Jonathan Frakes

American actor and director (born 1952)

Jonathan Frakes

Frakes at GalaxyCon Austin in 2023

Born|

Jonathan Scott Frakes

(1952-08-19) August 19, 1952 (age 71)

Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Alma mater| Pennsylvania State University (BFA)
Occupation(s)| Actor, director, television presenter
Years active| 1978–present
Spouse|

Genie Francis

(m. 1988)​

Children| 2

Jonathan Scott Frakes (born August 19, 1952) is an American actor and director. He is best known for his portrayal of Commander (later Captain) William Riker in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and subsequent films and series. He has also hosted the anthology series Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, voiced David Xanatos in the Disney television series Gargoyles, and narrated the History Channel documentary, Lee and Grant. He is the credited author of the novel The Abductors: Conspiracy, which was ghostwritten by Dean Wesley Smith.[1]

Frakes began directing episodes of The Next Generation during its third season, and went on to direct the feature films Star Trek: First Contact (1996) and Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) and episodes of the later Star Trek series Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Discovery, Strange New Worlds, and Picard. He later directed the feature films Clockstoppers (2002) and Thunderbirds (2004). He has since directed prolifically for television, including for The Librarian television films and series, Roswell, Leverage, and Burn Notice.

## Early life and education[edit]

Frakes was born in 1952 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, to Doris J. (née Yingling; 1926–2020) and James R. Frakes (1924–2002). Frakes's father was a professor of English literature and American studies at Lehigh University from 1958 to 2001, and was also a reviewer and critic for The New York Times Book Review.[2] Frakes had a younger brother, Daniel, who died in 1997 from pancreatic cancer.[2][3]

Frakes was raised in Bethlehem in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. He attended Liberty High School in Bethlehem, where he ran track, played with the Liberty High School Grenadier Band, and graduated in 1970.[4]

Frakes attended Pennsylvania State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater Arts in 1974. He was a member of the Thespians.[5]

Frakes then became a member of Harvard University's acting company, the Loeb Drama Center.[6][7][8]

## Career[edit]

### Early work[edit]

For a time in the 1970s, Frakes worked for Marvel Comics, appearing at conventions in costume as Captain America.[9] Frakes moved to New York City and became a member of the Impossible Ragtime Theater. In that company, Frakes did his first off-Broadway acting in Eugene O'Neill's The Hairy Ape directed by George Ferencz. His first Broadway appearance was in Shenandoah. At the same time, he landed a role in the NBC soap opera The Doctors.[10] When his character was dismissed from the show, Frakes moved to Los Angeles and had guest spots in many of the top television series of the 1970s and 1980s, including The Waltons in the episodes "The Legacy" and "The Lost Sheep"; Eight Is Enough; Hart to Hart; The Dukes of Hazzard; Matlock; Quincy, M.E. in "The Face of Fear"; and Hill Street Blues.

He played the part of Charles Lindbergh in a 1983 episode of Voyagers! titled "An Arrow Pointing East". In 1983, he had a role in the short-lived NBC prime time soap opera Bare Essence (which also starred his future wife Genie Francis), and a supporting role in the equally short-lived primetime soap Paper Dolls in 1984.[10] He also had recurring roles in Falcon Crest[10] and the miniseries North and South. Frakes appeared in the 1986 miniseries Dream West.

### Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)[edit]

Further information: Star Trek: The Next Generation

In 1987, Frakes was cast in the role of Commander William T. Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation.[11] He was one of only two actors to appear in every episode (the other being Patrick Stewart). While appearing on the show, Frakes was allowed to sit in on casting sessions, concept meetings, production design, editing, and post-production, which gave him the preparation he needed to become a director.[12] He directed eight episodes of the show[13] and 21 episodes of the Star Trek universe.[14] After the TV series ended in 1994, Frakes reprised his role in the Star Trek: The Next Generation films, two of which (Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek: Insurrection) he directed.[15]

Frakes has made appearances in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek: Lower Decks, making him the only Star Trek regular to appear in six Star Trek series. He has also directed episodes in six of the series (TNG, DS9, VOY, DIS, PIC, and SNW).[14][16] Frakes is also one of six Star Trek actors (the other actors being Kate Mulgrew, Michael Dorn, George Takei, Avery Brooks and Majel Barrett) to lend their voices to the video game Star Trek: Captain's Chair, reprising his role as Riker when users visit the Enterprise-E bridge featured in the game.

