared uncredited in the Star Trek : The Next Generation episode `` When the Bough Breaks ''. Amy also appeared alongside Wil in the 1987 film The Curse. Career Early work Wheaton made his acting debut in the television film A Long Way Home ( 1981 ), and his first cinema role was as Martin Brisby in the animated film The Secret of NIMH ( 1982 ), the movie adaptation of Robert C. O'Brien 's book Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH ( 1971 ). He had a minor role in The Last Starfighter ( 1984 ) as Louis 's friend, but it was cut. He first gained widespread attention for playing Gordie Lachance in Stand by Me ( 1986 ), the film adaptation of Stephen King 's novella The Body which was originally published in 1982 's Different Seasons. Star Trek He played Wesley Crusher for the first four seasons of Star Trek : The Next Generation, from 1987 to 1991. This became a recurring role later in the series. A vocal group of Trekkies disliked his Star Trek character and, by extension, Wheaton himself. Wheaton commented about his critics in an 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. Wheaton 's notoriety among Star Trek fandom is covered in a number of web comics. For example, ArcaneTimes ( March 25, 2005 ) offers a sympathetic position ; Something Positive presents a range of opinions on the storyline Mike 's Kid ; and Abstruse Goose tries to distinguish between the character and the actor. Post-star Trek Wil Wheaton in 2001 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 and later used his public profile to serve as a technology evangelist for the product. Wheaton said this was a period of growth in his life, and living away from Los Angeles helped him deal with anger problems. Afterward, he returned to Los Angeles, attended acting school for five years, and then re-entered the acting world. 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. For his performance in Jane White Is Sick & Twisted ( 2002 ) he received the Best Actor award at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival. Voice work Wheaton has worked as a voice actor in animation, video games and audiobooks, beginning with the role of Martin Brisby in The Secret of NIMH at age 10. His most noteworthy credits include the roles of Aqualad in the cartoons Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go !, the voice of radio journalist Richard Burns in Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas, Kyle in the Nickelodeon cartoon, Kyle + Rosemary as well as himself and various other characters on both Family Guy and Seth MacFarlane 's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy. Wheaton also featured as the second Blue Beetle, Ted Kord, on Batman : The Brave and the Bold, Dr. Peter Meechum in Generator Rex, Mike Morningstar / Darkstar in Ben 10 : Alien Force, Ben 10 : Ultimate Alien & Ben 10 : Omniverse. Wheaton also took upon the anime roles of Yakumo in Kurokami : The Animation, Menma in Naruto, Hans in Slayers Evolution - R, Aaron Terzieff in Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn. He also appeared as himself in a skit on nerdcore rapper MC Frontalot 's 2008 album Final Boss attempting to be a rapper, whose rhymes only involved shellfish. Wheaton later collaborated with Frontalot on `` Your Friend Wil '', a track from the 2010 album Zero Day on the subject of what Wheaton calls `` Wheaton 's law '' : `` do n't be a dick ''. Wheaton and Frontalot have both appeared at the Penny Arcade Expo ( PAX ). Wheaton has also narrated a number of bestselling audiobooks, mostly in the science - fiction and fantasy category, including Ready Player One by Ernest Cline ( Wheaton also exists in the novel 's universe, described as being joint President, along with Cory Doctorow, of the virtual world Oasis, which is the setting for much of the book ), `` Armada '' also by Cline, Redshirts by John Scalzi, `` Fuzzy Nation '' also by Scalzi, and books 6 -- 10 of the Chronicles of Amber series by Roger Zelazny. Television and web Wheaton at W00tstock 2.4 in San Diego, July 2010 Wheaton was a contestant on a 2001 episode of The Weakest Link featuring Star Trek actors attempting to win money for charity. He has made guest appearances on the November 23, 2007 episode of the TV series Numb3rs, and