Brent Spiner Archives

Night Court: Annie O'Donnell on June Wheeler Return, Star Trek Irony
With 120 credits to her name, one of her most memorable roles was one of her earliest as June Wheeler in the original NBC sitcom Night Court along with Brent Spiner, who played her spouse Bob Wheeler The Wheelers originally claimed to be from West Virginia before they revealed themselves to be Yugoslavian immigrants struggling[...]
Night Court: Kate Micucci Discusses NBC Series, Health Update & More
With over 160 titles to her name, Micucci's latest is playing Carol Ann Wheeler, a returning legacy character in the upcoming episode of Night Court, played by Keri Houlihan in the original series opposite Brent Spiner and Annie O'Donnell, who are reprising their respective roles as Bob and June Wheeler The Wheelers are infamous for[...]
Star Trek: Picard: EP Reveals Brent Spiner Twitter Hacked w/ Video
When Brent Spiner was cast as Data, the android who became U.S.S Enterprise-D operations bridge officer on Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987, creator Gene Roddenberry envisioned a specific path for the character he sadly would never see realized in his passing in 1991, and fans wouldn't see final stage until 2023 on Paramount+'s[...]
Picard: Briones on Her Star Trek Legacy, Data-Soji Moment That Wasn't
Stine's Goosebumps, Briones spoke to Bleeding Cool about how she differentiated the synth roles in season one, what she learned from Data actor Brent Spiner who also played multiple roles throughout the series, and if there was any discussion about Spiner wanted his Data to share a scene with her Soji in season three in[...]
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I don't blame you, Brent Spiner, if you broke character I wear my bias like a badge of honor… but damn you, Matalas! We still have one more episode to go, and you might have created the biggest tearful moment of joy in franchise history to follow up on one of the most shocking ones[...]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – How Lore Was Originally Different
If you had a chance to check out yesterday's post, then you know that Star Trek: The Next Generation star Brent Spiner (Data or many more) is Michael Rosenbaum's (Smallville, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) guest on this week's episode of the Inside of You podcast Previously, we checked in on Spiner & Rosenbaum discussing[...]
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Audiences will also be able to take part in a live Q&A following the screening with stars Patrick Stewart, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Brent Spiner, Jeri Ryan, and executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Terry Matalas held at the LA screening and broadcast to the rest of the IMAX theater locations. The third[...]
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With this week bringing the penultimate episode of Paramount+'s Sir Patrick Stewart-starring Star Trek: Picard, we're getting a chance to catch up in a big way with one of the returning "The Next Generation" legends, Brent Spiner (Data or many more) And who better for Spiner to sit down with to discuss his personal &[...]
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Titan-A, Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and Troi (Marina Sirtis) are prisoners onboard the Shrike, and Geordi (LeVar Burton) is struggling to make sense of what's happening with his best friend in Data (Brent Spiner) The following contains minor spoilers for the episode. Photo Credit: Trae Patton/Paramount+ ©2021 Viacom, International Inc All Rights Reserved. Star Trek: Picard's Various Nuanced[...]
Star Trek: William Shatner's Issue with Twitter’s Verification Update
Enterprise quote tweeted Picard showrunner Terry Matalas revealing the platform's latest victim in actor Brent Spiner "I haven't been around for a while, and I just want to say that clearly…clearly, I've been hacked," the actor told fans in a video "I don't…probably will not be around for a little while, but I want you[...]
Star Trek: Picard: EP Reveals Brent Spiner Twitter Hacked w/ Video
One popular target as of late is Star Trek actors, with the recent one in Picard star Brent Spiner, who plays Data reprising his role from The Next Generation Despite the beloved android dying twice, the new hybrid built by Dr Alton Song, also played by Spiner, has multiple minds, including the benevolent lieutenant commander,[...]
Star Trek: Picard: TNG Alums LeVar Burton & Brent Spiner on Returns
The important cog in making the plan work was hooking up the experimental hybrid "Data" (Brent Spiner) to the ship's computer with his best friend from the U.S.S Enterprise-D Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton), trying to enact the plan Executive producer and showrunner Terry Matalas discussed making it up to Next Generation fans who never[...]
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Another cog in the wheel of this episode is the dynamic between LeVar Burton's Geordi La Forge, Mica Burton's Alana La Forge, and Brent Spiner's "Data" whose body is also shared by his evil twin Lore While some may say, "Why would you hook up the unstable android to the ship's computer?" My response is:[...]
Star Trek: Picard: TNG Alums LeVar Burton & Brent Spiner on Returns
The missing Enterprise-D alums in question are LeVar Burton and Brent Spiner, who played Lieutenant Commanders Geordi La Forge and Data, respectively, on the syndicated series The two spoke to Variety about their return to Picard and reflect on their TNG memories The following obviously contains major spoilers for the episode "The Bounty." LeVar Burton and[...]
Star Trek: Picard Showrunner on Doing Right By "Next Generation" Crew
All Rights Reserved. Season three of Star Trek: Picard marks the return of Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton, and Daniel Davis, and holdovers Stewart, Brent Spiner, Michelle Hurd, and Jeri Ryan In addition, Amanda Plummer plays the villain Vadic during the upcoming season, which premieres this Thursday on Paramount+. [...]