### After Star Trek[edit]

Frakes in 2005

Branching out from the Star Trek franchise, Frakes directed the family film Clockstoppers.[12] However, his next 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."[12] It was several years before Frakes was given another opportunity to direct for television, and Thunderbirds remains his last 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, 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, directed several episodes, and guest-starred in three episodes. His relationship with Star Trek is downplayed in the season 3 episode "Secrets and Lies", in which the alien character Max auditions for a guest role as an alien for Star Trek: Enterprise.

Frakes appeared on the 1994 Phish 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.[17] 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.[18][19] He hosted seasons 2 through 4 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 Channel's That's Impossible.

In addition to Roswell, Frakes has directed episodes of Leverage,[20] Castle, NCIS: Los Angeles, Burn Notice, Falling Skies and most recently Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Switched at Birth, Hit the Floor, The Librarians, and The Orville.

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.[21][22][23][24] 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.[25]

## Personal life[edit]

Frakes first met actress Genie Francis on the set of the television soap opera Bare Essence, and again while filming the mini-series North and South. They began dating in 1985, became engaged in 1986, and married on May 28, 1988. The couple have two children, Jameson Ivor Frakes, born in 1994, and Elizabeth Frances Frakes, born in 1997.

In 2008, they moved from Belfast, Maine, to Beverly Hills, California,[2] and later to Calabasas, California.[26]

