Johnathan Frakes
Johnathan Frakes
Jonathan Scott Frakesis an American actor, author, and director. Frakes is best known for his portrayal of Commander William T. Riker in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and subsequent films. Frakes also hosted the television series Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, challenging viewers to discern his stories of fact-based phenomena and fabricated tales. In June 2011, Frakes narrated the History Channel documentary Lee and Grant. He was also the voice actor of David Xanatos in the Disney...
concept explore outside
Outside of that, the concept of the show has been to explore our aliens' background.
acting learned life simpler sort thrilled woke
When I was just acting on the show, I learned my lines, went to sleep, then woke up and went to work. Now it's sort of become an obsession. I like the success. I'm thrilled with the way things have gone-but my life was simpler 10 years ago.
attracts boys continue create gotten season strong style suspect third
Our strong teen-girl demographic attracts a lot of the boys as well, so I suspect that they'll let us continue to create the show with a style that has already gotten us into the third season anyway.
angst mythology teen
It evolved, in all honesty, into a show much more about the mythology of the aliens than about the angst about teen romance.
certainly fan loyalty original picked series star television
I wasn't surprised, because I know that there's been that kind of loyalty about Star Trek, historically, certainly in the original seasons; the original series was picked up partially because of fan support.
arts decided fun major saw theater transfer until
I was a psych major until I saw how much fun the actors were having, and I decided I'd transfer over to the theater arts department.
interest science virtually
Ironically, I had virtually no interest in science fiction.
clear greater projected season
I think by the end of the first season it was pretty clear that the numbers, if you will, were greater than the projected numbers, and that we were going to be around for awhile.
certainly number
While we were on the WB we were certainly not the number one show.
evident guest power
It's pretty evident even when you're a guest actor on a show - you know where the power is.
considered plays though
No, though I had done some plays as a kid, because it was fun. But I hadn't considered it as a profession.
good inspired news people proud study
I'm proud of the show on a lot of levels, but the idea that people are inspired to study anything is good news to me.
major psychology
No, I was a psychology major in college.
arts degree theater useful
Not that a B.F.A. in theater arts has been the most useful degree one could ever acquire.