Jonathan Frakes

DirectorActorProductionProducerSound Aug 19 (age 73) Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA 1972–2026 (54 year career)

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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 minis…

Known For

Film

Star Trek: The Next Generation

William T. Riker

Film

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Director

Film

Castle

Director

Film

The Gifted

Director

Film

Star Trek: First Contact

Commander William T. Riker

Film

The Orville

Director

Film

Star Trek: Picard

Director

Film

Star Trek: Voyager

Director

Filmography

Acting (118)

Movies (52)

Butterfly in the Sky

2024

as Self (archive footage)

8.2

A Biltmore Christmas

2023

as Winston

7.0

Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event

2023

as Captain William Riker

7.7

Catwoman: Hunted

2022

as King Faraday / Boss Moxie (voice)

Devil's Gate

as Sheriff Gruenwell

Heroes Manufactured

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

50 Years of Star Trek

as Self

Chaos on the Bridge

as Self

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command

2014

Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...

2014

as Cmdr. William Riker

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption

2013

as Commander Will Riker

9.0

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification

2013

Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds

2013

as Cmdr. William Riker (archive footage)

7.3

Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Self

Megaquake 10.0

as Narrator (voice)

The Captains

as Self

Lee & Grant

as Narrator (voice)

Truth be Told

2011

as Radio Sound Engineer

4.0

Star Trek: The Captain's Summit

2009

as Self

6.6

The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice

2008

as Trombone Player in Marching Band (uncredited)

6.3

Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier

2007

as Self

5.4

The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines

as Debra's Husband

Alien Autopsy

as Self

How William Shatner Changed The World

2005

as Self

6.1

No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds

2004

as Self

Clockstoppers

2002

as Bystander

5.3

Star Trek: Nemesis

2002

as Commander William T. Riker

6.3

Ghosts Caught on Tape: Fact or Fiction?

as Narrator (voice)

Dying to Live

as Will

Star Trek: Insurrection

1998

as Commander William T. Riker

6.4

Trekkies

1997

as Self

6.4

Star Trek: First Contact

1996

as Commander William T. Riker

7.3

Brothers of the Frontier

1996

as Ben Frye

4.4

Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond

1996

as Self

5.8

Time Travel Through the Bible

1995

as Time Traveler

Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken

1995

as David Xanatos (voice)

6.8

Alien Autopsy: (Fact or Fiction?)

1995

as Self - Host

5.8

Star Trek: Generations

1994

as Commander William T. Riker

6.5

Camp Nowhere

1994

as Bob Spiegel (uncredited)

5.9

Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation

1994

as Host / Self

6.7

Phish: Tracking

1994

Star Trek: The Next Generation Viewer's Choice Marathon

1994

as Self - Host

1.0

Your Guide to Star Trek: Generations

1993

as Self

1.0

Roswell: Coverups & Close Encounters

1992

as Narrator (voice)

6.0

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special

1991

as Self

5.9

The Cover Girl and the Cop

1989

as Joshua Boyleston

3.0

The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next

1988

as Self

2.6

The Night the City Screamed

as Richard Hawkins

Beach Patrol

as Marty Green

Holograms All the Way Down

as Commander William T. Riker

Untitled A Biltmore Christmas Sequel

as Winston

Star Trek Film Collection

as William Riker

Television (66)

The Mighty Nein

2025

as Zeenoth (voice)

8.0

The D-Con Chamber

2024

as Self

Star Trek: very Short Treks

as Riker (voice)

The Shuttlepod Show

as Self

The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek

2021

as Self

6.9

Star Trek: Lower Decks

2020

as William T. Riker (voice)

Star Trek: Picard

as William Riker

Star Trek Day

as Self

How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)

as Jonathan Frakes

The Ready Room

as Self

Angie Tribeca

as Commandant Van Zandt

6.4

The Captains Close Up

2013

as Self

6.4

Castle

2009

as Richard Castle Fan

8.0

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009

as Navy Commander Dr. Stanfill (uncredited)

