
Al Franken
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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
Credits

Trading Places (1983)
as Baggage Handler #1

Lorne (2026)
as Self

The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
as TV Commentator

When a Man Loves a Woman (1994)
as Co-Pilot (uncredited)

Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable (2004)
as Self

Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue (2024)
as Gramps (voice)

Harvard Man (2001)
as Al Franken

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025)
as Self - SNL Writer / Self - Cast Member / Self - Producer 1975 - 1995

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special (1999)
as Self

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017)
as Self

The Words That Built America (2017)
as Self - Reader: The Constitution

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found (2005)
as Self

Hot Coffee (2011)
as Self

Downey Wrote That (2025)
as Self

Tunnel Vision (1976)
as Al

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation (2007)
as Self

Earth to America (2005)
as Self

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (1989)
as Self

Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh (2019)
as Self

Stuart Saves His Family (1995)
as Stuart Smalley

Long Strange Trip (2017)
as Self

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004)
as Self (archive footage)

Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary (2008)
as Self

The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase (2002)
as Self - Roaster

Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel (1988)
as The Awesome Pair

Al Franken: God Spoke (2006)
as Self

One More Saturday Night (1986)
as Paul Flum

The Definite Maybe (1997)
as Vagabond

Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater (2007)
as Self

Steve Martin's Best Show Ever (1981)
Actor

Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead (1981)
as Self - Host

Left of the Dial (2005)
as Self

Lord, Save Us from Your Followers (2008)
as Self

Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter (1985)
Actor

Wellstone! (2004)
as Self

Hot Grease (2017)
as Self

Inside the Russian Info War Machine (2018)
as Self
Franken and Davis at Stockton State (1983)
as Himself