the October 22, 2008 episode of the series Criminal Minds, and appeared in Internet presentations, including a cameo in a comedy sketch ( `` Lock Out '' ) for LoadingReadyRun ( and a reprise of the same the following year, in CommodoreHustle 4 ), and the May 30, 2008 episode of the Internet series Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show. From 2009 - 2011, Wheaton appeared in seasons 3, 4, and 5 of the web series The Guild as Fawkes, the leader for a rival guild known as Axis of Anarchy. Wheaton credits his roles in Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show and The Guild for reigniting his career by encouraging him to seek out roles as the `` Villain You Love To Hate '' stock character. He also appears in seasons 2, 3, and 4 of the television series Leverage, as rival computer hacker Colin `` Chaos '' Mason, antagonist to Leverage team hacker Alec Hardison. He makes regular appearances in many web productions for Geek & Sundry, including hosting TableTop, a board game based show, and Titansgrave, a roleplaying game based show. He appeared as a fictionalized version of himself in several episodes of the sitcom The Big Bang Theory, starting in season 3, episode 5 : `` The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary '' ( 2009 ). On the show, Wheaton behaves in comically petty and manipulative ways towards main character Sheldon Cooper, who regards him as an archenemy until the season 5 episode `` The Russian Rocket Reaction '', when they make amends and become friends. Wheaton appears 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. 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. Wheaton appears as Alexander Rook in the Syfy TV series Dark Matter, based on the eponymous comic book. Hosting 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. He has also hosted `` 2nd Watch, '' interviews with cast members and producers of the science - fiction series Falling Skies that appears on - line after each episode. 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 10pm on May 27 for an initial projected run of twelve episodes. However, on August 29, Wheaton blogged that SyFy canceled the show after only one season. Other ventures Games In 2003, Wheaton mentioned his love for the game of poker on his blog. The following year, he began writing more extensively about his poker - playing experiences, including stories about playing Texas hold ' em tournaments locally and in Las Vegas. Eventually, he worked up to regular play, including a run at the 2005 World Poker Tour Championships. On June 23, 2005, Wheaton accepted an invitation to join Team PokerStars. He went on to play in that year 's World Series of Poker and was the guest speaker for the 2005 BARGE Banquet. In June 2007, he announced he would no longer be on Team Pokerstars due to changes in the US legal system that would cause poker sites to have to focus on European and Asian markets and held a farewell Pokerstars tournament on June 5, 2007, which he titled So Long and Thanks for All the Chips. Wheaton is a Dungeons & Dragons player, 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. Wheaton also played D&D 4th edition at the PAX 2011 event using the 4th edition rules, and used the D&D Next play test rules at PAX Prime 2012. Wheaton hosts the web series TableTop that he created with Felicia Day, where he explains how to play various card, board and dice games, then plays a round with celebrity guests. This web series has had over 4.5 million views and raised $1.4 million on Indiegogo for its third series, a record amount for a web series at that time Wheaton also starred in the Kickstarter - funded game There Came an Echo by Iridium Studios. In Dungeons and Dragons Online, he became the dungeon master of the Temple of Elemental Evil quests. Nintendo of America announced on Twitter that Wheaton would be voicing Abraham Lincoln in Code Name : STEAM. Wheaton announced in February 2015 that he was chosen to provide voiceover talent for the upcoming strategy role - playing video game Firefly Online, a game based on Joss Whedon 's Firefly sci - fi franchise. Wheaton also does the voice narration on the Secret Hitler companion app for the Secret Hitler social deduction game. Wheaton has spoken out against