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5/21/1951, New York, New York

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Alan Stuart Franken

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Al Franken was born on May 21, 1951. Originally from New York City, his family moved to a small, southern Minnesota town, Albert Lea, where his father opened a quilting factory. Despite his father's best efforts, the venture eventually failed. At the age of 6, Franken moved to…more

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Star (11)

Role
- One More Saturday Night
  Star
  2009
- Lord, Save Us from Your Followers
  Star
  2008
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 32: Ep 21 SNL in the 90s: Pop Culture Nation
    5/6/07
  - S 31: Ep 20 Lost & Found: SNL in the '80s
    11/20/05
  - S 30: Ep 22 Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
    2/20/05
  - — Best of Steve Martin
    11/28/98
  - S 20: Ep 19 Bob Saget/TLC
    5/6/95
  - + 96 More Credits
- The Al Franken Show
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 12 Episode 11
    9/21/04
  - S 1: Ep 11 Episode 10
    9/20/04
  - S 1: Ep 10 Episode 9
    9/17/04
  - S 1: Ep 9 Episode 8
    9/16/04
  - S 1: Ep 8 Episode 7
    9/15/04
  - + 7 More Credits
- Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War On Journalism
  Star
  2004
- LateLine (1998)
  Al Freundlich
  - S 3: Ep 3 Mona Moves Up
    12/25/99
  - S 3: Ep 2 The Christian Guy
    12/11/99
  - S 3: Ep 1 The Seventh Plague
    12/4/99
  - S 2: Ep 6 Karp's Night Out
    3/16/99
  - S 2: Ep 5 Svadharma
    1/27/99
  - + 14 More Credits
- Stuart Saves His Family
  Star
  1995
- When a Man Loves a Woman
  Star
  1994
- Trading Places
  Baggage Handler 1
  1983
- Tunnel Vision
  Al
  1976
- Saturday Night Live
  Various
Recurring Role (21)

Role
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 15: Ep 84 Show #2891
    3/18/08
  - S 14: Ep 5 Show #2614
    9/1/06
  - S 13: Ep 154 Show #2567
    6/7/06
  - S 13: Ep 112 Show #2525
    3/14/06
  - S 13: Ep 35 Show #2448
    10/21/05
  - + 17 More Credits
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  Guest
  - S 11: Ep 121 Al Franken
    9/27/06
  - S 10: Ep 134 Al Franken
    10/25/05
  - S 8: Ep 119 Al Franken
    3/25/04
  - S 8: Ep 27 Al Franken
    9/9/03
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 142 Al Franken, Michael Vaccaro, Fountains Of Wayne
    6/24/05
  - S 11: Ep 92 Al Franken, Vivica A. Fox, Scotty Nguyen
    4/1/04
  - S 11: Ep 23 Al Franken, Courtney Thorne-Smith, The Thrills
    10/29/03
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 29: Ep 9 Jennifer Aniston/Black Eyed Peas
    1/10/04
  - S 28: Ep 8 Al Gore/Phish
    12/14/02
  - S 25: Ep 9 Danny DeVito/R.E.M.
    12/11/99
  - S 25: Ep 1 25th Anniversary Special
    9/26/99
  - S 17: Ep 15 Roseanne Arnold & Tom Arnold/Red Hot Chili Peppers
    2/22/92
  - + 31 More Credits
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Guest
  - S 10: Ep 49 Al Franken, Nick Cannon, Dave Matthews Band
    12/18/02
  - S 10: Ep 8 Al Franken, Jason Lee, Superdrag
    9/13/02
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 220 Al Franken, Ali Landry, and Jo Dee Messina
    6/26/02
  - S 3: Ep 105 Al Franken, Michael Michele, and Aisha Tyler
    11/28/00
  - S 3: Ep 32 Al Franken and Sinead O'Connor
    8/16/00
  - S 2: Ep 138 Al Franken
    1/20/00
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  guest
  - S 3: Ep 14 Al Franken
    3/30/98
- Saturday Night Live
  Stuart Smalley
  - S 16: Ep 15 Michael J. Fox/The Black Crowes
    3/16/91
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 6: Ep 89 Show #0907
    8/20/87
  - S 2: Ep 24 Show #0199
    3/17/83
  - S 1: Ep 121 Show #0121
    9/28/82
  - S 1: Ep 27 Show #0027
    3/17/82
- Saturday Night Live
  Bartender
  - S 3: Ep 16 Michael Palin/Eugene Record
    4/8/78
- Saturday Night Live
  Lester Crackfield
  - S 3: Ep 14 Jill Clayburgh/Eddie Money
    3/18/78
- Saturday Night Live
  Miner
  - S 3: Ep 11 Chevy Chase/Billy Joel
    2/18/78
- Saturday Night Live
  Passenger
  - S 3: Ep 4 Charles Grodin/Paul Simon and The Persuasions
    10/29/77
- Saturday Night Live
  Reporter / Plane passenger
  - S 3: Ep 2 Madeline Kahn/Taj Mahal
    10/8/77
- Saturday Night Live
  Squatter
  - S 2: Ep 18 Jack Burns/Santana
    3/26/77
- Saturday Night Live
  Wanderer
  - S 2: Ep 5 Steve Martin/Kinky Friedman
    10/23/76
- Saturday Night Live
  Scientist
  - S 2: Ep 4 Karen Black/John Prine
    10/16/76
- Saturday Night Live
  Pong player
  - S 2: Ep 3 Eric Idle/Joe Cocker and Stuff
    10/2/76
- Saturday Night Live
  Crowd Member
  - S 1: Ep 21 Buck Henry/Gordon Lightfoot
    5/22/76
- Saturday Night Live
  Caveman
  - S 1: Ep 15 Jill Clayburgh/Leon Redbone, The Singing Idlers
    2/28/76
- Saturday Night Live
  Pong Player #1
  - S 1: Ep 4 Candice Bergen/Esther Phillips
    11/8/75
Guest Star (48)

