Biography

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

Trading Places

Baggage Handler #1

The Manchurian Candidate

TV Commentator

Lorne

Self

When a Man Loves a Woman

Co-Pilot (uncredited)

Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue

Gramps (voice)

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Self

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

Self

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Self - SNL Writer / Self - Cast Member / Self - Producer 1975 - 1995