misogyny in video game culture, and wrote a profile of Anita Sarkeesian for the 2015 Time 100. Comic book 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. Audiobooks Wheaton has recorded several of his non-self - published books as downloadable audiobooks. These include Just a Geek, Dancing Barefoot, The Happiest Days of Our Lives, and his Criminal Minds diary from Sunken Treasure. He also released excerpts of Memories of The Future : Vol 1 as free podcasts. He has also narrated several audiobooks by other authors, including Ready Player One and Armada by Ernest Cline ; Masters of Doom by David Kushner ; Homeland by Cory Doctorow ; Fuzzy Nation, The Android 's Dream, Agent to the Stars, Redshirts, Lock In, and Head On by John Scalzi ; Peter and Max : A Fables Novel by Bill Willingham ; `` Byways '', part of METAtropolis : Cascadia by Tobias Buckell ; What If ? : Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe ; and Boneshaker by Cherie Priest. Similarly, Wheaton has provided the voice - over for the digital gamebook, Trial of the Clone. Live shows Wheaton has performed improvisational and sketch comedy at the ACME Comedy Theater in Hollywood. He has a traveling sketch comedy / improv troupe called `` EarnestBorg9 '' that performs science fiction - related comedy at conventions. Wheaton is one of the three headline acts of the w00tstock shows, appearing in nearly all of them when his filming schedule has allowed. He has also guest starred in one of the Welcome to Night Vale live stage shows, playing the role of a radio station intern named after himself, the character meeting a prompt demise as is the podcast 's tradition for interns. He also plays a character in the podcast, Earl Harlan, a friend of the main character. He was originally a 20 - something regular guy, when he was dragged away to the `` Eternal Scout '' ceremony and disappeared. He then returned as a 53 year old with a son, and was the sous chef of Night Vale 's top restaurant. Writing Wheaton runs his own blog, Wil Wheaton Dot Net. Between 2001 and late 2004, he operated a message board, known as `` The Soapbox '' or `` Paracosm, '' as part of the blog site. Two collections of writings taken from postings to the message board have been published, titled Boxer Shorts ( ISBN 1 - 932461 - 00 - 0 ) and Boxer Shorts Redux ( ISBN 1 - 932461 - 03 - 5 ). He contributes regularly to the Los Angeles - based Metroblogging site. In June 2005, he became that month 's featured Tech writer for the SuicideGirls Newswire. He had a monthly column, entitled `` Wil Save, '' in the Dungeons & Dragons - based magazine Dungeon, until May 2005. From January 2005 to October 2006, he wrote a column for The A.V. Club about early video games, called `` Games of Our Lives. '' On December 12, 2008, he returned to his role as Geek in Review editor, with his editorials being published every second Wednesday of the month. Wil Wheaton ( left ) meets Tim O'Reilly at the 2003 booksigning of Dancing Barefoot at Powell 's in Portland, Oregon. In early 2003, he founded the independent publishing company Monolith Press and released a memoir entitled Dancing Barefoot. Monolith Press was `` founded on the idea that publication should not be limited by opportunity. '' Most of the entries are extended versions of his blog entries. Dancing Barefoot sold out three printings in four months. In winter 2003, Wheaton signed to publisher Tim O'Reilly with a three - book contract. O'Reilly acquired Dancing Barefoot, and published his extended memoirs, Just a Geek, in summer of 2004. He has since written about his bitterness regarding how the book was marketed, believing it was pitched as a Star Trek book when he intended it as more of a personal memoir. Subsequently, in 2007, his next book, The Happiest Days of Our Lives was again published by Monolith Press. With the release of Sunken Treasure : Wil Wheaton 's Hot Cocoa Box Sampler in February 2009, instead of using traditional publishing, Wheaton decided to self - publish using Lulu Publishing, releasing paperback and digital copies, something he has continued to do with all his publications since. As a chapbook, Sunken Treasure contains several small extracts of various different projects, including two short stories from