Jonathan Frakes
Known for: Acting
Born: August 19, 1952
Place of birth: Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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Filmography
55 movies · 97 TV shows, newest first
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A Grand Biltmore Christmas
2026
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The Sixty Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World
2026
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Stuart Fails to Save the Universe Podcast
2026
9.0
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe
2026
5.5
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
2026
8.1
The Mighty Nein
2025
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The D-Con Chamber
2024
8.3
Butterfly in the Sky
2024
7.0
A Biltmore Christmas
2023
5.0
Star Trek: very Short Treks
2023
7.8
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
2023
7.9
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
2022
10.0
The Shuttlepod Show
2022
5.8
Catwoman: Hunted
2022
7.2
Leverage: Redemption
2021
7.5
The Astronauts
2020
4.2
Star Trek Day
2020
7.6
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020
7.2
Star Trek: Picard
2020
7.9
How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)
2019
4.0
The Ready Room
2019
5.3
Devil's Gate
2018
7.6
The Gifted
2017
6.8
After Trek
2017
6.9
Star Trek: Discovery
2017
7.6
The Orville
2017
6.7
Heroes Manufactured
2017
5.6
The Arrangement
2017
6.2
50 Years of Star Trek
2016
6.4
Angie Tribeca
2016
6.7
Powers
2015
6.5
Hindsight
2015
7.2
The Librarians
2014
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...
2014
5.6
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce
2014
6.9
Chaos on the Bridge
2014
6.6
Finding Carter
2014
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
2014
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
2013
7.5
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
2013
6.9
King & Maxwell
2013
7.6
Hit the Floor
2013
6.6
The Captains Close Up
2013
7.6
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
2013
7.0
Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation
2012
8.2
Megaquake 10.0
2012
6.4
The Captains
2011
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Lee & Grant
2011
7.1
Falling Skies
2011
7.5
Switched at Birth
2011
3.3
Truth Be Told
2011
3.8
Bar Karma
2011
7.0
The Glades
2010
6.3
Persons Unknown
2010
7.2
The Good Guys
2010
6.8
V
2009
7.5
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
7.5
The Super Hero Squad Show
2009
6.7
Glenn Martin, DDS
2009
4.8
That's Impossible!
2009
7.7
Make It or Break It
2009
6.4
Star Trek: The Captain's Summit
2009
8.0
Castle
2009
7.2
Dollhouse
2009
7.6
Leverage
2008
6.3
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice
2008
6.2
Masters of Science Fiction
2007
7.5
Burn Notice
2007
5.4
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
2007
6.3
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
2006
5.7
Alien Autopsy
2006
5.7
How William Shatner Changed the World
2005
8.3
Criminal Minds
2005NR
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
2004
5.0
Thunderbirds
2004
6.3
Star Trek: Nemesis
2002
7.2
The Twilight Zone
2002
5.3
Clockstoppers
2002
7.5
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
8.0
Ghosts Caught on Tape: Fact or Fiction?
2000
7.7
Roswell
1999
4.8
The Lot
1999
6.0
Dying to Live
1999
8.4
Futurama
1999
7.4
Family Guy
1999
6.5
Star Trek: Insurrection
1998
8.0
Oh Baby
1998
6.4
Trekkies
1997
7.2
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
7.3
Star Trek: First Contact
1996
5.6
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996
5.0
Brothers of the Frontier
1996NR
The Paranormal Borderline
1996
7.5
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
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Time Travel Through the Bible
1995
5.9
Alien Autopsy: (Fact or Fiction?)
1995
7.0
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
1995
7.8
Star Trek: Voyager
19958.0
University Hospital
1995
5.9
Cybill
1995
6.5
Star Trek: Generations
1994
8.1
Gargoyles
1994
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Phish: Tracking
1994
5.9
Camp Nowhere
1994
7.0
Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
19941.0
Star Trek: The Next Generation Viewer's Choice Marathon
1994
7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
6.9
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
7.9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
1.5
Your Guide to Star Trek: Generations
19937.0
Roswell: Coverups & Close Encounters
1992
5.9
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991
6.8
Wings
1990
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Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
1989
6.0
The Cover Girl and the Cop
1989
2.5
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
1988
8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
7.7
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
1987
6.0
Dream West
1986
7.1
Matlock
1986
7.5
North and South
1985
7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985
6.0
Paper Dolls
1984
7.4
Highway to Heaven
1984
7.3
Five Mile Creek
1983
6.7
Bare Essence
1983
5.0
Bare Essence
1982
7.6
Voyagers!
1982
6.8
Hotel
1982
5.5
Falcon Crest
1981
7.6
The Fall Guy
1981
6.2
Here's Boomer
1981NR
Harper Valley P.T.A.
1981
7.6
Hill Street Blues
1981
6.0
The Night the City Screamed
1980
7.5
I'm a Big Girl Now
1980
6.0
It's a Living
1980
7.5
Beulah Land
1980
6.5
Paris
1979
6.9
Hart to Hart
1979
7.0
Beach Patrol
1979
7.4
The Dukes of Hazzard
1979
7.1
The White Shadow
1978
6.5
Fantasy Island
1978
6.1
Eight Is Enough
1977
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
1976
6.7
Charlie's Angels
1976
7.1
Barnaby Jones
1973
7.2
The Waltons
1972NR
Holograms All the Way Down
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Make-Up Man: The Michael Westmore Documentary
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