Brent Spiner Filmography

Material Girls

Actors: Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff, Anjelica Huston, Lukas Haas, Maria Conchita Alonso

Synopsis: Stripped of their wealth and forced to fend for themselves when the multi-million-dollar cosmetics company inherited from their father suffers due to controversy, two sisters who have never known the simple life must finally find out how the other half lives in a high-fashion comedy about hard Read More

Threshold [TV Series]

Actors: Carla Gugino, Brian Van Holt, Brent Spiner, Rob Benedict, Peter Dinklage

Synopsis: CBS' spin on ABC's Lost for the 2005-2006 TV season was the weekly, hour-long sci-fi effort Threshold. The crash-landing of an alien spacecraft in the Atlantic Ocean prompted the government to engage the services of a crack team of specialists, who were obliged to investigate the incident and Read More

The Aviator

Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Alan Alda

Synopsis: Martin Scorsese directed this fast-moving, epic-scale biopic documenting the life and loves one of the most colorful Americans of the 20th century, Howard Hughes. The Aviator follows Hughes (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) as the twentysomething millionaire, having already made a fortune improving Read More

Friends: The One With Princess Consuela

Actors: Paul Rudd, Dakota Fanning, Steven Eckholdt, James Michael Tyler, Steve Ireland

Synopsis: Upon discovering that she can now legally change her name to anything she likes, new bride Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) assumes the identity of "Princess Consuela Bananahammock," much to the bemusement of her husband, "Crap Bag" -- er, Mike (Paul Rudd). Elsewhere, a morose Joey (Matt LeBlanc) turns to an Read More

Frasier: Lilith Needs a Favor

Actors: Bebe Neuwirth, Brent Spiner, Millicent Martin, Ashley Thomas, Kevin Chamberlin

Synopsis: Frasier's mercurial ex-wife Lilith (Bebe Neuwirth) is back in town, and as usual she wants a favor. This time around, Lilith is determined to have another baby -- and she wants Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) to be the father. Although her plan is to rely upon artificial insemination, Frasier will have Read More

Jack

Synopsis: An adolescent who is sorting out his new sexual feelings is less than comforted by the example of his immediate family in this coming-of-age comedy drama. Jack (Anton Yelchin) is a boy in his early teens who is rolling headlong into puberty and trying to make sense of his feelings about girls Read More

Star Trek: Nemesis

Crew: Screen Story, Screenwriter

Actors: Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Jude Ciccolella, Jonathan Frakes, Shannon Cochran, Alan Dale

Synopsis: The tenth film in Paramount's highly lucrative sci-fi franchise is also positioned as the last for the entire original Next Generation crew. En route to the honeymoon of William Riker (Jonathan Frakes) to Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) on her home planet of Betazed, Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart Read More

Master of Disguise

Actors: Erick Avari, Bo Derek, Robert Loggia, Dana Carvey, Jennifer Esposito, Harold Gould, James Brolin

Synopsis: Dana Carvey ventures into the world of PG-rated, family-oriented entertainment as star and co-writer of this light adventure comedy, which requires the actor to assume more than three dozen different identities. Carvey's primary role in Master of Disguise, however, is that of Pistachio Disguisey Read More

Geppetto

Actors: Drew Carey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Brent Spiner, René Auberjonois, Seth Adkins

Synopsis: Wise-cracking, beer-drinking comedy star Drew Carey makes a change of pace as he tops the bill of this made-for-TV adaptation of Carlo Collodi's classic children's fantasy. Geppetto (Drew Carey) is a bachelor woodcarver who loves children, but has none of his own. As he works on a wooden puppet he Read More

Star Trek: Voyager: Unimatrix Zero, Part I

Actors: Roxann Dawson

Synopsis: Season six of Star Trek: Voyager came to a traditional climax with Part I of the cliffhanger "Unimatrix Zero." In a dream, Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) envisions a world called Unimatrix Zero, where all Borg Drones briefly become individuals during the Borg Collective's regeneration process. It turns Read More

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

Actors: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mary Kay Bergman, Isaac Hayes, Jesse Howell

Synopsis: The most tasteless third graders on television graduate to the big screen, as Trey Parker and Matt Stone expand their animated series with foul-mouthed humor that might breach the boundaries of basic cable. In the small Colorado town of South Park, good-natured Stan Marsh, slightly neurotic Kyle Read More

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

Actors: Halle Berry, Brent Spiner, Obba Babatunde, Loretta Devine, Cynda Williams

Synopsis: Dorothy Dandridge was a singer, nightclub entertainer, and actress who became the first African-American woman to receive an Academy award nomination as Best Actress (for her standout performance in 1954's Carmen Jones; she lost to Grace Kelly). However, despite her striking beauty and obvious Read More

Star Trek: Insurrection

Actors: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn

Synopsis: Star Trek: Insurrection manages to recall the original 1960s series' spirit of liberalism, while transcending it for sheer boldness, embracing issues that are on the political cutting edge in the 1990s and beyond. The fact that the first 30 minutes are presented as a mystery only makes the Read More