Ficlets, an ACME comedy sketch, William 's Tell and a Criminal Minds production diary. The production diary was later released as an audiobook. Later that same year, Wheaton released Memories of the Future : Volume 1, a humorous critique, as well as an account of Wheaton 's own experiences with, and memories of, the first thirteen episodes of Star Trek : The Next Generation. Closing up 2009, Wheaton published a special edition of The Happiest Days of Our Lives, which also included an afterword by his son, Ryan. The Happiest Days of Our Lives and Sunken Treasure were also released on a Creative Commons license. In 2017, Wheaton wrote the short story `` Laina '' for the Star Wars anthology From a Certain Point of View. The book features 40 short stories, each by a different author, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Star Wars. Politics Wheaton described himself as a liberal in 2005. In September 2006, he criticized George W. Bush 's plan to suspend habeas corpus and to use torture : `` Shame on President Bush. Shame on his Republican allies in Congress, and shame on the spineless, cowardly Democrats who did not stand up to them. '' In a column that he wrote for Salon.com in 2005, The Real War on Christmas, Wheaton attacked conservative commentators like Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity for influencing the political views of his parents, with whom Wheaton found himself unable to have political discussions during family get - togethers on holidays like Christmas. Wheaton 's parents were very offended by the article, and he posted a lengthy apology on his site and an interview in which his parents clarified their political views. Wheaton is a supporter of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and has been involved with the organization since 2002. On August 24, 2007, Wheaton gave the keynote address for the yearly Penny Arcade Expo, which was subsequently made available online. He stepped in following a public battle between the formerly - scheduled keynote debate participants, noted anti-games activist Jack Thompson and Hal Halpin, the president of the Entertainment Consumers Association ( ECA ). Much of Wheaton 's address focused on the debate over violence in video games. He also gave the keynote at PAX East 2010 in Boston, Massachusetts. He supported Barack Obama in the 2008 Presidential Election and opposed Proposition 8, calling it `` nothing but hate and discrimination ''. In September 2015, Wheaton announced that he was supporting Bernie Sanders ' bid to be the 2016 Democratic Party presidential candidate nominee. He subsequently campaigned for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 general election. 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. '' Wheaton subsequently clarified his opinion after receiving criticism. Personal life Wheaton was roommates with Chris Hardwick at UCLA. They met at a showing of Arachnophobia in Burbank, California. Wheaton married Anne Prince on November 7, 1999, and lives in Arcadia, California, with her and her two sons from a previous relationship. When one son was 19, he asked Wheaton to legally adopt him, which he did. Wheaton is an aficionado of computers, the internet, and technology in general. He says he is drawn to alternatives like Linux because he is left - handed, though he ceased using Linux when he switched to Windows 2000. Since at least 2003, his operating system of choice has been OS X ( now known as macOS ), though he still runs Linux ( Debian ) in a virtual machine. But since his iMac died, he started using Debian on bare metal again on his Xidax gaming rig. He also enjoys brewing his own beer at home, and he collaborated with Fark creator Drew Curtis and Stone Brewing Co. CEO Greg Koch to create a geek - themed stout beer called Stone Farking Wheaton w00tstout. Wheaton is also a major longtime fan of the Los Angeles Kings ice hockey team and can often be found at the Staples Center at both regular season and playoff games. Wheaton is also a `` die - hard '' fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and has gone to many games at Dodger Stadium. Wheaton lives with generalized anxiety disorder and chronic depression. He supports mental health nonprofit organizations in raising