Jonathan Frakes is best known for playing Commander William T. Riker on the Star Trek: The Next Generation TV show. During his seven seasons on that series, he became a director and directed several episodes of TNG. He continued to act and went on to helm episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Voyager, Diagnosis: Murder, and Roswell. Also for television, Frakes has directed two of the Librarian TV movies; Return to King Solomon’s Mines and The Curse of the Judas Chalice, starring Noah Wylie and Bob Newhart.
On the big screen, he’s helmed two successful Next Generation movies (Star Trek: Insurrection and Star Trek: First Contact), Thunderbirds, and Clockstoppers.
Interview: Jonathan Frakes talks Star Trek: The Next Generation, Family Guy, and Leverage [18:19m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download






