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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 19, 1952
Place of Birth
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Jonathan Scott Frakes
- جاناتان فریکس
Jonathan Frakes
1.4 Popularity
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
7.7
Zeenoth (voice)
The Mighty Nein
2025
0.0
Self
The D-Con Chamber
2024
8.2
Self (archive footage)
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
6.9
Winston
A Biltmore Christmas
2023
4.4
Riker (voice)
Star Trek: very Short Treks
2023
7.7
Captain William Riker
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
2023
10.0
Self
The Shuttlepod Show
2022
5.8
King Faraday / Boss Moxie (voice)
Catwoman: Hunted
2022
6.9
Self
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
2021
4.2
Self
Star Trek Day
2020
Credits
The Mighty Nein
as Zeenoth (voice)
2025
7.7
The D-Con Chamber
as Self
2024
0.0
Butterfly in the Sky
as Self (archive footage)
2024
8.2
A Biltmore Christmas
as Winston
2023
6.9
Star Trek: very Short Treks
as Riker (voice)
2023
4.4
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
as Captain William Riker
2023
7.7
The Shuttlepod Show
as Self
2022
10.0
Catwoman: Hunted
as King Faraday / Boss Moxie (voice)
2022
5.8
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
as Self
2021
6.9
Star Trek Day
as Self
2020
4.2
Star Trek: Lower Decks
as William T. Riker (voice)
2020
7.6
Star Trek: Picard
as William Riker
2020
7.3
How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)
as Jonathan Frakes
2019
7.9
The Ready Room
as Self
2019
4.0
Devil's Gate
as Sheriff Gruenwell
2018
5.3
Heroes Manufactured
as Self (archive footage)
2017
10.0
50 Years of Star Trek
as Self
2016
6.4
Angie Tribeca
as Commandant Van Zandt
2016
6.4
Chaos on the Bridge
as Self
2014
7.0
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
2014
0.0
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
2013
0.0
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
as Commander Will Riker
2013
9.0
The Captains Close Up
as Self
2013
6.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
as Cmdr. William Riker (archive footage)
2013
7.1
Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Self
2012
7.0
Megaquake 10.0
as Narrator (voice)
2012
8.2
The Captains
as Self
2011
6.4
Lee & Grant
as Narrator (voice)
2011
0.0
Truth be Told
as Radio Sound Engineer
2011
4.0
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Navy Commander Dr. Stanfill (uncredited)
2009
7.5
The Super Hero Squad Show
as High Evolutionary (voice)
2009
7.5
Glenn Martin, DDS
as Peter (voice)
2009
6.3
That's Impossible!
as Narrator (voice)
2009
4.8
Star Trek: The Captain's Summit
as Self
2009
6.7
Castle
as Richard Castle Fan
2009
8.0
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice
as Trombone Player in Marching Band (uncredited)
2008
6.3
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
as Self
2007
5.4
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
as Debra's Husband
2006
6.3
Alien Autopsy
as Self
2006
5.6
How William Shatner Changed The World
as Self
2005
6.1
Criminal Minds
as Dr. Arthur Malcolm
2005
8.3
🎬
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
as Self
2004
0.0
Star Trek: Nemesis
as Commander William T. Riker
2002
6.3
Clockstoppers
as Bystander
2002
5.3
Star Trek: Enterprise
as Commander William T. Riker
2001
7.5
Ghosts Caught on Tape: Fact or Fiction?
as Narrator (voice)
2000
8.0
Roswell
as Jonathan Frakes (uncredited)
1999
7.7
The Lot
as Roland White
1999
0.5
Dying to Live
as Will
1999
5.8
Futurama
as Jonathan Frakes (voice)
1999
8.4
Family Guy
as Commander William T. Riker (voice)
1999
7.4
Family Guy
as Jonathan Frakes (voice)
1999
7.4
Star Trek: Insurrection
as Commander William T. Riker
1998
6.4
Oh Baby
as Don
1998
5.0
Trekkies
as Self
1997
6.4
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
as Self - Host
1997
7.2
Star Trek: First Contact
as Commander William T. Riker
1996
7.3
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
as Self
1996
5.8
Brothers of the Frontier
as Ben Frye
1996
4.4
🎬
The Paranormal Borderline
as Host
1996
0.0
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Larry
1996
7.5
Time Travel Through the Bible
as Time Traveler
1995
0.0
Alien Autopsy: (Fact or Fiction?)
as Self - Host
1995
5.8
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
as David Xanatos (voice)
1995
6.9
Star Trek: Voyager
as Commander William T. Riker
1995
7.8
Cybill
as Jonathan Frakes
1995
5.8
Star Trek: Generations
as Commander William T. Riker
1994
6.5
Gargoyles
as David Xanatos (voice)
1994
8.1
Phish: Tracking
1994
0.0
Camp Nowhere
as Bob Spiegel (uncredited)
1994
5.9
Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Host / Self
1994
6.9
🎬
Star Trek: The Next Generation Viewer's Choice Marathon
as Self - Host
1994
1.0
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as Tim Lake
1993
6.9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Thomas Riker
1993
7.9
Your Guide to Star Trek: Generations
as Self
1993
1.0
🎬
Roswell: Coverups & Close Encounters
as Narrator (voice)
1992
6.0
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
as Self
1991
5.9
Wings
as Gavin Rutledge
1990
6.9
The Cover Girl and the Cop
as Joshua Boyleston
1989
3.0
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
as Self
1988
2.6
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as William T. Riker
1987
8.4
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
as Rosen
1987
6.5
Dream West
as Lt. Archibald Gillespie
1986
5.0
Matlock
as Prosecutor Mr. Park
1986
7.1
North and South
as Stanley Hazard
1985
7.4
The Twilight Zone
as Steve (segment "But Can She Type?")
1985
7.8
Paper Dolls
as Sandy Parris
1984
5.5
Highway to Heaven
as Arthur Krock, Jr.
1984
7.4
Five Mile Creek
as Adam Scott
1983
6.6
Bare Essence
as Marcus Marshall
1983
5.0
Bare Essence
as Marcus Marshall
1982
1.0
Voyagers!
as Charles Lindbergh
1982
7.5
Hotel
as Ted Travers
1982
6.8
Falcon Crest
as Damon Ross
1981
5.5
The Fall Guy
as Connors
1981
7.5
🎬
Harper Valley P.T.A.
as Clutch Breath
1981
0.0
Hill Street Blues
as Eddie Sims
1981
7.6
The Night the City Screamed
as Richard Hawkins
1980
5.0
I'm a Big Girl Now
1980
5.0
It's a Living
as Steve
1980
5.7
Beulah Land
as Adam Davis
1980
7.0
Here's Boomer
as Philip
1980
5.3
Paris
1979
5.0
Hart to Hart
as Adam Blake
1979
6.9
Beach Patrol
as Marty Green
1979
6.0
The Dukes of Hazzard
as Jamie Lee Hogg
1979
7.3
The White Shadow
as Basketball Player
1978
7.1
Fantasy Island
as Kirk Wendover
1978
6.4
Eight Is Enough
as Chapper
1977
6.1
Quincy, M.E.
as Leon Bohannon
1976
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
as Young Surgeon
1976
7.5
Charlie's Angels
as Brad
1976
6.7
Barnaby Jones
as David Douglas
1973
6.9
The Waltons
as Ashley Longworth Jr.
1972
7.2
🎬
Holograms All the Way Down
as Commander William T. Riker
N/A
0.0
🎬
Untitled A Biltmore Christmas Sequel
as Winston
N/A
0.0