Editing Jonathan Frakes (section)

=== After ''Star Trek'' ===
[[File:Jonathan Frakes cropped1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Frakes in 2005]]
Branching out from the ''Star Trek'' franchise, Frakes directed the 2002 family film ''[[Clockstoppers]]''. However, his next film, 2004's ''[[Thunderbirds (2004 film)|Thunderbirds]]'', was a [[box-office bomb]], which he has said single-handedly almost destroyed what had been a successful directing career: "[My] name was taken off the lists ... I went from 60 to zero. It was a wake-up for me. I had been so positive, and so blessed, and so fortunate."<ref name=VultJai/> It was several years before Frakes was given another opportunity to direct for television, and ''Thunderbirds'' remains his final theatrical directorial credit.

Much of Frakes's acting work after ''Star Trek'' has been [[animation]] [[voice acting]], most notably voicing the recurring role of David Xanatos in the animated series ''[[Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]'', and he provided the voice of his own head in a jar in the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "[[Where No Fan Has Gone Before]]". He had a small, uncredited role in the 1994 film ''[[Camp Nowhere]]''. Frakes also voiced [[Finn the Human]]'s adult version in the episodes "[[Puhoy]]" and "[[Dungeon Train]]" on ''[[Adventure Time]]''.

Frakes was an executive producer for the WB series ''[[Roswell (TV series)|Roswell]]'', directed several episodes, and guest-starred in three episodes. His relationship with ''Star Trek'' is downplayed in the [[List of Roswell episodes#Season 3 (2001–02)|season 3 episode]] "Secrets and Lies", in which the alien character [[Max Evans (Roswell)|Max]] auditions for a guest role as an alien for ''Star Trek: Enterprise''.

Frakes appeared on the 1994 [[Phish]] album ''[[Hoist (album)|Hoist]]'', playing [[trombone]] on the track titled "Riker's Mailbox". Frakes would occasionally perform on the trombone during his tenure as Commander Riker, drawing on his college marching band experience. He was also a member of "The Sunspots", a vocal backup group of ''Star Trek'' cast members that appeared on [[Brent Spiner]]'s 1991 album ''[[Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back]]''.

Frakes hosted ''The Paranormal Borderline'', a short-lived television series on [[UPN]], which dealt with the paranormal and mysterious happenings and creatures.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rosenberg |first=Howard |title='Borderline' Reveals Some Spooky Stuff |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-03-12-ca-45910-story.html |access-date=28 May 2021 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=March 12, 1996}}</ref> In one episode, Frakes presented an interview of reporter Yolanda Gaskins with veteran astronaut [[Gordon Cooper]], where they discussed the possibility of aliens having visited Earth in the past.<ref>{{YouTube|dvPR8T1o3Dc}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qtm.net/~geibdan/coop.html|title=UFO Folklore Center – Transcript of Interview|website=www.qtm.net|access-date=August 13, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205120237/http://qtm.net/~geibdan/coop.html|archive-date=February 5, 2009}}</ref> He hosted seasons 2 through 6 of ''[[Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction]],'' which also dealt with the paranormal world.

Frakes and Francis appeared together in ''[[Lois & Clark]]'' in the episode "Don't Tug on Superman's Cape" as a creepily too-good-to-be-true couple. He narrated the [[History (U.S. TV channel)|History Channel]]'s ''That's Impossible''.

In addition to ''Roswell'', Frakes has directed episodes of ''[[Leverage (American TV series)|Leverage]]'',<ref name="Press_Kit">{{cite web|url=http://news.turner.com/press_kits_file.cfm?presskit_id=193&pfile_id=932|title=Leverage Season 3 Episode Synopses|publisher=Turner Network|author=Turner Network|format=[[Microsoft Word]] document|access-date=May 7, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315053922/http://news.turner.com/press_kits_file.cfm?presskit_id=193&pfile_id=932|archive-date=March 15, 2014}}</ref> ''[[Castle (TV series)|Castle]]'', ''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]'', ''[[Burn Notice]]'', ''[[Falling Skies]]'' and most recently Marvel's ''[[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'', ''[[Switched at Birth (TV series)|Switched at Birth]]'', ''[[Hit the Floor (TV series)|Hit the Floor]]'', ''[[The Librarians (2014 TV series)|The Librarians]]'', and ''[[The Orville]]''. So far, ''The Librarians'' has been one of the most positively rated and recommended work of his out of the previous, following the debut film ''The Librarian and the Quest for the Spear''.

Frakes works with the Workshops, the Waterfall Arts Center, and the Saltwater Film Society, all located in Maine, where he teaches classes on film direction. He has also previously taught directing and filmmaking courses at Rockport College, now called [[Maine Media College]].<ref name="encyclopedia"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Caldwell |first=Rob |title=When Jonathan Frakes, TNG's Riker, lived in Maine |url=https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/archives-jonathan-frakes-star-treks-riker-lives-in-maine/97-92a570a8-5d4e-4c0c-a8ca-6eabf32b43e7 |access-date=20 April 2021 |publisher=News Center Maine |date=2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Barnett |first1=Amy Louise |title=Profile of Jonathan Frakes, 54 |journal=Portland Monthly |date=October 2006 |pages=30–31 |url=https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/news_portmonthly/1169/ |access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jonathan Frakes Biography |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000408/bio |website=IMDB |access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref> He and Francis owned a home furnishings store in [[Belfast, Maine]], called ''The Cherished Home'', which closed in August 2012 due to her being too busy with her acting to spend adequate time at the store.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=480447481983740&id=106099989418493|title=Log In or Sign Up to View|website=www.facebook.com}}</ref>