Al Franken

Al Franken

🎬 Actor

Born

21 May 1951 (74)

Place of Birth

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.

Filmography (37)

Downey Wrote That

Downey Wrote That

2025

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025

7.8
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue

Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue

2024

6.9
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh

Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh

2019

7.2
Inside the Russian Info War Machine

Inside the Russian Info War Machine

2018

Hot Grease

Hot Grease

2017

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

2017

6.6
The Words That Built America

The Words That Built America

2017

6.0
Long Strange Trip

Long Strange Trip

2017

8.1
Hot Coffee

Hot Coffee

2011

7.2
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary

Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary

2008

Lord, Save Us from Your Followers

Lord, Save Us from Your Followers

2008

4.6
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater

Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater

2007

6.0
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

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

2007

Al Franken: God Spoke

Al Franken: God Spoke

2006

6.9
Earth to America

Earth to America

2005

8.0
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found

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

2005

Left of the Dial

Left of the Dial

2005

7.5
Wellstone!

Wellstone!

2004

Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable

Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable

2004

6.5
The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate

2004

6.5
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

2004

7.0
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase

The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase

2002

5.1
Harvard Man

Harvard Man

2001

4.6
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

1999

6.8
The Definite Maybe

The Definite Maybe

1997

2.0
Stuart Saves His Family

Stuart Saves His Family

1995

5.2
When a Man Loves a Woman

When a Man Loves a Woman

1994

6.6
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

1989

7.6
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel

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

1988

8.5
One More Saturday Night

One More Saturday Night

1986

3.2
Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter

Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter

1985

Franken and Davis at Stockton State

1983

Trading Places

Trading Places

1983

7.2
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever

Steve Martin's Best Show Ever

1981

7.5
Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead

Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead

1981

10.0
Tunnel Vision

Tunnel Vision

1976

4.5