Stand By Me’s Gordie is unrecognisable 36 years on from movie that shot him to fame

STAND By Me is one of the most beloved films from the ’80s and, as you can imagine, its cast look completely different since appearing in the flick.

Thanks to its brilliant ’50s and ’60s soundtrack and coming-of-age drama, Stand By Me still holds up as a must-see movie.

It also introduced us to a cast of young actors who would go on to star in many iconic TV shows and films.

As the doe-eyed storyteller Gordie Lachance in Stand By Me, Wil Wheaton was “the voice” of the film.

Wil, now 49, played the younger version of Richard Dreyfuss, whom we only get to glimpse at in the beginning and the very end of the movie.

After Stand By Me, Wheaton looked to the stars, landing his next big role as Wesley Crusher in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

He later dove into voiceover work and, in 2001, he appeared as a celebrity contestant on the game show The Weakest Link.

A handful of years later, he was able to get some guest roles in primetime television, like Numb3rs and Criminal Minds, and received added fame in his role as himself in The Big Bang Theory.

As a technophile, Wheaton has actively participated in web series, hosts podcasts, runs his own blog and is an active gamer.