Jonathan Frakes

Jonathan Scott Frakes 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. He is the credited author of the novel The Abductors: Conspiracy, which was ghostwritten by Dean Wesley Smith.

19 August 1952

Born on the same birth date (19 August 1952): Gabriela Grillo • Jimmy Watson (ice hockey)

Born on the same birth day (19 August): Diana Muldaur • Fumio Hayasaka • Ginger Baker • Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland • Ivan Neville • Lee Ann Womack • Michael Todd (musician) • Mike Conway • Paul-Jan Bakker • Ronald King • Tipper Gore • Wright brothers

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