Jonathan Frakes

Jonathan Scott Frakes born August 19 1952 is an American actor and director He is best known for his portrayal of Commander later Captain William T Riker in the television series Star Trek The Next Generation and subsequent films and series He has also hosted the series Beyond Belief Fact or Fiction voiced David Xanatos in the Disney animated series Gargoyles and narrated the History Channel documentary Lee and Grant His other well known TV roles are as Stanley Hazard on the miniseries North and South Sandy Parris on ABCs Paper Dolls Marcus Marshall on NBCs Bare Essence and Damon Ross a recurring character on Falcon Crest He began directing episodes of The Next Generation during its third season and went on to direct the feature films Star Trek First Contact 1996 and Star Trek Insurrection 1998 and episodes of the later Star Trek series Deep Space Nine Voyager Discovery Strange New Worlds and Picard He later directed the feature films Clockstoppers 2002 and Thunderbirds 2004 He has since directed prolifically for television including for The Librarian television films and series Leverage Burn Notice and Roswell of which he is also a producer He is the credited author of the novel The Abductors Conspiracy which was ghostwritten by Dean Wesley Smith He has been married to actress Genie Francis since 1988 and they have 2 children Some info from Wikipedia the free encyclopedia