Al Franken
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
The Daily Show
Self - Guest Host
1996
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Series
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
Series
Saturday Night Live
McSooshi Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Various Characters
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Special Guest
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Judge / Cook (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Ron Ziegler (voice) (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Crowd Member (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Phone Technician (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Pong Player (voice) (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Mourner (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Pong Player #1 (voice) (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Pong Player on the Right (voice) (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Guest (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Player on the Left (voice) (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Bee / Pong Player (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Dancer (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Lab Technician (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Wanderer (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Voice of Senator / Dr. Alan S. Franken (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Various / Football Player (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
George Jessel / Various (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Various (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Patron (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Patron / Extra (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Mr. Arkansas
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Passenger (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Patron / Jewish Warrior (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Ray Floyd (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Lester Crackfield (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Rod M (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Pete Tagliani
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Guard (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Buzz (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Customer (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
René (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Student (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Two Mile Player (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Shipmate (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Cardinal / Brad Gunderic / Soldier (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Soldier (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Various
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Camper (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Caveman / Motorist (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Pinklisting Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
The Life of Vlad the Impalere announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Russian Translator (voice) (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Narrator: Big Ball of Sports (voice) (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Bartender (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Henry Kissinger (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
ICM Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Various / Announcer (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Psycho Mutant (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Sen. Paul Simon (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self / Pat Robinson (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Stuart Smalley (uncredited)
1975
Series
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self - Guest
2003
Series
Conan
Self
2010
Series
The Colbert Report
Self
2005
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest Host
2003
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992
Series
3rd Rock from the Sun
Frank Gansmiller
1996
Series
The Larry Sanders Show
Al Franken
1992
Series
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Al (voice)
1995
Series
Chelsea
Self
2016
Film
Trading Places
Baggage Handler #1
1983
Series
From the Earth to the Moon
Jerome Weisner
1998
Series
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Self
1999
Series
The Residence
Aaron Filkins
2025
Series
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
Self
2025
Series
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self
1996
Series
Clerks
Mayor McCheese (voice)
2000
Series
The History of Comedy
Self
2017
LateLine
Al Freundlich
1998
Series
Politically Incorrect
Self
1993
Film
The Manchurian Candidate
TV Commentator
2004
Series
Tanner on Tanner
Self
2004
Series
I Love You, America
Self
2017
Film
Lorne
Self
2026
Film
When a Man Loves a Woman
Co-Pilot (uncredited)
1994
Film
Harvard Man
Al Franken
2001
Film
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Self
1989
Series
Biography: Comedy Icons
Self
2019
Series
Minnesota Experience
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self - SNL Writer / Self - Cast Member / Self - Producer 1975 - 1995
2025
Film
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Self
1999
Series
Overheard with Evan Smith
Self
2010
Film
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
Gramps (voice)
2024
Film
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Self
2017
Film
The Words That Built America
Self - Reader: The Constitution
2017
Film
Stuart Saves His Family
Stuart Smalley
1995
Film
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
Self
2005
Film
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
Self
2008
Film
Earth to America
Self
2005
Film
Wellstone!
Self
2004
Film
Tunnel Vision
Al
1976
Film
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
Self
2019
Film
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
The Awesome Pair
1988
Film
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Self
2007
Film
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
1981
Film
The Definite Maybe
Vagabond
1997
Film
Hot Coffee
Self
2011
Film
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
One More Saturday Night
Paul Flum
1986
Film
Al Franken: God Spoke
Self
2006
Film
Lord, Save Us from Your Followers
Self
2008
Film
Downey Wrote That
Self
2025
Film
Long Strange Trip
Self
2017
Film
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase
Self - Roaster
2002
Film
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
Self
2007
Film
Inside the Russian Info War Machine
Self
2018
Film
Left of the Dial
Self
2005
Film
Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead
Self - Host
1981
Film
Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter
1985
Film
Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable
Self
2004
Film
Hot Grease
Self
2017
Franken and Davis at Stockton State
Himself
1983