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Acting

Al Franken

Titles: 42movies30TV shows

Career: Active from 1975 to 1998, busiest in 1983 and 1998 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles: 3
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 17 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Al Franken Catalog average

Satire & Parody
6.1average 2.3
Pop Culture
5.9average 2.2
Showbiz
4.5average 1.2
Situational Comedy
5.2average 2.7
Wit & Wordplay
6.1average 3.7
Social Commentary
7.1average 4.9
Contemporary Realism
7.5average 5.4
Cringe Humor
4.1average 2.2

Rarely in their work

Violence
1.5, average 4.2
Tension
3.8, average 6.0
Adrenaline
2.8, average 4.9
Mystery
2.0, average 4.1

Main genres

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Comedy 13
TV Movie 5
Documentary 3
Drama 2

Recurring tags

Political Satire 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

25

Group by

Newest first Oldest first

2020s

2 titles · average score 57

The Residence

TV show · as Aaron Filkins

Gracie & Pedro: Pets to the Rescue

as Gramps (voice)

2000s

3 titles · average score 59

The Manchurian Candidate

as TV Commentator

Harvard Man

as Al Franken

Clerks

TV show · as Mayor McCheese (voice)

1990s

9 titles · average score 71

TV show · as Al Freundlich

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman

Writer

From the Earth to the Moon

TV show · as Jerome Weisner

The Definite Maybe

as Vagabond

3rd Rock from the Sun

TV show · as Frank Gansmiller

Stuart Saves His Family

as Stuart Smalley

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

TV show · as Al (voice)

When a Man Loves a Woman

as Co-Pilot (uncredited)

The Larry Sanders Show

TV show · as Al Franken

1980s

7 titles · average score 60

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

Writer

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

as The Awesome Pair

One More Saturday Night

as Paul Flum

The Coneheads

Writer

Trading Places

as Baggage Handler #1

Franken and Davis at Stockton State

Writer

Steve Martin's Best Show Ever

Writer

1970s

4 titles · average score 59

Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda

Writer

The Paul Simon Special

Writer

Tunnel Vision

as Al

Saturday Night Live

TV show · as Mourner (uncredited) / Pinklisting Narrator (voice) (uncredited)