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.
Known For
Trading Places
Baggage Handler #1
The Manchurian Candidate
TV Commentator
Saturday Night Live
Self - Various Characters
When a Man Loves a Woman
Co-Pilot (uncredited)
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Self
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Additional Writing
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
Gramps (voice)
Hot Coffee
Self
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Filmography
Acting (67)
Movies (37)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025as Self - SNL Writer / Self - Cast Member / Self - Producer 1975 - 1995
Downey Wrote That
2025as Self
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
2024as Gramps (voice)
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019as Self
Inside the Russian Info War Machine
2018as Self
Long Strange Trip
2017as Self
The Words That Built America
2017as Self - Reader: The Constitution
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2017as Self
Hot Grease
2017as Self
Hot Coffee
2011as Self
Lord, Save Us from Your Followers
2008as Self
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
2008as Self
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
2007as Self
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007as Self
Al Franken: God Spoke
2006as Self
Left of the Dial
2005as Self
Earth to America
2005as Self
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005as Self
The Manchurian Candidate
2004as TV Commentator
Wellstone!
2004as Self
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
2004as Self (archive footage)
Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable
2004as Self
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase
2002as Self - Roaster
Harvard Man
2001as Al Franken
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999as Self
The Definite Maybe
1997as Vagabond
Stuart Saves His Family
1995as Stuart Smalley
When a Man Loves a Woman
1994as Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989as Self
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
1988as The Awesome Pair
One More Saturday Night
1986as Paul Flum
Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter
1985
Trading Places
1983as Baggage Handler #1
Franken and Davis at Stockton State
1983as Himself
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
1981
Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead
1981as Self - Host
Tunnel Vision
1976as Al
Television (30)
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025as Self
The Residence
2025as Aaron Filkins
Biography: Comedy Icons
2019as Self
Minnesota Experience
2018as Self (archive footage)
The History of Comedy
2017as Self
I Love You, America
2017as Self
Chelsea
2016as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014as Self
Conan
2010as Self
The Colbert Report
2005as Self
Tanner on Tanner
2004as Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003as Self - Guest
Clerks
2000as Mayor McCheese (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999as Self
From the Earth to the Moon
1998as Jerome Weisner
LateLine
1998as Al Freundlich
The View
1997as Self
The Daily Show
1996as Self
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996as Frank Gansmiller
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996as Self
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995as Al (voice)
Late Show with David Letterman
1993as Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993as Self - Guest
Politically Incorrect
1993as Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992as Self
The Larry Sanders Show
1992as Al Franken
Saturday Night Live
1975as Self - Various Characters
Saturday Night Live
1975as Passerby / Worker (uncredited)
Crew (18)
Movies (12)
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
2024Executive Producer
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
1998Writer
Stuart Saves His Family
1995Novel
Stuart Saves His Family
1995Screenplay
When a Man Loves a Woman
1994Executive Producer
When a Man Loves a Woman
1994Screenplay
One More Saturday Night
1986Writer
Franken and Davis at Stockton State
1983Writer
The Coneheads
1983Writer
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
1981Writer
Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda
1979Writer
The Paul Simon Special
1977Writer
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