- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 21, 1951
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
Al Franken
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
movieLorne
2026 · Self
movieDowney Wrote That
2025 · Self
tvThe Residence
2025 · Aaron Filkins
movieLadies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 · Self - SNL Writer / Self - Cast Member / Self - Producer 1975 - 1995
tvSNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025 · Self
movieGracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
2024 · Gramps (voice), Executive Producer
movieChris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019 · Self
tvBiography: Comedy Icons
2019 · Self
tvMinnesota Experience
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieInside the Russian Info War Machine
2018 · Self
movieHot Grease
2017 · Self
tvI Love You, America
2017 · Self
movieAn Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2017 · Self
movieThe Words That Built America
2017 · Self - Reader: The Constitution
movieLong Strange Trip
2017 · Self
tvThe History of Comedy
2017 · Self
tvChelsea
2016 · Self
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self
movieHot Coffee
2011 · Self
tvConan
2010 · Self
tvOverheard with Evan Smith
2010 · Self
movieDean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
2008 · Self
movieLord, Save Us from Your Followers
2008 · Self
movieMr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
2007 · Self
movieSaturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007 · Self
movieAl Franken: God Spoke
2006 · Self
movieEarth to America
2005 · Self
tvThe Colbert Report
2005 · Self
movieSaturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005 · Self
movieLeft of the Dial
2005 · Self
movieWellstone!
2004 · Self
tvTanner on Tanner
2004 · Self
movieIndian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable
2004 · Self
movieThe Manchurian Candidate
2004 · TV Commentator
movieOutfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
2004 · Self (archive footage)
tvReal Time with Bill Maher
2003 · Self - Guest
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest, Self - Guest Host
movieThe N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase
2002 · Self - Roaster
movieHarvard Man
2001 · Al Franken
tvClerks
2000 · Mayor McCheese (voice)
movieSaturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999 · Self
tvThe Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999 · Self
tvFrom the Earth to the Moon
1998 · Jerome Weisner
LateLine
tvLateLine
1998 · Al Freundlich, Producer, Writer, Creator
movieSaturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
1998 · Writer
tvThe View
1997 · Self
movieThe Definite Maybe
1997 · Vagabond
tvThe Daily Show
1996 · Self, Self - Guest Host
tvThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Self
tv3rd Rock from the Sun
1996 · Frank Gansmiller
tvDr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995 · Al (voice), Additional Writing
movieStuart Saves His Family
1995 · Stuart Smalley, Screenplay, Novel
movieWhen a Man Loves a Woman
1994 · Co-Pilot (uncredited), Executive Producer, Screenplay
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
tvLate Show with David Letterman
1993 · Self - Guest
tvPolitically Incorrect
1993 · Self, Writer
tvThe Larry Sanders Show
1992 · Al Franken
tvThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Self
movieSaturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989 · Self
movieSuperman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
1988 · The Awesome Pair
movieOne More Saturday Night
1986 · Paul Flum, Writer
movieTab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter
1985
Franken and Davis at Stockton State
movieFranken and Davis at Stockton State
1983 · Himself, Writer
movieThe Coneheads
1983 · Writer
movieTrading Places
1983 · Baggage Handler #1
movieSteve Martin's Best Show Ever
1981 · , Writer
movieGrateful Dead: Dead Ahead
1981 · Self - Host
movieBob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda
1979 · Writer
movieThe Paul Simon Special
1977 · Writer
movieTunnel Vision
1976 · Al
tvSaturday Night Live
1975 · McSooshi Announcer (voice) (uncredited), Self - Various Characters, Self - Special Guest, Judge / Cook (uncredited), Ron Ziegler (voice) (uncredited), Crowd Member (uncredited), Phone Technician (uncredited), Pong Player (voice) (uncredited), Mourner (uncredited), Pong Player #1 (voice) (uncredited), Pong Player on the Right (voice) (uncredited), Guest (uncredited), Player on the Left (voice) (uncredited), Bee / Pong Player (uncredited), Dancer (uncredited), Lab Technician (uncredited), Wanderer (uncredited), Voice of Senator / Dr. Alan S. Franken (uncredited), Self (uncredited), Various / Football Player (uncredited), George Jessel / Various (uncredited), Patron (uncredited), Patron / Extra (uncredited), Mr. Arkansas, Passenger (uncredited), Patron / Jewish Warrior (uncredited), Ray Floyd (uncredited), Lester Crackfield (uncredited), Rod M (uncredited), Pete Tagliani, Guard (uncredited), Buzz (uncredited), Customer (uncredited), René (uncredited), Student (uncredited), Two Mile Player (uncredited), Shipmate (uncredited), Cardinal / Brad Gunderic / Soldier (uncredited), Camper (uncredited), Caveman / Motorist (uncredited), Pinklisting Narrator (voice) (uncredited), The Life of Vlad the Impalere announcer (voice) (uncredited), Russian Translator (voice) (uncredited), Narrator: Big Ball of Sports (voice) (uncredited), Bartender (uncredited), Henry Kissinger (uncredited), ICM Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Various / Announcer (uncredited), Psycho Mutant (uncredited), Sen. Paul Simon (uncredited), Self / Pat Robinson (uncredited), Stuart Smalley (uncredited), Producer, Writer