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 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.
People think that being on Star Trek is career suicide, but it's really just the opposite
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 the basic sort of thrust of Star Trek being about equality and tolerance and things I believe in deeply.
Yeah, I do like X-Files. I like the ones that star David Duchovny.
But, I think Star Trek is a very honorable show and there is allot of television that one could be doing and feel embarrassed about and certainly not proud of, which I feel very proud to be part of Star Trek.
There's a great mood on the set. It's a real fun place to come to work.
Producers in this crazy town simply won't leave me alone, and I'm having to be firm.
I wanted to direct very early on, and then we started having directors who were caterers, drivers, and grips, so I thought better of it.
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.
My character has a distrust of government as Big Brother, ... He doesn't see why this should be kept secret from the public.
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.
But we laugh all day long! And you can't knock that!