Brent Spiner
Brent Spiner
Brent Jay Spineris an American actor, comedian, and singer best known for his portrayal of the android, Lieutenant Commander Data, in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and four subsequent films. In 1997, he won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Data in Star Trek: First Contact, and was nominated in the same category for portraying Dr. Brackish Okun in Independence Day, a role he reprised in Independence Day: Resurgence. He has also...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth2 February 1949
CityHouston, TX
CountryUnited States of America
So from the first year to the fifth year, we've seen Data get closer to basically being human-but he's not.
Data is no different from any other role I've ever played in that it's always difficult and it's always something that you just want to find some level of truth and believability in and try to solve problems along the way.
And I think that was the idea: by the end of the series, Data would ba about as close to human but still not be there.
I think the idea, from the beginning, was that Data was a machine that basically teaches himself everything he experiences and sees becomes a part of his programming.
I think as time has gone on, they've been pleased to find it not at all limiting role and probably the most wide open role in terms of what I am allowed to do.
Well, I was always a huge fan of the movies. I spent a great deal of time , as a a kid, watching movies.
Well, I think there are other shows where it's a nightmare every day to come to work.
I think he is a bit of an outsider: he doesn't quite fit in, he doesn't quite belong, and people relate to that idea of being an outsider and being alienated.
My character has a distrust of government as Big Brother, ... He doesn't see why this should be kept secret from the public.
Truly, the best part of my job are the people.
Well my family and friends where delighted that I was going to be working on a regular basis and that they could turn on their TV every week and see me.
Yeah, I do like X-Files. I like the ones that star David Duchovny.
We're going to discover as time goes on that there is some adversity ... They are not in love with each other. These three guys were essentially shanghaied and made to do this job, whether they want to or not. And they're geniuses, so they have egos. I play a doctor, and I never met a doctor without an ego.
But we laugh all day long! And you can't knock that!