Happy birthday Jeri Ryan, born February 22, 1968.

Jeri Ryan is the actress best known for portraying Seven of Nine on Star Trek: Voyager from season four on, first appearing in “Scorpion, Part II”.
Ryan was born Jeri Lynn Zimmerman in Munich, Germany. Her father, for whom she was named, was in the US Army, so for the first few years of her life Ryan grew up on numerous military bases in Germany and the US. Her family finally settled down in Paducah, Kentucky when she was 11.

She graduated from Lone Oak High School in 1986, then went on to Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois where she obtained a degree in theater. While at Northwestern, Ryan entered and won several beauty pageants as a way to help pay for her classes. In 1990 she won fourth place in the Miss America Pageant where she was Miss Illinois.

On June 15th, 1991 she married Jack Ryan, an investment banker-turned-politician from Illinois, with whom she had a son, Alex, in 1994. They divorced in 1999.

Following her divorce, she became romantically involved with Voyager executive producer Brannon Braga. The two lived together with Ryan’s son, but their relationship has since ended. On 8 February 2005, Ryan and her current husband, French Chef Christophe Emé, opened a restaurant called “Ortolan” which they ran until December 31st 2010. Ryan announced that she and Emé were engaged to be married in July 2006, and they married on 16 June the following year. The couple’s first child, a daughter Gisele, was born on 2 March 2008.

Before joining the cast of Star Trek: Voyager in 1997, Ryan was a cast member of another science fiction series, Dark Skies. However, this series, which only lasted one season, ended soon after she came aboard.

After Voyager came to an end in 2001, Ryan joined the cast of the FOX drama Boston Public, created by David E. Kelley. She played high school teacher Ronnie Cooke on this series, which ended in 2004. Afterward, Ryan had a recurring role on the hit series The O.C., beginning with the episode “The Aftermath” which aired on 8 September 2005 – the same day Star Trek: The Original Series began airing 39 years earlier.

Ryan starred as attorney Jessica Devlin on the CBS series Shark. This series began airing on 21 September 2006 and aired its final episode on 20 May 2008. Ryan took maternity leave from the series late in the second season and did not appear in the show’s last four episodes, although her name still appeared in the credits. CBS canceled the series before Ryan could return.

Ryan appeared as Lt. Sonya Blade in the web trailer Mortal Kombat: Rebirth at the personal invitation of its director and personal friend, Kevin Tanchareon. This trailer, which aired June 8, 2010, later evolved into the 2011 web mini-series, Mortal Kombat: Legacy, in which she returned as Sonya.

Ryan’s next series, the ABC medical procedural drama Body of Proof, premiered on March 29, 2011. On this show Ryan plays Dr. Kate Murphy, while Voyager guest star John Carroll Lynch plays Detective Bud Morris.

Ryan played the role of Sherri in two episodes of the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men, one in 2004 and another in 2005 and also appeared in 2011. In 2009, Ryan made two appearances as defense attorney Patrice Larue on the NBC drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and a third one in 2010.

She portrayed the con artist Tara Cole in the series Leverage in seasons 2 and 4.

Throughout the 90s, Ryan starred in several made-for-TV movies, including 1993’s In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco. In 1996, Ryan was directed by Michael Ray Rhodes in the CBS TV movie Co-ed Call Girl.

Ryan was also the star of two independent feature films – Men Cry Bullets in 1997 and The Last Man in 2000. She also had a small but memorable role as a reporter-turned-vampire in the film Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000. This film also starred Christopher Plummer from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. In 2003, Ryan made an appearance in the romantic comedy Down with Love.

In October 2010 Ryan starred in the TV movie Secrets in the Walls on the Lifetime Movie Network, followed by the television thriller Dead Lines also in 2010.

Ryan made guest appearances on such TV shows as Who’s the Boss?, Matlock, Murder, She Wrote, and Melrose Place. She also appeared in a 1991 episode of The Flash.

In 2006, Ryan appeared in the two-hour second season finale of David E. Kelley’s series Boston Legal. In March 2010, she appeared on the popular comedy-detective series, Psych.

