![]() He has also directed episodes in five of the series ( TNG, DS9, VOY, DIS and PIC). įrakes has made appearances in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek: Lower Decks, making him the only Star Trek regular to appear in six Star Trek series. After the TV series ended in 1994, Frakes reprised his role in the Star Trek: The Next Generation films, two of which ( Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek: Insurrection) he directed. He directed eight episodes of the show and 21 episodes of the Star Trek universe. While appearing on the show, Frakes was allowed to sit in on casting sessions, concept meetings, production design, editing, and post-production, which gave him the preparation he needed to become a director. He was one of only two actors to appear in every episode (the other being Patrick Stewart). In 1987, Frakes was cast in the role of Commander William T. Frakes appeared in the 1986 miniseries Dream West. He also had recurring roles in Falcon Crest and the miniseries North and South. In 1983, he had a role in the short-lived NBC prime time soap opera Bare Essence (which also starred his future wife Genie Francis), and a supporting role in the equally short-lived primetime soap Paper Dolls in 1984. He played the part of Charles Lindbergh in a 1983 episode of Voyagers! titled "An Arrow Pointing East". in "The Face of Fear" and Hill Street Blues. When his character was dismissed from the show, Frakes moved to Los Angeles and had guest spots in many of the top television series of the 1970s and 1980s, including The Waltons in the episodes "The Legacy" and "The Lost Sheep" Eight Is Enough Hart to Hart The Dukes of Hazzard Matlock Quincy, M.E. At the same time, he landed a role in the NBC soap opera The Doctors. His first Broadway appearance was in Shenandoah. In that company, Frakes did his first off-Broadway acting in Eugene O'Neill's The Hairy Ape directed by George Ferencz. Frakes moved to New York City and became a member of the Impossible Ragtime Theater. Career Early work įor a time in the 1970s, Frakes worked for Marvel Comics, appearing at conventions in costume as Captain America. Frakes then became a member of Harvard University's acting company, the Loeb Drama Center, and graduated with a master's degree from Harvard in 1976. įrakes attended Pennsylvania State University, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater Arts in 1974. He graduated from Liberty High School in 1970. He attended Liberty High School in Bethlehem, where he ran track and played with the Liberty High School Grenadier Band. įrakes was raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. Frakes had a younger brother, Daniel, who died in 1997 from pancreatic cancer. Frakes's father was a professor of English literature and American studies at Lehigh University from 1958 to 2001, and was also a reviewer and critic for The New York Times Book Review. He has since directed prolifically for television, including for the The Librarian television films and series, Roswell, Leverage, and Burn Notice.įrakes was born in 1952 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, to Doris J. He later directed the feature films Clockstoppers (2002) and Thunderbirds (2004). įrakes began directing episodes of The Next Generation during its third season, and went on to direct the feature films Star Trek: First Contact (1996) and Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) and episodes of the later Star Trek series Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Discovery, Strange New Worlds, and Picard. He is the credited author of the novel The Abductors: Conspiracy, which was ghostwritten by Dean Wesley Smith. 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 best known for his portrayal of Commander (later Captain) William Riker in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and subsequent films and series. Jonathan Scott Frakes (born August 19, 1952) is an American actor and director.
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