1) Birthdate: August 19, 1952
2) Birthplace:Bellefonte, in central Pennsylvania
3) Spouse:Soap Opera Actress Genie Francis (Married May 28, 1988)
4) Height: 6 ft 4 in
5) Debut film or TV show: NBC soap opera The Doctors. He had starred in theater performances previous, but this was his on-camera debut.
6) Awards received: Recieved no awards, but was nominated for two:
1997 - Saturn Award - Best Director (Star Trek: First Contact)
1997 - Blockbuster Entertainment Award - Favorite Supporting Actor: Science Fiction (Star Trek: First Contact)
7) Charitable works (if any): Not known for any acts of charity.
8) Other trivia (fluent in other languages, involved in any scandals, etc.?) Here's a few trivia facts taken from the IMDB page.
-Has a cow-shaped mailbox, and retrieving the mail involves inserting one's hand into the cow's hindquarters. Frakes recorded trombone tracks for Phish's "Hoist" album. Unforunately, his horn parts didn't come out all that well - certainly not as well as the horn parts recorded by the Tower of Power horn section. As sort of a consolation prize, a brief interlude on the album is called Riker's Mailbox.

-His trademark beard was acquired during the filming of "North and South, Book II" (1986). It was patterned after a style popular during the American Civil War. He liked it so much, he continued to wear it after he returned to "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) for its second season.

-When preparing for his audition for the role of Commander William T. Riker in Star Trek: The Next Generation, he had to watch videotapes from the original episodes because he knew nothing about the original Star Trek series.

He's a pretty normal guy with a job that he loves. No real prominent acts of charity or scandal. Hope this helps!
Source(s):
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000408/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Frakes

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