What is Wil Wheaton’s Net Worth?
Wil Wheaton, an American actor and writer, has a net worth of $1 million, with over 130 acting credits to his name. He first appeared on screen in the 1981 TV movie “A Long Way Home” and his big break came in the 1986 film “Stand by Me”. Wheaton played the recurring role of Wesley Crusher on “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and made regular appearances on “The Big Bang Theory”.
Wheaton is also a successful writer, having authored more than a dozen books including “Dancing Barefoot” (2004) and “Just a Geek” (2004). He co-created and hosted the web series “TableTop” and hosted “The Wil Wheaton Project” on the SYFY channel in 2014. Currently, he hosts “The Ready Room”, a “Star Trek” aftershow, on Facebook Live.
Early Life and Family
Wil Wheaton was born in Burbank, California in 1972. His mother, Debra Nordean, was an actress, and his father, Richard William Wheaton Jr., was a medical specialist. He has two siblings, Amy and Jeremy, who appeared in an episode of “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” Wheaton has spoken publicly about the abuse he suffered at the hands of his father during his childhood. He has also stated that his mother allowed the abuse to continue.
Wil Wheaton’s Acting Career
In the 1980s, Wil appeared in several television films, including “13 Thirteenth Avenue” (1983), “The Defiant Ones” (1986), and “The Man Who Fell to Earth” (1987). After “Stand by Me,” Wheaton appeared in the films “The Curse” (1987) and “She’s Having a Baby” (1988) and guest-starred on “Family Ties” (1987), and he began playing Wesley Crusher on “Star Trek: The Next Generation” in 1987. Wil appeared in 85 episodes of the series, and after leaving the show, he starred in the 1991 film “Toy Soldiers,” then moved from California to Topeka, Kansas, where he worked for the software company NewTek and did quality control and product testing on the Video Toaster 4000.
In the 1990s, he appeared in films such as “The Liars’ Club” (1993), “Pie in the Sky” (1996), and “Flubber” (1997) and guest-starred on “Tales from the Crypt” (1993), “The Outer Limits” (1996), and “Diagnosis: Murder” (1998).
In 2002, Wil narrated an “A&E Biography” about his former co-star River Phoenix, and he then guest-starred on “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (2005), “Numb3rs” (2007), and “Criminal Minds” (2009) and appeared in the films “Jane White Is Sick & Twisted” (2002), “Neverland” (2003), and J. J. Abrams’ 2009 “Star Trek” film. Beginning in 2009, he played Colin Mason on three episodes of the TNT series “Leverage” and Fawkes on 16 episodes of the web series “The Guild,” and he portrayed Dr. Isaac Parrish on the Sci-Fi Channel’s “Eureka” from 2010 to 2012. Wheaton guest-starred on “Dark Matter” in 2015 and 2016, “Powers” in 2016, and “Supergirl” in 2019, and he starred in the thriller “Rent-A-Pal” in 2020.
Wil has lent his voice to numerous animated projects, including “Teen Titans” (2003–2005), “Ben 10: Alien Force” (2008–2009), and “Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters” (2017–2018), and he has narrated more than 50 audiobooks, such as Ernest Cline’s “Ready Player One” (2011) and John Scalzi’s “Redshirts” (2012). He has also done voice acting in several video games in the “Grand Theft Auto” and “Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon” series as well as “Fallout: New Vegas” (2010) and “DC Universe Online” (2011).
Personal Life
Wil Wheaton married Anne Prince in 1999, who had two sons from a previous relationship. He legally adopted both of them, Ryan and Nolan. Wil has been friends with Chris Hardwick since college and has struggled with alcoholism, celebrating five years of sobriety in 2021. He identifies as an atheist and is a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Kings. Wil has been open about his struggles with chronic depression and generalized anxiety, speaking at the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) conference in Ohio in 2018. He enjoys playing Dungeons & Dragons and poker, and has played in the World Poker Tour Championships and World Series of Poker.
Awards and Honors
Wil Wheaton has been nominated for several awards throughout his career. He won the Jackie Coogan Award with his “Stand by Me” castmates in 1987 and Best Young Actor in a Family Syndicated Show for “Star Trek: The Next Generation” in 1989. In 2002, he won Best Actor for “Jane White Is Sick & Twisted” at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival. He also shared an International Academy of Web Television Award for Best Hosted Series (Pre-Recorded) with “TableTop” co-producers Sheri Bryant and Felicia Day in 2014.
Additionally, “The Big Bang Theory” won a Merit – Honorary Award at the 2020 CinEuphoria Awards. Wil was nominated for a Streamy Award for Best Guest Star in a Web Series for “The Guild” in 2010 and a Sunset Film Circle Award for Scene Stealer for “Rent-a-Pal” in 2020. In 2017, an asteroid was named 391257 Wilwheaton in his honor.
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