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
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.
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!
I would assume that, at some point in the future, Paramount Pictures would consider doing a Next generation movie.
I have considered working with George Clooney, but so far, I'm only considering it.
I think he is an extremely accessible character. In Data there is no potential for cruelty.
And I think it's likely that there will be Data's out there one day. I hope so, if there are, that they all look exactly like me!
Yes, Data is hairless but I am not. And we are both anatomically correct.