Jonathan Frakes

Jonathan Frakes is an American actor who played Commander Will Riker in Star Trek: The Next Generation, he was born on August 19, 1952. In 1987 after six weeks, and seven auditions, he obtained the role that would make him famous, Commander William Riker on The Next Generation. As he acted, he started directing for the show starting in Season 1 with Datalore and ending in 1998 with Star Trek: Insurrection. He directed eight episodes in all for TNG TV series and was offered to direct on the Next Generation spin-offs, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. He directed two TNG movies: Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek: Insurrection as well as directed the cut scenes for the PC Video game Star Trek: Klingon.

Frakes played Riker in 176 episodes of TNG and all four movies, as well as appearing in the Deep Space Nine episode Defiant, the Voyager episode Death Wish and the Enterprise episode These Are the Voyages...

TNG

 * The Offspring
 * Reunion
 * The Drumhead
 * Cause and Effect
 * The Quality of Life
 * The Chase
 * Attached
 * Sub Rosa

DS9

 * The Search, Part II
 * Meridian
 * Past Tense, Part II

Voyager

 * Projections
 * Parturition
 * Prototype

Feature Films

 * Star Trek: Klingon
 * Star Trek: First Contact
 * Star Trek: Insurrection