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.
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Filmography
all 144
TV Shows 90
Movies 54
Director 41
self 34
Voice 6
Narrator 4
Producer 1
A Biltmore Christmas (2023)
Star Trek: Very Short Treks (2023)
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event (2023)
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022)
The Shuttlepod Show (2022)
Catwoman: Hunted (2022)
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek (2021)
Leverage: Redemption (2021)
The Astronauts (2020)
Star Trek Day (2020)
Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020)
Star Trek: Picard (2020)
How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) (2019)
The Ready Room (2019)
The Last 24 (2018)
The Gifted (2017)
Star Trek: Discovery (2017)
Devil's Gate (2017)
Heroes Manufactured (2017)
The Arrangement (2017)
50 Years of Star Trek (2016)
Angie Tribeca (2016)
Powers (2015)
Hindsight (2015)
The Librarians (2014)
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (2014)
Chaos on the Bridge (2014)
Finding Carter (2014)
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013)
King & Maxwell (2013)
Hit the Floor (2013)
The Captains Close Up (2013)
Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Best of Both Worlds (2013)
Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation (2012)
Megaquake 10.0 (2012)
Lee & Grant (2011)
Falling Skies (2011)
Switched at Birth (2011)
Truth be Told (2011)
Bar Karma (2011)
The Glades (2010)
Persons Unknown (2010)
The Good Guys (2010)
V (2009)
NCIS: Los Angeles (2009)
The Super Hero Squad Show (2009)
Glenn Martin, DDS (2009)
That's Impossible (2009)
Make It or Break It (2009)
Star Trek: The Captains' Summit (2009)
Castle (2009)
Dollhouse (2009)
Leverage (2008)
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008)
Masters of Science Fiction (2007)
Burn Notice (2007)
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier (2007)
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (2006)
Alien Autopsy (2006)
How William Shatner Changed The World (2005)
Criminal Minds (2005)
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds (2004)
Thunderbirds (2004)
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
The Twilight Zone (2002)
Clockstoppers (2002)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)
U.F.O.s: The Best Evidence Ever Caught on Tape 2 (2000)
Ghosts Caught on Tape: Fact or Fiction? (2000)
Roswell (1999)
Dying to Live (1999)
Futurama (1999)
Family Guy (1999)
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1998)
Oh Baby (1998)
Trekkies (1997)
U.F.O.s: The Best Evidence Ever Caught on Tape (1997)
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken (1996)
Brothers of the Frontier (1996)
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
Time Travel Through the Bible (1995)
Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction? (1995)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Gambit (1995)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command (1995)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Time's Arrow (1995)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification (1995)
Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
University Hospital (1995)
Cybill (1995)
Star Trek: Generations (1994)
Gargoyles (1994)
Phish: Tracking (1994)
Camp Nowhere (1994)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things... (1994)
Star Trek: The Next Generation Viewer's Choice Marathon (1994)
Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1994)
Sinnlos im Weltraum (1994)
Diagnosis: Murder (1993)
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
Your Guide to Star Trek: Generations (1993)
Roswell: Coverups & Close Encounters (1992)
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special (1991)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption (1991)
Wings (1990)
The Cover Girl and the Cop (1989)
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next (1988)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder (1987)
Dream West (1986)
Matlock (1986)
North and South (1985)
The Twilight Zone (1985)
Paper Dolls (1984)
Highway to Heaven (1984)
Five Mile Creek (1983)
Bare Essence (1983)
Bare Essence (1982)
Voyagers! (1982)
Hotel (1982)
Falcon Crest (1981)
The Fall Guy (1981)
Harper Valley P.T.A. (1981)
Hill Street Blues (1981)
The Night the City Screamed (1980)
I'm a Big Girl Now (1980)
It's a Living (1980)
Beulah Land (1980)
Here's Boomer (1980)
Paris (1979)
Hart to Hart (1979)
Beach Patrol (1979)
The Dukes of Hazzard (1979)
The White Shadow (1978)
Fantasy Island (1978)
Eight Is Enough (1977)
Quincy, M.E. (1976)
Charlie's Angels (1976)
Barnaby Jones (1973)
The Waltons (1972)
Holograms All the Way Down
To the Journey - Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
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GenderMale
Birthday1952-08-19 (71 years old)
Birth PlaceBellefonte, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJonathan Scott Frakes
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