Fred Armisen
Acting
- Born:
- 1966-12-04
- Place of birth:
- 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
We're Back! With Brian Williams
Lorne
5 Things with Jay Mewes
Dear Shop Girl
Downey Wrote That
Fixed
Netflix Tudum 2025
DIY: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Punk
Lubach
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
Deli Boys
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
G*ve a F*ck LA: A Benefit for LA Fire Relief
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary
Age of Audio
Will & Harper
Universal Basic Guys
Never Mind
Thelma the Unicorn
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
Unfrosted
Come and Save Me
Fallout
Resynator
Carol & the End of the World
Melomaniac
The Contestant
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Royal Crackers
Unstable
Digman!
Agent Elvis
History of the World: Part II
Resurgence
Wednesday
Clerks III
Spin Me Round
This Fool
The Bubble
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
Our Flag Means Death
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
Toast of Tinseltown
Saturday Morning All Star Hits!
Baking It
That's My Jam
Bob Mould & Fred Armisen: Come What May - Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
Do, Re & Mi
Centaurworld
How It Ends
Schmigadoon!
The Sparks Brothers
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Cinema Toast
Too Late
Moonbase 8
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
All Together Now
Central Park
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend
Magnum Dopus
The Second City Presents: The Last Show Left on Earth
The Imminent Expiration of Seth Dodson
Yo La Tengo: Hanukkah 2019 - Night One
The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Adams
Lights Out with David Spade
The House of Tomorrow
Los Espookys
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
What We Do in the Shadows
Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero
Miracle Workers
My View: Clem Burke
Star Wars Resistance
Fortune Rookie
Forever
You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys
Barry
Game Over, Man!
Final Space
Fred Armisen: Standup for Drummers
A Christmas Story Live!
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
Big Mouth
Battle of the Sexes
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
The Little Hours
The Gong Show
Band Aid
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
Take the 10
Man in the Camo Jacket
Ordinary World
Party Legends
Match Game
Resurgence: It's Early Albuquerque
Zoolander 2
Long Live the Royals
Superstore
Addicted to Fresno
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Documentary Now!
Difficult People
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
7 Days in Hell
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
The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
The Last Man on Earth
Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run
Man Seeking Woman
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
The Maya Rudolph Show
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)
Deadbeat
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Broad City
Revenge of the Mekons
Super Fun Night
Fame or Shame Season 14
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
The Smurfs 2
Hollywood Game Night
AMEX Unstaged Presents: Vampire Weekend
Out There
Brunch Village
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Comedy Bang! Bang!
The Dictator
Finding Your Roots
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Unsupervised
House of Lies
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
Inside Portlandia
New Girl
Up All Night
The Smurfs
The Looney Tunes Show
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
Portlandia
Bob's Burgers
Conan
The Women of SNL
Easy A
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Saturday Night
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
Ugly Americans
Presidential Reunion
Cop Out
Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole
Modern Family
Archer
Post Grad
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
Parks and Recreation
Papa Nogood
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Christmas on Mars
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
The Rocker
The Promotion
Baby Mama
Largo
The Shooting AKA Dear Sister
Tim and Eric Nite Live!
Fred Armisen Presents: Complicated Drumming Technique Jens Hannemann
Yo Gabba Gabba!
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Human Giant
Goodbye Baby
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
The Sarah Silverman Program
Laser Cats 2
The Ex
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Deck the Halls
30 Rock
Freak Show
Griffin & Phoenix
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse
Kiss Me Again
Laser Cats!
Book Club
Squidbillies
Saturday Night Live: The Best of David Spade
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration
Robot Chicken
American Dad!
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
Tom Goes to the Mayor
The Frank International Film Festival
The Tony Danza Show
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
EuroTrip
Melvin Goes to Dinner
Like Mike
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco
Next Caller
Next!
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Simpsons
Saturday Night Live
Fred Armisen's Guide to Music and SXSW
Untitled 'Wednesday' spin-off about Uncle Fester