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Jonathan Scott Frakes was born in Bellefonte, central Pennsylvania. He is the son of Doris J. (Yingling) and Dr. James R. Frakes, a professor. His parents moved with Jonathan and his younger brother Daniel to Bethlehem in eastern Pennsylvania. There, his father taught English at Lehigh University, where he held the Fairchild chair in American Literature until his passing in 2002. Frakes is of German, and some English, ancestry.
While growing up Jonathan was introduced to jazz by his father and started playing the trombone when he was in fourth grade. As a child Jonathan was always friendly, funny and somewhat of an actor according to a childhood friend. In high school he played in the band and ran track. He graduated from Liberty High in Bethlehem in 1970. The day after he graduated he started classes at Pennsylvania State University, enrolling as a psychology major. The next summer he worked as an usher for the local theater and observed his peers thoroughly enjoying acting. He was motivated to switch his major to theater arts and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1974.
At this point he decided to move to New York City and try to make it as an actor. The roles did not come easily so he had to take side jobs, such as a waiter, a furniture mover (where he injured up his back), and a stint as Captain America for Marvel Comics. Meanwhile he won roles in the Broadway musical "Shenandoah" and on the soap opera The Doctors (1969) as Vietnam veteran Tom Carroll from 1977 to 1978. At his agent's urging Jonathan moved to Los Angeles in late 1978 to try his hand at television guest appearances. He guest-starred on several of the big prime-time shows of the time, including Charlie's Angels (1976), Fantasy Island (1977), Barnaby Jones (1973), Quincy, M.E. (1976), Highway to Heaven (1984), The Waltons (1972), and The Dukes of Hazzard (1979).
During the 1980s Jonathan landed a starring role in a prime-time soap opera, Bare Essence (1983), which had spun off a successful miniseries of the same name. However the show did not take off with the viewers and was soon canceled. He went back to guest appearances for two more years until he got the part of Stanley Hazard in the Civil War epic North & South: Book 1, North & South (1985). After spending more than six months filming all over the southern United States, he and his co-star, Genie Francis, fell in love (he had met her three years before when they co-starred in Bare Essence (1983)). During that time he and Genie didn't have much to do with each other, other than his making fun of her hair, according to her. However three years later they were an item.
In early 1987 Jonathan went to an audition for a new television series at the urging of his soon-to-be wife and her family. After six weeks, and seven auditions, he won the role that would bring him worldwide fame: that of Commander William Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). It was at this time, he and Genie announced their engagement. They would have to postpone their wedding twice because of his job but were finally married in the first-season hiatus on May 28, 1988. All of his new co-stars attended the wedding, along with Star Trek (1966) creator Gene Roddenberry. During the seven years Frakes starred on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), he not only acted but discovered that he had a talent for directing. He helmed eight episodes in all and was invited to direct on the Next Generation spin-offs, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) and Star Trek: Voyager (1995).
The day after his 42nd birthday, on August 20, his son, Jameson Ivor Frakes, was born. Jameson is named after both his grandfathers, the late James Frakes and the late actor Ivor Francis, Genie's father. During this time Jonathan actually turned down work, preferring to stay at home and raise his son with his wife. For the next two years he did a few guest appearances on television.
In 1996 it was announced that he was to be the director of the next Star Trek film, Star Trek: First Contact (1996). He received critical praise for his work on the film and it became the highest-grossing entry of the franchise to date. He formed a production company, Goepp Circle Productions, named after the street he lived on in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Just two days after his ninth wedding anniversary in 1997, Elizabeth Francis Frakes was born. Sadly just two weeks prior Jonathan's brother, Daniel, passed away from pancreatic cancer. In 1998 he was asked to direct the ninth Star Trek film, Star Trek: Insurrection (1998). Following mixed reviews for this film he continued to direct in movies and television, act in a few non-Star Trek roles, and starred in the tenth Star Trek film, Star Trek: Nemesis (2002).- Actor
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Billy Ray Cyrus was born on 25 August 1961 in Bellefonte, Kentucky, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009), The Spy Next Door (2010) and Mulholland Drive (2001). He was previously married to Firerose, Tish Cyrus and Cindy Smith.- Writer
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Jeff VanderMeer was born on 7 July 1968 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Annihilation (2018), Hummingbird Salamander and Borne. He has been married to Ann VanderMeer since 26 June 2003. They have two children.- Todd Christensen was born on 3 August 1956 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Married... with Children (1987), World Combat Championship (1996) and American Gladiators (1989). He was married to Kathleen Simmons. He died on 13 November 2013 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
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John D. Bair is an American actor and stand-up comic.
