Personal Info
Birth date
1976-11-06 (48 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Austin, Texas, USA
Also known as
-Wiley Wiggins
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wiley Ramsey Wiggins (November 6, 1976) is an American film actor and blogger. A native of Austin, Texas, he is the nephew of Lanny Wiggins, who was a member of Janis Joplin's early band, The Waller Creek Boys. Wiggins starred in Richard Linklater's films Dazed and Confused (at the age of 16) and Waking Life (at the age of 25). He was involved in early '90s cyberculture, and wrote occasionally for such magazines as FringeWare Review, Mondo 2000, and Boing Boing. His current weblog, "It's Not For Everyone", focuses on film, art, technology and free culture. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wiley Wiggins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
The Faculty
6.556
Overview:
When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make the chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions: their teachers really are from another planet!Waking Life
7.471
Overview:
Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life.Dazed and Confused
7.3
Overview:
The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach demands he sign a "no drugs" pledge.Social Animals
6.158
Overview:
Determined not to turn into her parents, or be drawn into any relationship longer than a one night stand, Zoe constantly struggles with her failing business and love life. Then she falls in love for the first time with Paul. But there's one problem: Paul is married.Goliath
5.8
Overview:
A recently divorced man tries to find the one aspect of his marriage that still matters to him: his missing cat, Goliath.Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
NYR
Overview:
Ben Lewis spends time with Richard Linklater, the highly-respected director of 'Slacker', 'School of Rock', and 'Before Sunset', along with some of the stars of his films. He attempts to discover how an anti-consumerist filmmaker has become a worldwide success.Frontier
9
Overview:
Strangers in a strange land, Bulbovia’s dimmest explorers attempt to dutifully colonize a new world but soon find their buttoned-up shirts and rational thoughts melting away into beetle-eating, tree-molesting, wife-swapping chaos.Love and a .45
5.7
Overview:
Small-time criminal Watty Watts attempts to rob a convenience store with his drug-addict buddy, Billy Mack Black. The robbery, however, leads to murder, and soon Watty leaves Billy behind and goes on the run with his beloved girlfriend, Starlene. Heading toward Mexico, the fugitive couple gets plenty of media coverage, until there are even more people on their trail. Can Watty and Starlene make it south of the border without getting caught?Boys
5.3
Overview:
Fed up with boarding school and frustrated with the way others have planned his life, John Baker Jr. wants a change -- anything to shake up his staid routine. The moment arrives when he stumbles upon a woman, Patty Vare, unconscious in a field. Deciding to risk it, John takes her to his dorm to look after her, much to the disapproval of his friends. John's decision proves fateful as he and Patty grow close to one another. However, she may be keeping secrets from him.Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
6.9
Overview:
Highlighting one of the most innovative American directors, this film reveals the path traveled by the auteur from his small-town Texas roots to his warm reception on the awards circuit. Long before he directed Boyhood, Richard Linklater’s intense desire to create fueled his work outside the Hollywood system. Rather than leave Texas, he chose to collaborate with like-minded artists crafting modest, low-budget films in a DIY style. His ability to showcase realistic characters and tell honest stories was evident from his films, and others soon took notice of his raw talent.Making Dazed
9
Overview:
This documentary reunites the cast of the 1993 film "Dazed and Confused", and features behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the film. A decade after the hit comedy's release, director Richard Linklater reunited the cast -- Ben Affleck, Matthew McConaughey, Parker Posey and Adam Goldberg -- to celebrate the ten year anniversary of the film that helped launch their careers. Now you can watch the cast look back on the movie that changed their lives and on the decade that has passed since.Computer Chess
6.1
Overview:
At the American Computer Chess Convention, enthusiasts gather to pit their programs against other computer chess programs and human players in a tournament for a grand prize of $7500.Sorry, Thanks
4.7
Overview:
Reeling from a brutal break-up, Kira sleeps with Max, a charming but disheveled wreck already committed to long-term girlfriend Sara. Max (no emotional sophisticate) becomes obsessed, mostly with Kira, but vaguely with his curious lack of conscience as well. Kira, fighting to win a job she hates and running aimless romantic loops, faces the precarious double challenge of choosing a next step and charting a course back to sanity. Good luck leading with your heart, when your heart is an utter emotional idiot.Acting
2018Social Animals as Zoe's Landlord
2016Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013Computer Chess as Beuscher
2009Sorry, Thanks as Max Callahan
2008Goliath as Alvin
2005Making Dazed as Self
2004Linklater: St. Richard of Austin as Self
2001Waking Life as Main Character
2001Frontier as Soldier
1998The Faculty as F*** Up #2
1996Boys as John Phillips
1994Love and a .45 as Young Clerk
1993Dazed and Confused as Mitch
Visual Effects
2001Waking Life ... Animation