Al Franken Net Worth
Al Franken Net Worth is
$8 Million
Al Franken Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Alan Stuart "Al" Franken is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian, radio host and politician. After several decades as a comedic actor and writer, became a prominent political activist and was elected to the United States Senate. Currently the junior United States Se... Full Name | Al Franken |
Net Worth | $8 Million |
Date Of Birth | May 21, 1951 |
Place Of Birth | New York City, New York, United States |
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.676 m) |
Profession | Politician, Comedian, Author, Actor, Screenwriter, Radio personality, Commentator, Television producer |
Education | Harvard University (1973), Blake School |
Nationality | United States of America |
Spouse | Franni Bryson (m. 1975) |
Children | Thomasin Franken, Joe Franken |
Parents | Phoebe G. Kunst, Joseph P. Franken |
Siblings | Owen Franken |
Nicknames | Alan Stuart Franken , Franken & Davis , Al 'Bud' Franken , Franken and Davis , Senator Al Franken , Franken , Alan Stuart "Al" Franken |
Awards | Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Variety Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy-Variety Or Music Program, Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy, Variety, or Music Special... |
Nominations | WGA Award for Best Comedy/Variety - Music, Awards, Tributes - Specials - Television, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Comedy Or Comedy-Variety Or Music Series |
Movies | , Stuart Saves His Family, Trading Places, more |
TV Shows | LateLine, Politically Incorrect |
Star Sign | Gemini |
Title | Salary |
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Saturday Night Live (1975) | $325 /week (apprentice writer, Season 1) |
# | Quote |
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1 | No one is more sensitive to the issue of overeating than the creator of Stuart Smalley. |
2 | [2/96, interview with Mark Schapiro for "Salon"] The reason I chose [Rush Limbaugh] is, first of all, when I made the decision, it was late '94, right before the congressional elections. He was this huge power, he was being called the "Majority Maker" . . . and I listened to him, I just listened to him. And I thought, "How does this guy get away with this? . . . Someone's got to do something that's funny. Someone's got to do something in his face. |
3 | [interview with Marla Williams, Seattle Times, 3/11/96] I'm part of the mushball middle. I consider "confused" the majority position because, thankfully, most people would rather be uncertain some of the time than 100% positive all the time - even when they're wrong." |
4 | [2/06, in interview with Jay MacDonald entitled "Fame & Fortune: Comedian Al Franken"] No, I grew up very middle class. My parents didn't make a lot of money. My dad was not a high school graduate - he didn't have a career as such, he was a printing salesman essentially for most of his working life." |
5 | [at the Maine political delegation breakfast on July 26, 2004, replying to actor John Cusack, who saw Franken in the audience and said, "I'm not going to try and be funny"] I'm not going to try and act. |
# | Fact |
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1 | His paternal grandparents were German Jewish immigrants, and his maternal grandfather was a Russian Jewish immigrant. His maternal grandmother was born in Pennsylvania, to Russian Jewish parents. |
2 | Radio talk show host in Minneapolis, syndicated nationally on Air America Radio. [May 2006] |
3 | Radio talk show host in New York City. [2004] |
4 | United States Senator from Minnesota [July 2009] |
5 | He is mentioned in Alicyn Packard's song "The Pinky Song.". |
6 | Father of daughter, Thomasin Davis Franken (born in 1981), and named after his comedy partner, Tom Davis, from Saturday Night Live. Father-in-law of Brody Konow Greenwald (born in 1980). |
7 | Elected to the United States Senate on November 4, 2008. The election was so close that there was a subsequent recount and legal battles, and he was not officially sworn in as a Senator until July 7, 2009. |
8 | Won the 2008 DFL endorsement for the Minnesota Senate seat against Norm Coleman. (June 7, 2008). |
9 | Announced his bid to run for U.S. Senate in 2008 representing the state of Minnesota. |
10 | He received the New York Festivals' 23rd Annual International Radio Programming and Promotions' "World Achievement Award For Breakthrough Radio" for his unique perspective and commentary on his daily radio show, The Al Franken Show, on June 27, 2005. |
11 | His book, "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right," provoked a lawsuit from Fox News--which was prominently featured in the book--alleging copyright infringement of its advertising slogan that claimed its news coverage was "fair and balanced." The suit was quickly thrown out of court as being without merit and is credited with increasing sales of the book. In fact, the publisher moved up its release date to capitalize on the publicity the suit had brought. |
12 | He received a perfect score (800) on the math section of the SAT. |
13 | When ex-President Bill Clinton was on book tour for his autobiography at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, he saw Franken and said, "My hero's here." (reported in USA Today, July 21, 2004) |