In 2011 Ryan had guest parts in the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode “Boots on the Ground” in which she played Naomi Halloran and in the third season of the mystery series Warehouse 13 on which she worked with Saul Rubinek.

In 2014, the Star Trek Online expansion Delta Rising, set 32 years after the Voyager returned back home, featured Jeri Ryan, who reprises the voice of her role as “Seven of Nine”, among others.

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Happy birthday Faran Tahir, born February 16, 1963.

He made his film debut playing Nathoo in the Disney’s 1994 live-action version of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book. He has since appeared in such films as Picture Perfect (1997), Anywhere But Here (1999) and Charlie Wilson’s War (2007). He also played the male lead in the 1999 independent film ABCD. In 2008, Tahir played the role of the villain Raza in the Marvel Comics-based Iron Man. He played Starfleet Captain Richard Robau in the 2009 film Star Trek. In 2013, Tahir played President Patel in the science-fiction film Elysium.

Tahir has guest starred on many television series, including Alias, The Practice, Family Law, The Agency, NYPD Blue, Lost, 7th Heaven, The West Wing, Walker, Texas Ranger, The D.A., 24, Monk, Justice, Cold Case, Chuck, Hawaii Five-0 and Warehouse 13. He also co-starred with Robert Beltran and Chase Masterson in the 2005 Sci-Fi Channel original movie Manticore. He also starred in the medical drama series Grey’s Anatomy as Isaac and appeared on the CW series Supernatural as the Egyptian god Osiris in the seventh season’s episode “Defending Your Life”. Tahir starred in the ghost horror film Jinn. The role of Frank, Cliff Barnes’ right-hand man in the reboot of Dallas. In 2015 Tahir appeared in a recurring role as the Commander on Supergirl.

He appeared in JAG in the episodes “Ice Queen” and “Meltdown” which served as the two pilot episodes for the series NCIS. Seven years later, Tahir appeared in the spin-off NCIS: Los Angeles.

In 2016 Tahir joined American Crime as Rhys Bashir, and was cast as Captain Nemo on Once Upon a Time.

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Happy birthday Brent Spiner, born February 2, 1949.

Brent Jay Spiner is an actor best known for playing the android Starfleet officer, Lieutenant Commander Data, on Star Trek: The Next Generation, in four Star Trek films, and off-screen in “These Are the Voyages…”, the final episode of Star Trek: Enterprise. He also played Data’s “brother”, Lore, and “father”, Doctor Noonian Soong, in various episodes of Next Generation. In 2002, he played B-4 in Star Trek Nemesis. He appeared as Arik Soong in a three-episode arc on Enterprise. He also co-wrote the story for Star Trek Nemesis with Rick Berman and John Logan.

His portrayal of Data, the android in search of Humanity, made him an invaluable member of the TNG cast. These skills were highlighted in the episode “Brothers”, where Spiner played all three main characters of the story, effectively turning the episode into a “one-man show”.

Spiner appeared as a media technician in “The Advocates”, a second-season episode of the Showtime cable series The Paper Chase. In 1984, he moved to Los Angeles, where he appeared in several pilots and made-for-TV movies. He played a recurring character on Night Court, Bob Wheeler, patriarch of a rural family. In 1986, he played a condemned soul in “Dead Run”, an episode of the short-lived revival of Rod Serling’s series The Twilight Zone on CBS. He made two appearances in season three (1986) of the situation comedy Mama’s Family, playing two different characters.

Spiner’s first and only starring film role was in Rent Control (1984). In the Cheers episode “Never Love a Goalie, Part II”, he played acquitted murder suspect Bill Grand. Spiner also appeared in the Tales from the Darkside episode, “A Case of the Stubborns”, as a preacher. He portrayed Jim Stevens in the made-for-TV movie Manhunt for Claude Dallas.

In 1991, Spiner recorded an album of 1940s pop standards entitled Ol’ Yellow Eyes Is Back, the title of which was a play on the yellow contact lenses Spiner wore as Data, and the title of a Frank Sinatra record, Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back.

Spiner has appeared in the television series Deadly Games, Dream On, Frasier, Friends, Gargoyles, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Mad About You and The Outer Limits. In the series The Big Bang Theory and Joey, he appeared as himself.

