Jonathan Frakes
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.
115 acting credits · 45 directing credits
Acting · 115
Criminal Minds
2005
Family Guy
1999
Castle
2009
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
Falcon Crest
1981
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
Futurama
1999
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
Hill Street Blues
1981
Charlie's Angels
1976
Quincy, M.E.
1976
The Waltons
1972
Wings
1990
Hotel
1982
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
Matlock
1986
The Twilight Zone
1985
Hart to Hart
1979
Highway to Heaven
1984
Fantasy Island
1978
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020
Barnaby Jones
1973
Star Trek: Picard
2020
Gargoyles
1994
The Fall Guy
1981
Roswell
1999
The Dukes of Hazzard
1979
North and South
1985
Cybill
1995
Angie Tribeca
2016
Eight Is Enough
1977
The Ready Room
2019
The White Shadow
1978
The Mighty Nein
2025
The Super Hero Squad Show
2009
How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)
2019
Glenn Martin, DDS
2009
Voyagers!
1982
Oh Baby
1998
The D-Con Chamber
2024
Paris
1979
It's a Living
1980
Phish: Tracking
1994
The Shuttlepod Show
2022
Star Trek: Nemesis
2002
Star Trek: First Contact
1996
Here's Boomer
1981
Paper Dolls
1984
The Lot
1999
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
1987
Star Trek Day
2020
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
2006
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice
2008
Star Trek: Insurrection
1998
Five Mile Creek
1983
Catwoman: Hunted
2022
Star Trek: Generations
1994
The Captains Close Up
2013
Bare Essence
1983
Clockstoppers
2002
Beulah Land
1980
Star Trek: very Short Treks
2023
Harper Valley P.T.A.
1981
Camp Nowhere
1994
50 Years of Star Trek
2016
After Trek
2017
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996
I'm a Big Girl Now
1980
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
2013
Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
1994
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
1988
Dream West
1986
Devil's Gate
2018
Trekkies
1997
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
2004
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
2023
Alien Autopsy
2006
Bare Essence
1982
Heroes Manufactured
2017
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991
A Biltmore Christmas
2023
The Captains
2011
The Night the City Screamed
1980
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
2007
Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation
2012
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
1995
The Cover Girl and the Cop
1989
That's Impossible!
2009
Dying to Live
1999
Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...
2014
Alien Autopsy: (Fact or Fiction?)
1995
Truth be Told
2011
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
Beach Patrol
1979
Chaos on the Bridge
2014
How William Shatner Changed the World
2005
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
2014
Your Guide to Star Trek: Generations
1993
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
2013
Brothers of the Frontier
1996
Star Trek: The Next Generation Viewer's Choice Marathon
1994
Star Trek: The Captain's Summit
2009
The Paranormal Borderline
1996
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
2013
Lee & Grant
2011
A Grand Biltmore Christmas
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Holograms All the Way Down
—
Ghosts Caught on Tape: Fact or Fiction?
2000
Roswell: Coverups & Close Encounters
1992
Megaquake 10.0
2012
Time Travel Through the Bible
1995
Directing · 45
Castle
2009
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
Burn Notice
2007
Star Trek: Discovery
2017
The Orville
2017
Switched at Birth
2011
Leverage
2008
Falling Skies
2011
Star Trek: Picard
2020
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
2022
The Gifted
2017
The Librarians
2014
Roswell
1999
The Twilight Zone
2002
Leverage: Redemption
2021
V
2009
The Glades
2010
Dollhouse
2009
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
2026
Powers
2015
Make It or Break It
2009
The Good Guys
2010
Finding Carter
2014
Hit the Floor
2013
King & Maxwell
2013
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce
2014
The Arrangement
2017
Star Trek: First Contact
1996
Persons Unknown
2010
Masters of Science Fiction
2007
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
2006
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice
2008
Star Trek: Insurrection
1998
Thunderbirds
2004
University Hospital
1995
The Astronauts
2020
Clockstoppers
2002
Hindsight
2015
Bar Karma
2011
Truth be Told
2011