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Jonathan Frakes

American actor and director (born 1952)

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 seriesBeyond 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.^[1]

Frakes 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 also directed the feature films Clockstoppers (2002) and Thunderbirds (2004). He has since directed prolifically for television, including for The Librarian

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Star Trek: Will Riker's Entire Character Timeline Explained

Stretching from Star Trek: The Next Generation to Star Trek: Picard, Will Riker's timeline involves some of the most important moments in the Star Trekfranchise. First introduced during the inaugural season of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Commander William Riker established himself as an exemplary officer and the perfect second in command. Bound by duty and honor to do what was right by his ship, Riker's loyalty was tested frequently, and he never failed to embody the best of what a Starfleet officer could be. Though he wasn't the original First Officer of the USS Enterprise, he certainly set the standard.

Played impeccably by Johnathan Frakes, the dashing Earth officer was in stark contrast to his reserved captain aboard the Enterprise, and yet he gelled perfectly with Captain Picard's leadership style. Riker turned down captain promotions during TNG, as he continued to gain experience serving as First Officer. Even though he wasn't ready at the time, his path to the captain's cha

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William Riker

William Thomas Riker served as First Officer on the Enterprise-D. He made no secret of his ambition to be its captain in the future. He passed up more than one promotion to stay with the Enterprise crew, most notably to take command of the USS Melbourne^[1]. Eventually he did accept an offer to command the USS Titan^[2].

Starfleet Career

Riker's first assignment was aboard the USS Pegasus under the command of Eric Pressman, during the illegal development of the phase cloaking device. At some point, the crew of the Pegasus refused to continue their engagement in the violation of the Treaty of Algeron and mutinied. Riker defended Pressman and together with Pressman and a few other crew members, managed to leave the ship in an escape pod. They believed they witnessed the destruction of the ship. The incident was covered up until Starfleet learned that the Pegasus had not been destroyed, and Admiral Pressman took the Enterprise-D to recover the illegal device on board. Riker finally decided to reveal both the truth and the device to Capt