Person
Al Franken
Acting · Born 1951-05-21 · 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
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
The Daily Show
Self
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
Conan
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
McSooshi Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
The Colbert Report
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
The View
Self
Filmography
- 2026LorneSelf
- 2025Downey Wrote ThatSelf
- 2025The ResidenceAaron Filkins
- 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf - SNL Writer / Self - Cast Member / Self - Producer 1975 - 1995
- 2025SNL50: Beyond Saturday NightSelf
- 2024Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the RescueGramps (voice)
- 2019Chris Farley: Anything for a LaughSelf
- 2019Biography: Comedy IconsSelf
- 2018Minnesota ExperienceSelf (archive footage)
- 2018Inside the Russian Info War MachineSelf
- 2017Hot GreaseSelf
- 2017I Love You, AmericaSelf
- 2017An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to PowerSelf
- 2017The Words That Built AmericaSelf - Reader: The Constitution
- 2017Long Strange TripSelf
- 2017The History of ComedySelf
- 2016ChelseaSelf
- 2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest
- 2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf
- 2011Hot CoffeeSelf
- 2010ConanSelf
- 2010Overheard with Evan SmithSelf
- 2008Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American PrimarySelf
- 2008Lord, Save Us from Your FollowersSelf
- 2007Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on GoldwaterSelf
- 2007Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture NationSelf
- 2006Al Franken: God SpokeSelf
- 2005Earth to AmericaSelf
- 2005The Colbert ReportSelf
- 2005Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and FoundSelf
- 2005Left of the DialSelf
- 2004Wellstone!Self
- 2004Tanner on TannerSelf
- 2004Indian Point: Imagining the UnimaginableSelf
- 2004The Manchurian CandidateTV Commentator
- 2004Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on JournalismSelf (archive footage)
- 2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf - Guest
- 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest
- 2002The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy ChaseSelf - Roaster
- 2001Harvard ManAl Franken
- 2000ClerksMayor McCheese (voice)
- 1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary SpecialSelf
- 1999The Late Late Show with Craig KilbornSelf
- 1998From the Earth to the MoonJerome Weisner
- 1998LateLineAl Freundlich
- 1998Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil HartmanWriter
- 1997The ViewSelf
- 1997The Definite MaybeVagabond
- 1996The Daily ShowSelf
- 1996The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSelf
- 19963rd Rock from the SunFrank Gansmiller
- 1995Dr. Katz, Professional TherapistAl (voice)
- 1995Stuart Saves His FamilyStuart Smalley
- 1994When a Man Loves a WomanCo-Pilot (uncredited)
- 1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
- 1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Guest
- 1993Politically IncorrectSelf
- 1992The Larry Sanders ShowAl Franken
- 1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSelf
- 1989Saturday Night Live: 15th AnniversarySelf
- 1988Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of SteelThe Awesome Pair
- 1986One More Saturday NightPaul Flum
- 1985Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter
- 1983Franken and Davis at Stockton StateHimself
- 1983The ConeheadsWriter
- 1983Trading PlacesBaggage Handler #1
- 1981Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
- 1981Grateful Dead: Dead AheadSelf - Host
- 1979Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & GildaWriter
- 1977The Paul Simon SpecialWriter
- 1976Tunnel VisionAl
- 1975Saturday Night LiveMcSooshi Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
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