awareness for these conditions. Honors Young Artist Awards : 1989 & 1987 Melbourne Underground Film Festival : Best Actor ( 2002 ) International Academy of Web Television Awards : Best Hosted Series ( 2014 ) Legacy An asteroid was named after him : 391257 Wilwheaton. Filmography Films and television films List of appearances in films and television films Year Title Role Notes 1981 A Long Way Home Donald Branch Television film Hambone and Hillie Jeff Radcliffe 13 Thirteenth Avenue Willie Television film The Buddy System Tim 1984 The Last Starfighter Louis ' friend 1986 The Defiant Ones Clyde Television film 1986 Long Time Gone Mitchell Television film 1986 Stand by Me Gordie Lachance The Curse Zack The Last Prostitute Danny Television film The Man Who Fell to Earth Billy Milton Television film She 's Having a Baby Eloy 1991 Toy Soldiers Joseph `` Joey '' Trotta 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 Pie in the Sky Jack 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 Do n'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 Television film 2003 Neverland John Darling 2007 Americanizing Shelley Director Alan Smithee 2009 Star Trek Romulans ( various ) 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 TV shows and appearances List of appearances in TV shows Year Title Role Notes 1982 CBS Afternoon Playhouse Amos Cotter `` The Shooting '' ( Season 4, Episode 3 ) 1985 Highway to Heaven Max `` One Winged Angels '' ( Season 1, Episode 15 ) 1986 St. Elsewhere Owen Drimmer `` Nothing Up My Sleeve '' ( Season 5, Episode 8 ) Disneyland Ehrich Weiss / Harry Houdini `` Young Harry Houdini '' ( Season 31, Episode 20 ) Family Ties Timothy Higgins `` 'D ' Is for Date '' ( Season 5, Episode 25 ) 1987 -- 94 Star Trek : The Next Generation Wesley Crusher Main role ABC Afterschool Special Nick Karpinsky `` My Dad Ca n't Be Crazy... Can He ? '' ( Season 18, Episode 1 ) Monsters Kevin `` A Shave and a Haircut, Two Bites '' ( Season 3, Episode 8 ) 1992 Lifestories : Families in Crisis Robert Bierer `` A Deadly Secret : The Robert Bierer Story '' ( Season 1, Episode 4 ) 1993 Tales from the Crypt Arling `` House of Horror '' ( Season 5, Episode 7 ) Sirens Wayne McGarrick `` Chasing a Ghost '' ( Season 2, Episode 5 ) The Outer Limits Cadet `` The Light Brigade '' ( Season 2, Episode 18 ) 1997 Gun Bilchick `` Ricochet '' ( Season 1, Episode 2 ) 1997 Perversions of Science Bryan `` Snap Ending '' ( Season 1, Episode 8 ) 1998 The Love Boat : The Next Wave Tristan Reedy `` I Ca n't Get No Satisfaction '' 1998 Diagnosis : Murder Forest Ranger Gary Barton `` Alienated '' ( Season 6, Episode 6 ) 1999 Guys Like Us Steve / The Fig `` Good Old Days '' ( Season 1, Episode 12 ) 1999 Chicken Soup for the Soul Will `` The Wallet '' ( Season 1, Episode 7 ) 2001 The Invisible Man Dorman `` Perchance to Dream '' ( Season 1, Episode 17 ) 2001 Twice in a Lifetime Ryan Storey / Dr. Thomas `` The Choice '' ( Season 2, Episode 22 ) 2002 A&E Biography Narrator `` Eclipsed by Death : The Life of River Phoenix '' ( Season 1, Episode 323 ) 2002 Arena Presenter Unknown episodes 2002 -- 03 The Screen Savers Presenter 2 episodes 2005 CSI : Crime Scene Investigation Walter `` Compulsion '' ( Season 5, Episode 17 ) 2007 Numb3rs Miles Sklar `` Graphic '' ( Season 4, Episode 9 ) 2008 Criminal Minds Floyd Hansen `` Paradise '' ( Season 4, Episode 4 ) 2009 -- 11 Leverage Colin Mason Recurring role 2009 -- 2018 The Big Bang Theory Himself ( fictional version of Wil Wheaton ) Guest role ( Season 3 -- 4 ) Recurring role ( Season 5 -- Season 9 ; Season 11 ) 2010 -- 12 Eureka Dr. Isaac Parrish Recurring role ( Season 4 -- 5 ) 2014 The Wil Wheaton Project Presenter 12 episodes 2015 -- 16 Dark Matter Alexander Rook 2 episodes 2016 Powers Conrad Moody Season 2 2017 Mystery Science Theater 3000 Drake `` Reptilicus '' ( Season 11, Episode 1 ) 2017 Bill Nye Saves the World Himself `` The Original Martian Invasion '' ( Season 1, Episode 5 ) 2017 Whose Line is it Anyway ? Himself `` July 10, 2017 '' ( Season 13, Episode 5 ) Web shows and series List of appearances in web shows and series Year Title Role Notes 2006 -- 07 Revision3 Presenter 2007 LoadingReadyRun Himself 2008 Retarded Policeman # 5 : Writers Strike Presenter 2009 -- 11 The Guild Fawkes