Brent Jay Spiner is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, musician, and singer. For Disney, he played Stromboli in the 2000 TV musical film Geppetto. He also voiced Puck in Gargoyles, Gall Trayvis in Star Wars Rebels, Purple Man in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, and Silver Surfer in Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.. For Touchstone Pictures, he played Dr. Bob Nierdof in Phenomenon.
Spiner was born on February 2, 1949, in Houston, Texas and attended the University of Houston, where he performed in local theater. In 1968, he worked as a performer at Six Flags Astroworld, first as a gunfighter, then in "Dr. Featherflowers' Medicine Show". Spiner also performed the role in the 1968 TV special The Pied Piper of Astroworld. Moving to New York City in the early 1970s, where he became a stage actor, performing in several plays, including The Three Musketeers, Sunday in the Park with George, and Big River.
He gained recognition for his portrayal of the android Data in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and its four subsequent films and media. He also appeared in shows such as Night Court, Mama's Family, Cheers, The Outer Limits, Frasier, Friends, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Threshold, Generator Rex, The Big Bang Theory, Young Justice, Warehouse 13, Ray Donovan, Outcast, The Blacklist, Justice League Action, and The Goldbergs. His film credits include Stardust Memories, Grease 2, Independence Day, Out to Sea, I Am Sam. The Master of Disguise, The Aviator, Material Girls, Superhero Movie, and Independence Day: Resurgence.
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(The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes)
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- Spiner is one of several actors from the Star Trek franchise who contributed their voice talents to Gargoyles, among the others were Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton, and Colm Meaney.
