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My Take
Brent Spiner gave us one of science fiction's great paradoxes: an android who, by relentlessly trying to understand humanity, kept asking what humanity even is. His Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation is tender, funny, and quietly philosophical, and the Saturn Award only confirmed what fans already knew. What I respect is the commitment, more than three decades inhabiting one character across series and films, then returning in Picard. A Houston kid who can also sing, he reads as far warmer than that placid face suggests. To me he's the rare actor who turned consistency itself into an art form.
Overview
Brent Jay Spiner (; 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.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Brent Spiner
- Name (Japanese)
- ブレント・スパイナー
- Reading
- ぶれんと・すぱいなー
- Born
- February 2, 1949 (age 77)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Ox
- Origin
- Houston, Texas, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor / musician / singer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Bellaire High School
- University
- University of Houston
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Star Trek: The Next Generation | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.