Brent Spiner Net Worth

Brent Spiner's Quotes

• [on his action figure of Lt. Commander Data] At first, I was reluctant. But then I figured, if it's good enough for Alec Guinness, then it's good enough for me.
• [September 12, 2006] I don't think I should play Data anymore. I think I'm too old to play him anymore to be honest. I think it would look stupid putting that make-up on me at this point. There are certain characters that I think work in a youthful way and I think I really skated along the edge in the last couple movies as it was.

Interesting Facts about Brent Spiner

1. Has one son: Jackson Spiner (born June 29, 2002).
2. Godfather of Gates McFadden's son James Cleveland.
3. Changed his last name to Mintz at about age six, readopted Spiner as a stage name at about age 20.
4. He was a groomsman at Marina Sirtis' wedding, and served as best man at Patrick Stewart's wedding.
5. Attended and graduated from Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas (1968).
6. Attended and graduated from the University of Houston in Houston, Texas (1974).
7. In October 2004, he began three guest appearances on Star Trek: 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 (1990) and Star Trek: The Next Generation: Inheritance (1993).
8. He was the only Houstonian, and for that matter, the only Texan, who appears in The Aviator (2004), whose subject, Howard Hughes, was born in Houston.
9. Has appeared with Erick Avari in three different productions: Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Independence Day (1996) and The Master of Disguise (2002).
10. Has played five different members of the Soong family on "Star Trek": Lieutenant Commander Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Star Trek: Generations (1994), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) and Star Trek: Enterprise (2001); Dr. Noonien Soong and Lore in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987); B-4 in Star Trek: Nemesis (2002); and Dr. Arik Soong in Star Trek: Enterprise (2001). Data, Lore and B-4 were all androids made in Dr. Noonien Soong's image and Dr. Arik Soong was his great-grandfather.
11. 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 Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)).
12. Has appeared in episodes of three different series with Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis: Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Gargoyles (1994) and Star Trek: Enterprise (2001).
13. He is the only Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) regular to share scenes with all three original Star Trek (1966) series cast members who appeared on that series: DeForest Kelley, Leonard Nimoy and James Doohan.
14. Has played a fictional character, James Campbell, on Friends (1994) and himself on the spin-off series Joey (2004).
15. His character, Lt. Commander Data's line "Intriguing!" went down in Trek history as replacing Mr. Spock's world-famous line "Fascinating!".
16. Genre enthusiasts liken Spiner's Data to another intelligent golden automaton: C-3PO of the Star Wars trilogies.
17. When added to the Broadway cast of "Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", he replaced another future Star Trek actor: Rene Auberjonois.
18. Has played the same character (Lt. Commander Data) on three different series: Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Star Trek: Enterprise (2001) and SpongeBob SquarePants (1999).
19. He starred as John Adams in the Broadway revival of "1776" for which he received a Drama Desk Award nomination for best performance by a lead actor in a musical.
20. He is the only actor to be nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor twice in the same year, for both Star Trek: First Contact (1996) and Independence Day (1996); he won for the former.