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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 6,227,556 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

  • 6.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.42

    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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