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	Brent Spiner
		Brent Jay Spiner (born February 2, 1949) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of the android Lieutenant Commander Data in the television and movie series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
		Brent was born to Jack and Sylvia Spiner in Houston, Texas.
		Spiner attended Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas, where he was influenced by drama teacher Cecil PickettÄîthe same drama teacher who coached such people as Cindy Pickett, Randy Quaid, Dennis Quaid, Trey Wilson, Robert Wuhl, and Thomas Schlamme.Spiner would become active on the Bellaire Speech Team; later, winning the national championship in dramatic interpretation.
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	Brent Spiner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Brent Jay Spiner (born February 2, 1949) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of the android Lieutenant Commander Data in the television and movie series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
		Brent was born to Jack and Sylvia Spiner in Houston, Texas.
		In 2005, Spiner began a role in a short-lived science-fiction television series, Threshold, that was cancelled on November 23, 2005.
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	Brent Spiner - Memory Alpha
		Actor Brent Jay Spiner (born 2 February 1949) is best known for playing the android Starfleet officer, Lieutenant Commander Data, on Star Trek: The Next Generation, in four Star Trek films, and off-screen in the final episode of Star Trek: Enterprise.
		Spiner was born in Houston, Texas in 1949.
		Brent and his elder brother, Ronald, were adopted and raised by their stepfather, Sol Mintz, but Brent changed his surname back to 'Spiner' in 1975.
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	Brent Spiner - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki
		Spiner was born in Houston, Texas in 1949.
		Brent and his elder brother, Ronald, were adopted and raised by their stepfather, Sol Mintz, but Brent changed his surname back to 'Spiner' in 1975.
		Brent Spiner is married to publicist Loree McBride, with whom he has a son, Jackson Spiner, born 29 June 2002.
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	IGN: An Interview with Brent Spiner
		Brent Spiner is also an accomplished stage (Sunday in the Park with George, 1776) and screen (Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, Independence Day) actor.
		SPINER: Well, partially because it was new, and secondly it's because we always knew we had something good, and that people were going to be knocked out by it.
		SPINER: It's funny, because the thing he stressed the most, I think, was versatility, and he really tried to give everybody a sense of how to play everything.
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	Brent Spiner Bio - Brent Spiner Biography - Brent Spiner Stories
		Brent's last name was changed to Mintz at the age of about 6 and he re-adopted Spiner as a stage name at about age 20.
		Brent was never particularly a fan of science fiction or Star Trek, Spiner says he auditioned for the role of Data assuming the show would be quickly cancelled, but he needed the money.
		On Brent's 1991 his rendition of "It's A Sin to Tell A Lie," the back-up singers were Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Michael Dorn, and LeVar Burton.
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	www.matthau.com / Walter Matthau / News Archive / Brent Spiner Interview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Brent Spiner: He was growly and slouchy, but he was also an intellectual.
		Brent Spiner: There were times he would turn to me before we’d do a scene and say, "This isn’t funny.
		Brent Spiner: These guys had worked together so many times, and there was not a single take that Walter didn’t crack Jack up.
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	IGN: An Interview with Brent Spiner
		Brent Spiner is also an accomplished stage (Sunday in the Park with George, 1776) and screen (Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, Independence Day) actor.
		SPINER: Well, partially because it was new, and secondly it's because we always knew we had something good, and that people were going to be knocked out by it.
		SPINER: It's funny, because the thing he stressed the most, I think, was versatility, and he really tried to give everybody a sense of how to play everything.
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	Brent Spiner - Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Brent Spiner, whose primary claim to fame is his portrayal of the beloved android Data on the television series "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), was born and raised in Houston, Texas.
		Spiner first began pursuing his interest in acting while in high school.
		After graduation, Spiner followed his mentor to the University of Houston and other local colleges, while also launching his professional acting career in theater (The Houston Music Theater and other regional theater) and in film (My Sweet Charlie (1970) (TV), which was shot on location in Texas).
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	Brent Spiner
		Brent Spiner swallowed the same fame pill that Leonard Nimoy took, resulting in worldwide fame for a Star Trek character he portrayed.
		Within a year, Spiner had launched a career as a television guest star in series and as a supporting actor in telefilms and miniseries.
		In the mid 80s, Spiner was getting strapped for cash, so he auditioned for the part of Data in the new Star Trek The Next Generation series.
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	Brent Spiner pictures, photos, wallpapers, desktop themes, posters, music, videos, DVDs, and memorabilia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Spiner attended Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas, where he had a very inspirational drama teacher, Cecil Pickett, the same drama teacher who coached such people as Cindy Pickett, Randy Quaid, Dennis Quaid, Trey Wilson, Robert Wuhl and Thomas Schlamme.
		Spiner currently lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife, Loree, and his son, Jackson.
		In 2004, Spiner returned in a three episode story arc of Star Trek: Enterprise in "Borderland", "Cold Station 12", and "The Augments".
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	Brent Spiner
		His father died of kidney failure when Spiner was only ten months old, and he and his older brother, Ron, were raised by their mother and her next husband.
		Spiner attended high school with brothers and future actors Dennis and Randy Quaid at Houston's Bellaire High School, where the three future thespians came under the sway of drama coach and mentor Cecil Pickett.
