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Al Franken

Acting

May 21, 1951 (75)

New York City, New York, USA

May 21, 1951 (75)

New York City, New York, USA

Al Franken

Acting

Biography

Alan Stuart Franken is an American comedian, politician, media personality, and author who served as a United States senator from Minnesota from 2009 to 2018. He became well known in the 1970s and 1980s as a staff writer and performer on the television comedy show Saturday Night Live.

Filmography 68

Movies (38)

Lorne
2026
Self
Downey Wrote That
2025
Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Self - SNL Writer / Self - Cast Member / Self - Producer 1975 - 1995
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
2024
Gramps (voice)
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019
Self
Inside the Russian Info War Machine
2018
Self
Hot Grease
2017
Self
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2017
Self
The Words That Built America
2017
Self - Reader: The Constitution
Long Strange Trip
2017
Self
Hot Coffee
2011
Self
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
2008
Self
Lord, Save Us from Your Followers
2008
Self
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
2007
Self
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007
Self
Al Franken: God Spoke
2006
Self
Earth to America
2005
Self
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005
Self
Left of the Dial
2005
Self
Wellstone!
2004
Self
Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable
2004
Self
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
TV Commentator
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
2004
Self (archive footage)
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase
2002
Self - Roaster
Harvard Man
2001
Al Franken
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999
Self
The Definite Maybe
1997
Vagabond
Stuart Saves His Family
1995
Stuart Smalley
When a Man Loves a Woman
1994
Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
Self

Shows (30)

The Residence
2025
Aaron Filkins
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025
Self
Biography: Comedy Icons
2019
Self
Minnesota Experience
2018
Self (archive footage)
I Love You, America
2017
Self
The History of Comedy
2017
Self
Chelsea
2016
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Self
Conan
2010
Self
Overheard with Evan Smith
2010
Self
The Colbert Report
2005
Self
Tanner on Tanner
2004
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self - Guest
Clerks
2000
Mayor McCheese (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
Self
From the Earth to the Moon
1998
Jerome Weisner
LateLine
1998
Al Freundlich
The View
1997
Self
The Daily Show
1996
Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Self
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
Frank Gansmiller
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995
Al (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Self - Guest
Politically Incorrect
1993
Self
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
Al Franken
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
McSooshi Announcer (voice) (uncredited)