# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wil-wheaton
# Generated: 2026-09-01T06:37:58.132Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wil-wheaton"
name: "Wil Wheaton"
slug: "wil-wheaton"
description: "Richard William \"Wil\" Wheaton III 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."
tagline: "American actor and writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wil_Wheaton_-_LATFOB_2026-02.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
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birthDate: "1972-07-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 198
totalFollowers: 81800
platforms:
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    handle:    "wilw"
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    handle:    "itswilwheaton"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-category-fill