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Brent Spiner
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| Known for: | Star Trek: First Contact, Independence Day, The Aviator |
| Birth name: | Brent Jay Spiner |
| Birthday: | 2 February 1949, Houston, Texas, USA |
| Height: | 5' 11" (1.80 m) |
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Released an album titled "Ol' Yellow Eyes is Back" (based on an old crooner song of the 1940s) with his male co-stars from "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) singing back-up vocals. Title of the album refers to Data, whom he played on the show.
He was a groomsman at Marina Sirtis's wedding, and served as Best Man at Patrick Stewart's wedding.
Graduated from Bellaire High School (Texas) in 1968
In October 2004, began three guest appearances on "Enterprise" (2001) as Arik Soong, an ancestor of Noonian Soong, the creator of Data, his character from "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987). He also played Noonian Soong in "Star Trek: The Next Generation: Brothers (#4.3)" (1990) and "Star Trek: The Next Generation: Inheritance (#7.10)" (1993).
Has appeared with Erick Avari in three different productions: "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), Independence Day (1996), and The Master of Disguise (2002).
Along with Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, Michael Dorn, Colm Meaney, and Jeffrey Combs, he is one of only six actors to appear in the series finales of two different "Star Trek" series ("Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) and "Enterprise" (2001)).
Is the only "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) regular to share scenes with all three original "Star Trek" (1966) cast members who appeared on that series: DeForest Kelley, Leonard Nimoy, and James Doohan.
His character, Lt. Commander Data's "Intriguing!" line went down in Trek history as replacing Mr. Spock's world-famous "Fascinating!" line.
When added to the Broadway cast of "Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," he replaced another future Star Trek actor: Rene Auberjonois.
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