
Al Franken
Department: Acting
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

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
2004

Stuart Saves His Family
1995

Lord, Save Us from Your Followers
2008

Hot Coffee
2011

Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
2007

Left of the Dial
2005

Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter
1985

Tunnel Vision
1976

Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
2024

The Definite Maybe
1997

Al Franken: God Spoke
2006

Earth to America
2005

Harvard Man
2001

Franken and Davis at Stockton State
1983

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2017

When a Man Loves a Woman
1994

One More Saturday Night
1986

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989

Wellstone!
2004

Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
1988

The Words That Built America
2017

Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
2008

Long Strange Trip
2017

The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase
2002

Trading Places
1983

Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable
2004

Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead
1981

Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999

Inside the Russian Info War Machine
2018

Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
1981

The Manchurian Candidate
2004

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

Hot Grease
2017

Downey Wrote That
2025

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

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

The Daily Show
1996

The View
1997

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992

LateLine
1998

Politically Incorrect
1993

The Colbert Report
2005

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999

From the Earth to the Moon
1998

Saturday Night Live
1975

Chelsea
2016

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014

The History of Comedy
2017

I Love You, America
2017

Biography: Comedy Icons
2019

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014

The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996

Saturday Night Live
1975

3rd Rock from the Sun
1996

Saturday Night Live
1975

Saturday Night Live
1975

Real Time with Bill Maher
2003

The Daily Show
1996

Clerks
2000

Conan
2010

Minnesota Experience
2018

The Residence
2025

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

Saturday Night Live
1975

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1975

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1975

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1975

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1975

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

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1975

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1975

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1975

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1975

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025

Saturday Night Live
1975

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1975

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1975

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1975

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1975

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1975

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1975

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1975

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1975

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1975

Saturday Night Live
1975

The Larry Sanders Show
1992

Late Show with David Letterman
1993

Tanner on Tanner
2004