Al Franken
- Acting
- May 21, 1951 · New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Lorne · Self
- Downey Wrote That · Self
- The Residence · Aaron Filkins
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert · Self
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music · Self
- SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night · Self
- Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue · Gramps (Voice), Executive producer
- Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh · Self
- Biography: Comedy Icons · Self
- Minnesota Experience · Self
- Inside the Russian Info War Machine · Self
- Hot Grease · Self
- I Love You, America · Self
- An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power · Self
- The Words That Built America · Self
- Long Strange Trip · Self
- The History of Comedy · Self
- Chelsea · Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Hot Coffee · Self
- Conan · Self
- Overheard with Evan Smith · Self
- Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary · Self
- Lord, Save Us from Your Followers · Self
- Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater · Self
- Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation · Self
- Al Franken: God Spoke · Self
- Earth to America · Self
- The Colbert Report · Self
- Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found · Self
- Left of the Dial · Self
- Wellstone! · Self
- Tanner on Tanner · Self
- Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable · Self
- The Manchurian Candidate · TV Commentator
- Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism · Self
- Real Time with Bill Maher · Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase · Self
- Harvard Man · Al Franken
- Clerks · Mayor McCheese (Voice)
- Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special · Self
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn · Self
- From the Earth to the Moon · Jerome Weisner
- LateLine · Al Freundlich, Producer
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman · Writer
- The View · Self
- The Definite Maybe · Vagabond
- The Daily Show · Self
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show · Self
- 3rd Rock from the Sun · Frank Gansmiller
- Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist · Al (Voice), Additional Writing
- Stuart Saves His Family · Stuart Smalley, Screenplay
- When a Man Loves a Woman · Co-Pilot (uncredited), Executive producer
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien · Self
- Late Show with David Letterman · Self
- Politically Incorrect · Self, Writer
- The Larry Sanders Show · Al Franken
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno · Self
- Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary · Self, Writer
- Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel · The Awesome Pair
- One More Saturday Night · Paul Flum, Writer
- Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter
- Franken and Davis at Stockton State · Self, Writer
- The Coneheads · Writer
- Trading Places · Baggage Handler #1
- Steve Martin's Best Show Ever · Writer
- Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead · Self
- Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda · Writer
- The Paul Simon Special · Writer
- Tunnel Vision · Al
- Saturday Night Live · McSooshi Announcer (voice) (uncredited), Self