
Jonathan Frakes
3 FOLLOWERS • 88 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

NCIS: Los Angeles

3rd Rock from the Sun

Quincy, M.E.

Castle

Hill Street Blues

Honest Trailers

Roswell

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

The Fall Guy

Star Trek: Voyager

Family Guy

Highway to Heaven

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Charlie's Angels

The Twilight Zone

Wings

Star Trek: Enterprise

The Ready Room

Star Trek: Picard

Criminal Minds

Eight Is Enough

Fantasy Island

Voyagers!

Here's Boomer

The Waltons

Paris

Matlock

Star Trek Day

Cybill

The Dukes of Hazzard

Futurama

How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)

The Super Hero Squad Show

Paper Dolls

Falcon Crest

Star Trek: Lower Decks

Camp Nowhere

Clockstoppers

Beulah Land

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special

The Lot

Catwoman: Hunted

Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder

Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken

Star Trek: Insurrection

Bare Essence

Star Trek: Nemesis

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Descent

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

Star Trek: First Contact

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birthright

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Gambit

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: Generations

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

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

Star Trek: The Next Generation Viewer's Choice Marathon

Alien Autopsy: (fact or fiction?)
Production Credits

Leverage: Redemption

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Thunderbirds

The Orville

Star Trek: Insurrection

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: Picard

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Persons Unknown

Clockstoppers

Burn Notice

The Gifted

Switched at Birth

Diagnosis: Murder

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

Castle

Star Trek: First Contact

Roswell

NCIS: Los Angeles

Star Trek: Discovery

Powers

Falling Skies

The Twilight Zone

V

Leverage

The Glades

The Arrangement

Hit the Floor

The Librarians

Star Trek: Voyager
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