Data (Star Trek)

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Data
Star Trek: The Next Generation character
Lieutenant Commander Data
First appearance	"Encounter at Farpoint" (1987) (The Next Generation)
Created by	Gene Roddenberry D. C. Fontana
Portrayed by	Brent Spiner
In-universe information
Full name	Data Soong
Species	Soong-Type Synthetic intelligence Android-lifeform
Gender	Male
Title	Chief Operations Officer Second Officer
Affiliation	United Federation of Planets Starfleet
Family	Juliana Soong (mother) Noonien Soong (creator) B-4 (older "brother") Lore (older "brother") Dr. Altan Inigo Soong (brother)
Children	Lal (creation/"daughter") Dahj Asha (neural progeny/"daughter") Soji Asha (neural progeny/"daughter")
Origin	Omicron Theta
Rank	Lieutenant Commander
Posting	USS Enterprise-E (FCT, INS, NEM) USS Enterprise-D (Seasons 1–7, GEN)
Position	Chief Operations Officer (USS Enterprise-D, USS Enterprise-E) Second Officer (USS Enterprise-D, USS Enterprise-E)

Data is a fictional character in the Star Trek franchise. He appears in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) and the first and third seasons of Star Trek: Picard; and the feature films Star Trek Generations (1994), First Contact (1996), Insurrection (1998), and Nemesis (2002).^[1][2] Data is portrayed by actor Brent Spiner.

Data is a self-aware, sapient, sentient and anatomically fully functional male android who serves as the second officer and chief operations officer aboard the Federation starship USS Enterprise-D and later the USS Enterprise-E.

Data is in many ways a successor to the original Star Trek's Spock, in that the character has superior mental skills and offers an "outsider's" perspective on humanity.^[3]