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Spiner attended Bellaire High School, Bellaire, Texas, where he had a very inspirational drama teacher, Cecil Pickett - the same drama teacher who coached such people as Cindy Pickett, Randy Quaid, Dennis Quaid, Trey Wilson , Robert Wuhl and Thomas Schlamme. After attending the University of Houston and performing in local theatre there, Spiner moved to New York City, where he became an established stage actor, performing in several BroadwayThis article is about the street in New York City. For other articles with the name Broadway, see: Broadway (disambiguation). Broadway as the name implies, is a big, wide avenue in New York City, New York, and is one of the main north-south thoroughfares and off-BroadwayOff-Broadway refers to plays or musicals performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. Off-Broadway theatres are those with 100 to 400 seats, offering less commercial productions than Broadway playsTheater ( American English) or Theatre ( British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, mus, most notably with the original cast of the Stephen SondheimStephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22, 1930) is an American musical theater lyricist and composer. Early Life Sondheim was born in New York City and grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and later on a farm in Pennsylvania. An only child in a well- musical Sunday in the Park with GeorgeSunday in the Park with George is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Lapine. The first act deals with the life of the French Pointillist painter Georges Seurat as he was painting what is considered by many his masterpi. At the same time, he also had a small part in the film Stardust MemoriesStardust Memories is a film written and directed by Woody Allen which was released in 1980. Its actors and actresses included: Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper, Marie-Christine Barrault, Daniel Stern, Tony Roberts, Amy Wright. Among the ext. In 1984This page is about the year 1984. For other uses of 1984, see 1984 (disambiguation). 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday (link shows calendar). Events January January 1 Brunei becomes a fully independent state January 1 AT&T is broken up into 22 indepe, Spiner moved to Los Angeles, appearing in several pilots and made-for-tv movie s, and played a recurring character on Night CourtNight Court was a situation comedy that aired on NBC from 1984 until 1992. The show focused on the nutty antics that take place in a Manhatten courtoom. It starred Harry Anderson as Judge Harry T. Stone, Markie Post as public defender Christine Sullivan,, before appearing on Star Trek.

Since his success in Star Trek, he has also acted in film, including a notable minor role in the movie Independence Day. In 1991, he recorded an album of 1940s pop standards entitled Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back. He has since had guest appearances on , Friends, Deadly Games, Mad About You, and Frasier, as well as movie roles in films such as Phenomenon, Out to Sea , , Geppetto , and Master of Disguise.

Spiner, not quite as active in the Star Trek convention scene as many of his costars, currently lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife, Loree, and his son, Jackson.

In 2004, Spiner returned to the world of Star Trek, appearing as Dr. Arik Soong, an ancestor of Data's creator, in a three episode story arc of in " Borderland", " Cold Station 12", and " The Augments ".