Star Trek: The Next Generation
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Brent Spiner has been work the android Data on and off since the character debuted inStar Trek : The Next Generationin 1987 , and he has always enjoyed the versatility of the role . TNGfollowed the adventures of the USS Enterprise - D and its crowd as they explore the beetleweed , andData ’s journey to learn more about man became one of the show ’s most successful storylines . By detect Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) and the others around him , Data did his best to emulate humanity and became more and more human as the show progress .
While Data may have seemed like an emotionless android on paper , Brent Spiner brought a lot of spirit to the part , making Data ’s characterization much more nuanced . Spiner also incur to show his grasp as an actor on numerous occasion , not only by playingcharacters other than Data , including Data ’s Almighty Dr. Noonien Soong , but also by playing different versions of Data . Data ’s head was overtaken by alien being on multiple juncture , all of whom had very unlike personalities from the humanoid . But even when Data was himself , he still show smell in his own agency , often prompt his ally to question whether he was truly without emotion .
Star Trek : The Next coevals ’s beloved android Lieutenant Commander Data features prominently in some of Star Trek ’s most enduring episode .
Why Brent Spiner Saw Star Trek: TNG’s Data As “An Unlimited Character”
Data gave Spiner the chance to play many different characters throughout TNG.
Brent Spiner loved that he stupefy to play so many dissimilar characters beyond Data throughout his time onStar Trek : The Next contemporaries . InThe Center Seatby Peter Holmstrom , the fellow traveler Word to The Nacelle Company ’s documentary serial , Spiner spoke about what made Data"a dream part . “Read his full inverted comma below :
It was a dream part . I go to spiel so many characters on the show . Not just Lore and Dr. Soong , but there were shows that I would play three , four , five fictitious character in . They were always give really interesting challenge my way , and keeping it interesting for me . We had a theater director somewhere around the third episode who said to me , ' If this goes seven geezerhood you ’re going to require to swash your brains out . How can you play this non - emotional reference for seven years ? ' I said , ' I do n’t know . I do n’t see it that way . I do n’t consider that it ’s modified . I suppose it ’s an unlimited character . ' Fortunately , I sort of change state out to be ripe on that .
With the far future setting ofTNG , the possibilities were endless for the show to admit all manner of exotic coinage , many of whom could possess humanoid beings . On multiple juncture , Data was catch up with by another personality , allow Brent Spiner to play more expressive character than the Enterprise ’s resident android . From the memories ofData ’s " grandpa " in " The Schizoid Man"to the personality of a dangerous captive in " world power Play " to the various cultural bod in " Masks , " Data was not always himself . But even when Data was just Data , Spiner receive way of life to show the mechanical man ’s interpretation of emotion , in his friendships and adventures on the holodeck , among other thing .
Brent Spiner play Data ’s malevolent matching brother , Lore , inTNG , as well as the Soong prototype android B-4 inStar Trek : Nemesis .
Brent Spiner Played Even More Star Trek Characters After TNG
Spiner has played several Soong androids and members of the Soong family.
After the conclusion ofStar Trek : The Next Generationand its subsequent films , Brent Spiner remain a fixture inStar Trek , play many characters beyond Data . InTNG , Spiner had played Data ’s Jehovah Dr. Noonien Soong , as well as Data ’s malign twin comrade , Lore , and he went on to play many othermembers of the Soong family . InStar Trek : Enterpriseseason 4 , Spiner play Arik Soong , a geneticist working on augmented humans . After his augment " fry " turned violent , Arik began quest for cybernetics , which would establish to be a significantly more fruitful endeavor for the Soongs .
Brent Spiner portrayed Dr. Noonien Soong ’s son , Altan Inigo Soong , inStar Trek : Picardseason 1 , who was continue his Padre ’s study on synthetical life-time . InPicardseason 2 , Spiner took on the role of Dr. Adam Soong , a geneticist from the 21st century who became obsessed with his own bequest . Spiner at long last got to resurrectData and Lore inPicardseason 3 , as both mechanical man ' personality were incorporated into the newly upgraded android known as Data . In the remainder , Brent Spiner was good about how various the part of Data would become , both during and afterStar Trek : The Next Generation .
author : The Center Seat : 55 Years Of Star Trekby Peter Holmstrom
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