Question: who played mark twain on star trek next generation
Answer: As she is speaking with Samuel Clemens ( better known by his pen name , Mark Twain , played by Jerry Hardin ) , Data attempts to ask her questions about the future believing her to have followed him back in time , but discovers that she is native to 1893 and has yet to meet the Enterprise crew ; Data 's language intrigues Clemens and he begins to follow Data and Guinan around .