## Filmography[edit]

### Acting credits[edit]

Film

Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes
1979  | Beach Patrol | Marty Green  | Television film
1994  | Camp Nowhere | Bob Spiegel  |
Star Trek Generations | Commander William T. Riker  |
1995  | Time Travel Through the Bible | Himself / Host  |
1996  | Star Trek: First Contact | Commander William T. Riker  | Nominated–Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated–Saturn Award for Best Director
1998  | Star Trek: Insurrection |
1999  | Dying to Live | Will  | Television film
2002  | Star Trek: Nemesis | Commander/Captain William T. Riker  |
Clockstoppers | Janitor  | Uncredited
2004  | Thunderbirds | Policeman
2011  | The Captains | Himself/Captain William T. Riker  |
2017  | Devil's Gate | Sheriff Gruenwell  |
2022  | Catwoman: Hunted | King Faraday, Boss Moxie | Voice, direct-to-video[27]
Television
Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes
1977–78  | The Doctors | Tom Carroll
1978  | Charlie's Angels | Brad  | Episode: "Angel on My Mind"
Barnaby Jones | David Douglas  | Episode: "Stages of Fear"
Fantasy Island | Kirk Wendover  | Episode: "The War Games/Queen of the Boston Bruisers"
1979  | The Waltons | Ashley Longworth Jr.  | Episodes: "The Lost Sheep" and "The Legacy"
Eight Is Enough | Chapper  | Episode: "Separate Ways"
The White Shadow | Basketball Player  | Episode: "One of the Boys" (uncredited)
1980  | Here's Boomer | Philip  | Episode: "Private Eye"
Beulah Land | Adam Davis  |
The Night the City Screamed | Richard Hawkins  |
1981  | The Dukes of Hazzard | Jamie Lee Hogg  | Episode: "Mrs. Daisy Hogg"
Harper Valley PTA | Clutch Breath  | Episode: "Low Noon"
1982  | Hart to Hart | Adam Blake  | Episode: "Harts and Palms"
Hill Street Blues | Drug dealer  | Episode: "Of Mouse and Man"
Quincy, M.E. | Leon Bohannon/Surgeon  | 2 episodes
Voyagers! | Charles Lindbergh | Episode: "An Arrow Pointing East"
1983  | Bare Essence | Marcus Marshall  | Several episodes.
1984  | Highway to Heaven | Arthur Krock, Jr.  | Episode: "A Devine Madness"
Five Mile Creek | Adam Scott  | Episode: "Gold Fever"
The Fall Guy | Connors  | Episode: "Always Say Always"
1985  | The Twilight Zone | Single Guy  | Episode: "But Can She Type?"
North and South | Stanley Hazard  |
Falcon Crest | Damon Ross  | Season 4 Ep 20 - Season 4 Ep 30
1986  | Dream West | Lt. Archibald Gillespie  |
Matlock | D.A. Park  | Episode: "The Angel"
1987–1994  | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Commander William T. Riker  | 176 episodes – Also portrayed transporter duplicate Lt. Thomas Riker in "Second Chances"
1988  | Reading Rainbow | Himself  | Episode: "The Bionic Bunny Show"
1994  | Wings | Gavin Rutledge  | Episode: "All's Fare"
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Lt. Thomas Riker  | Episode: "Defiant"
Journey's End: The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation | Host  | Documentary
1994–1996  | Gargoyles | David Xanatos, Coyote  | Voice
1995  | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Tim Lake  | Episode: "Don't Tug on Superman's Cape"
Cybill | Himself  | Episode: "Starting on the Wrong Foot"
Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction? | Host/Narrator  |
1996  | Star Trek: Voyager | Commander William T. Riker  | Episode: "Death Wish"
1998–2002, 2021-present  | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction | Himself  | 45 episodes
1999  | Roswell | Himself  | Episode: "The Convention"
2000  | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Larry McMichael  | Episode: "Gwen, Larry, Dick and Mary"
2000  | Ghosts: Caught on Tape | Narrator  |
2002  | Futurama | Himself  | Voice, episode: "Where No Fan Has Gone Before"
2005  | Star Trek: Enterprise | Commander William T. Riker  | Episode: "These Are the Voyages..."
2005, 2009  | Family Guy | Commander William T. Riker, himself  | Voice, 2 episodes
2009  | That's Impossible | Himself
2009  | Leverage | Patient in Neck Brace  | Episode: "The Snow Job" (uncredited)
2010  | Criminal Minds | Dr. Arthur Malcolm  | Episode: "The Uncanny Valley"
NCIS: Los Angeles | Navy Commander Dr. Stanfill  | Episode: "Disorder"
2011  | The Super Hero Squad Show | High Evolutionary | Voice, episode: "The Devil Dinosaur You Say!"
2012  | Leverage | Man at Consumer Products Safety Commission  | Episode: "The Toy Job" (uncredited)
Castle | Richard Castle Fan  | Episode "The Final Frontier" (uncredited)
2013  | Adventure Time | Adult Finn | Voice, 2 episodes
2014  | Hit the Floor | Hank  | Episode: "Blow Out"
2016–2019  | Guardians of the Galaxy | J'son | Voice, 14 episodes
2016  | Miles from Tomorrowland | Grandpa Vincent  | Voice, 2 episodes
Future-Worm! | Steak Starbolt  | Voice
Angie Tribeca | USCG Commandant Admiral Donald "Don" Van Zandt  | Episode: "The Coast Is Fear"
2018  | After Trek | Himself  | Aftershow
Episode 11
2019  | How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) | Himself  | Episode: "Life's Not Fair, Get Used to It"
2020, 2023  | Star Trek: Picard | Captain William T. Riker  | 12 episodes – Also portrayed a Changeling in "Dominion"[28]
Pending— Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series (2024)[29]
2020–2023  | The Ready Room | Himself  | Aftershow
9 episodes
2020–present  | Star Trek: Lower Decks | Captain William T. Riker  | Voice, 3 episodes
2020  | The Astronauts | Rex Dowd  | 3 episodes
2022  | Allegedly | Roger  | Episode: "Money Supply"
2023  | A Biltmore Christmas | Winston  | Television film
Video games
Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes
1995  | Multimedia Celebrity Poker | Himself  | [30]

Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Final Unity | Commander William T. Riker | Voice
2017  | XCOM 2: War of the Chosen | Volk  | [31]
2023  | Star Trek: Resurgence | Captain William T. Riker  | [32]
Web series
Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes
2023  | Star Trek: Very Short Treks | Commander William T. Riker  | Voice, 3 episodes