Role
- The Colbert Report
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 145 Al Franken/Dr. Michael Novacek
    11/15/06
- The Colbert Report
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 34 Al Franken
    3/15/06
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Himself
  - S 13: Ep 42 Al Franken, Lake Bell, Ray Davies
    11/24/05
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 14: Ep 87 Nicolette Sheridan; Al Franken; Fiona Apple
    11/3/05
  - S 13: Ep 68 Show #2789
    9/30/04
  - S 12: Ep 75 Show #2571
    10/6/03
- Real Time With Bill Maher
  Guest
  - S 3: Ep 12 May 13, 2005
    5/13/05
  - S 1: Ep 17 September 5, 2003
    9/5/03
- Tanner '88
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 3 Alex in Wonderland
    10/19/04
- McEnroe
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 17 Episode 19
    8/3/04
- The View
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 222 Franken/Eads
    7/29/04
  - S 7: Ep 18 Seymour/Selleck
    9/25/03
  - S 5: Ep 123 July 24, 2002
    7/24/02
  - S 5: Ep 74 May 2, 2002
    5/2/02
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest (cameo)
  - S 11: Ep 45 Show #2076
    11/14/03
- The Belzer Connection
  Himself (Con)
  - S 1: Ep 2 Majestic 12
    9/9/03
- Comedy Central Presents
  Himself
  - — The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase
    12/1/02
  - — The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Rob Reiner
    11/1/00
- Between the Lions
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 1 Hay Day
    9/16/02
- Love, Hate and Joy
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 3 Al Franken/Dr.Gilda (Marriage)
    8/13/02
- Love, Hate and Joy
  himself
- Politically Incorrect
  Self
  - S 9: Ep 181 Al Franken, William Shatner, Lisa Pinto, Rania Masri
    6/11/02
  - S 9: Ep 86 Al Franken, William McGowan, Linda Ellerbee, Cynthia Garrett
    1/15/02
  - S 9: Ep 27 Al Franken, Jack Burkman, Fyvush Finkel
    10/9/01
- ESPN Sports Century
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 2 1984
    6/2/02
- TV Tales
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Saturday Night Live
    3/31/02
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 156 Al Franken and Sarah O'Hare
    2/8/01
  - S 2: Ep 224 Al Franken and Robin Givens
    5/29/00
  - S 2: Ep 199 Al Franken and Gary Valentine
    4/24/00
  - S 2: Ep 173 Al Franken and Laila Ali
    3/13/00
  - S 1: Ep 9 Al Franken
    4/9/99
- Clerks
  The Mayor
- Live! with Kelly and Michael
  Himself
  - S 11: Ep 130 March 16, 1999
    3/16/99
  - S 11: Ep 104 February 8, 1999
    2/8/99
  - S 10: Ep 133 March 23, 1998
    3/23/98
  - S 7: Ep 157 April 13, 1995
    4/13/95
- Dennis Miller Live
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 2 Computers
    1/15/99
- From the Earth to the Moon
  Jerome Weisner
  - S 1: Ep 1 Can We Do This?
    4/5/98
- E! True Hollywood Story
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 19 Gilda Radner
    10/19/97
- Dr. Katz
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 6 Sharon Meyers
    7/27/97
- The Larry Sanders Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 12 The Roast
    2/19/97
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 80 Show #80
    10/18/96
- 3rd Rock from the Sun
  Frank Gansmiller
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 11: Ep 147 Show #1731
    1/5/93
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 27: Ep 79 Show #4006
    7/17/89
- Saturday Night Live
  Teenager in Green Hawaiian Shirt
- Saturday Night Live
  Pong Player #1
- Saturday Night Live
  Various
- Saturday Night Live
  Reporter / Plane passenger
- Saturday Night Live
  Brad
- Saturday Night Live
  Two Mile Island Mime #2
- Saturday Night Live
  Scientist
- Saturday Night Live
  Football player
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself/Suart Smalley
- Saturday Night Live
  Crowd Member
- Saturday Night Live
  Judge / Cook
- Saturday Night Live
  Lester Crackfield
- Saturday Night Live
  Caveman
- Saturday Night Live
  Pong player
- Saturday Night Live
  Wanderer
- Saturday Night Live
  Bartender
- Saturday Night Live
  Stuart Smalley
- Saturday Night Live
  Passenger
- Clerks
  Mayor McCheese
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode #3
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- 3rd Rock from the Sun
  Frank Gansmiller
  - S 2: Ep 6 Dick the Vote
    10/27/96
Writer (3)