14 | Graduated from Harvard University. |
15 | Has two children: daughter Thomasin Franken and son Joe Franken. |
16 | Was an improv comedy performer and sketch comedy writer at the Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis, MN, in the early 1970s. |
17 | Left Saturday Night Live (1975) as a writer and featured cast member in 1995 after his request to be the Weekend Update news anchor was denied. |
Writer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash | 1992 | TV Special special material | |
Indecision '92: The Republican National Convention | 1992 | TV Movie writer | |
Indecision '92: The Democratic National Convention | 1992 | TV Movie writer | |
Saturday Night Live Goes Commercial | 1991 | TV Special | |
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Robin Williams | 1991 | Video documentary | |
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary | 1989 | TV Special | |
The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1988 | TV Special | |
The Best of Chevy Chase | 1987 | Video documentary | |
The Best of Dan Aykroyd | 1986 | Video | |
One More Saturday Night | 1986 | written by | |
The Best of John Belushi | 1985 | Video written by | |
Franken and Davis at Stockton State | 1984 | TV Movie | |
The New Show | 1984 | TV Series writer - 5 episodes | |
The Coneheads | 1983 | TV Short | |
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever | 1981 | TV Special | |
Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda | 1979 | written by | |
The Paul Simon Special | 1977 | TV Special | |
Monologues Volume 1 | 2010 | Short | |
Saturday Night Live | TV Series writer - 285 episodes, 1976 - 2008 written by - 14 episodes, 1975 - 1979 additional sketch - 1 episode, 1995 additional sketches - 1 episode, 1995 | ||
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation | 2007 | TV Special documentary | |
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jon Lovitz | 2005 | TV Special uncredited | |
The First Amendment Project: Fox vs. Franken | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | |
The Al Franken Show | 2004 | TV Series | |
Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash 2000 | 2000 | TV Special | |
Saturday Night Live 25 | 1999 | TV Special documentary uncredited | |
LateLine | TV Series creator - 23 episodes, 1998 - 1999 writer - 1 episode, 1998 | ||
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley | 1998 | TV Special documentary | |
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman | 1998 | TV Special documentary | |
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist | 1997 | TV Series additional material - 1 episode | |
Politically Incorrect | 1996-1997 | TV Series writer - 6 episodes | |
Stuart Saves His Family | 1995 | book / screenplay | |
The 67th Annual Academy Awards | 1995 | TV Special special material | |
When a Man Loves a Woman | 1994 | written by |
Producer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Al Franken Show | 2004 | TV Series executive producer | |
Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash 2000 | 2000 | TV Special consulting producer | |
LateLine | 1998-1999 | TV Series executive producer - 23 episodes | |
Saturday Night Live | TV Series producer - 165 episodes, 1985 - 1994 co-producer - 2 episodes, 1990 | ||
When a Man Loves a Woman | 1994 | executive producer | |
Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash | 1992 | TV Special producer | |
Saturday Night Live Goes Commercial | 1991 | TV Special producer | |
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary | 1989 | TV Special producer |
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Manchurian Candidate | 2004 | TV Commentator | |
Mouthing Off: 51 Greatest Smartasses | 2004 | TV Series | |
Saturday Night Live | 1975-2002 | TV Series | Various Stuart Smalley Henry Kissinger ... |
Clerks | 2001 | TV Series | Mayor McCheese |
LateLine | 1998-1999 | TV Series | Al Freundlich |
From the Earth to the Moon | 1998 | TV Mini-Series | Jerome Weisner |
The Definite Maybe | 1997 | Vagabond | |
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist | 1997 | TV Series | Al |
The Larry Sanders Show | 1997 | TV Series | Al Franken |
3rd Rock from the Sun | 1996 | TV Series | Frank Gansmiller |
Stuart Saves His Family | 1995 | Stuart Smalley | |
When a Man Loves a Woman | 1994 | Co-Pilot (uncredited) | |
MTV, Give Me Back My Life: A Harvard Lampoon Parody | 1991 | TV Movie | Various |
Superman 50th Anniversary | 1988 | TV Movie documentary | The Awesome Pair, formerly 'The Crimebusters' (as Franken & Davis) |
One More Saturday Night | 1986 | Paul Flum | |
Tab Lloyd: Investigative Reporter | 1985 | TV Movie | |
Ray Parker Jr.: Ghostbusters | 1984 | Video short | Cameo appearance (uncredited) |
Trading Places | 1983 | Baggage Handler #1 | |
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash | 1978 | TV Movie | Decline's Henchman |
Tunnel Vision | 1976 | Al |
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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One More Saturday Night | 1986 | writer: "I Wanna' Rock You" | |
Saturday Night Live | TV Series performer - 2 episodes, 1977 writer - 1 episode, 1977 |
Miscellaneous
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Saturday Night Live | 1988-1989 | TV Series creative consultant - 2 episodes | |
