Jonathan Frakes
- Acting
- August 19, 1952 · Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Known for
Filmography
- A Grand Biltmore Christmas · Winston
- The Sixty Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World · Self
- Star Trek: Legenden · Self
- Stuart Fails to Save the Universe Podcast · Self
- Stuart Fails to Save the Universe · Director
- Star Trek: Starfleet Academy · Director
- The Mighty Nein · Zeenoth (Voice)
- The D-Con Chamber · Self
- Butterfly in the Sky · Self
- A Biltmore Christmas · Winston
- Star Trek: very Short Treks · Riker (Voice)
- Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event · Captain William Riker
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds · Director
- The Shuttlepod Show · Self
- Catwoman: Hunted · King Faraday / Boss Moxie (Voice)
- Leverage: Redemption · Director
- The Astronauts · Director
- Star Trek Day · Self
- Star Trek: Lower Decks · William T. Riker (Voice)
- Star Trek: Picard · William Riker, Director
- How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) · Jonathan Frakes
- The Ready Room · Self
- Devil's Gate · Sheriff Gruenwell
- The Gifted · Director
- After Trek
- Star Trek: Discovery · Director
- The Orville · Director
- Heroes Manufactured · Self
- The Arrangement · Director
- 50 Years of Star Trek · Self
- Angie Tribeca · Commandant Van Zandt
- Powers · Director
- Hindsight · Director
- The Librarians · Director, Co-Executive Producer
- Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things... · Cmdr. Will Riker
- Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce · Director
- Chaos on the Bridge · Self
- Finding Carter · Director
- Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command · Cmdr. Will Riker
- Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification · Cmdr. Will Riker
- Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. · Director
- Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption · Cmdr. Will Riker
- King & Maxwell · Director
- Hit the Floor · Director
- The Captains Close Up · Self
- Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds · Cmdr. William Riker (archive footage)
- Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation · Self
- Megaquake 10.0 · Narrator (Voice)
- The Captains · Self
- Lee & Grant · Narrator (Voice)
- Falling Skies · Director
- Switched at Birth · Director
- Truth Be Told · Radio Sound Engineer, Director
- Bar Karma · Director
- The Glades · Director
- Persons Unknown · Director
- The Good Guys · Director
- V · Director
- NCIS: Los Angeles · Navy Commander Dr. Stanfill (uncredited), Director
- The Super Hero Squad Show · High Evolutionary (Voice)
- Glenn Martin, DDS · Peter (Voice)
- That's Impossible! · Narrator (Voice)
- Make It or Break It · Director
- Star Trek: The Captain's Summit · Self
- Castle · Richard Castle Fan, Director
- Dollhouse · Director
- Leverage · Director
- The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice · Trombone Player in Marching Band (uncredited), Director
- Masters of Science Fiction · Director, Creator
- Burn Notice · Director
- Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier · Self
- The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines · Debra's Husband, Director
- Alien Autopsy · Self
- How William Shatner Changed the World · Self
- Criminal Minds · Dr. Arthur Malcolm
- American Dad! · Voice
- No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds · Self
- Thunderbirds · Director
- Star Trek: Nemesis · Commander William T. Riker
- The Twilight Zone · Director