American actor Brent Spiner has an estimated net worth of $7 million. Best known for playing the android Lieutenant Commander Data on the syndicated television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and in its feature film spin-offs, Brent Spiner is also a talented singer. Before agreeing to play Data, Spiner had spent a decade on the New York stage.
A native of Houston, TX, he was raised by his mother and her second husband (Spiner’s real father died when he was a baby). The Quaid brothers Randy and Dennis were among his high school classmates and the three learned about acting under Cecil Pickett. 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.
Like many other aspiring thespians, Spiner had dues to pay in the form of taking a job as a cab driver before launching his career off-Broadway. He made his Broadway debut with Sunday in the Park With George opposite Mandy Patinkin. He made his television debut in a miniseries,The Dain Curse, and first appeared in films with a bit part in Woody Allen’s Stardust Memories (1980).
Earnings & Financial Data
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Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
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1997 |
Salary |
Salary from the film, Star Trek: Insurrection |
$5,000,000 |