Acting

Al Franken

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

Newest first

Lorne
as Self
2026
Downey Wrote That
as Self
2025
The Residence
as Aaron Filkins
2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self - SNL Writer / Self - Cast Member / Self - Producer 1975 - 1995
2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
as Self
2025
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
as Gramps (voice)
2024
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
Executive Producer
2024
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
as Self
2019
Biography: Comedy Icons
as Self
2019
Minnesota Experience
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Inside the Russian Info War Machine
as Self
2018
Hot Grease
as Self
2017
I Love You, America
as Self
2017
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
as Self
2017
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: The Constitution
2017
Long Strange Trip
as Self
2017
The History of Comedy
as Self
2017
Chelsea
as Self
2016
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
Hot Coffee
as Self
2011
Conan
as Self
2010
Overheard with Evan Smith
as Self
2010
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
as Self
2008
Lord, Save Us from Your Followers
as Self
2008
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
as Self
2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
as Self
2007
Al Franken: God Spoke
as Self
2006
Earth to America
as Self
2005
The Colbert Report
as Self
2005
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
as Self
2005
Left of the Dial
as Self
2005
Wellstone!
as Self
2004
Tanner on Tanner
as Self
2004
Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable
as Self
2004
The Manchurian Candidate
as TV Commentator
2004
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self - Guest
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest Host
2003
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase
as Self - Roaster
2002
Harvard Man
as Al Franken
2001
Clerks
as Mayor McCheese (voice)
2000
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as Self
1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self
1999
From the Earth to the Moon
as Jerome Weisner
1998
LateLine
as Al Freundlich
1998
LateLine
Writer
1998
LateLine
Producer
1998
LateLine
Creator
1998
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
Writer
1998
The View
as Self
1997
The Definite Maybe
as Vagabond
1997
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest Host
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
1996
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Frank Gansmiller
1996
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
as Al (voice)
1995
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Additional Writing
1995
Stuart Saves His Family
as Stuart Smalley
1995
Stuart Saves His Family
Screenplay
1995
Stuart Saves His Family
Novel
1995
When a Man Loves a Woman
as Co-Pilot (uncredited)
1994
When a Man Loves a Woman
Screenplay
1994
When a Man Loves a Woman
Executive Producer
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1993
Politically Incorrect
as Self
1993
Politically Incorrect
Writer
1993
The Larry Sanders Show
as Al Franken
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self
1992
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
as Self
1989
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Writer
1989
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
as The Awesome Pair
1988
One More Saturday Night
as Paul Flum
1986
One More Saturday Night
Writer
1986
Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter
1985
Franken and Davis at Stockton State
as Himself
1983
Franken and Davis at Stockton State
Writer
1983