He has acted in the movies The Aviator, Dude, Where’s My Car?, I Am Sam, Independence Day, Independence Day: Resurgence, The Master of Disguise, Out to Sea, Phenomenon, The Ponder Heart and South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut.

His television-movie appearances during this period include the 2000 musical Geppetto and the role of Dorothy Dandridge’s manager and confidant, Earl Mills, in the HBO production Introducing Dorothy Dandridge.

In 2005, Spiner appeared in a short-lived science-fiction television series Threshold, which was canceled in November of that year after 13 episodes.

In 2006, he appeared in a feature film comedy, Material Girls.

During the 10th season of the situation comedy Frasier, in the episode “Lilith Needs a Favor”, Spiner made two brief cameos as a fellow airline passenger with Frasier Crane’s ex-wife, Lilith Sternin.

In 2008, Spiner played Dr. Strom in the feature film parody Superhero Movie.

In February 2009, he played William Quint in “The Juror #6 Job”, an episode of the drama series Leverage directed by his Next Generation co-star Jonathan Frakes. That same year, he voiced himself in the Family Guy episode “Not All Dogs Go to Heaven”.

In April 2011, Spiner began starring in Fresh Hell, a comic webseries in which he plays a version of himself, attempting to put his career back together after falling out of the limelight.

He appeared as Dr. Kern in the September 12, 2011, episode of the Syfy channel program Alphas entitled “Blind Spot”.

In October 2011, he appeared as himself in the episode “The Russian Rocket Reaction” (October 13, 2011) of The Big Bang Theory. The day after his guest appearance on The Big Bang Theory, it was announced that Spiner would guest-star in the Young Justice episode “Revelation”, providing the voice of the Joker.

Spiner has also guest-starred on the Syfy program Warehouse 13 as Brother Adrian in the third and fourth seasons.

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Happy birthday to Joanne Kelly, born December 22, 1978.

Joanne M. Kelly is a Canadian actress, known for her appearances in films such as Going the Distance and in the TV series Warehouse 13, in which she played Secret Service agent Myka Bering.

Joanne Kelly was born in Bay d’Espoir, Newfoundland. She studied at Acadia University. Her first movie role was the 2002 drama film The Bay of Love and Sorrows.

She played alongside actors such as Paul Gross in Slings and Arrows and Gordon Pinsent in Heyday.

From 2003 to 2004 she played Libby on the J. Michael Straczynski series Jeremiah on Showtime.

She also played the role of Sara Collins in Fox’s Vanished and the vampire Bianca in SciFi’s The Dresden Files.

She also appeared in the film Going the Distance.

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Patricia McPherson was born November 27, 1954.

McPherson has made guest appearances in a variety of television shows including Dynasty, Starman, Murder She Wrote, MacGyver, Matlock, and Star Trek: The Next Generation. She retired from acting in 1991, although she made a cameo appearance as a Regent in the Syfy television series Warehouse 13 in 2009.

She is known for her role in the 1980s TV series Knight Rider as Bonnie Barstow, KITT’s mechanic. She appeared in season one and was absent from season two, but she was subsequently asked to return to the show, which she did in the season-three opener,[3] remaining from 1984 until the end of the series in 1986.

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Saul Rubinek was born July 2, 1948.

Saul Rubinek is the German-born Canadian actor who played Kivas Fajo in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “The Most Toys”.
Rubinek had a recurring role on the NBC television sitcom Frasier as Daphne Moon’s fiancé, Donny Douglas, from 1999 through 2002. That series starred fellow TNG guest actor Kelsey Grammer. Rubinek also had a recurring role as reporter Lon Cohen in the 2001-2002 A&E TV series A Nero Wolfe Mystery (with Bill Smitrovich), after initially playing detective Saul Panzer in the 2000 series pilot, The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery.

In addition, Rubinek made recurring appearances on the CBS drama The Equalizer (starring Robert Lansing and Keith Szarabajka) and Steven Bochco’s crime drama Blind Justice. He also had two-episode recurring roles in the third season (1998-99) of The Practice (working with Paul Dooley, Stephen Macht, Lawrence Pressman, and David Ogden Stiers), in the final season (2001-02) of Once And Again (with William O. Campbell), and in the fourth season (2004) of Curb Your Enthusiasm (with Boris Lee Krutonog, James B. Sikking, and Don Stark).

