Brent Mintz, professional dog, duck and squirrel photographer, as played by a young, bearded Data in 1972, on the show ***To Tell the Truth***. (skip to 1:46 for his entrance) ( www.youtube.com )

aeronmelon , 7 months ago

One of the things that makes TNG so good is that they had, not one, but two main actors trained in classical theater. Spiner being one of them.

Difficult to tell when he’s playing an android, but every single time he was allowed to express emotion it filled the screen.

JohnnyEnzyme OP , 7 months ago

Difficult to tell when he’s playing an android

I thought that was a big part of how Spiner made Data just about the most interesting character in the series-- the understated little flourishes, tics, and burblings of emotion showing through.

To me a very clever variation on Nimoy’s amazing work on Spock in the series before, but of course Brent made the character wholly his own to the point that it barely registered that he was cut from the ‘Spock template.’