Al Franken

Personal Info

Birthday

May 21, 1951

(74 years old)

Place of Birth

Manhattan, New York, USA

Al Franken

Biography

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

Saturday Night Live

3rd Rock from the Sun

The Residence

From the Earth to the Moon

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

Trading Places

Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue

Clerks

Filmography

2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self
2024
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
as Gramps (voice)
2018
Inside the Russian Info War Machine
as self
2017
Hot Grease
as Self
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
as Self
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: The Constitution
Long Strange Trip
as Self
2011
Hot Coffee
as Self
2008
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
as Self
Lord, Save Us from Your Followers
as Self
2007
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
as Self
2006
Al Franken: God Spoke
as Self
2005
Earth to America
as Self
Left of the Dial
as Self
2004
Wellstone!
as Self
Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable
as Self
The Manchurian Candidate
as TV Commentator
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
as Self (archive footage)
2002
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase
as Self - Roaster
2001
Harvard Man
as Al Franken
1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as Self
1997
The Definite Maybe
as Vagabond
1995
Stuart Saves His Family
as Stuart Smalley
1994
When a Man Loves a Woman
as Co-Pilot (uncredited)
1989
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
as Self
1988
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
as The Awesome Pair
1986
One More Saturday Night
as Paul Flum
1984
Franken and Davis at Stockton State
as Himself
1983
Trading Places
as Baggage Handler #1
1981
Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead
as Self - Host
1976
Tunnel Vision
as Al