Acting credits
63
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Al Franken
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.7
Low visibility
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Movies: 40Series: 27Crew credits: 12
TMDB ID: 65348
IMDb ID: nm0291253
Known for: Acting
Born: May 21, 1951
Age: 74
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1975 - 2025
Years active: 51
Average TMDB rating: 6.51
Wikidata: Q319084
Other jobs
Writer (7)Screenplay (2)Additional Writing (1)Executive Producer (1)Producer (1)
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
Movies
Movie credits linked with Al Franken.
Downey Wrote That
as Self
2025 Movie
7.8
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self - SNL Writer / Self - Cast Member / Self - Producer 1975 - 1995
2025 Movie
6.9
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
as Gramps (voice)
2024 Movie
7.2
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
as Self
2019 Movie
Inside the Russian Info War Machine
as Self
2018 Movie
Hot Grease
as Self
2017 Movie
6.6
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
as Self
2017 Movie
6.0
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: The Constitution
2017 Movie
8.1
Long Strange Trip
as Self
2017 Movie
7.2
Hot Coffee
as Self
2011 Movie
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
as Self
2008 Movie
4.6
Lord, Save Us from Your Followers
as Self
2008 Movie
6.0
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
as Self
2007 Movie
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
as Self
2007 Movie
6.9
Al Franken: God Spoke
as Self
2006 Movie
8.0
Earth to America
as Self
2005 Movie
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
as Self
2005 Movie
7.5
Left of the Dial
as Self
2005 Movie
Wellstone!
as Self
2004 Movie
6.5
Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable
as Self
2004 Movie
6.5
The Manchurian Candidate
as TV Commentator
2004 Movie
7.0
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
as Self (archive footage)
2004 Movie
5.1
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase
as Self - Roaster
2002 Movie
4.6
Harvard Man
as Al Franken
2001 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Al Franken.
7.6
The Residence
as Aaron Filkins • 7 eps
2025 Series
7.8
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
as Self • 2 eps
2025 Series
Biography: Comedy Icons
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
Minnesota Experience
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2018 Series
6.6
I Love You, America
as Self • 1 eps
2017 Series
6.6
The History of Comedy
as Self • 14 eps
2017 Series
5.1
Chelsea
as Self • 1 eps
2016 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.1
Conan
as Self • 2 eps
2010 Series
6.9
The Colbert Report
as Self • 2 eps
2005 Series
Tanner on Tanner
as Self • 4 eps
2004 Series
6.0
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self - Guest • 6 eps
2003 Series
5.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.2
Clerks
as Mayor McCheese (voice) • 1 eps
2000 Series
4.6
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self • 5 eps
1999 Series
8.1
From the Earth to the Moon
as Jerome Weisner • 1 eps
1998 Series
4.3
The View
as Self • 3 eps
1997 Series
6.4
The Daily Show
as Self • 6 eps
1996 Series
3.9
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self • 1 eps
1996 Series
7.5
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Frank Gansmiller • 1 eps
1996 Series
7.8
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
as Al (voice) • 1 eps
1995 Series
7.2
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest • 8 eps
1993 Series
5.3
Politically Incorrect
as Self • 6 eps
1993 Series