7.5

The Super Hero Squad Show

2009

as High Evolutionary (voice)

Glenn Martin, DDS

as Peter (voice)

That's Impossible!

as Narrator (voice)

Criminal Minds

as Dr. Arthur Malcolm

8.3

Star Trek: Enterprise

2001

as Commander William T. Riker

7.5

Family Guy

1999

as Commander William T. Riker (voice)

7.4

Futurama

1999

as Jonathan Frakes (voice)

8.4

Roswell

1999

as Jonathan Frakes (uncredited)

The Lot

as Roland White

The Lot

as Roland White

Oh Baby

as Don

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

1997

as Self - Host

7.2

3rd Rock from the Sun

1996

as Larry

7.5

The Paranormal Borderline

1996

as Host

Star Trek: Voyager

1995

as Commander William T. Riker

Cybill

as Jonathan Frakes

Gargoyles

as David Xanatos (voice)

8.1

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

1993

as Thomas Riker

7.9

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

as Tim Lake

Wings

as Gavin Rutledge

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987

as William T. Riker

8.4

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987

as Self - Host

8.4

Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder

as Rosen

Matlock

as Mr. Park

Dream West

as Lt. Archibald Gillespie

5.0

The Twilight Zone

1985

as Steve (segment "But Can She Type?")

North and South

as Stanley Hazard

Highway to Heaven

as Arthur Krock, Jr.

Paper Dolls

as Sandy Parris

Five Mile Creek

as Adam Scott

Bare Essence

as Marcus Marshall

Hotel

as Ted Travers

Voyagers!

as Charles Lindbergh

Bare Essence

as Marcus Marshall

Falcon Crest

as Damon Ross

Hill Street Blues

as Eddie Sims

The Fall Guy

as Connors

Here's Boomer

as Philip

Harper Valley P.T.A.

as Clutch Breath

It's a Living

as Steve

I'm a Big Girl Now

Beulah Land

as Adam Davis

Hart to Hart

as Adam Blake

The Dukes of Hazzard

as Jamie Lee Hogg

Paris

Fantasy Island

as Kirk Wendover

The White Shadow

as Basketball Player

Eight Is Enough

as Chapper

Charlie's Angels

as Brad

Quincy, M.E.

as Leon Bohannon

Barnaby Jones

as David Douglas

The Waltons

as Ashley Longworth Jr.

7.2

Crew (50)

Movies (9)

Truth be Told

2011

Director

4.0

The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice

2008

Director

6.3

The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines

Director

Thunderbirds

Director

Clockstoppers

Director

Dying to Live

Executive Producer

Star Trek: Insurrection

1998

Director

6.4

Star Trek: First Contact

1996

Director

7.3

Phish: Tracking

1994

Music

Television (41)

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

2026

Director

5.3

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Director

Leverage: Redemption

Director

Star Trek: Picard

Director

The Astronauts

Director

Star Trek: Discovery

Director

The Gifted

Director

The Orville

Director

The Arrangement

Director

Powers

Director

Hindsight

Director

The Librarians

Co-Executive Producer

The Librarians

Director

The Librarians

Supervising Producer

Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce

Director

Finding Carter

Director

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Director

Hit the Floor

Director

King & Maxwell

Director

Switched at Birth

Director

Falling Skies

Director

Bar Karma

Director

The Glades

Director

Persons Unknown

Director

The Good Guys

Director

Castle

Director

NCIS: Los Angeles

Director

Director

Dollhouse

Director

Make It or Break It

Director

Leverage

Director

Burn Notice

Director

Masters of Science Fiction

Director

The Twilight Zone

Director

Roswell

Director

Roswell

Producer

Star Trek: Voyager

Director

University Hospital

Director

Diagnosis: Murder

1993

Director

7.1

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

1993

Director

7.9

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987

Director

8.4