Rubinek’s first regular series role was that of neurotic financial reporter Alan Mesnick in the short-lived (1996-97) CBS comedy series Ink. He is on the Syfy original series Warehouse 13 as Warehouse guru Artie Nielsen. This series was co-created by Jane Espenson (writer, DS9: “Accession”). In a five-minute behind-the-scenes interview in 2012, Rubinek and Brent Spiner, who has guest starred in several episodes of the series, revealed their long history of friendship since their stage acting days, with fond references to Rubinek’s antagonistic portrayals opposite Spiner in TNG: “The Most Toys”.
Since appearing on TNG, Rubinek has made a few return trips to the realm of science fiction television. He appeared in two episodes of the 1990s revival of The Outer Limits, one in 1995 (“Caught in the Act”) and another in 1999 (“Tribunal”). In 2004, he was seen on Sci-Fi Channel’s Stargate SG-1, playing Emmett Bregman in the two-part episode “Heroes”. The first part also featured Ronny Cox in his role as Senator Robert Kinsey; the second part had Robert Picardo in his first appearance as Agent Richard Woolsey.

In 2005, Rubinek made an appearance on ABC’s science fiction-themed hit series Lost, co-created by J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof and starring Daniel Dae Kim and Terry O’Quinn. The following year, Rubinek guest-starred on the Sci-Fi Channel original series Eureka, working with Salli Elise Richardson, Matt Frewer, and director Michael Grossman.
In addition to the above, Rubinek has guest-starred on such drama series as Hill Street Blues (starring James B. Sikking and Barbara Bosson), L.A. Law, Psych (both also featuring Corbin Bernsen), Law & Order, NYPD Blue, and Leverage. In 2008, he was seen on ABC’s Boston Legal, where he played the client of an attorney portrayed by Alan Ruck. Also appearing in Rubinek’s episode (“Kill, Baby, Kill”) were series regulars John Larroquette and William Shatner and fellow guest star Bill Smitrovich.
Rubinek was nominated for a Genie Award by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television for his performance in the 1979 made-for-TV movie The Wordsmith. In 1983, both he and Rosalind Chao appeared in The Terry Fox Story. Rubinek was later featured in the acclaimed HBO movie And the Band Played On, as were Reg E. Cathey, David Clennon, Richard Fancy, Thomas Kopache, Clyde Kusatsu, Dakin Matthews, Lawrence Monoson, Jeffrey Nordling, and Sierra Pecheur.

In 1998, The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television nominated Rubinek for a Gemini Award for his performance in the 1995 TV movie Hiroshima, in which Ken Jenkins also appeared. Rubinek’s subsequent made-for-TV movie credits include 2002’s Gleason (starring Terry Farrell), 2003’s And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (with Michael McKean), and 2004’s Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss (with Corbin Bernsen). He also appeared as Hastings “Hasty” Hathaway in three Jesse Stone movies, 2006’s Night Passage, 2007’s Sea Change, and 2010’s No Remorse. Stephen McHattie appeared in all of these movies; William Sadler had a role in the latter two.

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Lindsay Wagner was born June 22, 1949.

Lindsay Jean Wagner is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Jaime Sommers in the 1970s television series The Bionic Woman (for which she won an Emmy Award), though she has maintained a lengthy career in a variety of other film and television productions since.
Wagner worked as a model in Los Angeles, and gained some television experience by appearing as a hostess in Playboy After Dark and she was also a contestant on the game show The Dating Game in 1969 (one of her potential suitors, whom she did not choose, was TV actor Roger Ewing). In 1971, she signed a contract with Universal Studios and worked as a contract player in various Universal productions. Her prime-time network television debut was in the series Adam-12, and she went on to appear in a dozen other Universal shows including Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law, The F.B.I., Sarge, and Night Gallery. Between 1971–75, she appeared in five episodes of Universal’s Marcus Welby, M.D., and two episodes of The Rockford Files. In 1973, Wagner branched into film roles when Universal cast her in Two People (Wagner’s first feature film and first lead role). She also starred in the film The Paper Chase (for 20th Century Fox) the same year.

