Brent Spiner and Loree McBride at event of Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)
				
				
						 Caption: Brent Spiner and Loree McBride at event of Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)
																																				
						Actor, Soundtrack, Writer
						Born: February 2, 1949
						Star sign: Aquarius
						Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
						Known for: Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Independence Day (1996), The Aviator (2004)
						Source: IMDB
						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. His parents, Sylvia (Schwartz) and Jack Spiner, owned and operated a furniture store, and were both from Jewish immigrant families (from Austria, Hungary, and ...