Wiley Wiggins

American retired actor

Wiley Wiggins
Wiggins in 2013
Born	Wiley Ramsey Wiggins (1976-11-06) November 6, 1976 (age 47) Austin, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–2013
Website	www.wileywiggins.com

Wiley Ramsey Wiggins (born November 6, 1976)^[1] is an American retired actor.

Biography

Wiggins was born in Austin, Texas.^[1] 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.^[2]

Wiggins later starred in Linklater's Waking Life and C.M. Talkington's indie crime drama Love and a .45 with Renée Zellweger.^[3]

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^[4]
Frontier (2001) as Soldier
Goliath (2008) as Alvin^[5]
Sorry, Thanks (2009) as Max Callahan^[6]
Computer Chess (2013) as Martin Beuscher^[7]

Production roles

Editor: The Outlaw Son (2007)
Producer: Frontier (2001) (co-producer)
Self: The Art Show (2004)

References

^ ^a ^b "Wiley Wiggins". www.tcm.com. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
^ "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".