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
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.
With the state of the world today, an alien intervention might be just what the doctor ordered. ... Threshold
Radical surgery is never fun.
As I get older and I get more of this dialogue and I lose more and more brain cells, it really does become the most difficult part of the job!
Im thinking of going into rehab. Im not addicted to anything, but I think its good way to jumpstart an acting career.
I like to think of myself as the Rutger Hauer of this show Star Trek: The Next Generation. But then I like to think of myself as Rutger Hauer in real life: strikingly handsome, irresistible to women, an intergalactic enigma.
Having spent so much time in a fictional world, I prefer to read about the real world
People think that being on Star Trek is career suicide, but it's really just the opposite
There is no question that everybody who works in show business is lucky because of the number of people who wish they where working in show business.
I think the potential for man is so enormous, if we can stay alive long enough, we're going to be seeing a lot of what Star Trek is projecting.
And, you know, when you are a kid, everybody wants to be an actor. I think that everybody wants to be in show business, frankly.
My own personal favorite Cher song is the unforgettable Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves.
Any job you can go to and have a laugh everyday has got to be a good job.
And the basic sort of thrust of Star Trek being about equality and tolerance and things I believe in deeply.