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[[File:Captainriker.jpg|thumb|Jonathan Frakes as ''William T. Riker'']]
Jonathan Frakes is an [[American]] actor who played [[Commander]] [[Will Riker]] in [[Star Trek: The Next Generation]], he was born in 1952 on August 19. Around 1987 a few weeks, and a couple of auditions, he obtained the role that would make him famous, Commander William Riker on The Next Generation. 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 ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode {{ep|Defiant}} (as [[Tom Riker]] from {{elk|TNG|{{ed|Second Chances}}}}), the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode "[[Death Wish]]" and the ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' episode "[[These Are the Voyages...]]". He reprised his role as Riker in the ''{{ST|Picard}}'' episodes "{{ep|Nepenthe}}" and "[[Et in Arcadia Ego]]"

==Directorial Credits==
===TNG===
* [[The Offspring]]
* {{ep|Reunion}}
* [[The Drumhead]]
* [[Cause and Effect]]
* [[The Quality of Life]]
* [[The Chase]]
* [[Attached]]
* [[Sub Rosa]]

===DS9===
*[[The Search, Part II]]
*{{ep|Meridian}}
*[[Past Tense, Part II]]

===Voyager===
*[[Projections]]
*[[Parturition]]
*[[Prototype]]

===Feature Films===
*[[Star Trek: Klingon]]
*[[Star Trek: First Contact]]
*[[Star Trek: Insurrection]]

=== Discovery ===
*[[Despite Yourself]]
*[[New Eden (episode)|New Eden]]
*[[Project Daedalus]]
*[[People of Earth]]
*[[The Sanctuary]]
*[[There Is A Tide...]]
===PIC===
*[[Absolute Candor]]
*[[Stardust City Rag]]
==External links==
*{{memoryalpha}}
*{{wikipedia}}
*{{IMDb|nm0000408}}
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