### Directing credits[edit]

Film

Year  | Title  | Notes
1996  | Star Trek: First Contact |
1998  | Star Trek: Insurrection |
2002  | Clockstoppers |
2004  | Thunderbirds |
2011  | Truth Be Told[33] | Television film
Television
Year  | Title  | Notes
1990–1994  | Star Trek: The Next Generation | 3.16 – "The Offspring" (1990)
4.07 – "Reunion" (1990)
4.21 – "The Drumhead" (1991)
5.18 – "Cause and Effect" (1992)
6.09 – "The Quality of Life" (1992)
6.20 – "The Chase" (1993)
7.08 – "Attached" (1993)
7.14 – "Sub Rosa" (1994)
1994–1995  | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | 3.02 – "The Search, Part II" (1994)
3.08 – "Meridian" (1994)
3.13 – "Past Tense, Part II" (1995)
1995–1996  | Star Trek: Voyager | 2.03 – "Projections" (1995)
2.07 – "Parturition" (1995)
2.13 – "Prototype" (1996)
1996  | Diagnosis Murder | 3.18 – "Left-Handed Murder" (1996)
1999–2001  | Roswell | 1.07 – "River Dog" (1999)
1.19 – "Four Square" (2000)
1.21 – "The White Room" (2000)
3.04 – "Secrets and Lies" (2001)
3.08 – "Behind the Music" (2001)
2002  | The Twilight Zone | "The Lineman" (2002)
2006  | The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines | Television film
2007  | Masters of Science Fiction | "The Discarded" (2007)
2008  | The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice | Television film
2009–2012  | Leverage | 1.07 – "The Wedding Job" (2009)
1.11 – "The Juror#6 Job" (2009)
2.04 – "The Fairy Godparents Job" (2009)
2.11 – "The Bottle Job" (2010)
3.02 – "The Reunion Job" (2010)
3.06 – "The Studio Job" (2010)
3.13 – "The Morning After Job" (2010)
4.09 – "The Queen's Gambit Job" (2011)
4.12 – "The Office Job" (2011)
4.15 – "The Lonely Hearts Job" (2011)
5.03 – "The First Contact Job" (2012)
5.05 – "The Gimme a K Street Job" (2012)
5.14 – "The Toy Job" (2012)
2009  | Dollhouse | 2.04 – "Belonging" (2009)
2009–2013  | Castle | 2.08 – "Kill the Messenger" (2009)
5.06 – "The Final Frontier" (2012)
5.20 – "The Fast and the Furriest" (2013)
2010–2016  | NCIS: Los Angeles | 1.14 – "LD50" (2010)
2.11 – "Disorder" (2010)
3.16 – "Blye, K." (2012)
4.10 – "Free Ride" (2012)
5.02 – "Impact" (2013)
8.10 – "Sirens" (2016)
2010  | V | 1.07 – "John May" (2010)
Persons Unknown | 1.05 – "Incoming" (2010)
1.10 – "Seven Sacrifices" (2010)
1.11 – "And Then There Was One" (2010)
The Good Guys | 1.09 – "Don't Taze Me, Bro" (2010)
1.16 – "Silence of the Dan" (2010)
2010–2013  | The Glades | 1.08 – "Marriage Is Murder" (2010)
2.04 – "Moonlighting" (2011)
4.02 – "4.02 – Shot Girls" (2013)
Burn Notice | 4.14 – "Hot Property" (2010)
5.06 – "Enemy Of My Enemy" (2011)
5.17 – "Acceptable Loss" (2011)
6.09 – "Official Business" (2012)
7.06 – "All or Nothing" (2013)
2011  | Bar Karma | 1.09 – "Three Times a Lady" (2011)
2013–2015  | Falling Skies | 3.09 – "Journey to Xilbalba" (2013)
4.06 – "Door Number Three" (2014)
5.06 – "Respite" (2015)
2013  | King & Maxwell | 1.08 – "Job Security" (2013)
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | 1.08 – "The Well" (2013)
2014–2015  | Switched at Birth | 3.06 – "The Scream" (2014)
4.08 – "Art Like Love is Dedication" (2015)
2014  | Hit the Floor | 2.03 – "Behind the Back" (2014)
2.04 – "Full-Court Press" (2014)
2014–2017  | The Librarians | 1.04 – "And Santa's Midnight Run" (2014)
1.06 – "And the Fables of Doom" (2015)
1.10 – "And the Loom of Fate" (2015)
2.06 – "And the Infernal Contract" (2015)
2.08 – "And the Point of Salvation" (2015)
3.05 – "And the Tears of a Clown" (2016)
3.06 – "And the Trial of the Triangle" (2016)
3.09 – "And the Fatal Separation" (2017)
4.04 – "And the Silver Screen" (2017)
4.06 – "And the Graves of Time" (2017)
2017–2019  | The Orville | 1.05 – "Pria" (2017)
2.12 – "Sanctuary" (2019)
2017–present  | Star Trek: Discovery[34] | 1.10 – "Despite Yourself" (2018)
2.02 – "New Eden" (2019)
2.09 – "Project Daedalus" (2019)
3.03 – "People of Earth" (2020)
3.08 – "The Sanctuary" (2020)
3.12 – "There Is a Tide..." (2020)
4.06 – "Stormy Weather" (2021)
2018  | The Arrangement | 2.9 – "Truth" (2018)
2019  | The Gifted | 2.13 – "teMpted" (2019)
2020–2023  | Star Trek: Picard | 1.04 – "Absolute Candor" (2020)
1.05 – "Stardust City Rag" (2020)
2.05 – "Fly Me to the Moon" (2022)
2.06 – "Two of One" (2022)
3.03 - "Seventeen Seconds" (2023)
3.04 - "No Win Scenario" (2023)
2020  | The Astronauts | 1.03 – "Day 3" (2020)
1.04 – "Day 21" (2020)
2021  | Leverage: Redemption | 1.07 – "The Double-Edged Sword Job" (2021)
2023  | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2.07 – "Those Old Scientists" (2023)[35][36]
Video games
Year  | Title  | Notes
1996  | Star Trek: Klingon | Interactive film

