Al Franken

Birthplace: New York, New York
Birthday: May 21, 1951

A curly-haired, bespectacled and somewhat chubby comedy specialist, Franken has carved out an enviable career as a TV sketch writer, screenwriter, producer, commentator, author and comic performer since the mid-1970s. As half of the writing and performing comedy team Franken & Davis, Al Franken was a leading practitioner of the 'slash and burn' school of collegiate humor popular on NBC's once innovative late-night sketch comedy-variety show "Saturday Night Live" during the second half of the 1970s. In one early appearance, the comic duo made a …more

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2007
Annouced he will run for the U.S. Senate from Minnesota in 2008
2004 to 2007
Radio Broadcasting debut with "The O'Franken Factor" on Air America Radio, the liberal talk radio network
2004
Received a Grammy nomination for Best Comedy Album "The O'Franken Factor"
2000
Writer and Producer for "Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash 2000"
1998
Starred in the NBC midseason replacement "Lateline"