Out To Sea

Actors: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Dyan Cannon, Gloria de Haven, Brent Spiner

Synopsis: A pair of grumpy old men hit the high seas in this comedy. Small-time con man Charlie (Walter Matthau) fast-talks his considerably more straight-laced friend Herb (Jack Lemmon) into joining him for a luxury cruise on an ocean liner headed to the Bahamas. Charlie tells Herb that the trip is free Read More

Phenomenon

Actors: Daniel Zacapa, John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker, Jeffrey DeMunn, Robert Duvall

Synopsis: Director Jon Turteltaub followed up the hit While You Were Sleeping (1995) with this fantasy similar to Charly (1968) and a film from the previous year, Powder (1994). John Travolta stars as George Malley, a humble mechanic in a rural California town. On his 37th birthday, George celebrates at a Read More

Independence Day

Actors: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch

Synopsis: A group of intrepid humans attempts to save the Earth from vicious extraterrestrials in this extremely popular science-fiction adventure. Borrowing liberally from War of the Worlds, Aliens, and every sci-fi invasion film inbetween, director Roland Emmerich and producer and co-writer Dean Devlin Read More

Star Trek: First Contact

Actors: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn

Synopsis: The first "Trek" film to feature the cast of the Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series without any of the members of the original series, this action-packed hit was well received at the box office. The Federation comes under attack by its ongoing enemy, the Borg, a cybernetics-enhanced race Read More

Mad About You: Just My Dog

Synopsis: The Buchmans' dumb-dumb dog Murray lands a walk-on role in Paul's (Paul Reiser) commercial for Yum Yum Gum. In a twinkling, Murray has acquired an agent, an entourage, and a possible weekly series deal. Brent Spiner, late of the Star Trek franchise, guest stars as showbiz wheeler-dealer Bob -- and Read More

Pie in the Sky

Actors: Josh Charles, Anne Heche, John Goodman, Peter Riegert, Christine Ebersole

Synopsis: This comedy chronicles the romantic exploits of a rather stodgy young man with a traffic fetish. Even as a child Charlie Dunlap was totally fixated by freeway traffic. Charlie's biggest idol is Alan Davenport, a radio traffic reporter. As a young man, Charlie falls in love with the lively Read More

Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long

Actors: John Goodman

Synopsis: Originally made for cable television, this biographical drama chronicles the life of Huey P. Long (John Goodman), whose corrupt political machine dominated Louisiana for years. The movie opens with a 1930's newsreel giving a report on Long's plan to a run for U.S. President while depicting him as Read More

Star Trek Generations

Actors: Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, Malcolm McDowell, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner

Synopsis: The seventh Star Trek feature passed the torch to a new crew. Decades after the original "Trek," the skipper of the fourth USS Enterprise is Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), who investigates a massacre at a science outpost. The only survivor is Dr. Soran (Malcolm McDowall), who Read More

Corrina, Corrina

Actors: Whoopi Goldberg, Ray Liotta, Tina Majorino, Wendy Crewson, Larry Miller, Erica Yohn

Synopsis: In this comedy-drama set in the late 1950s, Manny Singer (Ray Liotta) is a songwriter who makes his living penning jingles for radio and television commercials. Manny's wife has recently died, leaving him an emotionally broken man; Manny buries himself in his work rather than deal with his grief. Read More

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 07

Actors: Colm Meaney, Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Second Chances

Synopsis: LeVar Burton doubled as co-star and director of this episode, which originally aired on May 29, 1993. Returning to the site of a transport accident which occured eight years earlier, Riker comes face to face with an exact double of himself. Living alone for those many years, the "early" Riker Read More

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 06

Actors: Colm Meaney, Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 05

Actors: Colm Meaney, Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner

Crazy from the Heart

Actors: Christine Lahti, Rubén Blades, William Russ, Mary Kay Place, Tommy Muniz

Synopsis: In this frothy romantic comedy set in a small Texas town, a never-married high school principal starts a scandal when she falls in love with the handsome school janitor. Unfortunately, he is Mexican and she Anglo. The local community frowns on such relationships and ultimately, their new love Read More

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 04

Actors: Colm Meaney, Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Brothers

Actors: Brent Spiner

Synopsis: While tending to the needs of an ailing young boy, Data suddenly begins acting strangely and takes over the Enterprise. Riker and O'Brien's efforts to regain control of the ship are thwarted by a force-field activited by the inexplicably hostile Data. The outcome of this crisis rests in the Read More

Miss Firecracker

Actors: Holly Hunter, Mary Steenburgen, Tim Robbins, Alfre Woodard, Scott Glenn

Synopsis: A hot tamale tries to throw off a different sort of heat in this comedy of small-town manners. Carnelle Scott (Holly Hunter) is best-known in her hometown of Yazoo City, MS, for her unrepentant promiscuity. An orphan taken in by her genteel relatives, she idolizes her older cousin, Elain Rutledge Read More

