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      Al Franken

      Al Franken

      Highest Rated: 80% An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017)

      Lowest Rated: 30% Stuart Saves His Family (1995)

      Birthday: May 21, 1951

      Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

      As a sketch comedy writer and featured performer on "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 1975- ), Al Franken used biting satire and casual irony to skewer all things cultural and political before turning to a career in politics and an appointment to the U.S. Senate. Partnered with high school friend Tom Davis, Franken earned big laughs - and the occasional outrage - for his shock jock-like parodies and sketches that fearlessly targeted presidents, celebrities and even the president of NBC, which resulted in Franken's five-year departure from the show. When he returned in 1985, Franken was more subdued, though no less funny, veering away from the over-the-top satire of the past. Always looking to expand into different arenas and never afraid to back down from a fight, Franken delved deeper into his political interests, particularly after he left "SNL" in 1995. Fueled by his outrage at the conservative movement in the mid-1990s, Franken wrote several bestselling books that skewered the right in hilarious fashion, while in the next decade he took the fight to the airwaves in 2004 when he landed his own highly-rated radio show on the fledgling liberal network, Air America. A regular participant on USO tours who frequented war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan, Franken completed the transformation from entertainment to politics when he ran for United States Senator in 2008, making him one of the rare politically active celebrities who sought to use his fame for the common public good. Franken proved to be a focused, research-oriented senator who supported a number of Democratic causes. However, his tenure came to an abrupt halt in 2017 when, after a wave of sexual misconduct allegations from multiple women, he made the decision to step down, announcing his resignation at a press conference on December 7, 2017.

      Highest rated movies

      An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
      Stuart Saves His Family

      Photos

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      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      80% 50% An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power Unknown (Character) $3.5M 2017
      No Score Yet 57% Split: A Deeper Divide Unknown (Character) $2.3K 2012
      No Score Yet 86% Hot Coffee Unknown (Character) - 2011
      No Score Yet 55% The First Amendment Project Unknown (Character),
      Director
      - 2004
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Definite Maybe Unknown (Character) - 1997
      30% 53% Stuart Saves His Family Stuart Smalley (Character) $718.5K 1995
      No Score Yet 38% One More Saturday Night Paul Flum (Character),
      Screenwriter
      $13.9K 1986
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Tunnelvision Al (Character) - 1976

      TV

      Credit
      No Score Yet 29% The Daily Show Guest,
      Host
      2017 2023
      No Score Yet 38% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2017 2020 2022
      No Score Yet 47% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2022
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Real Time With Bill Maher Guest 2016-2017 2020
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Guest 2016-2017 2019
      93% 52% I Love You, America With Sarah Silverman Guest 2017
      No Score Yet 50% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2017
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Tavis Smiley Guest 2017
      No Score Yet 9% The View Guest 2016-2017
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The History of Comedy Self 2017
      No Score Yet 62% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2016
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Guest 2003-2006 2015
      100% 90% Late Show With David Letterman Guest 2015
      No Score Yet 58% Saturday Night Live Unknown (Character),
      Writer
      1988-1995 2008
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Colbert Report Guest 2006
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Lateline Al Freundlich (Character),
      Executive Producer
      1998-2001
      No Score Yet 83% From the Earth to the Moon Jerome Weisner (Character) 1998
      No Score Yet 75% 3rd Rock From the Sun Unknown (Guest Star) 1996