| Jonathan Frakes Trivia:
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 (1996).
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" (1987), 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" (1986) (mini). 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" (1987) for its second season.
Has appeared in episodes of
four different series with Marina Sirtis: "Star Trek:
The Next Generation" (1987), "Gargoyles" (1994),
"Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles" (1996) and
"Enterprise" (2001).
Is the only 'Star Trek' regular
to appear in four different 'Star Trek' series: "Star
Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), "Star Trek: Deep
Space Nine" (1993), "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) and
"Enterprise" (2001). 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" (1987), "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) and
"Enterprise" (2001). He also played the transporter
double of this character, Lieutenant W. Thomas Riker, in
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) and "Star Trek:
Deep Space Nine" (1993).
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" (1987) and "Enterprise" (2001)).
Has appeared with Kate Mulgrew
in four different productions: Camp Nowhere (1994),
"Gargoyles" (1994), "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) and Star
Trek: Nemesis (2002).
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" (1966), "Star Trek:
The Next Generation" (1987), "Star Trek: Deep Space
Nine" (1993), "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) and
"Enterprise" (2001)): James Doohan in the "Star Trek:
The Next Generation" (1987) episode "Relics", the entire
cast of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) in every
episode of the series, Avery Brooks, Nana Visitor, Terry
Farrell and Colm Meaney in the "Star Trek: Deep Space
Nine" (1993) episode "Defiant", Armin Shimerman in the
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) episodes
"Haven", "The Last Outpost" and "Firstborn", Kate
Mulgrew and Tim Russ in the "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995)
episode "Death Wish" and the entire cast of "Enterprise"
(2001) 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" (1987), Star Trek: Generations (1994), Star
Trek: First Contact (1996), Star Trek: Insurrection
(1998) and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), Avery Brooks in
the "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) episode
"Defiant", Kate Mulgrew in the "Star Trek: Voyager"
(1995) episode "Death Wish" and Scott Bakula in the
"Enterprise" (2001) finale "These Are the Voyages...".
He has played the same
character, Commander William T. Riker, in four different
series: "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), "Star
Trek: Voyager" (1995), "Enterprise" (2001) and "Family
Guy" (1999).
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.
Shares first and last name with
mid-20th Century aviator and stunt man Jonathan Frakes.
Along with Marc Alaimo,
Rosalind Chao, Jeffrey Combs, John de Lancie and Tim
Russ, he is one of only six actors to appear in ten
different seasons of "Star Trek": "Star Trek: The Next
Generation" (1987) Seasons One through Seven, "Star
Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) Season Three, "Star Trek:
Voyager" (1995) Season Two and "Enterprise" (2001)
Season Four.
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