Main role IRrelevant Astronomy The Physician Episode `` Robot Astronomy Talk Show : Destroyer of Worlds '' 2012 -- present TableTop Presenter 2013 Kris and Scott 's Scott and Kris Show # 10 : Ties Kris 's father 2015 Titansgrave : The Ashes of Valkana Game Master / Host 2015 Conversations with Creators Host 2015 Critical Role Himself / Thorbir Falbek 2 episodes 2015 Con Man Officer Cahoots, Man on Plane 2 episodes 2017 Transformers : Titans Return Perceptor `` Pilot '' Episode, voice Animation List of voice performances in animated films and television series Year Title Role Notes 1982 The Secret of NIMH Martin Brisby 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 `` The Wrong Morph '' ( Season 2, Episode 14 ) 2003 -- 05 Teen Titans Aqualad Recurring role 2005 Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go ! Skurg `` The Lords of Soturix 7 '' ( Season 2, Episode 2 ) 2006 Avatar : The Last Airbender Additional voices `` City of Walls and Secrets '' ( Season 2, Episode 14 ) 2007 Random ! Cartoons Kyle / Sir Horace `` Kyle + Rosemary '' ( Season 1, Episode 8 ) 2007 -- 08 Legion of Super Heroes Cosmic Boy Recurring role 2008 -- 09 Ben 10 : Alien Force Mike Morningstar / Darkstar Recurring role 2009 Naruto Menma 3 episodes, English version 2009 Kurokami : The Animation Yakumo Supporting role, English version 2009 -- 10 Family Guy Himself ( Season 7 ) ; Anti-Abortion Activist ( Season 8 ) `` Not All Dogs Go to Heaven '' ( Season 7, Episode 11 ) `` Partial Terms of Endearment '' ( Season 8, Episode 21 ) 2009 -- 10 Batman : The Brave and the Bold Ted Kord / Silver Age Blue Beetle 2 episodes Ben 10 : Ultimate Alien Mike Morningstar / Darkstar Recurring role Slayers Evolution - R Hans Episode 2, English version Naruto Shippuden the Movie Taruho, Shizuku English version 2011 Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Aaron Terzieff `` Ghost of Laplace '' ( Episode 2 ), English version 2011 -- 12 Redakai Quantus Main role 2012 -- 13 Generator Rex Dr. Peter Meechum 4 episodes 2014 Robot Chicken Doctor Doom / Centaur / Handy Smurf `` Batman Forever 21 '' ( Season 7, Episode 17 ) 2014 Ben 10 : Omniverse Mike Morningstar / Darkstar / Dante 2 episodes 2014 -- 15 Teen Titans Go ! Aqualad 2 episodes 2015 Miles from Tomorrowland Commander S'Leet 2 episodes 2016 Fantasy Hospital The High Wizard 10 episodes 2017 -- 18 Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters Jonathan Rook, Museum Security Guard 11 episodes 2018 Teen Titans Go ! To the Movies The Flash Video games List of voice performances in video games Year Title Role EverQuest II Additional voices Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas Richard Burns Tom Clancy 's Ghost Recon 2 Additional voices 2005 Tom Clancy 's Rainbow Six : Lockdown Additional voices 2005 Tom Clancy 's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter Additional voices 2006 Tom Clancy 's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 Additional voices 2005 Grand Theft Auto : Liberty City Stories Richard Burns 2006 Grand Theft Auto : Vice City Stories Richard Burns 2009 Brütal Legend Watt - R - Boys 2009 Ben 10 Alien Force : Vilgax Attacks Darkstar Fallout : New Vegas Robobrains / Super-Ego / X-8 Robobrain 2011 DC Universe Online Robin 2013 Grand Theft Auto V The Local Population 2014 Broken Age Curtis The Lumberjack 2015 There Came an Echo Corrin 2015 Code Name : S.T.E.A.M. Abraham Lincoln 2015 Dungeons and Dragons Online - Reign of Elemental Evil Dungeon Master Bibliography Dancing Barefoot ( ISBN 0 - 596 - 00674 - 8 ) ( 2004 ) Just a Geek ( ISBN 0 - 596 - 00768 - X ) ( 2004 ) Stories of Strength ( ISBN 1 - 4116 - 5503 - 6 ) ( 2005 ; contributor ) The Happiest Days of Our Lives ( ISBN 0 - 9741160 - 2 - 5 ) ( 2007 ) Sunken Treasure ( 2009 ) Memories of the Future Vol. 1 ( ISBN 0 - 9741160 - 4 - 1 ) ( 2009 ) Wil Wheaton 's Criminal Minds Production Diary ( 2009 ) Class of Geeks '' ( 2010 ; contributor ) The Day After, and Other Stories ( 2010 ) The Monster in My Closet ( 2011 ) Hunter ( 2011 ) Dead Trees Give No Shelter ( 2017 ) Star Wars : From a Certain Point of View ( 2017 ; contributor ) References ^ Jump up to : Wheaton, Wil. `` Welcome new homebrewer, Wil Wheaton ''. Reddit. Retrieved August 28, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Genealogy ''. Roots Web. Ancestry. Retrieved October 14, 2010. Jump up ^ `` Wil Wheaton Biography ( 1972 -- ) ''. Film reference. 