Al Franken

Born: 1951-05-21

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.


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Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue

as Gramps (voice)
Released: 2024-05-01

Family frenemies, Gracie and Pedro, must put their differences aside, embarking on a thrilling...

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Trading Places

as Baggage Handler #1
Released: 1983-06-07

A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet...

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The Manchurian Candidate

as TV Commentator
Released: 2004-07-30

Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having...

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When a Man Loves a Woman

as Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Released: 1994-04-29

An airline pilot and his wife are forced to face the consequences of her alcoholism when her...

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An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

as Self
Released: 2017-07-28

A decade after An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change into the heart of popular culture...

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Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2004-07-14

This film examines how media empires, led by Rupert Murdoch's Fox News, have been running a...

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Stuart Saves His Family

as Stuart Smalley
Released: 1995-04-12

A self-help advocate struggles to put his dysfunctional family in its place.

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Harvard Man

as Al Franken
Released: 2001-08-01

College has always been a time for experimentation, sexual, cultural and otherwise. "Harvard...

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Hot Coffee

as Self
Released: 2011-06-27

Most people think they know the "McDonald's coffee case," but what they don't know is that...

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Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

as Self
Released: 1999-09-25

A TV special celebrating the 25th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity...

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The Words That Built America

as Self - Reader: The Constitution
Released: 2017-07-04

In recognition of the 4th of July, several celebrities and politicians of differing ideologies...

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Tunnel Vision

as Al
Released: 1976-03-12

A committee investigating TV's first uncensored network examines a typical day's programming,...

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Long Strange Trip

as Self
Released: 2017-05-25

The tale of the Grateful Dead is inspiring, complicated, and downright messy. A tribe of...

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One More Saturday Night

as Paul Flum
Released: 1986-08-02

The problems faced by both teenagers and adults in a small Minnesota town who are trying to get...

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Earth to America

as Self
Released: 2005-11-20

Tom Hanks is the host of this show with a comic approach to raise awareness concerning the...

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Steve Martin's Best Show Ever

as uncredited
Released: 1981-11-25

Steve Martin's fourth NBC special was in the spirit of his previous association with Saturday...

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The Definite Maybe

as Vagabond
Released: 1997-07-04

When 25-year-old New Yorker Eric Traber gets fired from his job and kicked out of his apartment,...

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Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter

as uncredited
Released: 1985-06-05

Spoof comedy.

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The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase

as Self - Roaster
Released: 2002-12-01

Chevy Chase bitterly takes in his roast.

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David Letterman: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize

as Self
Released: 2017-10-22

Emmy Award-winning comic and talk show host David Letterman accepts the 2017 Mark Twain Prize...

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Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh

as uncredited
Released: 2019-05-27

Comic Chris Farley breaks through as a cast member of "Saturday Night Live" and later stars in...

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Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel

as The Awesome Pair
Released: 1988-02-29

A humourous telling of the history of the comic book superhero.

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Lord, Save Us from Your Followers

as Self
Released: 2008-06-13

The humorous, provocative and moving examination of the Culture Wars and faith in America....

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Al Franken: God Spoke

as Self
Released: 2006-01-01

Join filmmaking duo Chris Hegedus and Nick Doob as their cameras follow Franken to book...

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Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

as Self
Released: 1989-09-24

A TV special celebrating the 15th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity...

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Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable

as Self
Released: 2004-09-13

Twenty million people live within a 50-mile radius of the Indian Point Energy Center and its...

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Left of the Dial

as Self
Released: 2005-03-31

A documentary look at the troubled first year of liberal talk radio start up Air America and its...

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Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary

as Himself
Released: 2008-10-25

Feature length documentary about Howard Dean and the Democratic primary.

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Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead

as Self - Host
Released: 1981-01-01

Recorded October 30th and 31st, 1980, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, Dead Ahead...

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Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater

as Self
Released: 2007-07-31

The life and career of conservative icon Barry Goldwater is recounted from his days as an...

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Inside the Russian Info War Machine

as self
Released: 2018-01-01

Acclaimed journalist Paul Moreira investigates how Russia manipulates public opinion, undermines...

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Wellstone!

as Self
Released: 2004-10-17

Paul Wellstone was the charismatic Minnesota progressive who used grassroots organizing to get...

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self
First aired: 2014-02-17

After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent...

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Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self
First aired: 2014-02-25

Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular...

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Real Time with Bill Maher

as Self
First aired: 2003-02-21

Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors,...

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The Daily Show

as Self
First aired: 1996-07-22

The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.

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The Daily Show

as Self - Guest Host
First aired: 1996-07-22

The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.

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Conan

as Self
First aired: 2010-11-08

A late night television talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien.

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The Colbert Report

as Self
First aired: 2005-10-17

The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program that airs Monday...

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Saturday Night Live

as McSooshi Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
First aired: 1975-10-11

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...

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Saturday Night Live

as Self - Various Characters
First aired: 1975-10-11

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...

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Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
First aired: 1975-10-11

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...

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Saturday Night Live

as Self / Various
First aired: 1975-10-11

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...

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Saturday Night Live

as Self - Special Guest
First aired: 1975-10-11

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...

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The View

as Self
First aired: 1997-08-11

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...

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3rd Rock from the Sun

as Frank Gansmiller
First aired: 1996-01-09

The high commander of an alien expedition lands on Earth -- what he considers to be the...

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Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1993-09-13

Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that...

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Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

as uncredited
First aired: 1995-05-28

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist is an American animated series that originally ran on Comedy...

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From the Earth to the Moon

as Jerome Weisner
First aired: 1998-04-05

The story of the United States' space program, from its beginnings in 1961 to the final moon...

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Chelsea

as Self
First aired: 2016-05-11

It's not her first talk show, but it is a first of its kind. Ideas, people and places that...

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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

as Self
First aired: 1992-05-25

Jay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world.

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The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self
First aired: 1996-06-10

The Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by...

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Clerks

as Mayor McCheese (voice)
First aired: 2000-05-31

The continuing adventures of store clerks Dante and Randal, who try to make the best of their...

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The History of Comedy

as Self
First aired: 2017-02-09

Explore what makes us laugh, why, and how that's influenced our social and political landscape...

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The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

as Self
First aired: 1999-03-30

Craig Kilborn hosted this zany talk show, which followed David Letterman's show, from 1999 until...

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LateLine

as uncredited
First aired: 1998-03-17

LateLine is an American TV sitcom that ran on NBC from March 17, 1998, through March 16, 1999....

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Biography: Comedy Icons

as Himself
First aired: 2019-05-27

Part of the award-winning Biography series, A&E Network will premiere three new documentaries...

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Tanner on Tanner

as Self
First aired: 2004-10-05

Sixteen years ago, Jack Tanner's bid for the White House ended at the 1988 Democratic...

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Politically Incorrect

as Self
First aired: 1993-07-25

Politically Incorrect was an American late-night, half-hour political talk show hosted by Bill...

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I Love You, America

as Self
First aired: 2017-10-12

Follow Sarah Silverman as she looks to connect with people who may not agree with her personal...

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Minnesota Experience

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 2018-09-17

For decades, Twin Cities PBS (TPT) has dived into the whitewater of bygone eras and emerged with...

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