Role
- One More Saturday Night
  Writer
  2009
- The Academy Awards
  Writer
  - S 67: Ep 1 The 67th Annual Academy Awards
    3/27/95
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Writer
  - S 40: Ep 1 The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    8/28/88
Creator (1)

Role
- LateLine (1998)
  Creator

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- Al Franken is a close friend of former President Bill Clinton.
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- Al's last radio show on Air America Radio was aired on February 14, 2007.
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- Al ran for the U.S. Senate for Minnesota in 2008.
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- Al Franken is a distant cousin of CNN's Bob Franken.
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- He appeared in the music video "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker, Jr.
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- He has appeared in commercials for Yahoo! and Parkay Margarine.
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- He has been nominated for an Emmy Award 16 times and has won 5 times.
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- Al won a Grammy award for Best Spoken Album, Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot.
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- Al is married to Franni Bryson, they have been married since 1975. They have two children, Thomasin and Joe.
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By limbodrive, Apr 12, 2007

I listened to Al on his radio show off and on and enjoyed it (even my being a Republican). Now he is running for Senate in Minnesota. I remember bits of him on Saturday Night Live and he did fine there. (Actually he received more than one Emmy award there.) I thought I saw him more than once in the movies, but on filmspot.com I only recall seen Trading Places where he was on. Hmm, well he does have talent. He obviously isn't my favorite, but he covers a lot of ground. He also has done USO tours which is a big plus. I may have seen him on TV with political satire (I don't recall the show, but not Politically Incorrect). If you are a Democrat, I would say you would love this guy!moreless
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