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Frakes appeared as the twin, Thomas Riker, in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode " Defiant ", in which he impersonates the other Riker to commandeer the starship Defiant as a member of the Maquis.
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Frakes appeared in dual roles in " Second Chances ", a TNG episode in which it was established that Riker had a " twin " created years earlier by a transporter malfunction.
Frakes appeared on the 1994 Phish album Hoist, playing trombone on the track titled " Riker's Mailbox ".
Frakes and Francis appeared together in Lois & Clark in the episode " Don't Tug on Superman's Cape " as a creepily too-good-to-be-true couple.
In 1992 she appeared alongside fellow cast members Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, and Colm Meaney in a production of Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, which was performed in four cities.
Frakes and Thomas
Captain William Thomas Riker, played by Jonathan Frakes, is a fictional character in the Star Trek universe appearing primarily as a main character in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
William Thomas " Tom " Riker is a fictional character from the Star Trek universe, played by actor Jonathan Frakes.
Frakes and Riker
The episode featured guest appearances by Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis as their Star Trek: The Next Generation characters William Riker and Deanna Troi.
* Jonathan Frakes as Commander William T. Riker
Other Enterprise crewmembers include the ship's first officer William Riker, played by director Jonathan Frakes.
He said: " When I got married my best man was Brent ( Spiner, who portrayed the ST: TNG character Lieutenant Commander Data ) and my groomsmen were Michael ( Dorn, Lieutenant Worf ) and Jonathan ( Frakes, Commander Riker ) and Patrick ( Stewart, Captain Picard ).
Captains: Jean-Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ), William T. Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ), Edward Jellico ( Ronny Cox )
Captain: Admiral William T. Riker ( Jonathan Frakes )
Frakes went to seven auditions over six weeks before being cast as Riker.
Frakes had grown a mustache and beard between seasons, and Gene Roddenberry asked him to keep it, because he thought it made Riker look more dignified.
Frakes reprised his role of Commander Riker in the 2005 Enterprise series finale, " These Are the Voyages ...".
Frakes is best known for his portrayal of Commander William T. Riker in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and subsequent films.
Frakes would occasionally perform on the trombone during his tenure as Commander Riker, drawing on his college marching band experience.
* Jonathan Frakes as Commander William T. Riker
Director Jonathan Frakes returned to helm his second Trek film and co-star as Commander Riker, Patrick Stewart also did double duty as Captain Picard and associate producer.
The voice cast featured several actors who are alumni of the Star Trek franchise including Marina Sirtis and Jonathan Frakes ( respectively, Deanna Troi and William Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation ), who were featured regularly as principal cast members.
Roddenberry's favourite for Riker was Jonathan Frakes, who went through seven auditions before claiming the role.
Combs originally auditioned for the role of Commander William Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation, but lost out to Jonathan Frakes, though producers kept him in mind for casting in the later series.
He is a duplicate of William Riker, a regular character on Star Trek: The Next Generation, also played by Frakes, who was created by a transporter accident when Riker served as second officer aboard the USS Potemkin.
Campbell was the second choice of the producers of Star Trek: The Next Generation to play the role of William Riker, but lost the role to Jonathan Frakes.
* Riker also gains his mustache and beard in this episode ; after Jonathan Frakes returned for filming having grown it, he had intended to shave it off for the new season.
Frakes and Star
* I had originally not wanted to see Galaxy Quest because I heard that it was making fun of Star Trek, and then Jonathan Frakes rang me up and said " You must not miss this movie!
After two better known directors turned down the job, cast member Jonathan Frakes was chosen to direct to make sure the task fell to someone who understood Star Trek.
Frakes cast Krige after finding that she had all of the mentioned qualities, and being impressed by her performance in Ghost Story ; the director considers her the sexiest Star Trek villain of all time.
Having moved towards directing in recent years, Frakes directed and also starred in Star Trek: First Contact as well as Star Trek: Insurrection.
Frakes is one of only two Star Trek regulars to appear on four different Star Trek series ( Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise ).
Star Trek: Insurrection is a 1998 American science fiction film directed by Jonathan Frakes, written by Michael Piller ( with the story developed by producer Rick Berman and Piller ), and with music composed by Jerry Goldsmith.
With Industrial Light & Magic busy with work on Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Frakes and company turned to a new visual effects house for the first time since Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.
Dorn is also one of six actors ( the other actors being Jonathan Frakes, Kate Mulgrew, George Takei, Avery Brooks and Majel Barrett ) to lend his voice to Star Trek: Captain's Chair, reprising his role of Lieutenant Commander Worf.
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In one episode, Frakes presented an interview of reporter Yolanda Gaskins with veteran astronaut Gordon Cooper, where they discussed the possibility of aliens having visited the Earth in the past.
In February 2009 he played William Quint in " The Juror # 6 Job ", an episode of the drama series Leverage directed by his Next Generation co-star Jonathan Frakes.
* Jonathan Frakes as Tim Lake ( one episode )
The episode features guest stars Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, and Jeffrey Combs, as well as a vocal cameo from Brent Spiner.
In 1992, the episode titled " The Outcast " is a story in which Commander William Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ) falls in love with Soren, a member of the J ' naii androgynous humanoid race that views the expression of gender, especially sexual liaisons, as a sexual perversion.
Frakes felt that having all the J ' naii played by female actors undermined the social commentary of the episode and created a sense that homosexuality was something brought onto the Enterprise by fascist lesbians.
Jonathan Frakes commented that the episode wasn't " gutsy " enough and that " Soren should have been more evidently male ".
The episode features guest performances from Gary Cole, Michael Dorn, Susana Esteban, Jonathan Frakes, Rachael MacFarlane, Patrick Stewart, Fred Tatasciore, Gabrielle Union, Wally Wingert, and James Woods, along with several recurring voice actors for the series.
* The episode was directed by Jonathan Frakes, who also portrayed Commander William Riker.
* This episode is rated 4. 6 / 5 on Star Trek. com ( 24 June 2008 ), and Michael Dorn said this was one of his two favorite episodes, the other being " The Drumhead ," which was also directed by Jonathan Frakes.
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