Nickname:	/ Two-Takes Frakes
Known for:	Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, Star Trek: Generations
Birth name:	Jonathan Scott Frakes
Birthday:	19 August 1952, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
Height:	6' 4" (1.93 m)

Daughter, Elizabeth Francis, born. [30 May 1997] Marched trombone in Blue Band at Penn State University. Son, Jameson Ivor, born 20 August 1994 Educated at Penn State University and Harvard University Nickname: "Two-Takes Frakes", for his efficent filming style on the set of Star Trek: First Contact. Has a cow-shaped mailbox, and retrieving the mail involves inserting one's hand into the cow's hindquarters. Frakes recorded trombone tracks for Phish's "Hoist" album. Unforunately, his horn parts didn't come out all that well - certainly not as well as the horn parts recorded by the Tower of Power horn section. As sort of a consolation prize, a brief interlude on the album is called Riker's Mailbox. Is a member of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. Ellen J. Hornstein is his personal assistant/story editor for his production company, Goepp Circle Productions. Shares a birthday with Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry. Son-in-law of actor Ivor Francis. He and Leonard Nimoy have both directed two Star Trek movies. In both cases, one of the films was a time travel story. In addition, both he and Nimoy were best known as the first officer of the USS Enterprise from their respective Star Trek series/movies. In some of the first season episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, his character, 1st officer William Riker, was called "Bill". In the seasons that followed, he was generally referred to as either Will or "Number One". His trademark beard was acquired during the filming of North and South, Book II. It was patterned after a style popular during the American Civil War. He liked it so much, he continued to wear it after he returned to Star Trek: The Next Generation for its second season. Has appeared in episodes of four different series with Marina Sirtis: Star Trek: The Next Generation, Gargoyles, Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles and Star Trek: Enterprise. Is the only 'Star Trek' regular to appear in four different 'Star Trek' series: Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise. As well as narrate the 1996 "Star Trek: TNG" audio-book "Crossover", featuring Ambassador Spock (Leonard Nimoy), Captain Scott (James Doohan), and Admiral McCoy (DeForest Kelley). Along with Marina Sirtis, Armin Shimerman, John de Lancie, Michael Ansara and Richard Poe, he is one of six actors to play the same character on three different 'Star Trek' series. He played Commander William T. Riker in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise. He also played the transporter double of this character, Lieutenant W. Thomas Riker, in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Along with Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Michael Dorn, Colm Meaney and Jeffrey Combs, he is one of only six actors to appear in the finales of two different "Star Trek" series (Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Enterprise). Has appeared with Kate Mulgrew in four different productions: Camp Nowhere, Gargoyles, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Nemesis. Godmother of his son Jameson is Elizabeth Berman (wife of Rick Berman-Star Trek producer/writer/creator) Is the only actor who has appeared on "Star Trek" to share scenes with regulars from all five series (Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise): James Doohan in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Relics", the entire cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation in every episode of the series, Avery Brooks, Nana Visitor, Terry Farrell and Colm Meaney in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Defiant", Armin Shimerman in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes "Haven", "The Last Outpost" and "Firstborn", Kate Mulgrew and Tim Russ in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Death Wish" and the entire cast of Star Trek: Enterprise in the series finale "These Are the Voyages...". Along with Tim Russ, he is one of only two actors who have appeared in "Star Trek" to share scenes with four of the five captains: Patrick Stewart in every episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection and Star Trek: Nemesis, Avery Brooks in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Defiant", Kate Mulgrew in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Death Wish" and Scott Bakula in the Star Trek: Enterprise finale "These Are the Voyages...". He has played the same character, Commander William T. Riker, in four different series: Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise and Family Guy. When preparing for his audition for the role of Commander William T. Riker in Star Trek: The Next Generation, he had to watch videotapes from the original episodes because he knew nothing about the original Star Trek series. Was interviewed and cast for Cdr. Riker personally by Gene Roddenberry. He told Frakes that he saw a certain, authoritative "glint" in his eye for that part which reminded him of his self, years ago, while in the LAPD and Air Force.

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