Acting
Al Franken
Acting · Born 1951-05-21 · New York City, New York, USA
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.
Credits · 66
FilmLorne
2026 · Self
The Residence
2025 · Aaron Filkins
FilmSNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025 · Self
FilmLadies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 · Self - SNL Writer / Self - Cast Member / Self - Producer 1975 - 1995
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025 · Self
FilmGracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
2024 · Gramps (voice)
FilmChris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019 · Self
Biography: Comedy Icons
2019 · Self
Minnesota Experience
2018 · Self (archive footage)
I Love You, America
2017 · Self
FilmAn Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2017 · Self
FilmThe Words That Built America
2017 · Self - Reader: The Constitution
FilmLong Strange Trip
2017 · Self
The History of Comedy
2017 · Self
Chelsea
2016 · Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self
FilmHot Coffee
2011 · Self
Conan
2010 · Self
Overheard with Evan Smith
2010 · Self
FilmLord, Save Us from Your Followers
2008 · Self
FilmMr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
2007 · Self
FilmAl Franken: God Spoke
2006 · Self
FilmEarth to America
2005 · Self
The Colbert Report
2005 · Self
FilmSaturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005 · Self
FilmLeft of the Dial
2005 · Self
Tanner on Tanner
2004 · Self
FilmIndian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable
2004 · Self
FilmThe Manchurian Candidate
2004 · TV Commentator
FilmOutfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 · Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
FilmThe N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase
2002 · Self - Roaster
FilmHarvard Man
2001 · Al Franken
Clerks
2000 · Mayor McCheese (voice)
FilmSaturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999 · Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999 · Self
From the Earth to the Moon
1998 · Jerome Weisner
LateLine
LateLine
1998 · Al Freundlich
FilmSaturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
1998 · Writer
The View
1997 · Self
FilmThe Definite Maybe
1997 · Vagabond
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Self
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996 · Frank Gansmiller
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995 · Al (voice)
FilmStuart Saves His Family
1995 · Stuart Smalley
FilmWhen a Man Loves a Woman
1994 · Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · Self - Guest
Politically Incorrect
1993 · Self
The Larry Sanders Show
1992 · Al Franken
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Self
FilmSaturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989 · Self
FilmSuperman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
1988 · The Awesome Pair
FilmOne More Saturday Night
1986 · Paul Flum
Franken and Davis at Stockton State
FilmFranken and Davis at Stockton State
1983 · Himself
FilmThe Coneheads
1983 · Writer
FilmTrading Places
1983 · Baggage Handler #1
FilmSteve Martin's Best Show Ever
1981 · Writer
FilmGrateful Dead: Dead Ahead
1981 · Self - Host
FilmBob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda
1979 · Writer
FilmThe Paul Simon Special
1977 · Writer
FilmTunnel Vision
1976 · Al
Saturday Night Live
1975 · McSooshi Announcer (voice) (uncredited)