Jonathan Frakes
Jonathan Scott Frakes is an American actor and director. He is best known for his portrayal of William Riker in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and subsequent films and series. He has also hosted the anthology series Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, voiced David Xanatos in the Disney television series Gargoyles, and narrated the History Channel documentary Lee and Grant. He is the credited author of the novel The Abductors: Conspiracy, which was ghostwritten by Dean Wesley Smith.
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🎬 Movies
A Grand Biltmore Christmas
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2026
The Sixty Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World
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2026
Butterfly in the Sky
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2024
A Biltmore Christmas
actor
2023
Catwoman: Hunted
actor
2022
Devil's Gate
actor
2018
Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...
actor
2014
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
actor
2014
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
actor
2013
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
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2013
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
actor
2013
The Captains
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2011
Truth Be Told
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2011
Truth Be Told
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2011
Star Trek: The Captain's Summit
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2009
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice
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2008
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
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2007
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
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2006
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
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2006
How William Shatner Changed the World
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2005
Thunderbirds
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2004
Star Trek: Nemesis
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2002
Clockstoppers
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2002
Star Trek: Insurrection
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1998
Star Trek: Insurrection
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1998
Trekkies
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1997
Star Trek: First Contact
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1996
Star Trek: First Contact
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1996
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
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1996
Brothers of the Frontier
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1996
Alien Autopsy: (Fact or Fiction?)
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1995
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
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1995
Star Trek: Generations
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1994
Phish: Tracking
actor
1994
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
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1991
The Cover Girl and the Cop
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1989
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
actor
1988
Make-Up Man: The Michael Westmore Documentary
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