# Well-known actors/actresses that have retired.

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**Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-actors-actresses-that-have-retired/530930/32 "2010-03-02T17:09:04Z")

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> [@Actors who suddenly stopped acting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-suddenly-stopped-acting/455954/72):
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> **Wil Wheaton** , child star of _Stand by Me_ and _Star Trek: The Next Generation_, is now a husband, father, and author – and has an open, well-written blog ([WWdn: In Exile](http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/)).

He was alos on an episode of The Big Bang Theory. True, he was “playing himself”, but still, it was acting.

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