Wiley Wiggins
Wiley Wiggins (born 1976)[1][2] is an American game designer and film actor.
Wiley Wiggins | |
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 Wiley Wiggins in 2013 | |
| Born | 1976 (age 46–47)[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, game designer |
| Years active | 1993–present |
Bio
A native of Austin, Texas, Wiggins is the nephew of Lanny Wiggins, who was a member of Janis Joplin's early band, The Waller Creek Boys.
At the age of 16, Wiggins starred in Richard Linklater's 1993 film Dazed and Confused. Wiggins had never planned on an acting career. He has said that he was leaving a coffee shop in Austin when a member of the film's casting department approached him on the street and asked him if he was interested in auditioning for a movie.[3]
Wiggins later starred in Linklater's Waking Life and C.M. Talkington's indie crime drama Love and a .45 with Renée Zellweger.[4] He was involved in early 1990s cyberculture and wrote occasionally for such magazines as FringeWare Review, Mondo 2000, and Boing Boing.
Filmography
- Dazed and Confused (1993) as Mitch Kramer
- Love and a .45 (1994) as Young Store Clerk
- Boys (1996) as John Phillips
- Plastic Utopia (1997) as Jogger Joe
- The Faculty (1998) as F'%# Up #2
- Waking Life (2001) as Main Character; also one of the animators[5]
- Frontier (2001) as Soldier
- Goliath (2008) as Alvin[6]
- Sorry, Thanks (2009) as Max Callahan[7]
- Computer Chess (2013) as Martin Beuscher[8]
- Social Animals (2018)
Production roles
- Editor: The Outlaw Son (2007)
- Producer: Frontier (2001) (co-producer)
- Self: The Art Show (2004)
References
- "CV of Wiley Wiggins" (PDF). wileywiggins.com. Wiley Wiggins. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
- Cohen, Jason (March 9, 2001). "No Longer 'Dazed'". The Austin American-Statesman. p. E3.
'I love to act, but I'm not interested in doing mainstream stuff,' Wiggins, 24, says.
- "Making Dazed (2005) - The Making Of Dazed and Confused". YouTube. LightsCameraAction. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
- Ebert, Roger (February 13, 2009). "Somewhat dazed and confused, in a dream". Chicago Sun-Times. p. B4. (via Lexis-Nexis).
- Howell, Peter (September 28, 2003). "Teen film set in '70s launched new talent". Toronto Star. p. D04. (via Lexis-Nexis).
- Harvey, Dennis (February 2008). "Goliath". Variety. (via Lexis-Nexis).
- Pinkerton, Nick (June 17, 2009). "'Newfest' at BAM; But will young people come to Brooklyn?". The Village Voice. New York. (via Lexis-Nexis).
- "Computer Chess".
External links
- Wiley Wiggins's blog
- Interview with Wiley Wiggins in Scene Missing magazine
- Wiley Wiggins at IMDb