Everett Collection

JONATHAN FRAKES
William Riker

Last year, Frakes directed The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines, the sequel to the hit TNT movie. ''The Discarded,'' his episode of ABC's acclaimed miniseries Masters of Science Fiction (with John Hurt and Brian Dennehy), aired last month. (Frakes also directed 2004's Thunderbirds; he's pictured here on the set with Ben Kingsley.)

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