Acting
Al Franken
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...
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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.
Movies
Known for
Trading Places1983 · Baggage Handler #13.6ActuallyLike
The Manchurian Candidate2004 · TV Commentator3.2ActuallyLike
When a Man Loves a Woman1994 · Co-Pilot (uncredited)3.3ActuallyLike
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power2017 · Self3.3
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue2024 · Gramps (voice)3.5ActuallyLike
Hot Coffee2011 · Self3.6
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism2004 · Self (archive footage)3.5
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music2025 · Self - SNL Writer / Self - Cast Member / Self - Producer 1975 - 19953.9Catalog
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Cast
Cast credits
Trading Places1983 · Baggage Handler #13.6ActuallyLikeThe Manchurian Candidate2004 · TV Commentator3.2ActuallyLikeWhen a Man Loves a Woman1994 · Co-Pilot (uncredited)3.3ActuallyLikeAn Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power2017 · Self3.3Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue2024 · Gramps (voice)3.5ActuallyLikeHot Coffee2011 · Self3.6Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism2004 · Self (archive footage)3.5Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music2025 · Self - SNL Writer / Self - Cast Member / Self - Producer 1975 - 19953.9
Long Strange Trip2017 · Self4.0
Lorne2026 · Self3.4
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special1999 · Self3.4
Harvard Man2001 · Al Franken2.4
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary1989 · Self3.9
The Words That Built America2017 · Self - Reader: The Constitution3.0
Stuart Saves His Family1995 · Stuart Smalley2.6
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever1981 · Cast3.8
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh2019 · Self3.6
Al Franken: God Spoke2006 · Self3.5Crew
Crew credits
When a Man Loves a Woman1994 · Screenplay, Executive Producer3.3ActuallyLikeGracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue2024 · Executive Producer3.5ActuallyLike
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman1998 · Writer3.8Stuart Saves His Family1995 · Screenplay, Novel2.6Steve Martin's Best Show Ever1981 · Writer3.8
The Paul Simon Special1977 · Writer4.2
The Coneheads1983 · Writer2.5
Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda1979 · Writer3.5
One More Saturday Night1986 · Writer2.1FFranken and Davis at Stockton State1983 · Writer4.0