Jonathan Frakes
This tall leading man with a Cheshire cat grin and an engagingly relaxed quality is best known as Commander Riker, Captain Picard's 'Number One' man, on the syndicated sci-fi smash, "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987-94). A Pennsylvania native, Frakes began his career on stage at the Loeb Drama Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He landed in NYC where he continued to hone his craft in such theatrical productions as the musical "Shenandoah." Frakes began landing roles on TV in the late 1970s and has since found plenty of work in miniseries. His stalwart, manly charm has adorned the Southern-fried soaps "Beulah Land" (NBC, 1980), "North and South" (ABC, 1985), the simultaneously shot "North and South, Book II" (ABC, 1986) and the eternal return, "John Jakes' Heaven and Hell: North and South, Part III" (ABC, 1994). Frakes also starred opposite his future wife Genie Francis in the TV-movie "Bare Essence" (NBC, 1982), which showed how much the perfume industry really stunk. The actor has also racked up credits in several other longforms.
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Jonathan Frakes
Filmography
Movies
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A Biltmore Christmas | Winston (Character) | - | 2023 |
78% |
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Catwoman: Hunted |
King Faraday/ |
- | 2022 |
33% |
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Devil's Gate | Sheriff Gruenwell (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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Trek Nation | Unknown (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice | Director | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice | Director | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines | Director | - | 2006 |
19% |
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Thunderbirds | Director | $6.8M | 2004 |
38% |
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Star Trek: Nemesis | Commander William T. Riker (Character) | $500.0K | 2002 |
29% |
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Clockstoppers | Director | $37.0M | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dying to Live |
Will (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 1999 |
55% |
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Star Trek: Insurrection |
Commander William T. Riker (Character), Director |
$70.2M | 1998 |
93% |
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Star Trek: First Contact |
Commander William Thomas Riker (Character), Director |
$92.0M | 1996 |
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Brothers of the Frontier | Ben Frye (Character) | - | 1996 |
47% |
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Star Trek Generations | Riker (Character) | $74.6M | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Gargoyles, the Movie: The Heroes Awaken | Unknown (Voice) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Cover Girl and the Cop | Joshua Boyleston (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bare Essence | Marcus Marshall (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beach Patrol | Marty Green (Character) | - | 1979 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | North and South, Book II | Stanley Hazard (Character) | 1986 2024 |
84% | 34% | Star Trek: Discovery | Director | 2019 2021 2024 |
98% | 80% | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | Director | 2023 |
89% | 57% | Star Trek: Picard |
Will Riker (Character), Director |
2022-2023 |
No Score Yet | 12% | The View | Guest | 2023 |
93% | 89% | Leverage: Redemption | Director | 2021 |
89% | 88% | The Quest | Director | 2014-2017 |
No Score Yet | 63% | NCIS: Los Angeles |
Unknown (Guest Star), Director |
2010 2012-2013 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Miles From Tomorrowland | Vincent Callisto (Guest Voice) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Future-Worm! | Steak Starbolt (Guest Voice) | 2016 |
96% | 74% | Angie Tribeca | Commandant Don Van Zandt (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 79% | Guardians of the Galaxy | J'Son (Guest Star) | 2016 |
79% | 70% | Falling Skies | Director | 2013-2015 |
95% | 91% | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Director | 2013 |
100% | 94% | Adventure Time | Old Finn (Guest Voice) | 2013 |
82% | 87% | Castle | Director | 2009 2012-2013 |
92% | 88% | Leverage | Director | 2009-2012 |
36% | No Score Yet | Glenn Martin, DDS | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2011 |
50% | 59% | V | Director | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Criminal Minds | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | That's Impossible | Narrator | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 64% | Family Guy | Commander William T. Riker (Guest Voice) | 2005 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stephen Hawking's Sci Fi Masters | Director | 2007 |
56% | 79% | Star Trek: Enterprise | Cmdr. William Riker (Guest Star) | 2005 |
50% | 77% | The Twilight Zone | Director | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction? | Host | 1998 2000 2002 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Roswell |
Unknown (Guest Star), Director, Executive Producer |
1999-2002 |
86% | 89% | Futurama | Himself (Guest Voice) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lot | Unknown (Character) | 1999 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | UFOs: The Best Evidence Ever Caught on Tape | Host | 1997 2000 |
No Score Yet | 71% | 3rd Rock From the Sun | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles | David Xanatos (Voice) | 1996-1997 |
76% | 80% | Star Trek: Voyager |
Cmdr. William Riker (Guest Star), Director |
1995-1996 |
86% | 87% | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
91% | 89% | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine |
Thomas Riker (Guest Star), Director |
1994-1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wings | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
92% | 90% | Star Trek: The Next Generation |
Cmdr. William Riker (Character), Director |
1987-1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | North and South | Stanley Hazard (Character) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | It's a Living | Steve (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 75% | North and South | Stanley Hazard (Guest Star) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Paper Dolls | Sandy Parris (Character) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | 64% | Highway to Heaven | Arthur Krock Jr. (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fall Guy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
97% | 85% | Hill Street Blues | Eddie Sims (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Hart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dukes of Hazzard | Jamie Lee Hogg (Guest Star) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eight Is Enough | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Waltons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlie's Angels | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |