Jonathan Frakes
Acting
🎂 1952-08-19
Jonathan Scott Frakes 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.
Cast credits(111)
Commander William T. Riker (voice)
1999
Jonathan Frakes (voice)
1999
Dr. Arthur Malcolm
2005
Richard Castle Fan
2009
Navy Commander Dr. Stanfill (uncredited)
2009
William T. Riker
1987
Jonathan Frakes (voice)
1999
Commander William T. Riker
1995
Thomas Riker
1993
Brad
1976
Prosecutor Mr. Park
1986
Commander William T. Riker
2001
Leon Bohannon
1976
Young Surgeon
1976
Ashley Longworth Jr.
1972
Damon Ross
1981
Ted Travers
1982
Larry
1996
Eddie Sims
1981
Adam Blake
1979
Gavin Rutledge
1990
Arthur Krock, Jr.
1984
Connors
1981
Tim Lake
1993
Kirk Wendover
1978
William Riker
2020
Jonathan Frakes (uncredited)
1999
William T. Riker (voice)
2020
Self - Host
1997
David Douglas
1973
Steve (segment "But Can She Type?")
1985
David Xanatos (voice)
1994
Stanley Hazard
1985
Jonathan Frakes
1995
Jamie Lee Hogg
1979
Commandant Van Zandt
2016
Chapper
1977
High Evolutionary (voice)
2009
Jonathan Frakes
2019
Self
2019
Don
1998
Commander William T. Riker
1996
Steve
1980
Charles Lindbergh
1982
Self
2021
Commander William T. Riker
1998
Peter (voice)
2009
Basketball Player
1978
Commander William T. Riker
2002
Self
2007
Commander William T. Riker
1994
King Faraday / Boss Moxie (voice)
2022
Debra's Husband
2006
Bystander
2002
Self
2024
Trombone Player in Marching Band (uncredited)
2008
1979
Ben Frye
1996
Self
2012
Roland White
1999
Philip
1980
Self
2022
Self
2020
Self
2009
Self
2013
Adam Scott
1983
Bob Spiegel (uncredited)
1994
1994
Rosen
1987
Self
2016
Self - Host
1994
Riker (voice)
2023
Lt. Archibald Gillespie
1986
Adam Davis
1980
Sheriff Gruenwell
2017
Sandy Parris
1984
Marty Green
1979
Self
1988
Marcus Marshall
1983
Self
2014
Cmdr. William Riker (archive footage)
2013
Clutch Breath
1981
Self (archive footage)
2024
Host / Self
1994
Richard Hawkins
1980
Self
2011
Radio Sound Engineer
2011
Self
1987
Self (archive footage)
2017
Joshua Boyleston
1989
1980
Narrator (voice)
2009
Self
1993
Self
2006
Winston
2023
Self
1997
Self
1991
Marcus Marshall
1982
Captain William Riker
2023
Host
1996
Self
2004
David Xanatos (voice)
1996
Self - Host
1995
Narrator (voice)
2011
Will
1999
Self
2005
Narrator (voice)
2000
Commander William T. Riker
Time Traveler
1995
Narrator (voice)
2012
Narrator (voice)
1992
Directing (44)
Director
2009
Director
2009
Director
2022
Director
1987
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1993
Director
2013
Director
1995
Director
2017
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1993
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2017
Director
2007
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2008
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2017
Director
2011
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2020
Director
1999
Director
2014
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2002
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2009
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2021
Director
2011
Director
2010
Director
2009
Director
2009
Director
1996
Director
2015
Director
2014
Director
1998
Director
2010
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2013
Director
2014
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2006
Director
2002
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2007
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2008
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1995
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2015
Director
2011