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Al Franken
0.8 Popularity
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
7.4
Aaron Filkins
The Residence
2025
7.9
Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
8.0
Self
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025
6.5
Gramps (voice)
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
2024
0.0
Himself
Biography: Comedy Icons
2019
7.3
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Minnesota Experience
2018
0.0
self
Inside the Russian Info War Machine
2018
6.6
Self
I Love You, America
2017
6.6
Self
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2017
Credits
The Residence
as Aaron Filkins
2025
7.4
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self
2025
7.9
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
as Self
2025
8.0
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
as Gramps (voice)
2024
6.5
Biography: Comedy Icons
as Himself
2019
0.0
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019
7.3
Minnesota Experience
as Self (archive footage)
2018
0.0
Inside the Russian Info War Machine
as self
2018
0.0
I Love You, America
as Self
2017
6.6
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
as Self
2017
6.6
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: The Constitution
2017
6.0
Long Strange Trip
as Self
2017
8.2
The History of Comedy
as Self
2017
6.6
Chelsea
as Self
2016
5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.8
Hot Coffee
as Self
2011
7.2
Conan
as Self
2010
7.1
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
as Himself
2008
0.0
Lord, Save Us from Your Followers
as Self
2008
5.1
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
as Self
2007
6.0
Al Franken: God Spoke
as Self
2006
6.9
Earth to America
as Self
2005
8.0
The Colbert Report
as Self
2005
6.8
Left of the Dial
as Self
2005
7.5
Wellstone!
as Self
2004
0.0
Tanner on Tanner
as Self
2004
0.0
Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable
as Self
2004
6.5
The Manchurian Candidate
as TV Commentator
2004
6.5
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
as Self (archive footage)
2004
7.1
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2003
6.0
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase
as Self - Roaster
2002
4.9
Harvard Man
as Al Franken
2001
4.7
Clerks
as Mayor McCheese (voice)
2000
7.2
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as Self
1999
6.8
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self
1999
4.2
From the Earth to the Moon
as Jerome Weisner
1998
8.2
LateLine
1998
0.0
The View
as Self
1997
4.5
The Definite Maybe
as Vagabond
1997
0.0
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest Host
1996
6.4
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
1996
3.5
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Frank Gansmiller
1996
7.5
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
as Al (voice)
1995
7.7
Stuart Saves His Family
as Stuart Smalley
1995
5.2
When a Man Loves a Woman
as Co-Pilot (uncredited)
1994
6.6
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
Politically Incorrect
as Self
1993
5.9
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self
1992
5.4
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
as Self
1989
7.5
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
as The Awesome Pair
1988
8.5
One More Saturday Night
as Paul Flum
1986
3.7
Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter
1985
0.0
🎬
Franken and Davis at Stockton State
as Himself
1984
0.0
Trading Places
as Baggage Handler #1
1983
7.2
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
1981
6.7
Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead
as Self - Host
1981
0.0
Tunnel Vision
as Al
1976
4.5
Saturday Night Live
as McSooshi Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1975
6.9
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Various Characters
1975
6.9
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
6.9
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Special Guest
1975
6.9