John D. Bair studied at Stella Adler Conservatory in New York City. Bair trained in comedy at The Manhattan Punchline and The New York Comedy Institute, and honed his skills at New York comedy clubs including Caroline's On Broadway and Don't Tell Mama. His first skit on Saturday Night Live (SNL) was "Carl's Quik-Stop" which featured newbie Chris Farley. Carl Mueller (played by host George Steinbrenner) couldn't find the nerve to fire his lazy employees. The skit also featured Kevin Nealon and Phil Hartman. John has worked in several other SNL classics including "George Will's Sports Machine" written by Conan O'Brien, "Community College Bowl" with Jeff Daniels and "The Sensitive Naked Man" in which the shows host, Martin Lawrence was banned from NBC after his uncensored monologue shocked late night viewers and NBC executives.
Bair has been featured on several other sketch shows including Late Night With Conan O'Brien and Upright Citizens Brigade. Bair has been the principal actor in many national commercials and has worked as a stand-in in hundreds of film and TV productions including The Job, Sex And The City and Love Walked In. Some of the actors Bair has stood-in for include Kevin Bacon (Sleepers (film)), Charles Busch (It Could Happen to You (film)), Richard Dreyfuss (The Crew (film)), George Eads (Grapevine (TV series)) and Sean Astin (Safe Passage (film)). In January 2008 Bair completed work on The International (film) which was shot in New York, Istanbul and Luxembourg and opened for the Berlin International Film Festival. It was released worldwide February, 2009 and features Clive Owen, Naomi Watts and Jack McGee. The Internationals plot centers around international banking greed, corruption and murder and is based on the true story of the BCCI Bank of Credit and Commerce International. Early reviews by film critics were mixed because the storyline of banking corruption seemed unrealistic. But the film is now considered to be prophetic due to the recession of 2009 which economists have said was caused in part by corporate greed.- Carolyn Renee Smith was born on 2 May 1967 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for Executive Target (1997), Erotic Boundaries (1997) and Lord of the City (1997).
- John Mills was born on 11 February 1889 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for When You're Smiling (1950), Rhythm Parade (1942) and The Big Beat (1958). He died on 8 December 1967 in Bellefontaine, Ohio, USA.
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E. Bernhard Warg was born on 28 August 1970 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Snooze (2019), Shooting Heroin (2020) and Guilt & Sentence (2010).- Actor
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Tom Myers was born on 28 October 1958 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Dasavatharam (2008), Rock, Paper, Scissors (2010) and For the Love of Chloe (2011).- Actor
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Eric Michael Halderman-SAG/AFTRA/AGVA Eric is an actor, writer, producer, and director who was born and raised in small town Bellefonte PA, near Penn State University. He started his entertainment career in Orlando Florida, where he worked as a stunt-man and an actor in live shows, television, and in short and independent feature films. Eric worked for both Universal Studios Orlando and Hollywood in various live show roles. In Orlando he spent two seasons working on the TV show SeaQuest DSV/2032, in a variety of positions from a crew stand-in to featured background ship bridge-crew. Eric worked with John Singleton, John Voight and Ving Rhames on the film Rosewood as a lead stand-in and as an extras casting assistant. In Los Angeles Eric performed in numerous Plays (Suburbia, Murder in the Cathedral, Johnson Over Jordan, Scenes From An Execution, Unknown's Live Radio Plays... and more) and he was a series regular as a British Battalion Sergeant in a Revolutionary war Pilot (Dawn of Our Nation) and he has performed in a number of short film projects. He studied acting in the Advanced classes under Milton Katselas (also instructors Gary Imhoff, Richard Lawson, and Chick Vennera) at The Beverly Hills Playhouse. In Orlando he studied under Yvonne Suhor at Art's Sake Studio. He holds his academic degree from Penn State University in Business Management and minor in Bus. Law. Eric is also an accomplished Martial Artist with years of experience, his black belt in Tae Kwon Do (which he earned at 17); and was a former award winning Pennsylvania State competitor and instructor. He has his own unofficial production Company Dragon Focus Productions which produces, directs, edits, and writes various web, short and feature film projects. And he is a Founding Member and a former House Manager of Hollywood's Unknown Theater... and helped in its creation, construction, and operation. Eric is dedicated to the ARTS and changing others through the theater, film, television, multimedia and the Internet.- Additional Crew
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Seth Robinson was born on 30 June 1983 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an art director, known for Jack Reacher (2012), The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and Unstoppable (2010).- Tom Reynolds was born on 3 September 1950 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA. He is married to Donna.
- Matt Suhey was born on 7 July 1958 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Lewis 'Chip' Marrara was born on 16 April 1967 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Glenn Thompson was born on 27 July 1959 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA. He is married to Penny Ammerman. They have three children.
- Brenton Williams was born on 21 October 1976 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor, known for The Road Ahead (2006).