Brent Spiner
Biography
Brent Spiner is an American actor who worked largely in the theater before becoming famous as the android Data. Born in Houston, he relocated in the early 1970s to New York City and appeared on Broadway and off-Broadway, among other productions in Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George. He was cast as Data in 1987 and stayed with Star Trek: The Next Generation for seven seasons, then played the character in four films, among them Star Trek: Generations (1994), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002). His turn in First Contact brought him a 1997 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, and he picked up a nomination in that same category for Independence Day. He returned as Data in Star Trek: Picard, gave voice to the Joker in Young Justice, and counted The Aviator (2004) and Material Girls (2006) among his screen credits, plus a Broadway role in 1776.
77years old
Turns 78 on February 2in 111 days
- Born Houston
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Brent Jay Spiner (birth name)Also credited as Brent Jay Mintz
Movie Career
- Films
- 22
- Career span
- 37 years1982 to 2019
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Beyond film
Brent Spiner recorded a 1991 album of 1940s pop standards called Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back, a title that played on the yellow contact lenses he wore as Data and on a Frank Sinatra record.
Beyond film
Spiner returned to Broadway in 1997 as John Adams in a Roundabout Theater Company revival of the musical 1776, a production that was nominated for a Tony Award and released a cast recording.
A change of course
Spiner worked at Six Flags AstroWorld in 1968, first as a gunfighter and then in Dr. Featherflowers' Medicine Show, alternating in the role with his friend Trey Wilson.
A first
Spiner's first starring film role was in Rent Control, released in 1984, and it remained his only starring part in a film.
A role that slipped away
Spiner played Data in all but one of Star Trek: The Next Generation's 178 episodes, and later said he felt too old to keep playing the part because Data does not age.
Brent Spiner movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Martha Coolidge directed three of these films, Roland Emmerich two and Jonathan Frakes two. Three actors appear in seven of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Michael Dorn's page
LeVar Burton's page
Jonathan Frakes's page
Patrick Stewart's page
Marina Sirtis's page
Gates McFadden's page
All films by Martha Coolidge
Roland EmmerichDirector, 2 films, 1996 to 2016
All films by Roland Emmerich
Box office
What Brent Spiner's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$2.2 billion
12 of the 22 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 22 films: 12 worldwide figure; 5 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.
- 12Worldwide figure
- 5US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 2Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 91% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$817M36.7% of the total
- 2$390M17.5% of the total
- 3$214M9.6% of the total
- 4$152M6.8% of the total
- 5$146M6.6% of the total
- 6$118M5.3% of the total
- 7$113M5.1% of the total
- 8$83M3.7% of the total
$194 millionfrom the other 4 films with a worldwide figure, 9% of the total
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Official profiles and reference pages.