Brent Spiner American Actor From Houston

Brent Spiner is an American actor born on 2 February 1949 in Houston. His best-known titles on this site are Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and Star Trek: First Contact (1996).

Early life

His education includes University of Houston, School of Theatre and Dance and Bellaire High School.

Career

His screen career on record begins in 1980 with Stardust Memories. The 1990s brought Independence Day (1996) and Star Trek: Insurrection (1998, as Data). His 2000s credits include Star Trek: Nemesis (2002, as Data) and The Aviator (2004, as Robert E. Gross). During the 2010s, he worked on Independence Day: Resurgence (2016, as Dr. Brackish Okun) and Outcast (2016). Work from the 2020s includes Star Trek: Picard (2020, as Data, Altan Inigo Soong).

Brent Spiner’s credits add up to 25 films and 6 TV series from 1980 to 2020. Science fiction is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (10), followed by adventure (6) and action (5). Of his four titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Star Trek: First Contact (1996) has the highest, at $146 million. Behind the camera, he is listed as writer on Star Trek: Nemesis.

LeVar Burton appears in seven of his listed titles, including Star Trek Generations (1994) and The Best of Both Worlds (1990). Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Patrick Stewart (seven titles) and Whoopi Goldberg (three titles). Jonathan Frakes directed three of his titles on record. He also has one album on record, Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back (1991).

Personal life

He has one child on record.