In 1975, arranged under an extended contract with Universal Studios, Wagner played the role of Jaime Sommers, a former tennis professional who was the childhood sweetheart of “Six Million Dollar Man” Colonel Steve Austin (played by Lee Majors). According to Kenneth Johnson, interviewed for a featurette included in the 2010 North American DVD release of The Bionic Woman season 1, Wagner was cast in the role based upon her appeal and spontaneity, after he saw her appearance in the pilot and a follow-up episode of The Rockford Files. In the second-season two-part episode, her character is critically injured in a skydiving accident and equipped with bionic implants similar to Col. Austin’s, but her body rejects them, ultimately leading to her death.

This was intended to be Wagner’s last role under her Universal contract, but public response to the character was so overwhelming that the “death” was retconned into a cover story for a near-death secret recovery, and Wagner appeared in a two-part episode which returned her character, followed by a spin-off series The Bionic Woman, which debuted in January 1976. She made several crossover appearances in the The Six Million Dollar Man during the series’ run. The role earned Wagner an Emmy Award for “Best Actress in a Dramatic Role” in 1977. Following the cancellation of The Bionic Woman in 1978, Wagner continued to act, predominantly in television mini-series and made-for-TV movies. These included the highly rated 1980 mini-series Scruples, as well as three made-for-TV Bionic reunion movies with Lee Majors between 1987 and 1994. Also in the 1980s, Wagner co-starred alongside Sylvester Stallone as his ex-wife in his 1981 movie Nighthawks and starred in two more weekly television series; Jessie (1984) and A Peaceable Kingdom (1989), though both of these were short-lived. In 1983, she also appeared in an episode of Lee Majors’ series, The Fall Guy.

Wagner continued to act in the 1990s and 2000s, though in less prominent roles, such as a small part in the action movie Ricochet (1991). Her most recent projects have included the 2005 telemovie, Thicker than Water with Melissa Gilbert, Buckaroo: The Movie (2005), and Four Extraordinary Women (2006). In 2010, Wagner began a recurring role as Dr. Vanessa Calder in the SyFy channel’s hit drama Warehouse 13, and played the character again in its Syfy sister show Alphas in 2011.

In the fall semester of 2013, she began to teach at San Bernardino Valley College in southern California (Acting and Directing for Television and Film, Motion Picture Production) as an adjunct faculty member.

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Jeri Ryan was born February 22, 1968.

Jeri Ryan is the actress best known for portraying Seven of Nine on Star Trek: Voyager from season four on, first appearing in “Scorpion, Part II”.
Ryan was born Jeri Lynn Zimmerman in Munich, Germany. Her father, for whom she was named, was in the US Army, so for the first few years of her life Ryan grew up on numerous military bases in Germany and the US. Her family finally settled down in Paducah, Kentucky when she was 11.

She graduated from Lone Oak High School in 1986, then went on to Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois where she obtained a degree in theater. While at Northwestern, Ryan entered and won several beauty pageants as a way to help pay for her classes. In 1990 she won fourth place in the Miss America Pageant where she was Miss Illinois.

On June 15th, 1991 she married Jack Ryan, an investment banker-turned-politician from Illinois, with whom she had a son, Alex, in 1994. They divorced in 1999.

Following her divorce, she became romantically involved with Voyager executive producer Brannon Braga. The two lived together with Ryan’s son, but their relationship has since ended. On 8 February 2005, Ryan and her current husband, French Chef Christophe Emé, opened a restaurant called “Ortolan” which they ran until December 31st 2010. Ryan announced that she and Emé were engaged to be married in July 2006, and they married on 16 June the following year. The couple’s first child, a daughter Gisele, was born on 2 March 2008.
Before joining the cast of Star Trek: Voyager in 1997, Ryan was a cast member of another science fiction series, Dark Skies. However, this series, which only lasted one season, ended soon after she came aboard.

After Voyager came to an end in 2001, Ryan joined the cast of the FOX drama Boston Public, created by David E. Kelley. She played high school teacher Ronnie Cooke on this series, which ended in 2004. Afterward, Ryan had a recurring role on the hit series The O.C., beginning with the episode “The Aftermath” which aired on 8 September 2005 – the same day Star Trek: The Original Series began airing 39 years earlier.

