William T. Riker

William T. Riker is a central character featured in the Star Trek film and television franchise. Played by actor Jonathan Frakes, he was a regular cast member on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and appeared in all 176 episodes of the series as well as four of the Star Trek feature films including, Star Trek: Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection and Star Trek: Nemesis. The character has also made guest appearances on the spin-off shows Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise (a variation of Riker's character named Thomas Riker appeared in episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Outside of films and television, the character has been prominently featured in a multitude of books, comics and video games.