Wiley Wiggins Explained

Birth Date:	6 November 1976
Birth Name:	Wiley Ramsey Wiggins
Birth Place:	Austin, Texas, U.S.
Occupation:	Actor
Yearsactive:	1993–present

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

Biography

Wiggins was born in Austin, Texas. 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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wiley Wiggins . 2023-11-04 . www.tcm.com . en.
2. Web site: Making Dazed (2005) - The Making Of Dazed and Confused . . LightsCameraAction . 3 October 2023.
3. News: Somewhat dazed and confused, in a dream . Ebert . Roger . February 13, 2009 . . B4 . (via Lexis-Nexis).
4. News: Teen film set in '70s launched new talent . Howell . Peter . September 28, 2003 . . D04 . (via Lexis-Nexis).
5. News: Goliath . Harvey . Dennis . (via Lexis-Nexis) . February 2008 . Variety.
6. News: 'Newfest' at BAM; But will young people come to Brooklyn? . Pinkerton . Nick . June 17, 2009 . . (via Lexis-Nexis) . New York.
7. Web site: Computer Chess.