Ryan starred as attorney Jessica Devlin on the CBS series Shark. This series began airing on 21 September 2006 and aired its final episode on 20 May 2008. Ryan took maternity leave from the series late in the second season and did not appear in the show’s last four episodes, although her name still appeared in the credits. CBS canceled the series before Ryan could return.

Ryan appeared as Lt. Sonya Blade in the web trailer Mortal Kombat: Rebirth at the personal invitation of its director and personal friend, Kevin Tanchareon. This trailer, which aired June 8, 2010, later evolved into the 2011 web mini-series, Mortal Kombat: Legacy, in which she returned as Sonya.

Ryan’s next series, the ABC medical procedural drama Body of Proof, premiered on March 29, 2011. On this show Ryan plays Dr. Kate Murphy, while Voyager guest star John Carroll Lynch plays Detective Bud Morris.
Ryan played the role of Sherri in two episodes of the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men, one in 2004 and another in 2005 and also appeared in 2011. In 2009, Ryan made two appearances as defense attorney Patrice Larue on the NBC drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and a third one in 2010.

She portrayed the con artist Tara Cole in the series Leverage in seasons 2 and 4.
Throughout the 90s, Ryan starred in several made-for-TV movies, including 1993’s In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco. In 1996, Ryan was directed by Michael Ray Rhodes in the CBS TV movie Co-ed Call Girl.

Ryan was also the star of two independent feature films – Men Cry Bullets in 1997 and The Last Man in 2000. She also had a small but memorable role as a reporter-turned-vampire in the film Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000. This film also starred Christopher Plummer from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. In 2003, Ryan made an appearance in the romantic comedy Down with Love.

In October 2010 Ryan starred in the TV movie Secrets in the Walls on the Lifetime Movie Network, followed by the television thriller Dead Lines also in 2010.
Ryan made guest appearances on such TV shows as Who’s the Boss?, Matlock, Murder, She Wrote, and Melrose Place. She also appeared in a 1991 episode of The Flash.

In 2006, Ryan appeared in the two-hour second season finale of David E. Kelley’s series Boston Legal. In March 2010, she appeared on the popular comedy-detective series, Psych.

In 2011 Ryan had guest parts in the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode “Boots on the Ground” in which she played Naomi Halloran and in the third season of the mystery series Warehouse 13 on which she worked with Saul Rubinek.
In 2014, the Star Trek Online expansion Delta Rising, set 32 years after the Voyager returned back home, featured Jeri Ryan, who reprises the voice of her role as “Seven of Nine”, among others.

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Faran Tahir was born February 16, 1963.

He made his film debut playing Nathoo in the Disney’s 1994 live-action version of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book. He has since appeared in such films as Picture Perfect (1997), Anywhere But Here (1999) and Charlie Wilson’s War (2007). He also played the male lead in the 1999 independent film ABCD. In 2008, Tahir played the role of the villain Raza in the Marvel Comics-based Iron Man. He played Starfleet Captain Richard Robau in the 2009 film Star Trek. In 2013, Tahir played President Patel in the science-fiction film Elysium.
Tahir has guest starred on many television series, including Alias, The Practice, Family Law, The Agency, NYPD Blue, Lost, 7th Heaven, The West Wing, Walker, Texas Ranger, The D.A., 24, Monk, Justice, Cold Case, Chuck, Hawaii Five-0 and Warehouse 13. He also co-starred with Robert Beltran and Chase Masterson in the 2005 Sci-Fi Channel original movie Manticore. He also starred in the medical drama series Grey’s Anatomy as Isaac and appeared on the CW series Supernatural as the Egyptian god Osiris in the seventh season’s episode “Defending Your Life”. Tahir starred in the ghost horror film Jinn. The role of Frank, Cliff Barnes’ right-hand man in the reboot of Dallas. In 2015 Tahir appeared in a recurring role as the Commander on Supergirl.
He appeared in JAG in the episodes “Ice Queen” and “Meltdown” which served as the two pilot episodes for the series NCIS. Seven years later, Tahir appeared in the spin-off NCIS: Los Angeles.
In 2016 Tahir joined American Crime as Rhys Bashir, and was cast as Captain Nemo on Once Upon a Time.

