Al Franken
View on IMDb ↗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
Tanner on Tanner
Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead
From the Earth to the Moon
Long Strange Trip
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicFilmography (68)
- 2026
LorneSelf - 2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday NightSelf - 2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf - SNL Writer / Self - Cast Member / Self - Producer 1975 - 1995 - 2025
The ResidenceAaron Filkins - 2025
Downey Wrote ThatSelf - 2024
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the RescueGramps (voice) - 2019
Chris Farley: Anything for a LaughSelf - 2019
Biography: Comedy IconsSelf - 2018
Inside the Russian Info War MachineSelf - 2018
Minnesota ExperienceSelf (archive footage) - 2017
Long Strange TripSelf - 2017
The History of ComedySelf - 2017
I Love You, AmericaSelf - 2017
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to PowerSelf - 2017
The Words That Built AmericaSelf - Reader: The Constitution - 2017
Hot GreaseSelf - 2016
ChelseaSelf - 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf - 2014
Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest - 2011
Hot CoffeeSelf - 2010
ConanSelf - 2010
Overheard with Evan SmithSelf - 2008
Lord, Save Us from Your FollowersSelf - 2008
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American PrimarySelf - 2007
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on GoldwaterSelf - 2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture NationSelf - 2006
Al Franken: God SpokeSelf - 2005
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and FoundSelf - 2005
Earth to AmericaSelf - 2005
Left of the DialSelf - 2005
The Colbert ReportSelf - 2004
Tanner on TannerSelf - 2004
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on JournalismSelf (archive footage) - 2004
Indian Point: Imagining the UnimaginableSelf - 2004
The Manchurian CandidateTV Commentator - 2004
Wellstone!Self - 2003
Real Time with Bill MaherSelf - Guest - 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest - 2002
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy ChaseSelf - Roaster - 2001
Harvard ManAl Franken - 2000
ClerksMayor McCheese (voice) - 1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary SpecialSelf - 1999
The Late Late Show with Craig KilbornSelf - 1998
From the Earth to the MoonJerome Weisner - 1998LateLineAl Freundlich
- 1997
The Definite MaybeVagabond - 1997
The ViewSelf - 1996
3rd Rock from the SunFrank Gansmiller - 1996
The Daily ShowSelf - 1996
The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSelf - 1995
Dr. Katz, Professional TherapistAl (voice) - 1995
Stuart Saves His FamilyStuart Smalley - 1994
When a Man Loves a WomanCo-Pilot (uncredited) - 1993
Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest - 1993
Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Guest - 1993
Politically IncorrectSelf - 1992
The Larry Sanders ShowAl Franken - 1992
The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSelf - 1989
Saturday Night Live: 15th AnniversarySelf - 1988
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of SteelThe Awesome Pair - 1986
One More Saturday NightPaul Flum - 1985
Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter - 1983Franken and Davis at Stockton StateHimself
- 1983
Trading PlacesBaggage Handler #1 - 1981
Grateful Dead: Dead AheadSelf - Host - 1981
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever - 1976
Tunnel VisionAl - 1975
Saturday Night LiveMcSooshi Announcer (voice) (uncredited)