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Jonathan Frakes

1952 - Today

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Jonathan Scott Frakes (born August 19, 1952) is an American actor and director. He is best known for his portrayal of William Riker in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and subsequent films and series. He has also hosted the anthology series Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, voiced David Xanatos in the Disney television series Gargoyles, and narrated the History Channel documentary, Lee and Grant. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jonathan Frakes has received more than 5,987,057 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Jonathan Frakes is the 1,217th most popular actor (up from 1,877th in 2019), the 2,093rd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,125th in 2019) and the 570th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jonathan Frakes ranks 1,217 out of 13,578. Before him are Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Jean Sorel, Lee Byung-hun, Clive Owen, Shohreh Aghdashloo, and Lyudmila Gurchenko. After him are Ellen Barkin, Farley Granger, Julian Glover, David Prowse, Kate Beckinsale, and Marina Berti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Jonathan Frakes ranks 104. Before him are Liz Mitchell, Alexander Ankvab, Michael Massee, Joel Silver, Ludmilla Tourischeva, and Shohreh Aghdashloo. After him are Fatos Nano, Michael Jeter, Anne-Marie David, Chen Kaige, Charles M. Rice, and Bola Tinubu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jonathan Frakes ranks 2,093 out of 20,380. Before him are Jennifer Lawrence (1990), Robert Lefkowitz (1943), Garry Marshall (1934), Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890), Don Walsh (1931), and Jermaine Jackson (1954). After him are Leo McCarey (1898), Fredric Jameson (1934), Ellen Barkin (1954), Farley Granger (1925), Jesse Douglas (1897), and George Roy Hill (1921).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jonathan Frakes ranks 570. Before him are Richard Basehart (1914), Paul Rudd (1969), Donald Glover (1983), Veronica Lake (1922), William Petersen (1953), and Jennifer Lawrence (1990). After him are Ellen Barkin (1954), Farley Granger (1925), Josh Brolin (1968), Kurtwood Smith (1943), Michael Jeter (1952), and Alex Borstein (1971).

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Television and Movie Roles

Star Trek: First Contact
Commander William T. Riker
The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise E pursue the Borg back in time to prevent the invaders from changing Federation history and assimilating the galaxy.
Nov 22o 19967.296 / 10
Star Trek: Nemesis
Commander William T. Riker
En route to the honeymoon of William Riker to Deanna Troi on her home planet of Betazed, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise receives word from Starfleet that a coup has resulted in the installation of a new Romulan political leader, Shinzon, who claims to seek peace with the human-backed United Federation of Planets. Once in enemy territory, the captain and his crew make a startling discovery: Shinzon is human, a slave from the Romulan sister planet of Remus, and has a secret, shocking relationship to Picard himself.
Dec 13o 20026.301 / 10
Star Trek: Generations
Commander William T. Riker
Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves at odds with the renegade scientist Soran who is destroying entire star systems. Only one man can help Picard stop Soran's scheme...and he's been dead for seventy-eight years.
Nov 18o 19946.505 / 10