Jonathan Frakes is an American actor, producer, author and director and is best known for his portrayal of Commander William T. Riker in the television series “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and subsequent films and most recently recurred on “Star Trek: Picard.” Having moved towards directing in recent years, Frakes directed and also starred in Star Trek: First Contact as well as Star Trek: Insurrection. Besides directing many episodes of “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” he also directed a number of episodes of “Leverage,” “Burn Notice,” Castle,” “NCIS: Los Angeles” and “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”
Frakes also hosted the television series “Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction,” challenging viewers to discern his stories of fact-based phenomena and fabricated tales. In June 2011, Frakes narrated the History Channel documentary “Lee and Grant.”
