Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 04, 1966
Place of Birth
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA
Credits
227 titles
Fred Armisen
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
Lorne
Self
5 Things with Jay Mewes
Dear Shop Girl
Landlord
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
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 - SNL Cast Member 2002 - 2013
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
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 - Guest
Bob Mould & Fred Armisen: Come What May - Hardly Strictly Bluegrass