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Brent Spiner would also be the fourth major Trek cast member to have a character death in Data saving Jean-Luc and sacrificing himself from Shinzon's (Tom Hardy) ship With the film's poor box office showing, the film franchise stalled until 2009's J J Abrams soft reboot, but the path to a full TNG reunion wouldn't[...]
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Attempts on your life," Beverly tells Jean-Luc. As we find out how darker path Raffi's taken, we also hear from Geordi La Forge (LaVar Burton) and see his daughter Mica Burton's debut as Ensign Alandra La Forge, Geordi's younger daughter, as we hear Vadic's sinister intensions before the final two major reveals in major returns of[...]
Star Trek: The Next Generation Cast Celebrates 34th Anniversary
Joining him will be Jonathan Frakes (Riker), LeVar Burton (La Forge), Gates McFadden (Crusher), Brent Spiner (Data), Marina Sirtis (Troi), and Michael Dorn (Worf). Image courtesy of Paramount Maybe Some Clues to Who Brent Spiner Will Play in Picard Season 3? While it's confirmed the bulk of the cast will reprise their TNG, it's not known what role[...]
Star Trek: Picard Season 2 Finale Offers Satisfying Absolution: Review
All Rights Reserved. As Jean-Luc and company try to guarantee the successful mission for his ancestor Renée Picard (Penelope Mitchell), who's bound for Europa, Adam Soong (Brent Spiner) makes one last stand to stop her Things go predictably as planned, and I can look the other way on certain things given how weak Spiner's role has[...]
Star Trek: Picard Star Brent Spiner Discusses Soong Reveal & More
The Soongs have had a long history throughout Star Trek lore stemming from actor Brent Spiner, who not only played the android Data, his evil twin Lore, and prototype B-4 but also their human creator in Dr Noonian Soong and his ancestors since Next Generation The actor reprised the role of the beloved android, who[...]
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Those who already returned to join star Patrick Stewart earlier in season one include Jonathan Frakes (Riker), Marina Sirtis (Troi), and Brent Spiner (Data) will now be joined by LeVar Burton (LaForge), Gates McFadden (Crusher), and Michael Dorn (Worf) Now Picard executive producers Christopher Monfette and Terry Matalas have tweeted more though treading carefully since[...]
Star Trek: Picard Season 2 E05 Review: Let Me Play Among the Stars
Meanwhile, we meet up with another familiar face in Brent Spiner, playing another ancestor of Data in Dr Adam Soong in the 21st century as he encounters a visitor Consider this your official minor spoilers warning moving forward… Pictured: Sir Patrick Stewart as Picard of the Paramount+ original series STAR TREK: PICARD Photo Cr: Trae Patton/Paramount+[...]
Star Trek: The Next Generation – How Lore Was Originally Different
Brent Spiner has a unique perspective on the Star Trek franchise since his days on Next Generation His primary role on the series is Data, the android Starfleet officer, who aspired to be more human He's also played his evil twin Lore, the prototype B-4, and his human creator Dr Noonien Soong, his past ancestor[...]
Star Trek: Picard - Brent Spiner Reflect His Time in Franchise, Future
Actor Brent Spiner is picking up where he left off since his return to the Star Trek franchise in the Paramount+ series Picard playing multiple characters When it was announced of his return for season two, there was some speculation that he might return as his signature character in Lt Cmdr Data Speaking with Inverse[...]
Jeopardy! Host LeVar Burton Part of History in Contestant Futility
Among them is his Next Generation co-star Brent Spiner, who played Lt Commander Data alongside Burton's Lt Commander Geordi La Forge not only as shipmates but also as best friends across all seven seasons and four films "Love you, Burt," Spiner wrote Other celebrity hosts who had shots include Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers,[...]
Star Trek: John de Lancie Deconstructs Q from TNG to Picard on Cameo
He mainly referenced time spent with Stewart along with other TNG alum Jonathan Frakes, and Brent Spiner "It's been a lot of fun working with Patrick and Jonathan Frakes and with Brent It's a little bit like old home week as it were, after many many years…" de Lancie said in one of the videos[...]
Star Trek: Picard - Brent Spiner Reflect His Time in Franchise, Future
Brent Spiner earns the distinction as the only actor in the Star Trek franchise to not only play multiple characters from fan favorites in Lt Commander Data, his evil brother Lore on The Next Generation, his incomplete clone B-4 in Nemesis (2002), but an entire family lineage of all the male members of the Soong[...]
Star Trek: The Next Generation (Image: ViacomCBS)
Beverly Crusher; Brent Spiner, who played Lt Commander Data later reprising for Picard; and LeVar Burton, who played Enterprise chief engineer Lt Commander Geordi LaForge and reprised the role for Voyager. Masked TNG actors at @SirPatStew's 80th pic.twitter.com/06WMvEBndl — Rick Berman (@berman_rick) July 14, 2020 The only members who didn't participate are Jonathan Frakes and Wil Wheaton, who[...]
Star Trek: Picard – Akiva Goldsman Says Season 2 Will Explore Starfleet
Arguably the biggest season-defining moment was completing Data's (Brent Spiner) journey to become more human In his final conversation with his former captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), they catch up about what Picard's been through since the events of Nemesis (2002) and the survivor's guilt he harbored since Data's noble sacrifice. Brent Spiner in Star Trek:[...]