Jonathan Frakes
Jonathan Frakes
Biography
Jonathan Scott Frakes (born August 19, 1952) is an American actor and director. He is best known for his portrayal of Commander (later Captain) William T. Riker in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and subsequent films and series. He has also hosted the series Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, voiced David Xanatos in the Disney animated series Gargoyles, and narrated the History Channel documentary, Lee and Grant. His other well known TV roles are as Stanley Hazard on the miniseries North and South, Sandy Parris on ABC's Paper Dolls, Marcus Marshall on NBC's Bare Essence, and Damon Ross, a recurring character on Falcon Crest. He began directing episodes of The Next Generation during its third season, and went on to direct the feature films Star Trek: First Contact (1996) and Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) and episodes of the later Star Trek series Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Discovery, Strange New Worlds, and Picard. He later directed the feature films Clockstoppers (2002) and Thunderbirds (2004). He has since directed prolifically for television, including for The Librarian television films and series, Leverage, Burn Notice, and Roswell (of which he is also a producer). He is the credited author of the novel The Abductors: Conspiracy, which was ghostwritten by Dean Wesley Smith. He has been married to actress Genie Francis since 1988 and they have 2 children. Some info from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Actor
as Commander William T. Riker
as Self (archive footage)
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as Winston
as Captain William Riker
as Riker
as King Faraday / Boss Moxie (voice)
as Self
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as William T. Riker (voice)
as Captain William T. Riker
as Jonathan Frakes
as Self
as Sheriff Gruenwell
as Self (archive footage)
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as Commandant Van Zandt
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as Cmdr. William Riker (archive footage)
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
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as Radio Sound Engineer
as Self
as Navy Commander Dr. Stanfill (uncredited)
as High Evolutionary (voice)
as Peter (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Richard Castle Fan
as Trombone Player in Marching Band (uncredited)
as Debra's Husband
as Self
as Dr. Arthur Malcolm
as Commander William T. Riker
as Bystander
as Commander William T. Riker
as Narrator (voice)
as Will
as Jonathan Frakes (uncredited)
as Jonathan Frakes (voice)
as Commander William T. Riker (voice)
as Jonathan Frakes (voice)
as Commander William T. Riker
as Don
as Self
as Self - Host
as Commander William T. Riker
as David Xanatos (voice)
as Ben Frye
as Host
as Larry
as Time Traveler
as Self - Host
as Cmdr. William Riker (archive footage)
as Cmdr. William Riker (archive footage)
as Cmdr. William Riker (archive footage)
as Commander William T. Riker
as Jonathan Frakes
as Commander William T. Riker
as Bob Spiegel (uncredited)
as Commander William Riker
as Host / Self
as Self - Host
as David Xanatos (voice)
as William T. Riker
as Tim Lake
as Thomas Riker
as Cmdr. William Riker (archive footage)
as Narrator (voice)
as William T. Riker (archive footage)
as Gavin Rutledge
as Joshua Boyleston
as William T. Riker
as Self - Host
as Rosen
as Lt. Archibald Gillespie
as Prosecutor Mr. Park
as Stanley Hazard
as Steve
as Sandy Parris
as Arthur Krock, Jr.
as Adam Scott
as Marcus Marshall
as Charles Lindbergh
as Ted Travers
as Damon Ross
as Connors
as Clutch Breath
as Eddie Sims
as Richard Hawkins
as Steve
as Adam Davis
as Philip
as Marty Green
as Adam Blake
as Jamie Lee Hogg
as Basketball Player
as Kirk Wendover
as Chapper
as Leon Bohannon
as Young Surgeon
as Brad
as David Douglas
as Ashley Longworth Jr.
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Producer
as Co-Executive Producer
as Supervising Producer
as Executive Producer
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Sound
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Creator
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