As an actor, he is best known for his portrayals of Wesley Crusher on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Gordie Lachance in the film Stand by Me, Joey Trotta in Toy Soldiers and his recurring role playing himself on the sitcom The Big Bang Theory.

In 1991, he played Joey Trotta in the film Toy Soldiers.

* Toy Soldiers ( 1991 )

* Toy Soldiers: Cold War, an XBLA game developed by Signal Studios

Two movies have filmed scenes in Waynesboro: Toy Soldiers ( 1991 ) and Evan Almighty ( 2007 ).

Others who have seen success in the fields of music and acting include Marta " Martika " Marrero (" Toy Soldiers "), Mario Lopez (" Saved by The Bell " and " Dancing with the Stars "), Eric Balfour ( 24, Haven, Skyline ), Jennifer Love Hewitt, who was credited simply as " Love Hewitt ", ( Party of Five, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Ghost Whisperer ) and Ryan Lambert ( The Monster Squad, Elephone ).

Her first album, 1988's Martika, spawned the song “ Toy Soldiers ,” which she co-wrote with her producer Michael Jay, and became a top 5 hit in the United Kingdom and many other countries.

In the US, " Toy Soldiers " spent two weeks at # 1 and was certified Gold by the RIAA.

Rapper Eminem used a sample of her biggest U. S. hit, “ Toy Soldiers ”, for “ Like Toy Soldiers ”, a track on his 2004 album Encore which entered at number one in the United Kingdom.

In response, Martika ’ s British Greatest Hits album was repackaged with its title altered to Toy Soldiers: The Best of Martika.

Patrol, opposite Nia Long, Tim Thomerson and Brian Keith ; Like Father Like Son ( 1987 ); White Water Summer with Kevin Bacon ( 1987 ), The War of the Roses ( 1989 ); the World War II film Memphis Belle ( 1990 ); Toy Soldiers ( 1991 ); Encino Man ( 1992 ); and the college football biopic Rudy ( 1993 ), about the life-changing struggles and rewards of the titular character, Daniel Ruettiger.

* Toy Soldiers ( 1991 )

* Paul Leonard-Dancing the Code and Toy Soldiers

* Toy Scouts, an all-female regiment in the Army of Toy Soldiers, the fan club of musician and Internet personality Doctor Steel

* Toy Soldiers Unite, official fan club of Dr. Steel, a steampunk industrial band.

In Dr. Steel's street team, the Toy Soldiers, the Yellowjacket award is a patch in the shape of a stylized wasp, which is given to Soldiers who make distinguished efforts and contributions.

The colourful Melton Mowbray Toy Soldiers Marching Band was formed in 1936 and Happy Jazz – a dixieland jazz band – has been performing in the town since 1996.

* Toy Soldiers ( 1984 ) as Monique

* Toy Soldiers of San Diego-Alamo Village photos and review

* Toy Soldiers ( 1991 film ), an action / drama film in which terrorists take a school hostage

Rogue was ported by Michael Toy and Jon Lane to the IBM PC in 1984, and then by Michael Toy to the Macintosh.

1984: At the first MTV Video Music Awards in 1984, Madonna performed her iconic hit " Like A Virgin " wearing a combination bustier / wedding gown, including her trademark " Boy Toy " belt.

The design resembled Madonna's performance of " Like a Virgin " at the 1984 VMAs: the same wedding cake set, wedding dresses and " Boy Toy " belt worn by Madonna in 1984 now adorned Aguilera and Spears.

Two months after his 1984 re-election, Jeyaretnam and WP Chairman Wong Hong Toy were charged for allegedly misreporting his party accounts.

Other famous Mackem musicians include punk rockers The Toy Dolls, who broke the top five of the charts with " Nellie the Elephant " in December 1984 ; the punk rock band Leatherface ; the lead singer of dance outfit Olive, Ruth Ann Boyle, who achieved a UK chart-topper with " You're Not Alone " in May 1997, and has gone on to work with fellow chart-toppers Enigma ; A Tribe of Toffs made number 21 with their cult hit " John Kettley is a Weatherman " in December 1988.

