He's the beard with the grin and the Daddy with a pizza oven - he's Riker - he's simply the best WhatCulture is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher.

Commander Will Riker's (Jonathan Frakes) exact double was introduced in Star Trek: The Next Generation season 6, and there was a plan to kill off Will and replace him with Thomas Riker.

Jonathan Frakes' guest spot as Lieutenant Thomas Riker in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 3 is effectively a remake and Star Trek's version of the first Jack Ryan movie, The Hunt for Red October.

And “Hi, Christopher, I’m Nero” is straight up one of the greatest line reads in all of Star Trek. Jonathan Frakes (aka Commander Riker) directed this absolute treasure of a movie ...