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Star Trek icon Brent Spiner cut a sprightly figure when he was spotted stepping out in the Hollywood Hills a few days ago at the age of 77.
He first as Data, a sentient crew member of the starship USS Enterprise-D.
Led by Patrick Stewart in his fan favorite role of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, the show saw Spiner placed amid a cast including and LeVar Burton.
Data's keen intelligence and inscrutability enabled him to perform a similar character function as that of Leonard Nimoy's Dr. Spock on the original 1960s Star Trek show.
Beloved by fans of the franchise, Spiner reprised the role for various movies as well as the recent TV series Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek: Lower Decks.
When he was glimpsed recently, the now snowy-haired actor wore a casual outfit including an olive green hoodie left open over a black t-shirt.
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Brent Spiner is pictured in 1987 on Star Trek: The Next Generation as Data, a sentient android crew member of the starship USS Enterprise-D
(front row, left to right) Marina Sirtis, Patrick Stewart, Gates McFadden, (back row, left to right) Jonathan Frakes, Spiner, Whoopi Goldberg, LeVar Burton and Michael Dorn are pictured on Star Trek: The Next Generation
Data's keen intelligence and inscrutability enabled him to perform a similar character function as that of Leonard Nimoy's Dr. Spock on the original 1960s Star Trek show
Spiner's career began in the 1970s on the New York stage, and by the 1980s he was in the original cast of the legendary musical Sunday in the Park with George.
With songs by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Lapine, the show starred Mandy Patinkin as pointillist painter Georges Seurat and Bernadette Peters as his muse Dot, while Spiner played a pair of supporting roles.
Star Trek icon Spiner cut a sprightly figure when he was spotted stepping out in the Hollywood Hills a few days ago at the age of 77
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When he was glimpsed recently, the now snowy-haired actor wore a casual outfit including an olive green hoodie left open over a black t-shirt
Spiner's career began in the 1970s on the New York stage, and by the 1980s he was in the original cast of the legendary musical Sunday in the Park with George
The year that Sunday in the Park with George opened on Broadway - 1984 - Spiner struck out to Los Angeles to embark on a screen career
After jobbing around on series like Night Court and Cheers, he successfully landed the role of Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987
A month ago he announced that he and his Star Trek: The Next Generation co-star Jonathan Frakes - who played Riker - are starting a celebrity interview podcast
Diehard fans were able to catch him on Star Trek: Picard from 2020 to 2023, and could hear his voice on the animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks in 2024.
