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Fred Armisen

Born 1966-12-04

📍 Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA

Fereydun Robert Armisen (born December 4, 1966) is an American comedian, actor, musician, and television writer. With his comedy partner Carrie Brownstein, he co-created and co-starred in the IFC sketch comedy series Portlandia. He also co-created and starred in the mockumentary IFC series Documentary Now! and the Showtime comedy series Moonbase 8.

Armisen was the bandleader and frequent drummer for the Late Night with Seth Meyers house band, the 8G Band from 2014 to 2024. He was a cast member on the late-night sketch comedy and variety series Saturday Night Live from 2002 to 2013. He voiced Speedy Gonzales on The Looney Tunes Show. He also works as a voice actor in films, such as The Smurfs (2011), The Smurfs 2 (2013), The House of Tomorrow, The Lego Ninjago Movie (both 2017), The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021), The Super Mario Bros. Movie, The Contestant (both 2023), Thelma the Unicorn (2024) and Fixed (2025).

Armisen has acted in comedy films, including EuroTrip, Melvin Goes to Dinner, The Ex, and The Dictator. He is also notable for his guest-star appearances in television shows such as 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, New Girl, Broad City, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Difficult People, The Last Man on Earth, Toast of Tinseltown, Our Flag Means Death, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Modern Family, and Barry.

Armisen received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Comedy Album for Standup for Drummers in 2019. He has also won two Peabody Awards, one in 2008 as part of the Saturday Night Live political satire cast and one in 2011 for Portlandia. From 2019 to 2022, he co-starred and served as writer and executive producer on the Spanish-language series Los Espookys, which he co-created.

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Downey Wrote That

as Fetch (voice)

Netflix Tudum 2025

DIY: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Punk

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney

as Self - Musical Guest

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

G*ve a F*ck LA: A Benefit for LA Fire Relief

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

as Self - SNL Cast Member 2002 - 2013

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary

Universal Basic Guys

as David (voice)

Thelma the Unicorn

as Danny Stallion (voice)

John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.

Come and Save Me

Carol & the End of the World

as Denpa Shonen Narrator (voice)

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

as Cranky Kong (voice)

as Brent (voice)

as Dr. Sigmund Freud (voice)

as Charles Manson (voice)

History of the World: Part II

as Record shopper 2

as Uncle Fester

as Richard Rowell

as Darren Eigen

The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks

Our Flag Means Death

Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

as Erich England

Toast of Tinseltown

as Russ Nightlife

Saturday Morning All Star Hits!

as Self - Guest

as Juan Peacock (voice)

as Splendib / Bimbam (voice)

as Splendib / Kittentaur / Malandrew (voice)

as Malandrew (voice)

as Splendib / Message Bird / Teacher Birdtaur (voice)

as Splendib / Malandrew / Message Bird (voice)

as Message Bird (voice)

as Splendib / Guard / Human Man (voice)

as Reverend Howard Layton

The Sparks Brothers

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

as Deborahbot 5000 (voice)

as Fredo Muñoz

Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine

All Together Now

as Esposito (voice)

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend

as Robert Durst / Robertina Durst

The Second City Presents: The Last Show Left on Earth

as Self - Guest

The Imminent Expiration of Seth Dodson

as Dr. Greengrass

Yo La Tengo: Hanukkah 2019 - Night One

The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

Lights Out with David Spade

as Self - Panelist

The House of Tomorrow

as Tour Video Narrator (voice)

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson

What We Do in the Shadows

as Tom 'Doctor Tom' Schmidt

Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero

Miracle Workers

as Percival Forthwind

My View: Clem Burke

Star Wars Resistance

as Lechee (voice)

You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys

Game Over, Man!

as Fred Armisen

Fred Armisen: Standup for Drummers

A Christmas Story Live!

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs

as Elliot Birch (voice)

Battle of the Sexes

The Lego Ninjago Movie

as Cole (voice)

Cabiria, Charity, Chastity

as Aldo the Instructor

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

The Little Hours

as Bishop Bartolomeo

as Self - Judge

Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special

as Peter Salanz

Man in the Camo Jacket

as Self - Panelist

Long Live the Royals

as Gavin, Brody

Addicted to Fresno

Gentle and Soft: The Story of the Blue Jean Committee

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self - Guest

Documentary Now!

as Various Characters

Difficult People

as Garry Epstein

Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run

as Speedy Gonzales

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

as Edward Pudding

Staten Island Summer

George and the Vacuum

Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)

The Late Late Show with James Corden

as Self - Guest

The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

as Robert Durst

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

as Robertina Durst

The Last Man on Earth

Man Seeking Woman

Man Seeking Woman

as Tanaka (voice)

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas

as Chadwick (voice)

The Maya Rudolph Show

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

as Sweet Potato (voice) / Tomatillo (voice)

My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)

as Pill Bottle (voice)

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self - Guest

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Richie Cornish

The Celery Incident

as Various characters

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self - Guest

Off Camera with Sam Jones

as David the baby

Revenge of the Mekons

Super Fun Night

as Brian Headfoot

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow

as Brainy Smurf (voice)

as Brainy Smurf (voice)

Hollywood Game Night

AMEX Unstaged Presents: Vampire Weekend

as Various Characters

as Terry Rosachristas

as Various Characters

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

Comedy Bang! Bang!

as Waiter / Minister

Finding Your Roots

The Secret Policeman's Ball

as Martin (voice)

The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol

as Brainy (voice)

as Brainy Smurf (voice)

The Looney Tunes Show

as Speedy Gonzales (voice)

Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10

as Barack Obama

as Various Characters

as Tommy (voice)

The Women of SNL

as Various (archive footage)

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

as Larry King (voice)

Presidential Reunion

as Barack Obama

as Russian Lawyer

Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole

as Self (archive footage)

as Gustavo Calderón (voice)

as Guacanator Pitchman

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

as Various (archive footage)

Parks and Recreation

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

as Self - Guest

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Christmas on Mars

as Philosophical and Hymn-Singing Astronaut

Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday

as Scott Fargas

as Stroller Salesman

Tim and Eric Nite Live!

as Dr. Pat Gordon Hall

Fred Armisen Presents: Complicated Drumming Technique Jens Hannemann

as Jens Hannemann

Yo Gabba Gabba!

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

as Time Lincoln (voice)

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

as Sal & Al's Customer

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

The Sarah Silverman Program.

as Taylor Magenheim

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

as Security Guard

as Raheem Haddad

as Various Characters

Griffin & Phoenix

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse

as Professor Szabo

Saturday Night Live: The Best of David Spade

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo

as Frenchman (uncredited)

Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration

as Archie Andrews (voice)

as Derrick (voice)

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

Tom Goes to the Mayor

as Phillip Priest (voice)

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

as Creepy Italian Guy

Melvin Goes to Dinner

I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

as Poncho (voice)

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

as Robot Husband (voice)

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

as Terrence (voice)

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Various Characters

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Saturday Night Live