Al Franken
Born: 1951-05-21
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Trading Places
1983★ 7.2
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
2007★ 6.0
Inside the Russian Info War Machine
2018★ 0.0
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
2024★ 6.9
Tunnel Vision
1976★ 4.5
The Manchurian Candidate
2004★ 6.5
Hot Coffee
2011★ 7.2
When a Man Loves a Woman
1994★ 6.6
The Definite Maybe
1997★ 2.0
Long Strange Trip
2017★ 8.1
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989★ 7.6
Left of the Dial
2005★ 7.5
Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable
2004★ 6.5
Wellstone!
2004★ 0.0
Al Franken: God Spoke
2006★ 6.9
The Words That Built America
2017★ 6.0
Hot Grease
2017★ 0.0
Downey Wrote That
2025★ 0.0
Stuart Saves His Family
1995★ 5.2
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2017★ 6.5
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019★ 7.3
Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter
1985★ 0.0
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999★ 6.8
Earth to America
2005★ 8.0
Harvard Man
2001★ 4.6
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005★ 0.0
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007★ 0.0
One More Saturday Night
1986★ 3.3
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
2004★ 7.1
Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead
1981★ 10.0
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
2008★ 0.0
Lord, Save Us from Your Followers
2008★ 4.6
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
1981★ 7.5
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase
2002★ 5.1
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
1988★ 8.5