Anna Daniels
Just as The Original Series had Spock, The Next Generation had its own almost-human character there to inject a certain strangeness and different perspective into the crew’s adventures. The role was Data, and it fell to Brent Spiner, who turned the aspirational android into one of the franchise’s most beloved characters.
After a series of guest starring roles on television, Spiner became an icon when he was cast as Data in The Next Generation, a role he continued on the big screen while also branching out into related characters like Lore and B-4 in various stories. Since then he’s continued to work regularly with roles in series like Threshold, Warehouse 13, Ray Donovan, Outcast and Star Trek: Enterprise. He’s also been a prolific voice actor, with credits including Gargoyles, Justice League Action, Star Wars Rebels, Generator Rex, and many more. Finally, he reprised his role as Data in The Next Generation sequel series Star Trek: Picard, alongside many of his original castmates.
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