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Jonathan Frakes

Born 1952 · American actor and director

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.

Jonathan Frakes, in order

  1. 1972 The Waltons (TV series): acted · directed by Alf Kjellin and Bernard McEveety · streaming on Prime Video, Peacock, Philo
  2. 1983 Bare Essence (TV series): acted · directed by Walter Grauman
  3. 1985 North and South (TV series): acted · directed by Richard T. Heffron · audiences 86%
  4. 1987–94 Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV series): directed, acted · critics 92%, audiences 90% · streaming on Paramount+, Pluto TV
  5. 1991 Star Trek: Discovery (TV series): directed, acted · critics 84%, audiences 34% · streaming on Paramount+
  6. 1993 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (TV series): acted · critics 86%, audiences 84%
  7. 1994 Camp Nowhere: acted · directed by Jonathan Prince · critics 20%, audiences 58% · streaming on Disney+
  8. 1994 Star Trek Generations: acted · directed by David Carson · critics 47%, audiences 57% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy
  9. 1994 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV series): directed, acted · critics 91%, audiences 89% · streaming on Paramount+, Pluto TV
  10. 1995 Alien autopsy (TV movie): acted · directed by Tom McGough · streaming on Prime Video, Fandango at Home (free), Pluto TV
  11. 1995–96 Star Trek: Voyager (TV series): directed · critics 77%, audiences 81% · streaming on Paramount+, Pluto TV
  12. 1996 Star Trek: First Contact: directed, acted · critics 94%, audiences 89% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy
  13. 1998 Star Trek: Insurrection: directed, acted · critics 52%, audiences 44% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
  14. 1999 Dying to Live: acted · directed by Rob Hedden
  15. 2002 Clockstoppers: directed, acted · critics 30%, audiences 31% · streaming on fuboTV, Kanopy, Hoopla
  16. 2002 Star Trek: Nemesis: acted · directed by Stuart Baird · critics 37%, audiences 48% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
  17. 2004 Thunderbirds: directed · critics 19%, audiences 37%
  18. 2005 Criminal Minds (TV series): acted · audiences 82% · streaming on Paramount+, Hulu, Philo
  19. 2005 Star Trek: Enterprise (TV series): acted · critics 56%, audiences 80% · streaming on Paramount+
  20. 2006 The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (TV movie): directed · audiences 49% · streaming on fuboTV, Roku Channel, Kanopy
  21. 2008 The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice (TV movie): directed · audiences 56% · streaming on fuboTV, Roku Channel, Kanopy
  22. 2009–12 Castle (TV series): directed, acted · critics 82%, audiences 88% · streaming on Prime Video, Hulu, Roku Channel
  23. 2009 Dollhouse (TV series): directed · critics 72%, audiences 84%
  24. 2009 Make It or Break It (TV series): directed · critics 80%, audiences 76% · streaming on Prime Video, Hulu, fuboTV
  25. 2009 V (TV series): directed · critics 52%, audiences 57% · streaming on Tubi
  26. 2010–16 NCIS: Los Angeles (TV series): directed, acted · audiences 62%
  27. 2011 The Captains: acted · directed by William Shatner · audiences 56% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla
  28. 2011 Trek Nation (TV movie): acted
  29. 2013 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV series): directed · critics 95%, audiences 91% · streaming on Disney+
  30. 2013–15 Falling Skies (TV series): directed · critics 79%, audiences 68% · streaming on Netflix
  31. 2014–15 Switched at Birth (TV series): directed · audiences 82% · streaming on Hulu, fuboTV
  32. 2017 The Orville (TV series): directed · critics 77%, audiences 90% · streaming on Hulu
  33. 2019 How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) (TV series): acted · directed by Arne Feldhusen and Lars Montag · audiences 88% · streaming on Netflix
  34. 2020–23 Star Trek: Picard (TV series): directed, acted · critics 89%, audiences 57% · streaming on Paramount+
  35. 2023–25 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV series): directed · critics 93%, audiences 61% · streaming on Paramount+
  36. 2026 Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (TV series): directed · critics 84%, audiences 52% · streaming on Paramount+
  37. 2026 Stuart Fails to Save the Universe (TV series): directed · critics 78%, audiences 77% · streaming on HBO Max
  38. Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier (TV movie): acted · directed by John Logsdon