## Awards and nominations[edit]

Year  | Award  | Category  | Nominated work  | Result

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1996  | Hugo Awards | Best Dramatic Presentation | Star Trek: First Contact | Nominated
Saturn Awards | Best Director | Nominated
1998  | Hugo Awards  | Best Dramatic Presentation | Star Trek: Insurrection | Nominated
2013  | Saturn Awards | The Life Career Award | Janathan Frakes  | Won
2023  | Saturn Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series | Star Trek: Picard[37] | Pending

## References[edit]

1. ^ Jonathan Frakes; Dean Wesley Smith (1996). The Abductors: Conspiracy. New York: Tor. ISBN 978-0-312-86208-4.
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3. ^ "Daniel M. Frakes". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. May 19, 1997. p. A09.
4. ^ Sylvia Lawler (September 25, 1988). "Jonathan Frakes's career beams up Bethlehem actor scores as 'Star Trek' commander". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. pp. T.01.
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* v
* t
* e

Films directed by Jonathan Frakes

* Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
* Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
* Clockstoppers (2002)
* Thunderbirds (2004)
* The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (2006)
* The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008)

* v
* t
* e

Life Career Award

1970s|

* Fritz Lang (1976)
* Samuel Z. Arkoff (1977)
* Christopher Lee (1979)

1980s|

* Gene Roddenberry (1980)
* William Shatner (1980)
* John Agar (1981)
* Ray Harryhausen (1982)
* Martin B. Cohen (1983)
* Vincent Price (1986)
* Leonard Nimoy (1987)
* Roger Corman (1988)

1990s|

* Ray Walston (1990)
* Arnold Schwarzenegger (1992)
* David Lynch (1993)
* Alfred Hitchcock (1994)
* Steve Reeves (1994)
* Whit Bissell (1994)
* Joel Silver (1995)
* Richard Fleischer (1995)
* Sean Connery (1995)
* Wes Craven (1995)
* Albert R. Broccoli (1996)
* Edward R. Pressman (1996)
* Harrison Ford (1996)
* Dino De Laurentiis (1997)
* John Frankenheimer (1997)
* Sylvester Stallone (1997)
* James Coburn (1998)
* James Karen (1998)
* Michael Crichton (1998)
* Nathan Juran (1999)

2000s|

* Dick Van Dyke (2000)
* George Barris (2000)
* Brian Grazer (2001)
* Robert Englund (2001)
* Drew Struzan (2002)
* Stan Lee (2002)
* Kurt Russell (2003)
* Sid and Marty Krofft (2003)
* Blake Edwards (2004)
* Stephen J. Cannell (2005)
* Tom Rothman (2005)
* Robert Halmi (2008)
* Lance Henriksen (2009)

2010s|

* Irvin Kershner (2010)
* Bert Gordon (2011)
* Michael Biehn (2011)
* Frank Oz (2012)
* James Remar (2012)
* Jonathan Frakes (2013)
* Malcolm McDowell (2014)
* Nichelle Nichols (2016)
* Lee Majors (2017)
* Michael Gruskoff (2019/2020)
* Kathryn Leigh Scott (2021/2022)

Authority control databases

International|

* FAST
* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* Norway
* Spain
* France
* BnF data
* Germany
* United States
* Czech Republic
* Australia
* Korea
* Netherlands
* Poland

Artists|

* MusicBrainz

Other|

* SNAC
* IdRef

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