
Jonathan Frakes
2 FOLLOWERS • 85 CREDITS • AUG 19, 1952 • 72
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.
Known For

Family Guy

NCIS: Los Angeles

3rd Rock from the Sun

Quincy, M.E.

Hill Street Blues

Castle

Roswell

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

The Fall Guy

Star Trek: Voyager

Highway to Heaven

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Charlie's Angels

The Twilight Zone

Wings

Star Trek: Enterprise

Star Trek: Lower Decks

The Ready Room

Star Trek: Picard

Criminal Minds

Eight Is Enough

Fantasy Island

Voyagers!

The Waltons

Here's Boomer

Paris

Star Trek Day

Cybill

The Dukes of Hazzard

Futurama

How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)

The Super Hero Squad Show

Paper Dolls

Falcon Crest

Camp Nowhere

Clockstoppers

Beulah Land

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special

Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder

Catwoman: Hunted

Star Trek: Insurrection

Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Descent

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Gambit

Star Trek: Nemesis

Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Bare Essence

Star Trek: Generations

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birthright

Star Trek: First Contact

Matlock

Alien Autopsy: (fact or fiction?)

Star Trek: The Next Generation Viewer's Choice Marathon

Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
Production Credits

Diagnosis: Murder

The Orville

Star Trek: Discovery

Star Trek: Insurrection

Clockstoppers

Star Trek: Voyager

The Arrangement

Burn Notice

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Hit the Floor

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Thunderbirds

Star Trek: First Contact

Persons Unknown

NCIS: Los Angeles

Switched at Birth

Roswell

Leverage: Redemption

Castle

Leverage

Powers

Falling Skies

V

Star Trek: Picard

The Gifted

The Twilight Zone

The Librarians
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