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Houston - Texas - USA
Brent Jay Spiner (born February 2, 1949) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of the android Lieutenant Commander Data in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and four subsequent films. His portrayal of Data in Star Trek: First Contact and of Dr. Brackish Okun in Independence Day, both in 1996, earned him a Saturn Award and Saturn Award nomination respectively. He…
Known for
- The Sixty Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World — Self2026
- Best Christmas Movies Ever! — Self2024
- Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event — Commander Data2023
- Night Court — Bob Wheeler2023
- Night Court — Bobert 'Bob' Wheeler2023
- The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek — Self2021
- Star Trek: Picard — Data / Lore2020
- Star Trek: Picard — Dr. Altan Inigo Soong / Daystrom Android M-5-102020
- Star Trek: Picard — Dr. Altan Inigo Soong2020
- Star Trek: Picard — Dr. Adam Soong2020
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Key facts
- Born
- Brent Jay Spiner , ( 1949-02-02 ) February 2, 1949 (age 77) , Houston , Texas, U.S.
- Other name
- Brent Jay Mintz (1955–1975)
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1968–present
- Notable credit
- Lt. Cdr. Data in the Star Trek franchise
- Spouse
- Loree McBride
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Brent
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Houston
- Occupation
- performing artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.therealbrentspiner.com
- Image
- Brent Spiner Photo Op GalaxyCon Columbus 2025.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
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- 1970-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Brent Jay Spiner (/ˈspaɪnər/; born February 2, 1949) is an American actor best known for his role as the android Data on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994), four subsequent films (1994–2002), and Star Trek: Picard (2020–2023). 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. Spiner has also enjoyed a career in the theater and as a musician. He is also known for voicing the Joker in the animated series Young Justice (2011–2022).
Early life
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