Fred Armisen
- Acting
- December 4, 1966 · Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fred Armisen, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Nimrods · Jim
- We're Back! With Brian Williams · Self
- Lorne · Self
- 5 Things with Jay Mewes · Self
- Dear Shop Girl · Landlord, Executive producer
- Downey Wrote That · Self
- Fixed · Fetch (Voice)
- Netflix Tudum 2025 · Self
- DIY: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Punk · Self
- Lubach
- Good Hang with Amy Poehler · Self
- Everybody's Live with John Mulaney · Self
- Deli Boys · Max Sugar
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert · Self
- G*ve a F*ck LA: A Benefit for LA Fire Relief
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music · Self
- SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night · Self
- Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary · Self
- Age of Audio · Self
- Will & Harper · Self
- Universal Basic Guys · David (Voice)
- Never Mind · Manager Cat
- Thelma the Unicorn · Danny Stallion (Voice)
- John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A. · Self
- Unfrosted · Mike Puntz
- Come and Save Me · Hugo
- Fallout · DJ Carl
- Resynator · Self
- Carol & the End of the World · Voice
- Melomaniac · Self
- The Contestant · Denpa Shonen Narrator (Voice)
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie · Cranky Kong (Voice)
- Royal Crackers · Brent (Voice)
- Unstable · Leslie
- Digman! · Dr. Sigmund Freud (Voice)
- Agent Elvis · Charles Manson (Voice)
- History of the World: Part II · Glorp
- Resurgence · Record shopper 2
- Wednesday · Uncle Fester
- Clerks III · Auditioner
- Spin Me Round · Ricky
- This Fool · Richard Rowell, Executive producer
- The Bubble · Darren Eigen
- The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks · Self
- Our Flag Means Death · Geraldo
- Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber · Erich England
- Toast of Tinseltown · Russ Nightlife
- Saturday Morning All Star Hits! · Voice
- Baking It · Self
- That's My Jam · Self
- Bob Mould & Fred Armisen: Come What May - Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
- Do, Re & Mi · Juan Peacock (Voice)
- Centaurworld · Splendib / Bimbam (Voice), Splendib / Kittentaur / Malandrew (Voice)
- How It Ends · Manny
- Schmigadoon! · Reverend Howard Layton
- The Sparks Brothers · Self
- The Mitchells vs. the Machines · Deborahbot 5000 (Voice)
- Cinema Toast
- Too Late · Fredo Muñoz
- Moonbase 8 · Skip, Executive producer
- Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine · Scooter, Thanks
- All Together Now · Mr. Franks
- Central Park · Esposito (Voice)
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend · Robert Durst / Robertina Durst
- Magnum Dopus · Self
- The Second City Presents: The Last Show Left on Earth · Self
- The Imminent Expiration of Seth Dodson · Dr. Greengrass
- Yo La Tengo: Hanukkah 2019 - Night One
- The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show · Self
- Jay and Silent Bob Reboot · Merkin
- Adams · Adams
- My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres · Executive producer
- Lights Out with David Spade · Self
- The House of Tomorrow · Tour Video Narrator (Voice)
- Los Espookys · Uncle Tico, Tico
- I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
- What We Do in the Shadows · Tom 'Doctor Tom' Schmidt
- Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero · Self
- Miracle Workers · Percival Forthwind
- My View: Clem Burke · Self