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Jonathan Frakes
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA
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…
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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.
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2026
A Grand Biltmore Christmas
Movie Winston
- 2026
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2026
Star Trek: Legenden
TV show Self - William Riker
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2026
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe
TV show Director
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2026
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe Podcast
TV show Self
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2026
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
TV show Director
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2025
The Mighty Nein
TV show Zeenoth (voice)
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2024
The D-Con Chamber
TV show Self
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2024
Butterfly in the Sky
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2023
A Biltmore Christmas
Movie Winston
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2023
Star Trek: very Short Treks
TV show Riker (voice)
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2023
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
Movie Captain William Riker
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2022
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
TV show Director
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2022
The Shuttlepod Show
TV show Self
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2022
Catwoman: Hunted
Movie King Faraday / Boss Moxie (voice)
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2021
Leverage: Redemption
TV show Director
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2020
The Astronauts
TV show Director
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2020
Star Trek Day
TV show Self
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2020
Star Trek: Lower Decks
TV show William T. Riker (voice)
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2020
Star Trek: Picard
TV show William Riker
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2019
How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)
TV show Jonathan Frakes
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2019
The Ready Room
TV show Self
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2018
Devil's Gate
Movie Sheriff Gruenwell
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2017
The Gifted
TV show Director
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2017
Star Trek: Discovery
TV show Director
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2017
After Trek
TV show
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2017
The Orville
TV show Director
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2017
Heroes Manufactured
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2017
The Arrangement
TV show Director
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2016
50 Years of Star Trek
Movie Self
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2016
Angie Tribeca
TV show Commandant Van Zandt
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2015
Powers
TV show Director
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2015
Hindsight
TV show Director
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2014
The Librarians
TV show Director
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2014
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce
TV show Director
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2014
Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...
Movie Cmdr. Will Riker
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2014
Chaos on the Bridge
Movie Self
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2014
Finding Carter
TV show Director
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2014
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
Movie Cmdr. Will Riker
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2013
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
Movie Cmdr. Will Riker
