Al Franken
Born
5/21/1951
New York City, 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.
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 For31 Movies
Trading Places
1983
★7.2
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
★6.5
When a Man Loves a Woman
1994
★6.6
Lorne
2026
★6.8
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
★6.8
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
2024
★6.8
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2017
★6.6
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
★7.7
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999
★6.9
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
★7.8
The Words That Built America
2017
★6.0
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005
★8.0
Stuart Saves His Family
1995
★5.2
Harvard Man
2001
★4.7
Earth to America
2005
★7.7
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
2004
★7.0
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019
★7.2
One More Saturday Night
1986
★4.2
Tunnel Vision
1976
★4.8
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase
2002
★5.5
The Definite Maybe
1997
★4.5
Al Franken: God Spoke
2006
★6.9
Hot Coffee
2011
★7.2
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
1988
★8.0
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
1981
★7.6
Long Strange Trip
2017
★8.1
Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead
1981
★8.5
Left of the Dial
2005
★7.4
Lord, Save Us from Your Followers
2008
★4.6
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
2007
★6.0
Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable
2004
★7.0