Al Franken

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.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

56

Birth Date

1951-05-21 00:00:00

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Known For

• 

  Al Franken: God Spoke
• 

  Stuart Saves His Family
• 

  Left of the Dial
• 

  Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable
• 

  One More Saturday Night
• Franken and Davis at Stockton State

Credits

• actors (44 credits)

  • Lorne

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Downey Wrote That

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

    Self - SNL Writer / Self - Cast Member / Self - Producer 1975 - 1995

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue

    Gramps (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Inside the Russian Info War Machine

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Hot Grease

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • The Words That Built America

    Self - Reader: The Constitution

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Long Strange Trip

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    - Zoë Kravitz, Al Franken, Sebastián Yatra (2022) ... Self actor actors
    2014
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    - Kevin Hart, Sen. Al Franken, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter (2016) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    2014
  • Hot Coffee

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Lord, Save Us from Your Followers

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Al Franken: God Spoke

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Earth to America

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Left of the Dial

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Wellstone!

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • The Manchurian Candidate

    TV Commentator

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    - September 13, 2024: Alex Karp, Kristen Soltis Anderson, Al Franken (2024) ... Self - Guest actor actors

    - Episode 547 (2020) ... Self - Guest actor actors

    - Al Franken; Penn Jillette; Amy Holmes; Gavin Newsom (2017) ... Self - Guest actor actors

    - Sen. Al Franken; Piers Morgan, Karine Jean-Pierre and John Waters; Jim Jefferies (2017) ... Self - Guest actor actors

    - May 13, 2005 (2005) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    2003
  • The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase

    Self - Roaster

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Harvard Man

    Al Franken

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • The Definite Maybe

    Vagabond

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • The Daily Show

    - March 23, 2023 - BenDeLaCreme (2023) ... Self - Guest Host actor actors

    - March 22, 2023 - Heather McGhee (2023) ... Self - Guest Host actor actors

    - March 21, 2023 - Alan Ruck (2023) ... Self - Guest Host actor actors

    - March 20, 2023 - Senator Lindsay Graham (2023) ... Self - Guest Host actor actors

    - Al Franken (2015) ... Self actor actors
    1996
  • Stuart Saves His Family

    Stuart Smalley

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • When a Man Loves a Woman

    Co-Pilot (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Late Show with David Letterman

    - Pamela Anderson, Al Franken (2004) ... Self - Guest actor actors

    - Jamie Foxx, Al Franken (2004) ... Self - Guest actor actors

    - Show #0357 (1995) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    1993
  • Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel

    The Awesome Pair

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • One More Saturday Night

    Paul Flum

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Franken and Davis at Stockton State

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • Trading Places

    Baggage Handler #1

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • Steve Martin's Best Show Ever

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead

    Self - Host

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • Tunnel Vision

    Al

    actor

    actors
    1976

• production (2 credits)

  • Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue

    executive producer

    production
    2024
  • When a Man Loves a Woman

    executive producer

    production
    1994

• writing (10 credits)

  • Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman

    writer

    writing
    1998
  • Stuart Saves His Family

    screenplay

    writing
    1995
  • When a Man Loves a Woman

    screenplay

    writing
    1994
  • Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

    writer

    writing
    1989
  • One More Saturday Night

    writer

    writing
    1986
  • Franken and Davis at Stockton State

    writer

    writing
    1983
  • The Coneheads

    writer

    writing
    1983
  • Steve Martin's Best Show Ever

    writer

    writing
    1981
  • Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda

    writer

    writing
    1979
  • The Paul Simon Special

    writer

    writing
    1977