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Like a teenager,Wile Wheaton seemed to have everything an actor could dream. At the age of 13, he played in the 1986 ventilation drama of 1986Support me next toRiver Phoenix and started to appear regularly in teenager magazines likeTiger beat. A year later, he was launched as a young crusher of Genius Wesley onStar Trek: the next generation, who quickly became one of theMost popular dramas on television.

But just a few years later, whenThe next generation Still high in his fourth season-Wheaton moved away from fame. He leavesStar Trek And, shortly after, then, fell from Hollywood. But it was far from the end of his trip. Keep reading to find out why the 49-year-old has ceased to act, what brought him back, and where he is today.

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CornStar Trek: the next generation was kissed by the public, becoming the first television series to name for aHugo priceFICTION OF FENDOM FICTION has the greatest honor - In more than a decade, not the entire attention of the received Wheaton was positive. Some fans of the showhas taken the problem with his character, calling for early teen genius a flagrant attempt from producers to use young viewers.

But the negative ventilation reaction has apparently had nothing to do with the reason why Wheaton has decided to leave the show at the height of its popularity. According to a post onHis personal websiteHe had the impression that the show held him from a career in the film - and that the producers were actively trying to sabotage.

Wheaton writes that the conflict came to the head when it was launched in the movieValmont, Award-winning director of the AcademyMiloš Forman (Amadeus)Star TrekThe producers of's refused to reorganize his shooting schedule for even a day, which gives the reason that Wesley played a key role in this episode. Wheaton rejected the film, only to learn later that he had been cut off from the episode.

"What they did was they sent me a message," says Wheaton on his blog. "The message was", we own you. Do you ever try to do anything without us. It was the last straw for me ... That's what really pushed me on the edge ... That's why I left. "

Unfortunately, post-hiking The film career was not quite what he dreamed that it would be. After appearing in a handful of films, including the 1991 critical and commercial flopLead soldiers-He ended up letting act completely. He moved to Topeka, Kansas to work for aSoftware company called Newtek.

After two years help developThe video toaster, which was intended to make video production more accessible to the masses, Wheaton decided to give Hollywood another thing. He returned to Los Angeles and attended five years of players while trying to relaunch his career.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

Throughout the end of the 1990s and early 2000s, Wheaton worked regularly, landing roles in independent films, television films and casual host spot, includingExternal limits andLove boat: the next wave. But he did not appreciate the grind to look for pieces and had trouble convincing casting agents, there was more to him than the crusher of Wesley, according to aProfile 2005 inThe times of Los Angeles. His journey into the public eye would eventually take an unexpected detour.

In 2000, in order to speak directly to his fans - and try to rebuild his brand-Wheaton started a blog just called a geek, who quickly became one of the most popular personal websites on the Internet.

"When I started my blog, I was very excited about the possibility of getting around media filters and going directly to the public with everything that told me," says Wheaton inAn interview with 2005 withButtocks. "I just wanted to write, and maybe show my geek colleagues that I was not a crusher of Wesley. But doing that ... I was one of the only people you could see on television or In the movies, then communicate directly with via his blog. "

Wheaton used the platform to speak openly with his readers and fans on his career struggles, his personal life and his struggles with depression and anxiety. The success of the blog, which it turned intoA published memoir Of the same name in 2004, won Wheaton a big fanbase online. He always blogs today and hasMore than 1.1 million followers on Instagram. His direct connection with his community of geeks helped transform his career.

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There is no clearer example of the effect of the Internet on the career of Wheaton that his chain of appearances invited onBig Bang Theory, a dieMost popular sitcoms on the television. He played on 17 episodes of eight seasons of the series - a role he has secured byTweet on the show. At about the same time, it also appeared in guest roles of the seriesNums,Leverage, andEurekaand welcomed a short-term discussion show on the Syfy network,The Wil Wheaton project.

But it was his online work that kept him the busiest. In 2012, he launched the webzesTop of the table, in which he met with his friends, his family and his famous celebrity geeks likeBuffy against vampires'sAmber benson andGreen set,Star Trek: Traveling'sJeri Ryanand comedianKumail Nanjiani to play board games. Released on YouTube, the show was a massive success, withAn Indiegogo campaign For its third season, reports more than $ 1.4 million worth of promises.Top of the table Completed in 2016 after 81 episodes.

Recently, Wheaton's voice could be even more familiar to fans than his face. He expressed characters in more than a dozen animation games and video games and told more than 50 Audiobooks, winning five nominations of "Audie Price" of the Audio Editor Association.

In recent years, Wheaton has continued to act here and most voices, but from time to time at the camera, including a nasty role on the CW seriesSuper girl. He admitted that he still finds that he finds the latter upsetting because of the stress he lives during his years as a child's actor.

"It was really important for [my mother] I became famous, then she could be the famous mother-acting of the actor and she sucked:" WheatonRecountSubway 2020. "This choice cost me my relationship with my parents and as a result, I do not really like to activate the camera. It's a little trigger and a little traumatic."

He always writes too. He completed two other test collections and a novel and continues to use his blog to talk aboutHis mental health. In January 2021, he announced on Facebook that he had just celebratedFive years of sobriety And that his decision to stop drinking led him to confront the source of his pain: his relationship with his parents of origin.

Life with his immediate family, at least, seems much happier. He lives in Los Angeles with his wifeANNE PRINCE, that he married in 1999. Together, the couple raisedNolan andRyan, Did the two sons of Anne's adult an earlier relationship. Wheatonfinally adopt them When they were adults, after they asked him.

This April, Wheaton will publish an updated and annotated edition of its 2004 brief. According toA review about GOOEADS, inAlways just a geek: an annotated memoryThe blog posts and the idol tests of punctual adolescents are written almost 20 years ago and thought where he was in his life at the time and what he would do differently today.

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