* John Morris ( actor ) ( born 1984 ), of the Toy Story films

Arcades also appeared in many other films at the time, such as Dawn of the Dead ( where they play Gun Fight and F-1 ) in 1978, Used Cars and Midnight Madness in 1980, Take This Job and Shove It and Puberty Blues in 1981, the 1982 releases Rocky III, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Koyaanisqatsi and The Toy, the 1983 releases Psycho II, Spring Break and Never Say Never Again, the 1984 releases Footloose, The Karate Kid ( where Elisabeth Shue plays Pac-Man ), The Terminator and The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, the 1985 releases Back to the Future, The Goonies and The Boys Next Door, and Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Something Wild in 1986.

His later work included the 1984 film Toy Soldiers.

The first gig took place on Valentine's Day, 1984, and featured Bryan Cook ( vocals and piano, a member of Athens bands Oh-OK and Time Toy ), and R. E. M.

The Toy Hall of Fame was established in 1984 to recognize those people who have contributed most significantly to the toy industry.

Carded Action Figures were produced in 1984 for some of the Mighty Crusaders by the Remco Toy Company.

Madonna performed " Like a Virgin " at the first MTV Video Music Awards in 1984, where she appeared on stage atop a giant wedding cake dressed in a wedding dress, adorned with the infamous " Boy Toy " belt buckle, and veil.

The first feature-length computer animated film was the 1995 movie Toy Story by Pixar.

Grammer supplied the voices for " Stinky Pete the Prospector " in 1999 Disney / Pixar film Toy Story 2, Vladimir in the Fox animated movie Anastasia, Rothbart in Barbie of Swan Lake, Zozi the Bear in the subsequently produced prequel Bartok the Magnificent, and the title character in the short-lived animated series Gary the Rat.

* 1995 – Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.

His best-known film roles include Wally Shawn in My Dinner with Andre ( 1981 ), Vizzini in The Princess Bride ( 1987 ), and Rex the toy dinosaur in the Toy Story animated film series.

In 2010, Hanks reprised his role as Sheriff Woody in the third film in the Toy Story franchise, Toy Story 3, after he, Tim Allen, and John Ratzenberger were invited to a movie theater to see a complete story reel of the movie.

The toys use the phrase when setting out to rescue Woody in the 1999 animated children's film Toy Story 2.

Ever since its original 1995 release, Toy Story received universal acclaim from critics ; Review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes ( which gave the movie an " Extremely Fresh " rating ) reports that 100 % of critics have given the film a positive review based on 74 reviews, with an average score of 9 / 10.

The critical consensus is: As entertaining as it is innovative, Toy Story kicked off Pixar's unprecedented run of quality pictures, reinvigorating animated film in the process.

" Toy Storys first five days of domestic release ( on Thanksgiving weekend ), earned the film $ 39, 071, 176.

Toy Story was the highest grossing domestic film in 1995, beating Batman Forever and Apollo 13 ( also starring Tom Hanks ).

It was also nominated for Best Writing — Screenplay Written for the Screen for the work by Joel Cohen, Pete Docter, John Lasseter, Joe Ranft, Alec Sokolow, Andrew Stanton, and Joss Whedon making Toy Story the first animated film to be nominated for a writing award.

Toy Story is also among the top ten in the BFI list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 14, and the highest placed ( at # 99 ) animated film in Empire < nowiki ></ nowiki >' s list of " 500 Greatest Movie of All Time ".

On November 1, 2011, along with the DVD and Blu-ray release of Cars 2, Toy Story and the other two films were released on each Blu-ray / Blu-ray 3D / DVD / Digital Copy combo pack ( 4 discs each for the first two films, and 5 for the third film ).

* RC ( Toy Story ), a character from the Disney Pixar film franchise

* Etch, a character from the film Toy Story, based on the Etch A Sketch

The success of this film eventually spurred the idea of highlighting the voice actors as stars of a film, this becoming the norm in movie marketing, with a greater focus on hiring Hollywood celebrities for name power, rather than performers with most experience in voice acting, particularly the Toy Story ( Tom Hanks and Tim Allen ) and Shrek ( Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy and Antonio Banderas ) franchises.

At the same time, the high level of popular acclaim bestowed upon Toy Story, the first film animated entirely using computer-generated imagery ( CGI ), sparked an industry trend.

In 1995, Disney partnered with Pixar to produce Toy Story, the first feature film made entirely using CGI.

Animal Lovin ' Ken appeared in the Disney Pixar film Toy Story 3, voiced by actor Michael Keaton.