* 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!

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.

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 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.

* 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.

In a 2002 interview with Metrosource, actor Scott Bakula ( who played Captain Jonathan Archer ) expressed his support for the idea as had the TNG actors Patrick Stewart and Jonathan Frakes in the 1990s.

Soren was played by actress Melinda Culea, and all of the main J ' naii characters were played by females, a creative decision criticized by Frakes, who felt that Soren should have been played by a male, so that when their characters kissed, it would have had the social commentary akin to the original Star Trek series that aired the first interracial kiss between fictional characters on U. S. network television.

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.

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 ).

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.

Tom Shales of The Washington Post thought that DeForest Kelly's cameo was " touching ", but thought that Patrick Stewart was a " grim bald crank who would make a better villain ", and Jonathan Frakes " verges on namby-pamby ".

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.

Imzadi was read by Jonathan Frakes ( the actor who played Riker ), and Imzadi II by Robert O ' Reilly ( whose recurring onscreen role was the Klingon Gowron ).

Named by US-ACAN for Lawrence A. Frakes, USARP geologist who worked three summer seasons in the Falkland Islands and Antarctica, 1964-65 through 1967-68.

* The episode was directed by Jonathan Frakes, who also portrayed Commander William Riker.

* Jonathan Frakes as Tom Carroll, Ex husband of M. J., died in a fire along with Virginia Dancy.

The couple has two children, Jameson Ivor Frakes, born in 1994, and Elizabeth Francis Frakes, born in 1997.

* DiMaio, M., and Frakes, R., ' DIR-Constantius II ' from De Imperatoribus Romanis " Constantius II ,".

It is not known when Yiddish came to be written down, but the oldest surviving literary document in Yiddish is a blessing in the Worms mahzor, a Hebrew prayer book from 1272 ( with a scalable image online at the indicated reference ; described extensively in Frakes, 2004 and Baumgarten / Frakes, 2005 ):

When his character was dismissed from the soap, Frakes moved to Los Angeles, California and played guest spots in many of the top television series of the 1970s and 1980s, including The Waltons, The Dukes of Hazzard, Matlock, and Steven Bochco's Hill Street Blues.

The network finally admitted the hoax, and Frakes distanced himself from the show.

William Thomas " Tom " Riker is a fictional character from the Star Trek universe, played by actor Jonathan Frakes.

Topographic map of Mounts Frakes and Steere ( 1: 250, 000 scale ) from USGS Crary Mountains

The episode features guest stars Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, and Jeffrey Combs, as well as a vocal cameo from Brent Spiner.

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.

* DiMaio, Michael ; Frakes, Robert, Constans I ( 337 – 350 A. D .), in De Imperatoribus Romanis ( D. I. R.

* DiMaio, Michael, and Robert Frakes, " Constantine II ( 337 – 340 A. D .)", D. I. R.

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

It was Frakes ' first theatrical film.

Other Enterprise crewmembers include the ship's first officer William Riker, played by director Jonathan Frakes.

Frakes said he did not have much difficulty directing and acting at the same time, having done so on the television series.

Frakes commented that it would have been a mistake to cast Hanks as Cochrane due to his being so well known.

" actually came in and read for the part ", Frakes said.

When Frakes first moved to Los Angeles, Woodard was one of the very first people he met.

During a conversation at a barbecue Woodard said she would become Frakes ' godmother, as he did not have one.

Through this relationship, Frakes was able to cast Woodard in the film ; he considered it a coup to land an Academy Award-nominated actress.

Captains: Jean-Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ), William T. Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ), Edward Jellico ( Ronny Cox )

Captain: Admiral William T. Riker ( Jonathan Frakes )

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.

Frakes went to seven auditions over six weeks before being cast as Riker.

Frakes stated: " I started with the cattle call, then the casting director, the producer, then other directors, to Gene Roddenberry, and then through the Paramount execs, including the vice-president himself and the heads of television.