Acting • AGE 73
Jonathan Scott Frakes (born August 19, 1952) is an American actor and director. He is best known for his portrayal of Commander (later Captain) William T. Riker in the television series Star Trek: The...


Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Director
2026

The Mighty Nein
Zeenoth (voice)
2025

The D-Con Chamber
Self
2024

Butterfly in the Sky
Self (archive footage)
2024

A Biltmore Christmas
Winston
2023

Star Trek: very Short Treks
Riker (voice)
2023

Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
Captain William Riker
2023

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Director
2022

The Shuttlepod Show
Self
2022

Catwoman: Hunted
King Faraday / Boss Moxie (voice)
2022

Leverage: Redemption
Director
2021

The Astronauts
Director
2020

Star Trek Day
Self
2020

Star Trek: Lower Decks
William T. Riker (voice)
2020

Star Trek: Picard
William Riker
2020

How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)
Jonathan Frakes
2019

The Ready Room
Self
2019

Devil's Gate
Sheriff Gruenwell
2018

The Gifted
Director
2017

After Trek
2017

Star Trek: Discovery
Director
2017

The Orville
Director
2017

Heroes Manufactured
Self (archive footage)
2017

The Arrangement
Director
2017

50 Years of Star Trek
Self
2016

Angie Tribeca
Commandant Van Zandt
2016

Powers
Director
2015

Hindsight
Director
2015

The Librarians
Director
2014

Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...
Cmdr. Will Riker
2014

Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce
Director
2014

Chaos on the Bridge
Self
2014

Finding Carter
Director
2014

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
Cmdr. Will Riker
2014

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
Cmdr. Will Riker
2013

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Director
2013

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
Cmdr. Will Riker
2013

King & Maxwell
Director
2013

Hit the Floor
Director
2013

The Captains Close Up
Self
2013

Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
Cmdr. William Riker (archive footage)
2013

Reunification - 25 Years After Star Trek: The Next Generation
Self
2012

Megaquake 10.0
Narrator (voice)
2012

The Captains
Self
2011

Lee & Grant
Narrator (voice)
2011

Falling Skies
Director
2011

Switched at Birth
Director
2011

Truth be Told
Radio Sound Engineer
2011

Bar Karma
Director
2011

The Glades
Director
2010

Persons Unknown
Director
2010

The Good Guys
Director
2010

V
Director
2009

NCIS: Los Angeles
Navy Commander Dr. Stanfill (uncredited)
2009

The Super Hero Squad Show
High Evolutionary (voice)
2009

Glenn Martin, DDS
Peter (voice)
2009

That's Impossible!
Narrator (voice)
2009

Make It or Break It
Director
2009

Star Trek: The Captain's Summit
Self
2009

Castle
Richard Castle Fan
2009

Dollhouse
Director
2009

Leverage
Director
2008

The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice
Trombone Player in Marching Band (uncredited)
2008

Masters of Science Fiction
Director
2007

Burn Notice
Director
2007

Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
Self
2007

The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
Debra's Husband
2006

Alien Autopsy
Self
2006

How William Shatner Changed the World
Self
2005

Criminal Minds
Dr. Arthur Malcolm
2005

Thunderbirds
Director
2004

Star Trek: Nemesis
Commander William T. Riker
2002

The Twilight Zone
Director
2002

Clockstoppers
Bystander
2002

Star Trek: Enterprise
Commander William T. Riker
2001

Ghosts Caught on Tape: Fact or Fiction?
Narrator (voice)
2000

Roswell
Jonathan Frakes (uncredited)
1999

The Lot
Roland White
1999

Dying to Live
Will
1999

Futurama
Jonathan Frakes (voice)
1999

Family Guy
Commander William T. Riker (voice)
1999

Star Trek: Insurrection
Commander William T. Riker
1998

Oh Baby
Don
1998

Trekkies
Self
1997

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Self - Host
1997

Star Trek: First Contact
Commander William T. Riker
1996

Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
Self
1996

Brothers of the Frontier
Ben Frye
1996

3rd Rock from the Sun
Larry
1996

Time Travel Through the Bible
Time Traveler
1995

Alien Autopsy: (Fact or Fiction?)
Self - Host
1995

Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
Xanatos (voice)
1995

Star Trek: Voyager
Commander William T. Riker
1995

Cybill
Jonathan Frakes
1995

Star Trek: Generations
Commander William T. Riker
1994

Gargoyles
David Xanatos (voice)
1994

Phish: Tracking
1994

Camp Nowhere
Bob Spiegel (uncredited)
1994

Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
Host / Self
1994

Diagnosis: Murder
Director
1993

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Tim Lake
1993

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Thomas Riker
1993

Your Guide to Star Trek: Generations
Self
1993

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
Self
1991

Wings
Gavin Rutledge
1990

Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief
Self
1989

The Cover Girl and the Cop
Joshua Boyleston
1989

The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
Self
1988

Star Trek: The Next Generation
William T. Riker
1987

Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
Rosen
1987

Dream West
Lt. Archibald Gillespie
1986

Matlock
Mr. Park
1986

North and South
Stanley Hazard
1985

The Twilight Zone
Steve (segment "But Can She Type?")
1985

Paper Dolls
Sandy Parris
1984

Highway to Heaven
Arthur Krock, Jr.
1984

Five Mile Creek
Adam Scott
1983

Bare Essence
Marcus Marshall
1983

Bare Essence
Marcus Marshall
1982

Voyagers!
Charles Lindbergh
1982

Hotel
Ted Travers
1982

Falcon Crest
Damon Ross
1981

The Fall Guy
Connors
1981

Here's Boomer
Philip
1981

Hill Street Blues
Eddie Sims
1981

The Night the City Screamed
Richard Hawkins
1980

I'm a Big Girl Now
1980

It's a Living
Steve
1980

Beulah Land
Adam Davis
1980

Paris
1979

Hart to Hart
Adam Blake
1979

Beach Patrol
Marty Green
1979

The Dukes of Hazzard
Jamie Lee Hogg
1979

The White Shadow
Basketball Player
1978

Fantasy Island
Kirk
1978

Eight Is Enough
Chapper
1977

Quincy, M.E.
Leon Bohannon
1976

Charlie's Angels
Brad
1976

Barnaby Jones
David Douglas
1973

The Waltons
Ashley Longworth Jr.
1972