Al Franken
Known for: Acting
Born: May 21, 1951
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
Stuart Saves His Family
1995
Left of the Dial
2005
Al Franken: God Spoke
2006
Franken and Davis at Stockton State
1983
Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable
2004
One More Saturday Night
1986
Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead
1981
Inside the Russian Info War Machine
2018
Hot Grease
2017
Lord, Save Us from Your Followers
2008
Wellstone!
2004
Hot Coffee
2011
Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter
1985
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
2008
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
2004
The Definite Maybe
1997
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
1981
Downey Wrote That
2025
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
2007
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
1988
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
2024
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase
2002
Long Strange Trip
2017
Trading Places
1983
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999
Harvard Man
2001
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2017
Tunnel Vision
1976
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
Earth to America
2005
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
When a Man Loves a Woman
1994
The Words That Built America
2017
The Daily Show
1996
The View
1997
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995
Lorne
2026
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
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Clerks
2000
Conan
2010
Minnesota Experience
2018
The Residence
2025
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Tanner on Tanner
2004
Overheard with Evan Smith
2010