- American comedian, actor, politician, and writer
Real name: | Alan Stuart Franken |
Height
| How tall is Al Franken? | 168 cm / 5 ft 7 in | When was Al Franken born? | 21 May 1951 | How old is Al Franken in 2019? | 68 years | Where was Al Franken born? | New York City, New York, US | Residence: | Minnesota, US | Nicknames: | Al | Zodiac sign: | Gemini |
Net worth 2019 (estimated)
| How much does Al Franken worth? | $9,000,000
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| Nationality: | American | Hair color: | Grey | Eyes color: | Blue |
Who is Al Franken? / Facts
- He is currently the junior United States Senator from Minnesota (as of Nov 2017)
- Rise to fame - He became well known in the 1970s and 1980s as a writer and performer on the television comedy show Saturday Night Live
- Politics - After several decades as a comedic actor and writer, he became a prominent liberal political activist
- Franken was elected to the United States Senate in 2008, narrowly defeating incumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman
- Franken is a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), an affiliate of the Democratic Party
- Born in New York City, Franken moved to Minnesota when he was four but he later went back to the East Coast and attended Harvard College
- With his writing partner Tom Davis, with whom he had developed an interest in improvisational theatre in high school, he was hired as a writer for SNL at its inception in 1975
- He worked on the show as a writer and performer until 1980, and returned from 1985 to 1995
- After leaving SNL, he wrote and acted in movies and television shows
- He also hosted a nationally syndicated, political radio talk show, The Al Franken Show, and wrote six books, four of which are political satires critical of conservative politics
- Franken ran for the US Senate from Minnesota in 2008 and, after a close race, he trailed incumbent Norm Coleman by 215 votes
Quotes
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I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me.
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The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal. They're about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover.
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