Shares. In this week’s episode, Picard reunites with his old Number One and his trusted counselor, Deanna Troi. Jonathan Frakes will be the only actor to have played the same role on 5 different series: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine (this one's complicated — see below), Voyager, Enterprise, and Picard. Season 3, episode 11. Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Jonathan Frakes as Commander William T. Riker in the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode, 'The Hunted.' Frakes is perhaps best remembered by the Star Trek faithful for portraying the popular William Riker in The Next Generation, but more recent years have seen him achieve acclaim as a director rather than a star in front of the camera. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of Riker and Picard reuniting onscreen is that the cameo will set a new record for the Star Trek franchise. The Star Trek: Picard episode 7 cast ushers in the return of franchise royalty.. Say what you will about Star Trek: Picard, it's definitely delivered some surprises. Actor and director Jonathan Scott Frakes (born 19 August 1952; age 67) portrayed Commander William T. Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation, and in four Star Trek films. By Scott Snowden 01 March 2019. This is the first episode of Picard directed by Jonathan Frakes, who played William Riker in The Next Generation. Jonathan Frakes on set directing the second season Discovery episode “The Red Angel” Playing Riker again was nerve-wracking, but set for directing more (and new) Star Trek shows [This story contains spoilers for Star Trek: Picard, season one, episode five]. Teased in numerous promos for the Alex Kurtzman executive produced Picard, Frakes has served as a director up until today’s episode and wasn’t even originally intended to … The Star Trek: Picard episode 7 cast ushers in the return of franchise royalty.. Say what you will about Star Trek: Picard, it's definitely delivered some surprises. ... Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis are the last actors from past iterations of … Jonathan Frakes Will Direct New Trek Episodes. Chatting to ComicBook.com, Jonathan Frakes has hinted at potentially returning to direct episodes of Star Trek: Picard season 2. Jonathan Frakes discusses reuniting with Patrick Stewart for Star Trek: Picard, reintroducing Seven of Nine, and getting back into character as Will Riker after a decade away from acting. Jonathan Frakes has confirmed that he will direct two episodes of the forthcoming Picard solo series starring Patrick Stewart.