Natural to Jack & Sylvia Spiner in February 2, 1949 in Houston, Texas, after the demise of his father he was adopted by Sylvia's 2nd hubby, Sol Mintz, whose cognomen he utilized between 1955 and 1975.

Spiner tended to Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas, where he was influenced by drama teacher Cecil Pickett — the same drama teacher world health organization coached such humans when Cindy Pickett, Randy Quaid, Dennis Quaid, Trey Wilson, Robert Wuhl and Thomas Schlamme. Fallowing attending a University of Houston and performing in local theatre there, Spiner moved to New York City, where he became the stage actor, performing inside many Broadway and off-Broadway plays, most notably by owning a original cast of the Stephen Sondheim musical Sunday in the Park with George. At the equivalent period, he as well got a little section in the film Stardust Memories. Inside 1984, Spiner moved to Los Angeles, appearing in many pilots and made-for-tv movies, and played the revenant character in Night Court named Bob Wheeler, patriarch of a personal of West Virginia hicks.

Since his profits within Star Trek, he has besides acted inside film, including the notable bit part in the movie Independence Day. Around 1991, he recorded an album of 1940s pop standards entitled ''Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back. He has since got guest appearances in Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Friends, Deadly Games, Mad About You, Frasier, Joey_(sitcom), The Outer Limits, as well as movie roles in films such as Phenomenon, Dude, Where's My Car?, Out to Sea, South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut, Geppetto, Master of Disguise and The Aviator.

Within 1997, Spiner returned to a Broadway stage, playing the leading role of John Adams in the Roundabout Theatre Company revival of the musical 1776. His performance met by using typically caring reviews, & the production was nominated for a Tony Award. An sound recording was freed of the revival score.

Spiner presently sleep in Los Angeles, California. He maintains the high level of privacy all about his portable life. When such, his marital status is non certain; a select few sources own cited Loree McBride when his married woman, when others maintain that them are non married. He is non when active in the Star Trek convention scene when numerous of his co-stars, however he is yet approximately his Next Generation colleagues & numbers Patrick Stewart, Gates McFadden and LeVar Burton amongst his right friends.

Within 2004, Spiner returned to the world of Star Trek'' while he appeared as Dr. Arik Soong, an ancestor of Data's creator Dr. Noonien Soong, whom he'd also played, in a three-episode story arc of Star Trek: Enterprise in "Borderland", "Cold Station 12", and "The Augments". He besides briefly reprised the role of Information for the series, providing a tongue-inside-bantering voice-just cameo in the Enterprise finale, "These Are the Voyages...".

Inside 2005, Spiner has begun a role in the recently science-fiction television series Threshold.