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 03

Actors: Colm Meaney, Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 02

Actors: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Diana Muldaur, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton

Night Court: Her Honor, Part 2

Synopsis: In the second episode of a four-part story arc, newly appointed judge Christine (Markie Post) prepares to assume her Night Court duties, while her predecessor Harry (Harry Anderson), still brooding over not being reappointed, plots to get even on New York City by playing the "ultimate prank." Read More

Family Sins

Actors: Thomas Wilson Brown, Jill Eikenberry, Brent Spiner

Synopsis: Family Sins stars James Farentino as the old-fashioned, disciplinarian patriarch of a large family. Jill Eikenberry co-stars as Farentino's wife, who believes in standing by silently during her husband's tirades. The story's catalyst is Thomas Wilson Brown, the 11-year-old youngest son who is Read More

Night Court: Her Honor, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first episode of a four-part story arc, Christine (Markie Post) fulfills a lifelong dream when she is appointed a judge. But what is good news to Christine is bad news for Dan (John Larroquette), who was passed up for the appointment--and for Judge Harry (Harry Anderson), whose Read More

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 01

Actors: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton

Cheers: Never Love a Goalie, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, Carla's hockey goalie boyfriend Eddie LeBec (Jay Thomas) goes from a sizzling winning streak to a devastating slump. Can Carla possibly be a jinx? Elsewhere, Diane (Shelley Long) is somewhat put out when attempted-murder charges are dropped in the trial in Read More

Hunter: The Contract

Synopsis: Wealthy and powerful Roger Hennessy (Peter Haskell) insists upon calling all the shots as Hunter (Fred Dryer) and McCall (Stepfanie Kramer) investigate the kidnapping of Hennessy's young wife Laura (Katherine Moffat). Though Laura is returned unharmed once the ransom is paid, the case is far from Read More

Night Court: Hurricane, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, Hurricane Mel bears down upon New York City just as four very pregnant defendants simultaneously go into labor in Harry's courtroom. In the course of events, one of the mothers-to-be (played by action-film diva Pam Grier) decides it's about time to marry her Read More

Night Court: Hurricane, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, New York City battens down in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Mel. Several people end up being trapped in Harry's courtroom, with no supplies or utilities. Among those huddled together are four very pregnant defendants--not to mention those Read More

Manhunt for Claude Dallas

Actors: Matt Salinger

Synopsis: On March 30, 1986, Claude Dallas, an Ohio-born trapper serving a 30-year sentence for a double murder, escaped from prison. He was still at large at the time the made-for-TV Manhunt for Claude Dallas first aired on October 28, 1986. Matt Salinger stars as Dallas in this gritty, Colorado-filmed Read More

Sunday in the Park with George

Actors: Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters

Synopsis: James Lapine directed this television adaptation of his acclaimed musical, which he created in collaboration with the great composer Stephen Sondheim. In the first act, artist Georges Seurat (Mandy Patinkin) is working on his latest painting with the woman he loves, Dot (Bernadette Peters), posing Read More

Night Court: The Wheels of Justice, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, Harry (Harry Anderson) has quit his job as Night Court judge, frustrated and disgusted by a municipal budget cut that has resulted in panic, hostility and tragedy. As the courtroom staffers try to lure Harry out of a seedy pool hall and back behind the bench Read More

Crime of Innocence

Synopsis: In this prison drama, two adolescent girls are incarcerated with adults by an obsessive judge. There they are terribly exploited and abused. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Night Court: The Wheels of Justice, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, the Night Court staff is cut off from their paychecks by a municipal budget crisis. This freeze could not have come at a worse time for Harry, who is trying to save a cleaning lady (Susan Ruttan) and her troubled son (Harold P. Pruett) from being tossed Read More

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

Actors: Diane Lane, Peter Donat, David Clennon, John Lehne

Synopsis: A troubled teenage girl and her two pals decide to vent their repressed and roiling emotions via a punk rock band, the Fabulous Stains. Though utterly devoid of talent, the Stains manage to get a gig touring with another punk band, the Looters (comprised of former-Sex Pistols Paul Cook and Steve Jones Read More

Rent Control

Actors: Brent Spiner, Annie Korzen, Leonard Melfi, Charlie Laiken, Elizabeth Stack

Synopsis: Future Star Trek: The Next Generation star Brent Spiner probably doesn't include Rent Control on his current resume. Spiner plays a super-neurotic writer who goes to great and absurd lengths to win back his ex-wife. Elizabeth Stack, daughter of Robert, is the lady in question. Rent Control wants Read More

Stardust Memories

Actors: Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Marie-Christine Barrault, Jessica Harper, John Rothman, Amy Wright

Synopsis: Woody Allen's tenth film as writer/director, Stardust Memories opens with a scene reminiscent of the opening of 8 1/2 and continues to use that film for inspiration. Sandy Bates (Allen) sits in a train at a train station, the car filled with very unhappy looking people. In a train on another set Read More