Jonathan Frakes
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Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday19 August 1952 (74 years old)
Place of birthBellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA
Known credits154
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…
A Grand Biltmore Christmas
2026 · Winston
The Sixty Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World
2026 · Self
Star Trek: Legenden
2026 · Self - William Riker
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe Podcast
2026 · Self
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe
2026 · Director
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
2026 · Director
The Mighty Nein
2025 · Zeenoth (voice)
The D-Con Chamber
2024 · Self
Butterfly in the Sky
2024 · Self (archive footage)
A Biltmore Christmas
2023 · Winston
Star Trek: very Short Treks
2023 · Riker (voice)
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
2023 · Captain William Riker
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
2022 · Director
The Shuttlepod Show
2022 · Self
Catwoman: Hunted
2022 · King Faraday / Boss Moxie (voice)
Leverage: Redemption
2021 · Director
The Astronauts
2020 · Director
Star Trek Day
2020 · Self
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020 · William T. Riker (voice)
Star Trek: Picard
2020 · William Riker
Star Trek: Picard
2020 · Director
How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)
2019 · Jonathan Frakes
The Ready Room
2019 · Self
Devil's Gate
2018 · Sheriff Gruenwell
The Gifted
2017 · Director
After Trek
2017
Star Trek: Discovery
2017 · Director
The Orville
2017 · Director
Heroes Manufactured
2017 · Self (archive footage)
The Arrangement
2017 · Director
50 Years of Star Trek
2016 · Self
Angie Tribeca
2016 · Commandant Van Zandt
Powers
2015 · Director
Hindsight
2015 · Director
The Librarians
2014 · Director
The Librarians
2014 · Supervising Producer
The Librarians
2014 · Co-Executive Producer
Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...
2014 · Cmdr. Will Riker
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce
2014 · Director
Chaos on the Bridge
2014 · Self
Finding Carter
2014 · Director
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
2014 · Cmdr. Will Riker
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
2013 · Cmdr. Will Riker
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013 · Director
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
2013 · Cmdr. Will Riker
King & Maxwell
2013 · Director
Hit the Floor
2013 · Director
The Captains Close Up
2013 · Self
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