		But the critics praised Brents inspired role as the andriod, the actor inhabited the role of Data so ingeniously that he was soon receiving the lion's share of fan mail.
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	GMTV - Check out what happened when Brent Spiner, aka Star Trek android Lieutenant Commander Data, joined us for a live ...
		Brent Spiner: I'm not sure I understand how that would be possible, but I'll give you a 'no' on that one.
		Brent Spiner: I'd like to do my one man show because I always enjoy working with myself.
		Spiner's probably a variant spelling of Spinner, which means that ancestors of yours spun wool for a living.
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	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Trek memories of 'android' actor
		Actor Brent Spiner - android Data in Star Trek spin-off The Next Generation - shares his thoughts on the sci-fi phenomenon as it celebrates its 40th anniversary.
		Spiner, however, is certain the brand will resurface again, in some shape or form.
		As far as Spiner is concerned, though, The Next Generation - or TNG as it is known in fan circles - ended at the right time.
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	Brent Spiner at Hollywood.com
		Television proved to be Spiner's road to fame when he was cast as Data on the syndicated smash, "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987-94).
		In 1995, Spiner played scientists in two high-profile features: in "Independence Day", he was an eccentric aiding in the fight against invading aliens, and in "Phenomenon", he was a low-key traditionalist.
		Spiner played a former top NASA biologist who works with other scientists in trying to figure out why a strange alien object that may be altering human DNA entered the Earthâs orbit after the storm.
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	Cranky Critic® Movie Star Interviews: Brent Spiner
		His singing and dancing talent (not to mention that Trek director Jonathan Frakes rates Spiner's comedic talent on a level with Chaplin) are evident in Star Trek: Insurrection.
		Spiner: um, assuming I did know those things, 'cuz I'm not sure I really did, It proved to be something of a gift.
		Spiner: I have to say that there was one review I got in my life, and it was for one of the first things I did for the theater here.
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	Brent Spiner - Biography - Moviefone
		Spiner enrolled there soon after graduation, but only remained at the university through 1974 when he decided to become a professional actor in New York City.
		Interestingly, Spiner claims no particular love for science fiction and was not a big fan of the original Star Trek.
		Though the bulk of his fame comes from being Data, Spiner is not content to spend the rest of his career typecast and so occasionally plays other characters.
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	BRENT SPINER
		Brent Spiner played the android Lieutenant Commander Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and was featured in the three ST: TNG motion pictures "Star Trek Generations," "Star Trek: First Contact" and "Star Trek: Insurrection." The character Data possesses super-strength and an incredible memory.
		Data is totally innocent; however, he does possess a sense of question and wonder that allows him to evolve.
		Spiner eventually won roles in the Broadway musical productions of "Sunday in the Park with George," "The Three Musketeers" and "Big River," which was based on the story of Huckleberry Finn.
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	Brent Spiner
		Spiner's father died when he was an infant, leaving his mother to raise him and his brother alone.
		He became Brent Mintz when she remarried, but Spiner has referred to his stepfather as "a monster", and when he became a professional actor he changed his name back to Spiner.
		Spiner has done several musicals on Broadway, including a turn as John Adams in a revival of 1776.
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	Brent Spiner Online
		Brent Spiner will Appear at the London Film and Comic Con on September 8th and 9th 2007 (Saturday and Sunday).
		I was browsing a Yahoo group and came accross a message informing me that Brent Spiner was going to Appear at Dragoncon in Altanta, Georgia during Labor Day Weekend or if you Prefer, from August 31st to September 3rd 2007.
		Data and his extended family of brothers and creators were brought to life by Brent Spiner, who looks back over nearly 20 years of traversing the final frontier...
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	Brent Spiner
		Brent Spiner plays the android, Lieutenant Commander Data, who Possesses super strength and an incredible memory.
		During the show's sixth season, Brent appeared with fellow cast members Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden and Colm Meaney in a four-city tour of the Stoppard drama "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour," performing to sell-out crowds and receiving rave critical reviews.
		Also in the sixth season, Brent exercised his diverse talent in an episode of the show entitled "A Fistful of Datas," in which he portrayed five characters.
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	Brent Spiner News
		News about Brent Spiner continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
		Brent Spiner plays a meanie in Material Girls, starring teen Duff sisters Hilary and Haylie.
		Brent Spiner returns to "Star Trek" Friday as an ancestor of Data's inventor in a story that's a clear metaphor for stem cell research.
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	BRENT SPINER
		In 1987, Spiner was cast in the role of 'Data' for "Star Trek: The Next Generation".
		The series was cancelled in 1994, but Spiner's 'Data' we on to appear in the 1996 sequel "Star Trek: First Contact" and in the 1998 "Star Trek: Insurrection".
		His most recent credits include the HBO biography "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge" and "Geppetto" due to be released this year.
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	TNG - Lieutenant Commander Data
		He possesses a sense of question and wonder that allows him to evolve, and is continuously exploring human nature and emotion on his quest to become human.
		Spiner also played the slightly lunatic Dr. Okun, in 1996's smash hit "Independence Day".
		In November of 1996 Spiner will be appearing in the next installment of the Star Trek movies, Star Trek 8: First Contact.
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