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
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.
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, you know, when you are a kid, everybody wants to be an actor. I think that everybody wants to be in show business, frankly.
I think it's the business part of the word show business that causes me the most concern.
I think there is something like 90% unemployment in the Screen Actors Guild, so we are the exception.
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.