What is Jonathan Frakes?
{{Infobox person | name = Jonathan Frakes | image = Jonathan_Frakes_in_Hawaii.jpg | image_size = 225px | caption = Frakes at [[HawaiiCon]] on September 18, 2016 | known_for = [[William Riker|William T. Riker]] | birth_name = Jonathan Scott Frakes | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|8|19|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Bellefonte, Pennsylvania]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | children = 2 | years_active = 1978–present | occupation = Actor, director | spouse = {{marriage|[[Genie Francis]]|1988}} }} '''Jonathan Scott Frakes''' (born August 19, 1952) is an American [[actor]] and [[television director|director]]. Frakes played [[Commander]] [[William Riker|William T. Riker]] in the television series ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' and movies.<ref>{{cite news|author=Sylvia Lawler|title=Jonathan Frakes's career beams up Bethlehem actor scores as 'Star Trek' commander|publisher=[[The Morning Call]]|location=Allentown, PA|date=September 25, 1988|pages=T.01}}</ref> He was the voice for [[David Xanatos]] in the Disney television series ''[[Gargoyles]]''. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons category-inline}} * {{IMDb name|408|Jonathan Frakes}} * {{Tcmdb name}} * {{Allmovie name|24630|Jonathan Frakes}} * [http://www.nndb.com/people/249/000025174/ Jonathan Frakes profile] at [[NNDB]] * [http://www.scifitv.com.au/Blog/2009/04/jonathan-frakes-still-number-one Jonathan Frakes in-depth interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504131458/http://www.scifitv.com.au/Blog/2009/04/jonathan-frakes-still-number-one/ |date=2009-05-04 }} at {{URL|http://www.scifitv.com.au/blog|The SCI FI Channel Australia Blog}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Frakes, Jonathan}} [[Category:1952 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American voice actors]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:American television directors]] [[Category:Movie directors from Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Actors from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania]] {{US-act