
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.
Known for

Trading Places
1983 · Movie

Lorne
2026 · Movie

The Manchurian Candidate
2004 · Movie

When a Man Loves a Woman
1994 · Movie

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

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989 · Movie

Earth to America
2005 · Movie

Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
2024 · Movie

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

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

Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
1981 · Movie

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999 · Movie

The Words That Built America
2017 · Movie

Long Strange Trip
2017 · Movie

Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead
1981 · Movie

Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019 · Movie

Hot Coffee
2011 · Movie

Left of the Dial
2005 · Movie

Al Franken: God Spoke
2006 · Movie

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2017 · Movie

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
2004 · Movie

Stuart Saves His Family
1995 · Movie

Harvard Man
2001 · Movie

Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable
2004 · Movie

Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
2007 · Movie

Tunnel Vision
1976 · Movie

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

One More Saturday Night
1986 · Movie

The Definite Maybe
1997 · Movie

Lord, Save Us from Your Followers
2008 · Movie

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

Downey Wrote That
2025 · Movie

Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter
1985 · Movie

Wellstone!
2004 · Movie

Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
2008 · Movie

Hot Grease
2017 · Movie

Inside the Russian Info War Machine
2018 · Movie