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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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Acting

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Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-05-21

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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    An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

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    2017

    The Words That Built America

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    Long Strange Trip

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    2011

    Hot Coffee

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    2008

    Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary

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    2008

    Lord, Save Us from Your Followers

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    2007

    Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater

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    2007

    Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

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    2006

    Al Franken: God Spoke

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    2005

    Earth to America

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    2005

    Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found

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    2005

    Left of the Dial

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    2004

    Wellstone!

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    2004

    Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable

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    2004

    The Manchurian Candidate

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    2004

    Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

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    2002

    The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase

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    2001

    Harvard Man

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    1999

    Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

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    1997

    The Definite Maybe

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    1995

    Stuart Saves His Family

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    1994

    When a Man Loves a Woman

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    1989

    Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

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

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    One More Saturday Night

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    Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter

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    Franken and Davis at Stockton State

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    Trading Places

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    Steve Martin's Best Show Ever

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    Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead

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