birth_place |imagesize birth_date |instrument article_title occupation
ishpeming , michigan 150px december 30 , 1972 drums , guitar , bass , vocals steven wiig
 musician , actor , songwriter , producer
steven wiig

steven ray wiig -lrb- born december 30 , 1972 -rrb- is an american film actor , director , producer and musician .
he appears in the films `` into the wild '' under director -lrb- and academy award-winning actor -rrb- sean penn , `` some kind of monster '' , directed by joe berlinger and bruce sinofsky , gus van sant 's san francisco-based film `` milk '' and paul thomas anderson 's `` the master '' .
he is the drummer in the band papa wheelie , fronted by former metallica member jason newsted .
wiig is the primary songwriter in his band the martichora -lrb- all instruments -rrb- along with rich doucette .
close friend and longtime executive personal assistant to metallica 's founder and drummer lars ulrich .
wiig attended northern michigan university .
currently resides in sausalito , marin county , california is working as a producer to bring the novel u.p. -lrb- ghost road press -rrb- to the screen based in michigan 's upper peninsula .
