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

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2022
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2016
The Daily Show
2003
Late Show with David Letterman
1995
Conan
2019
Saturday Night Live
1986
The View
2002
The Colbert Report
2006
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2020
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
2002
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2005

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
126
Writing
14
Producing
4
Crew
1
2026
Lorne
as Self
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self - SNL Writer / Self - Cast Member / Self - Producer 1975 - 1995
2025
Downey Wrote That
as Self
2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
2025
The Residence
as Aaron Filkins
2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
as Self
2024
Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue
as Gramps (voice)
2024
Minnesota Experience
as Self (archive footage)
2023
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest Host
2022
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2022
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest Host
2020
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2019
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
as Self
2019
Biography: Comedy Icons
as Self
2019
Conan
as Self
2018
Inside the Russian Info War Machine
as Self
2017
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
as Self
2017
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: The Constitution
2017
Long Strange Trip
as Self
2017
Hot Grease
as Self
2017
Chelsea
as Self
2017
The History of Comedy
as Self
2017
I Love You, America
as Self
2017
Overheard with Evan Smith
as Self
2016
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2011
Hot Coffee
as Self
2008
Lord, Save Us from Your Followers
as Self
2008
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary
as Self
2007
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
as Self
2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
as Self
2006
Al Franken: God Spoke
as Self
2006
The Colbert Report
as Self
2005
Left of the Dial
as Self
2005
Earth to America
as Self
2005
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
as Self
2005
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self
2004
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Wellstone!
as Self
2004
Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable
as Self
2004
The Manchurian Candidate
as TV Commentator
2004
Tanner on Tanner
as Self
2003
The Daily Show
as Self
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self - Guest
2002
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase
as Self - Roaster
2002
The View
as Self
2002
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
2002
Clerks
as Mayor McCheese (voice)
2002
Saturday Night Live
as Stuart Smalley (uncredited)
2001
Harvard Man
as Al Franken
2000
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self
1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as Self
1998
LateLine
as Al Freundlich
1998
From the Earth to the Moon
as Jerome Weisner
1997
The Definite Maybe
as Vagabond
1997
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
as Al (voice)
1997
The Larry Sanders Show
as Al Franken
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
1996
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Frank Gansmiller
1995
Stuart Saves His Family
as Stuart Smalley
1995
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1994
When a Man Loves a Woman
as Co-Pilot (uncredited)
1993
Politically Incorrect
as Self
1989
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
as Self
1988
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
as The Awesome Pair
1988
Saturday Night Live
as Sen. Paul Simon (uncredited)
1988
Saturday Night Live
as Self / Pat Robinson (uncredited)
1987
Saturday Night Live
as ICM Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1987
Saturday Night Live
as Various / Announcer (uncredited)
1987
Saturday Night Live
as Psycho Mutant (uncredited)
1986
One More Saturday Night
as Paul Flum
1986
Saturday Night Live
as McSooshi Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1986
Saturday Night Live
as Narrator: Big Ball of Sports (voice) (uncredited)
1986
Saturday Night Live
as Bartender (uncredited)
1986
Saturday Night Live
as Henry Kissinger (uncredited)
1985
Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter
1985
Saturday Night Live
as Pinklisting Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1985
Saturday Night Live
as The Life of Vlad the Impalere announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1985
Saturday Night Live
as Russian Translator (voice) (uncredited)
1983
Franken and Davis at Stockton State
as Himself
1983
Trading Places
as Baggage Handler #1
1981
Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead
as Self - Host
1981
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
1980
Saturday Night Live
as Camper (uncredited)
1980
Saturday Night Live
as Caveman / Motorist (uncredited)
1979
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Various Characters
1979
Saturday Night Live
as René (uncredited)
1979
Saturday Night Live
as Student (uncredited)
1979
Saturday Night Live
as Two Mile Player (uncredited)
1979
Saturday Night Live
as Shipmate (uncredited)
1979
Saturday Night Live
as Cardinal / Brad Gunderic / Soldier (uncredited)
1979
Saturday Night Live
as Soldier (uncredited)
1979
Saturday Night Live
as Various
1978
Saturday Night Live
as Ray Floyd (uncredited)
1978
Saturday Night Live
as Lester Crackfield (uncredited)
1978
Saturday Night Live
as Rod M (uncredited)
1978
Saturday Night Live
as Pete Tagliani
1978
Saturday Night Live
as Guard (uncredited)
1978
Saturday Night Live
as Buzz (uncredited)
1978
Saturday Night Live
as Customer (uncredited)
1977
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)
1977
Saturday Night Live
as Various / Football Player (uncredited)
1977
Saturday Night Live
as George Jessel / Various (uncredited)
1977
Saturday Night Live
as Self
1977
Saturday Night Live
as Various (uncredited)
1977
Saturday Night Live
as Patron (uncredited)
1977
Saturday Night Live
as Patron / Extra (uncredited)
1977
Saturday Night Live
as Mr. Arkansas
1977
Saturday Night Live
as Passenger (uncredited)
1977
Saturday Night Live
as Patron / Jewish Warrior (uncredited)
1976
Tunnel Vision
as Al
1976
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Special Guest
1976
Saturday Night Live
as Judge / Cook (uncredited)
1976
Saturday Night Live
as Ron Ziegler (voice) (uncredited)
1976
Saturday Night Live
as Crowd Member (uncredited)
1976
Saturday Night Live
as Phone Technician (uncredited)
1976
Saturday Night Live
as Pong Player (voice) (uncredited)
1976
Saturday Night Live
as Dancer (uncredited)
1976
Saturday Night Live
as Lab Technician (uncredited)
1976
Saturday Night Live
as Wanderer (uncredited)
1976
Saturday Night Live
as Voice of Senator / Dr. Alan S. Franken (uncredited)
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Mourner (uncredited)
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Pong Player #1 (voice) (uncredited)
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Pong Player on the Right (voice) (uncredited)
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Guest (uncredited)
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Player on the Left (voice) (uncredited)
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Bee / Pong Player (uncredited)