Tunnel Vision | 1976 | creative staff |
Thanks
Title | Year | Status | Character |
---|---|---|---|
Presidential Reunion | 2010 | Video short special thanks | |
Bush Family Fortunes: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy | 2004 | Video documentary special thanks | |
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video | 1979 | special thanks |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Conan | 2016 | TV Series | Himself - New York City Citizenship Test / Himself - Guest |
The View | 2004-2016 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Minnesota Senator |
Jeopardy! | 1997-2016 | TV Series | Himself - Celebrity Contestant / Himself - Guest Contestant / Himself - Clue Giver |
Late Night with Seth Meyers | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
Real Time with Bill Maher | 2003-2016 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
The O'Reilly Factor | 2000-2016 | TV Series | Himself / Himself (segment "Watters' World") |
Legal View with Ashleigh Banfield | 2016 | TV Series | Guest - Himself |
A Football Life | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
The Daily Show | 1998-2015 | TV Series | Himself |
Live from New York! | 2015 | Documentary | Himself - Featuring |
Late Show with David Letterman | 1994-2015 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest / Himself - Minnesota Senator |
By Any Means Necessary | 2015 | Documentary | Himself |
The Internet Must Go | 2013 | Video documentary short | Himself |
Split: A Deeper Divide | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
On the Verge | 2012 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
Saturday Night Live Backstage | 2011 | TV Special documentary | Himself / Various |
Hot Coffee | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
Today | 2005-2009 | TV Series | Himself |
Glenn Beck | 2009 | TV Series | Himself - Minnesota Senate Challenger |
Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary | 2008 | Documentary | Himself |
Lord, Save Us from Your Followers | 2008 | Video documentary | Himself |
Split: A Divided America | 2008 | Documentary | |
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation | 2007 | TV Special documentary | Himself / Various |
Larry King Live | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
The Colbert Report | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
Texas Monthly Talks | 2005-2006 | TV Series | Himself - Interviewee |
The Daily Buzz | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 1994-2006 | TV Series | Himself |
Al Franken: God Spoke | 2006 | Documentary | Himself |
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater | 2006 | Documentary | Himself |
The Young Turks | 2005 | TV Series | Himself (2007) |
Earth to America | 2005 | TV Movie | Himself |
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost & Found | 2005 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 1992-2005 | TV Series | Himself |
Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
Dennis Miller | 2004-2005 | TV Series | Himself |
America Undercover | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Co-Host, The O'Franken Factor |
One Nice Thing | 2005 | Documentary short | Himself |
The Fifth Estate | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live | 2005 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
ESPN 100: The Top 100 Sports Moments of 2004 | 2005 | TV Movie | Himself |
The First Amendment Project: Fox vs. Franken | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
How's Your News?: On the Campaign Trail | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Tanner on Tanner | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
Wellstone! | 2004 | Documentary | Himself |
Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Bushisms | 2004 | Video documentary | Commentary |
The Al Franken Show | 2004 | TV Series | Himself / Various |
There's Something About W | 2004 | Video documentary short | |
Newsnight | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism | 2004 | Documentary | Himself |
Last Call with Carson Daly | 2004 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
Howard Stern | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
Charlie Rose | 1996-2004 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
Saturday Night Live | 1976-2004 | TV Series | Himself / Various / Stuart Smalley / ... |
The Belzer Connection | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Heroes of Jewish Comedy | 2003 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
Book TV | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
The Perfect Pitch | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase | 2002 | TV Movie | Himself - Roaster |
ESPN SportsCentury | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Biography | 2001-2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself / Himself - Cast Member, Saturday Night Live |
The Rosie O'Donnell Show | 1996-2002 | TV Series | Himself |
TV's Most Censored Moments | 2002 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
Harvard Man | 2001 | Himself | |
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | 2000-2001 | TV Series | Himself |
The Howard Stern Radio Show | 1999-2000 | TV Series | Himself |
