Commander William Riker is many things. A tactical leader. A bearded charmer. Even a jazz aficionado. And though he won't be born for another 300 years — and he's a fictitious character — Riker just ...

In “The Best of Both Worlds Pt. II,” Riker was put into an impossible position. While he wanted to promote Data or Worf to the role of the first officer, Shelby’s knowledge of the Borg made her the ...

Commander William Riker is a true Renaissance Man of the 24th century: poker player, jazz aficionado, Kirk-level lover of the ladies, and sporter of fantastic facial hair. No wonder a crew of ...

Long before his time serving on the Enterprise bridge as Commander William Riker, “Star Trek: The Next Generation” star Jonathan Frakes cut his teeth at Harvard’s Loeb Drama Center in the early ‘70s. ...

Kristy Ambrose has been writing professionally since 2010. She dabbles in various genres, but her favorites are fantasy and science fiction. She creates everything from fanfiction to serialized novels ...

Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Number One, Will Riker, is known for his twinkling blue eyes, roguish smile, and of course, that beard. Obviously, I’m a Riker fan. However, the almost jolly Riker ...

Jonathan Frakes’ William T. Riker from Star Trek: The Next Generation has been one of the most popular characters in sci-fi and with TNG off the air for over 20 years now, his legend and meme-ability ...

As if traveling into deadly anomalies and encountering hostile aliens wasn’t bad enough, occasionally the Enterprise loses a (figurative) redshirt just because Riker is lost in thought. Inspired by ...

These actors were nearly cast as Riker in the "Star Trek" universe, offering a glimpse into what could have been before ...

Star Trek: The Next Generation season 6 continued the show's impressive run, delivering another 26 episodes of high-quality science fiction television. At this point, TNG was at the height of its ...