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Like many actors who were popular from their work in the Star Trek franchise, much of Wheaton's career has been limited to Trek-oriented appearances. During his youth he was a prominently featured guest at Star Trek conventions and very popular in teen magazines. However, barring teen work in the 1980s and Stand By Me, he has done little else of note in the way of performing. As he left TNG during the middle of its television run, and as three other Trek series have come since, Wheaton eventually faded from the convention scene as well, replaced by more popular actors/characters.

Like many actors attempting to revitalize their careers, he has as of the late 1990s embraced independent film with various appearances. Several of his independent films have won awards: The Good Things, in which Wheaton portrays a frustrated Kansas tollbooth worker, was selected Best Short Film at the 2002 Deauville Film Festival. He also received the Best Actor award at the 2002 Melbourne Underground Film Festival for his performance in Jane White Is Sick And Twisted. He was also a contestant on a Star Trek themed episode of The Weakest Link, and performs improvisational and sketch comedySketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes, or 'sketches', commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a small group of comedic actors, either on stage or through a video medium such as television. Notable cont at the ACME Comedy theater in Hollywood. He has a travelling sketch comedy/improv troupe called "EarnestBorg9" that performs Sci-FiScience fiction generally speaking, is a form of speculative fiction which deals principally with the impact of imagined science and/or technology upon society or individuals. There are, perhaps, exceptions to (or at least, some very unusual examples of) and geek-related comedy at conventions.

Although his character (and by extension Wil himself) was loudly hated by a small but vocal group of Trekkers during TNG's first run, Wheaton has emerged as a vocal member of the geekA geek is a person who is fascinated, perhaps obsessively, by technology and imagination. Geek may not always have the same meaning as the term nerd. The definition of geek has changed considerably over the years. Below are some definitions of the word "g/ nerdA nerd is a very intelligent but lonely person who is fascinated by knowledge, especially science. A nerd who is versed in computer technology can also be a hacker. A nerd is not the same as geek who focuses only on technology and imagination. The term ne community and runs his own weblogThis article is about a type of web application. For information on records of web server activity, see server log. A weblog or simply a blog is a web application which contains periodic, reverse chronologically ordered posts on a common webpage. Such a W web site, Wil Wheaton Dot Net. The majority of his present popularity comes from this web site, the books it has spawned, and from fans who admire his earlier work. He is a frequent poster at Slashdot and Fark, and is heavily involved with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, promoting free speech and privacy issues. Wil also contributes regularly to the Los Angeles Metroblogging site. His work as a voice actor can be found in such diverse places as the Disney animated film " Brother Bear", as Aqualad of the cartoon " Teen Titans" and, most recently, as the voice of radio newsman Richard Burns in the smash hit video game " ," latest in Rockstar Entertainment's GTA series.

In the spring of 2003, Wheaton founded the independent publishing company Monolith Press and released a book of his memoirs, entitled Dancing Barefoot. Most of the entries are extended versions of his online blog entries. Wheaton sold out three printings in four months, and in the winter 2003, the book's success caught the eye of publisher Tim O'Reilly, who signed Wheaton to a three book contract. O'Reilly acquired Dancing Barefoot (BooksEnthsiast.com), and published Wheaton's extended memoirs, Just A Geek (BooksEnthsiast.com) in summer of 2004.

Wheaton married Anne Prince in 1999. He lives with his wife and two step-sons in Los Angeles, California. Wheaton is often confused with Will Wheaton, Junior , a jazz artist who contributed to the film Mystery Men, among other works.