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 ...
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Chaos on the Bridge
2014
Star Trek: First Contact
1996
Clockstoppers
2002
Star Trek: Nemesis
2002
The Captains
2011
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
2006
Star Trek: Insurrection
1998
Star Trek: Generations
1994
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice
2008
Alien Autopsy
2006
Catwoman: Hunted
2022
Trekkies
1997
Camp Nowhere
1994
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
1995
The Cover Girl and the Cop
1989
Devil's Gate
2018
Lee & Grant
2011
Beach Patrol
1979
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
2013
Dying to Live
1999
50 Years of Star Trek
2016
Heroes Manufactured
2017
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
2023
A Biltmore Christmas
2023
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
2007
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996
The Night the City Screamed
1980
Brothers of the Frontier
1996
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation
2012
Your Guide to Star Trek: Generations
1993
Star Trek: The Captain's Summit
2009
Truth be Told
2011
Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
1994
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
2013
How William Shatner Changed The World
2005
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
2013
Alien Autopsy: (Fact or Fiction?)
1995
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
1988