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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.

Known For

7.1

Lorne

2026 · Movie

Downey Wrote That

2025 · Movie

7.5

The Residence

2025 · TV Show

6.7

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

2025 · Movie

7.7

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025 · Movie

8.0

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

2025 · TV Show

6.8

Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue

2024 · Movie

Biography: Comedy Icons

2019 · TV Show

7.2

Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh

2019 · Movie

Minnesota Experience

2018 · TV Show

Inside the Russian Info War Machine

2018 · Movie

Hot Grease

2017 · Movie

6.6

I Love You, America

2017 · TV Show

6.6

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

2017 · Movie

6.0

The Words That Built America

2017 · Movie

8.1

Long Strange Trip

2017 · Movie

6.6

The History of Comedy

2017 · TV Show

5.1

Chelsea

2016 · TV Show

5.1

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014 · TV Show

5.8

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 · TV Show

7.2

Hot Coffee

2011 · Movie

7.2

Conan

2010 · TV Show

Overheard with Evan Smith

2010 · TV Show

Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary

2008 · Movie

4.6

Lord, Save Us from Your Followers

2008 · Movie

6.0

Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater

2007 · Movie

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

2007 · Movie

6.9

Al Franken: God Spoke

2006 · Movie

7.7

Earth to America

2005 · Movie

7.0

The Colbert Report

2005 · TV Show

8.0

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found

2005 · Movie

7.4

Left of the Dial

2005 · Movie

Wellstone!

2004 · Movie

10.0

Tanner on Tanner

2004 · TV Show

7.0

Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable

2004 · Movie

6.5

The Manchurian Candidate

2004 · Movie

7.0

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

2004 · Movie

6.0

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003 · TV Show

5.3

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003 · TV Show

5.5

The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase

2002 · Movie

4.7

Harvard Man

2001 · Movie

7.2

Clerks

2000 · TV Show

6.9

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

1999 · Movie

5.3

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

1999 · TV Show

8.1

From the Earth to the Moon

1998 · TV Show

7.0

LateLine

1998 · TV Show

4.3

The View

1997 · TV Show

4.0

The Definite Maybe

1997 · Movie

6.4

The Daily Show

1996 · TV Show

4.1

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

1996 · TV Show

7.5

3rd Rock from the Sun

1996 · TV Show

7.8

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

1995 · TV Show

5.2

Stuart Saves His Family

1995 · Movie

6.6

When a Man Loves a Woman

1994 · Movie

7.3

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993 · TV Show

6.5

Late Show with David Letterman

1993 · TV Show

5.9

Politically Incorrect

1993 · TV Show

7.8

The Larry Sanders Show

1992 · TV Show

5.3

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992 · TV Show

7.8

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

1989 · Movie

8.0

Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel

1988 · Movie

4.2

One More Saturday Night

1986 · Movie

Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter

1985 · Movie

8.0

Franken and Davis at Stockton State

1983 · Movie

7.2

Trading Places

1983 · Movie

7.6

Steve Martin's Best Show Ever

1981 · Movie

8.5

Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead

1981 · Movie

4.8

Tunnel Vision

1976 · Movie

6.9

Saturday Night Live

1975 · TV Show

Full Filmography

69 titles, newest first

7.1

Lorne

2026 · Movie

Downey Wrote That

2025 · Movie

7.5

The Residence

2025 · TV Show

6.7

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

2025 · Movie

7.7

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025 · Movie

8.0

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

2025 · TV Show

6.8

Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue

2024 · Movie

Biography: Comedy Icons

2019 · TV Show