Wil Wheaton is currently 34.
When TNG started in 1987, Jonathan Frakes was 35.
As of 2002's
Star Trek: Nemesis, the last of the TNG-based
Trek films, only four of the regular crew members had gotten a promotion since the debut of TNG -- and
none of them had advanced more than a single pay grade.
In
fifteen years.
Far from being the "Flagship of Starfleet" and a highly-honored posting, it's obvious that the
Enterprise-D was a career killer.