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Jump up ^ `` Wil Wheaton Joins Team Pokerstars '', Poker Stars Blog, June 2005 Jump up ^ Wheaton, Wil ( June 1, 2007 ), `` So long, and thanks for all the chips '', Wil Wheaton Dot Net in Exile, retrieved July 29, 2007 Jump up ^ Wheaton, Wil ( June 5, 2007 ), `` Reminder : Final WWdN poker tourney is tonight '', Wil Wheaton Dot Net in Exile, retrieved July 29, 2007 Jump up ^ Pascale, Anthony ( January 21, 2009 ). `` Wil Wheaton Talks Geeking Out at Phoenix Comic Con w / TNG Co-stars + more ''. Trek Movie. Retrieved November 25, 2009. Jump up ^ `` 2010 Pax Celebrity Game ''. Wizards. Archived from the original on 2013 - 02 - 10. Jump up ^ `` TableTop ''. YouTube ( Tabletop homepage ). Jump up ^ `` TableTop ''. Geek & sundry ( homepage ). Jump up ^ `` There Came an Echo by Iridium Studios ''. Kickstarter. Retrieved March 22, 2013. Jump up ^ `` U25 : Reign of Elemental Evil ''. Dungeons and Dragons Online. Retrieved April 14, 2015. Jump up ^ Nintendo of America ( @ NintendoAmerica ) ( 5 March 2015 ). ``. @ wilw spotting ! Wil Wheaton lends his talents to # CodeNameSTEAM for # 3DS as the voice of the great Abe Lincoln '' ( Tweet ) -- via Twitter. Jump up ^ `` I 've found Serenity, and you ca n't take the sky from me ''. WIL WHEATON dot NET. Retrieved August 5, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Update 15 : Welcome to the app : Mr. Wil Wheaton Secret Hitler ''. Kickstarter. Retrieved 2017 - 01 - 04. Jump up ^ Katie J.M. Baker. `` The Fight Against Misogyny in Gaming Enlists Some Big Names ''. Jezebel. Jump up ^ Wil Wheaton ( @ wilw ) ( 29 August 2014 ). `` I really hope there 's some serious discussion at # PAX about the cesspool of misogyny that 's trying to ruin gaming '' ( Tweet ). Retrieved 28 August 2015 -- via Twitter. Jump up ^ Wheaton, Wil ( April 16, 2015 ). `` Anita Sarkeesian ''. Time. Retrieved April 22, 2015. 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Jump up ^ Wheaton, Wil. `` Fourteen years ago today ''. ^ Jump up to : Wilson, Dave ( October 4, 2001 ). `` A Trekkie, and a Techie ''. The Los Angeles Times. Tribune Publishing. p. T. 2. He lives with his wife and two children in Arcadia. Jump up ^ Wheaton, Wil. `` As a StepDad of 3 this was my proudest moment to date ( more info in comments ) ''. Retrieved March 30, 2013. Jump up ^ Wheaton, Wil ( September 13, 2013 ). `` @ foh81 @ Linux Yikes ! I 've been on OS X since at least 2003. I still run Debian in a VM. ''. Twitter. Jump up ^ http://wilwheaton.net/2018/03/i-tried-turning-it-off-and-back-on-again/. Missing or empty title = ( help ) Jump up ^ Wheaton, Wil ( June 9, 2012 ). `` Tag Archives : beer ''. wilwheaton.net. Jump up ^ `` Stone 2013 Collaborations ''. Stone Farking Wheaton w00tstout. Retrieved September 19, 2013. Jump up ^ Matthew Buchanan. `` Wil Wheaton, happy Kings fan. Other fans can make... HB@Tumblr ''. tumblr.com. Retrieved August 5, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Wheaton 's Dodger fandom has been ingrained in his family since 1955 and instilled in him since birth ''. Major League Baseball. Retrieved August 5, 2015. Jump up ^ Phil Plait ( July 8, 2015 ). `` '' Oh, Right, I Can Be a Person Now `` ''. Slate.com. Retrieved April 20, 2016. Jump up ^ https://medium.com/@wilw/my-name-is-wil-wheaton-i-live-with-chronic-depression-and-generalized-anxiety-i-am-not-ashamed-8f693f9c0af1 Jump up ^ `` Asteroid named after Star Trek 's Wil Wheaton : Engage ! ''. cnet.com. Retrieved February 14, 2017. Jump up ^ Wheaton, Wil ( Nov 2009 ), In which a fairly major secret is made secret no more, Type pad Jump up ^ Wheaton, Wil ( January 22, 2008 ), Retarded Policeman # 5, YouTube, retrieved June 4, 2012 Jump up ^ Wheaton, Wil ( June 22, 2015 ). `` Conversations with Creators with Wil Wheaton Premieres July 7th ''. PlayStation Blog. Sony Computer Entertainment. Archived from the original on July 10, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2015. 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Question: who played wesley crusher on star trek the next generation
Answer: Richard William Wheaton III