Actor

Al Franken

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.

Notable work

7.2
Trading Places (1983)
as Baggage Handler #1
6.5
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
as TV Commentator
7.5
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
as Frank Gansmiller
6.6
When a Man Loves a Woman (1994)
as Co-Pilot (uncredited)
7.5
The Residence (2025)
as Aaron Filkins

Often works with

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Tom Davis
6 titles together
Trading Places, Tunnel Vision, The Coneheads
Dan Aykroyd
3 titles together
Trading Places, The Coneheads, Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
Jane Curtin
2 titles together
3rd Rock from the Sun, The Coneheads
Jan Hooks
2 titles together
3rd Rock from the Sun, Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
Alec Baldwin
2 titles together
Clerks, Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
Bess Meyer
2 titles together
Stuart Saves His Family, One More Saturday Night

Full filmography · 23

Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
as Gramps (voice)
20246.9
The Manchurian Candidate
as TV Commentator
20046.5
Harvard Man
as Al Franken
20014.7
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
Writer
1998
The Definite Maybe
as Vagabond
1997
Stuart Saves His Family
as Stuart Smalley
19955.2
When a Man Loves a Woman
as Co-Pilot (uncredited)
19946.6
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
as The Awesome Pair
1988
One More Saturday Night
as Paul Flum and Writer
1986
Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter
cast
1985
The Coneheads
Writer
1983
Trading Places
as Baggage Handler #1
19837.2