Jonathan Frakes
Acting
1952-08-19 · 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.
Filmography
TheatersA Grand Biltmore Christmas
2026 · Movie
TheatersThe Sixty Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World
2026 · Movie
Star Trek: Legenden
2026 · Series
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe
2026 · Series
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe Podcast
2026 · Series
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
2026 · Series
The Mighty Nein
2025 · Series
The D-Con Chamber
2024 · Series
Butterfly in the Sky
2024 · Movie
A Biltmore Christmas
2023 · Movie
Star Trek: very Short Treks
2023 · Series
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
2023 · Movie
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
2022 · Series
The Shuttlepod Show
2022 · Series
Catwoman: Hunted
2022 · Movie
Leverage: Redemption
2021 · Series
The Astronauts
2020 · Series
Star Trek Day
2020 · Series
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020 · Series
Star Trek: Picard
2020 · Series
How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)
2019 · Series
The Ready Room
2019 · Series
Devil's Gate
2018 · Movie
The Gifted
2017 · Series
Star Trek: Discovery
2017 · Series
After Trek
2017 · Series
The Orville
2017 · Series
Heroes Manufactured
2017 · Movie
The Arrangement
2017 · Series
50 Years of Star Trek
2016 · Movie
Angie Tribeca
2016 · Series
Powers
2015 · Series
Hindsight
2015 · Series
The Librarians
2014 · Series
Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce
2014 · Series
Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...
2014 · Movie
Chaos on the Bridge
2014 · Movie
Finding Carter
2014 · Series
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
2014 · Movie
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
2013 · Movie
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013 · Series
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
2013 · Movie
King & Maxwell
2013 · Series
Hit the Floor
2013 · Series
The Captains Close Up
2013 · Series
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
2013 · Movie
Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation
2012 · Movie
Megaquake 10.0
2012 · Movie
The Captains
2011 · Movie
Lee & Grant
2011 · Movie
Falling Skies
2011 · Series
Switched at Birth
2011 · Series
Truth Be Told
2011 · Movie
Bar Karma
2011 · Series
The Glades
2010 · Series
Persons Unknown
2010 · Series
The Good Guys
2010 · Series
V
2009 · Series
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009 · Series
The Super Hero Squad Show
2009 · Series
Glenn Martin, DDS
2009 · Series
That's Impossible!
2009 · Series
Make It or Break It
2009 · Series
Star Trek: The Captain's Summit
2009 · Movie
Castle
2009 · Series
Dollhouse
2009 · Series
Leverage
2008 · Series
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice
2008 · Movie
Masters of Science Fiction
2007 · Series
Burn Notice
2007 · Series
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
2007 · Movie
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
2006 · Movie
Alien Autopsy
2006 · Movie
How William Shatner Changed the World
2005 · Movie
Criminal Minds
2005 · Series
American Dad!
2005 · Series
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
2004 · Movie
Thunderbirds
2004 · Movie
Star Trek: Nemesis
2002 · Movie
The Twilight Zone
2002 · Series
Clockstoppers
2002 · Movie
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001 · Series
Make It So
2001 · Movie
Ghosts Caught on Tape: Fact or Fiction?
2000 · Movie
Roswell
1999 · Series
The Lot
1999 · Series
Dying to Live
1999 · Movie
Futurama
1999 · Series
Family Guy
1999 · Series
Star Trek: Insurrection
1998 · Movie
Oh Baby
1998 · Series
Trekkies
1997 · Movie
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997 · Series
Star Trek: First Contact
1996 · Movie
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996 · Movie
Brothers of the Frontier
1996 · Movie
The Paranormal Borderline
1996 · Series
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996 · Series
Time Travel Through the Bible
1995 · Movie
Alien Autopsy: (Fact or Fiction?)
1995 · Movie
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
1995 · Movie
Star Trek: Voyager
1995 · Series
University Hospital
1995 · Series
Cybill
1995 · Series
Star Trek: Generations
1994 · Movie
Gargoyles
1994 · Series
Phish: Tracking
1994 · Movie
Camp Nowhere
1994 · Movie
Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
1994 · Movie
Star Trek: The Next Generation Viewer's Choice Marathon
1994 · Movie
Diagnosis: Murder
1993 · Series
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993 · Series
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993 · Series
Your Guide to Star Trek: Generations
1993 · Movie
Roswell: Coverups & Close Encounters
1992 · Movie
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991 · Movie
Wings
1990 · Series
Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
1989 · Movie
The Cover Girl and the Cop
1989 · Movie
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
1988 · Movie
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987 · Series
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
1987 · Series
Dream West
1986 · Series
Matlock
1986 · Series
North and South
1985 · Series
The Twilight Zone
1985 · Series
Paper Dolls
1984 · Series
Highway to Heaven
1984 · Series
Five Mile Creek
1983 · Series
Bare Essence
1983 · Series
Bare Essence
1982 · Series
Voyagers!
1982 · Series
Hotel
1982 · Series
Falcon Crest
1981 · Series
The Fall Guy
1981 · Series
Here's Boomer
1981 · Series
Harper Valley P.T.A.
1981 · Series
Hill Street Blues
1981 · Series
The Night the City Screamed
1980 · Movie
I'm a Big Girl Now
1980 · Series
It's a Living
1980 · Series
Beulah Land
1980 · Series
Paris
1979 · Series
Hart to Hart
1979 · Series
Beach Patrol
1979 · Movie
The Dukes of Hazzard
1979 · Series
The White Shadow
1978 · Series
Fantasy Island
1978 · Series
Eight Is Enough
1977 · Series
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · Series
Charlie's Angels
1976 · Series
Barnaby Jones
1973 · Series
The Waltons
1972 · Series
Make-Up Man: The Michael Westmore Documentary
Movie
Holograms All the Way Down
Movie