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Brent Spiner was born February 2,. 1949.

Brent Jay Spiner is an actor best known for playing the android Starfleet officer, Lieutenant Commander Data, on Star Trek: The Next Generation, in four Star Trek films, and off-screen in “These Are the Voyages…”, the final episode of Star Trek: Enterprise. He also played Data’s “brother”, Lore, and “father”, Doctor Noonian Soong, in various episodes of Next Generation. In 2002, he played B-4 in Star Trek Nemesis. He appeared as Arik Soong in a three-episode arc on Enterprise. He also co-wrote the story for Star Trek Nemesis with Rick Berman and John Logan.

His portrayal of Data, the android in search of Humanity, made him an invaluable member of the TNG cast. These skills were highlighted in the episode “Brothers”, where Spiner played all three main characters of the story, effectively turning the episode into a “one-man show”.

Spiner appeared as a media technician in “The Advocates”, a second-season episode of the Showtime cable series The Paper Chase. In 1984, he moved to Los Angeles, where he appeared in several pilots and made-for-TV movies. He played a recurring character on Night Court, Bob Wheeler, patriarch of a rural family. In 1986, he played a condemned soul in “Dead Run”, an episode of the short-lived revival of Rod Serling’s series The Twilight Zone on CBS. He made two appearances in season three (1986) of the situation comedy Mama’s Family, playing two different characters. Spiner’s first and only starring film role was in Rent Control (1984). In the Cheers episode “Never Love a Goalie, Part II”, he played acquitted murder suspect Bill Grand. Spiner also appeared in the Tales from the Darkside episode, “A Case of the Stubborns”, as a preacher. He portrayed Jim Stevens in the made-for-TV movie Manhunt for Claude Dallas.
In 1991, Spiner recorded an album of 1940s pop standards entitled Ol’ Yellow Eyes Is Back, the title of which was a play on the yellow contact lenses Spiner wore as Data, and the title of a Frank Sinatra record, Ol’ Blue Eyes Is Back.
Spiner has appeared in the television series Deadly Games, Dream On, Frasier, Friends, Gargoyles, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Mad About You and The Outer Limits. In the series The Big Bang Theory and Joey, he appeared as himself. He has acted in the movies The Aviator, Dude, Where’s My Car?, I Am Sam, Independence Day, Independence Day: Resurgence, The Master of Disguise, Out to Sea, Phenomenon, The Ponder Heart and South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut. His television-movie appearances during this period include the 2000 musical Geppetto and the role of Dorothy Dandridge’s manager and confidant, Earl Mills, in the HBO production Introducing Dorothy Dandridge.
In 2005, Spiner appeared in a short-lived science-fiction television series Threshold, which was canceled in November of that year after 13 episodes. In 2006, he appeared in a feature film comedy, Material Girls.
During the 10th season of the situation comedy Frasier, in the episode “Lilith Needs a Favor”, Spiner made two brief cameos as a fellow airline passenger with Frasier Crane’s ex-wife, Lilith Sternin.
In 2008, Spiner played Dr. Strom in the feature film parody Superhero Movie. In February 2009, he played William Quint in “The Juror #6 Job”, an episode of the drama series Leverage directed by his Next Generation co-star Jonathan Frakes. That same year, he voiced himself in the Family Guy episode “Not All Dogs Go to Heaven”.
In April 2011, Spiner began starring in Fresh Hell, a comic webseries in which he plays a version of himself, attempting to put his career back together after falling out of the limelight.
He appeared as Dr. Kern in the September 12, 2011, episode of the Syfy channel program Alphas entitled “Blind Spot”. In October 2011, he appeared as himself in the episode “The Russian Rocket Reaction” (October 13, 2011) of The Big Bang Theory. The day after his guest appearance on The Big Bang Theory, it was announced that Spiner would guest-star in the Young Justice episode “Revelation”, providing the voice of the Joker. Spiner has also guest-starred on the Syfy program Warehouse 13 as Brother Adrian in the third and fourth seasons.

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