Al Franken
Born in New York City, New York, USA — May 21 1951
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.
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Al Franken's Credits
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3rd Rock from the Sun
Frank Gansmiller
The Larry Sanders Show
Al Franken
From the Earth to the Moon
Jerome Weisner
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Al (voice)
The Residence
Aaron Filkins
Trading Places
Baggage Handler #1
LateLine
Al Freundlich
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
Self
The History of Comedy
Self
Clerks
Mayor McCheese (voice)
Politically Incorrect
Self
The Manchurian Candidate
TV Commentator
Tanner on Tanner
Self
Biography: Comedy Icons
Self
The Words That Built America
Self - Reader: The Constitution
When a Man Loves a Woman
Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Minnesota Experience
Self (archive footage)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self - SNL Writer / Self - Cast Member / Self - Producer 1975 - 1995
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
Gramps (voice)
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Self
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Self
Earth to America
Self
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
Writing
Stuart Saves His Family
Stuart Smalley
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Self (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
Self
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
Self
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Self
Harvard Man
Al Franken
The Definite Maybe
Vagabond
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase
Self - Roaster
Tunnel Vision
Al
Downey Wrote That
Self
Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda
Writing
Al Franken: God Spoke
Self
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
The Coneheads
Writing
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
The Awesome Pair
Hot Coffee
Self
One More Saturday Night
Paul Flum
Wellstone!
Self
Long Strange Trip
Self
Hot Grease
Self
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
Self
Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead
Self - Host
Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter
Franken and Davis at Stockton State
Himself
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
Self
Lord, Save Us from Your Followers
Self
The Paul Simon Special
Writing
Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable
Self
Left of the Dial
Self
Inside the Russian Info War Machine
Self