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Al Franken

Acting · Born May 21, 1951 · 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.

Movies with Al Franken

• Trading Places (1983) — Baggage Handler #1
• The Manchurian Candidate (2004) — TV Commentator
• Lorne (2026) — Self
• When a Man Loves a Woman (1994) — Co-Pilot (uncredited)
• Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue (2024) — Gramps (voice)
• SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025) — Self
• Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025) — Self - SNL Writer / Self - Cast Member / Self - Producer 1975 - 1995
• An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017) — Self
• Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special (1999) — Self
• The Words That Built America (2017) — Self - Reader: The Constitution
• Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable (2004) — Self
• Downey Wrote That (2025) — Self

TV shows with Al Franken

• The Residence (2025) — Aaron Filkins
• The History of Comedy (2017) — Self
• Politically Incorrect (1993) — Self