A dark-haired actor and singer from the musical stage, Spiner made headway on television in small roles... (Learn more)
Top Projects: Star Trek: The Next..., Threshold, An Unexpected Love (View All)
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Brent Spiner’s Milestones
| Played Lt. Commander Data on the syndicated sci-fi adventure series, "Star Trek: The Next Generation" | |
| 1978 | Earliest TV work included the role of Tom Fink in the CBS mystery miniseries, "The Dain Curse" |
| 1979 | Played one of the leading roles in the off-Broadway musical, "Leave It to Beaver Is Dead", produced by Joseph Papp as part of the New York Shakespeare Festival |
| 1980 | Returned to the NY Shakespeare Festival to play Treplev in a revival of Chekhov's "The Sea Gull" |
| 1981 | First major film work, playing a leading role in the independently made feature, "Rent Control" |
| 1984 | Performed on Broadway as "Franz, a Servant" and "Dennis, a Technician" in the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine hit musical, "Sunday in the Park with George" |
| 1986 - 1987 | Played the recurring guest role of Bob Wheeler on the popular NBC sitcom, "Night Court" |
| 1989 | Returned to features to play a role in "Miss Firecracker" |
| 1994 | Reprised the role of Data in the feature "Star Trek: Generations" |
| 1996 | Again played Data in "Star Trek: Final Contact" |
| 1996 | Cast as scientists in two blockbuster hits, "Independence Day" and "Phenomenon" |
| 1997 | Played a foppish cruise director foil to Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in the comedy "Out to Sea" |
| 1997 | Returned to Broadway to star as John Adams in the musical revival of "1766" |
| 1998 | Returned as Data for "Star Trek: Insurrection" |
| 1999 | Co-starred as manager Earl Mills in the HBO biopic "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge" |
| 1999 | Voiced the animated Conon O'Brien in "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut" |
| 2000 | Had an uncredited appearance in "Dude, Where's My Car?" |
| 2000 | Offered comic turn as Stromboli in the ABC/Disney TV musical "Geppetto" |
| 2001 | Reprised role of Data in "Star Trek: Nemesis" |
| 2002 | Played criminal mastermind Devlin Bowman in the Dana Carvey comedy "Master of Disguise" |
| 2004 | Appeared in Martin Scorsese's "The Aviator" |
| 2005 | Cast as Dr. Nigel Fenway in the failed CBS series "Threshold" |
| 2005 | Guest-stared on "Enterprise," (UPN) playing the great-great-grandfather of Dr. Noonien Soong (creator of Data) |
| 2006 | Played the CEO of a besieged cosmetics company in the comedy "Material Girls" |
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