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
The Daily Show
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self - Guest
Conan
Self
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
The Colbert Report
Self
Saturday Night Live
McSooshi Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
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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