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Rob Reiner | 2000 | TV Movie | Himself |
Turn Ben Stein On | 2000 | TV Series | Himself |
ABC 2000: The Millennium | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | |
Saturday Night Live 25 | 1999 | TV Special documentary | Himself - Audience Member |
SNL: 25 Years of Music | 1999 | TV Movie | Himself - Host 1985-1990 |
Dennis Miller Live | 1999 | TV Series | Himself |
E! True Hollywood Story | 1997 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Mental Engineering | 1997 | TV Series | Himself - Panelist (2007) |
The Annual 1995 ShoWest Awards | 1995 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
The Chevy Chase Show | 1993 | TV Series | Himself |
The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1993 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series & Nominee: Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program |
Politically Incorrect | 1993 | TV Series | Himself (Indecision '96 Correspondent) |
Late Night with David Letterman | 1982-1993 | TV Series | Himself |
Indecision '92: The Republican National Convention | 1992 | TV Movie | Himself - Anchor |
Indecision '92: The Democratic National Convention | 1992 | TV Movie | Himself - Anchor |
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary | 1989 | TV Special | Himself |
Franken and Davis at Stockton State | 1984 | TV Movie | Himself |
The New Show | 1984 | TV Series | Himself |
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever | 1981 | TV Special | |
Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead | 1981 | Video | Himself - Host |
ABC Late Night | 1973 | TV Series | Himself |
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 2016 | TV Series | Himself - Convention Speech |
The Eighties | 2016 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Senator |
SNL Sports Spectacular | 2014 | TV Movie | Stuart Smalley (uncredited) |
Terms and Conditions May Apply | 2013 | Documentary | Himself - Senator, Minnesota |
Real Time with Bill Maher | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
Saturday Night Live Presents: Sports All-Stars | 2010 | TV Special | Stuart Smalley (uncredited) |
Jeopardy! | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
Saturday Night Live Sports Extra '09 | 2009 | TV Special | Stuart Smalley (uncredited) |
The O'Reilly Factor | 2008 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - 'Pinhead' (segment "Pinheads & Patriots") |
Manufacturing Dissent | 2007 | Documentary | Himself |
60 Minutes | 2004-2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Humorist (segment "O'Reilly") / Himself - President (segment "O'Reilly") |
101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments | 2004 | TV Movie | Himself |
101 Biggest Celebrity Oops | 2004 | TV Special documentary | Himself - #86: Fox News Sues Al Franken |
Brilliant But Cancelled | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash 2000 | 2000 | TV Special | Himself (Various Characters) |
Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash | 1992 | TV Special | Sen. Paul Simon (uncredited) |
Best of Saturday Night Live: Special Edition | 1992 | Video | Himself |
Saturday Night Live | 1976-1987 | TV Series | McSooshi Announcer / Caveman |
Won Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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1993 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series | Saturday Night Live (1975) |
1989 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program | Saturday Night Live (1975) |
1978 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special | The Paul Simon Special (1977) |
1977 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series | Saturday Night Live (1975) |
1976 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series | Saturday Night Live (1975) |
Nominated Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2007 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best Spoken Word Album | For the album "The Truth (With Jokes)." |
2003 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program | Saturday Night Live (1975) |
2002 | WGA Award (TV) | Writers Guild of America, USA | Comedy/Variety - Music, Awards, Tributes - Specials - Any Length | Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash 2000 (2000) |
1997 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program | Politically Incorrect (1993) |
1993 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program | Saturday Night Live (1975) |
1992 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Variety or Music Program | Saturday Night Live (1975) |
1991 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program | Saturday Night Live (1975) |
1990 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program | Saturday Night Live (1975) |
1987 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program | Saturday Night Live (1975) |
1980 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program | Saturday Night Live (1975) |
1979 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing in a Comedy or Comedy-Variety or Music Series | Saturday Night Live (1975) |
1978 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series | Saturday Night Live (1975) |
1977 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series | Saturday Night Live (1975) |