Fred Armisen
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.
Born: 04 December 1966
Played In
Nimrods
Lorne
Self
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
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
Self
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
Self - Musical Guest
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
Do, Re & Mi
Juan Peacock (voice)
Centaurworld
Splendib / Bimbam (voice)
Centaurworld
Splendib / Guard / Human Man (voice)
Centaurworld
Splendib / Kittentaur / Malandrew (voice)
Centaurworld
Malandrew (voice)
Centaurworld
Splendib / Message Bird / Teacher Birdtaur (voice)
Centaurworld
Message Bird (voice)
Centaurworld
Splendib / Malandrew / Message Bird (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
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Scooter
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 - Guest
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
Lights Out with David Spade
Self - Panelist
The House of Tomorrow
Tour Video Narrator (voice)
Los Espookys
Uncle Tico
Los Espookys
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
Star Wars Resistance
Lechee (voice)
Fortune Rookie
Fred
Forever
Oscar
You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys
Barry
Nestor
Game Over, Man!
Fred Armisen
Final Space
KVN (voice)
Fred Armisen: Standup for Drummers
The Drummer
A Christmas Story Live!
Elf
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
Self
Big Mouth
Elliot Birch (voice)
Battle of the Sexes
Rheo Blair
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Cole (voice)
Cabiria, Charity, Chastity
Aldo the Instructor
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self
The Little Hours
Bishop Bartolomeo
The Gong Show
Self - Judge
Band Aid
Dave
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
Peter Salanz
Take the 10
The Driver
Man in the Camo Jacket
Self
Mr.Runner Up: My Life as an Oscar Bridesmaid
Enzo Entolini
Ordinary World
Gary
Final Transmission
Lee Smith
Globesman
Tom O'Halloran
Party Legends
Match Game
Self - Panelist
Resurgence: It's Early Albuquerque
Terry Dudley
Zoolander 2
VIP
Long Live the Royals
Gavin, Brody
Superstore
Kyle
Addicted to Fresno
Gerald
Gentle and Soft: The Story of the Blue Jean Committee
Gene Allen
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Sandy Passage
Vivienne 'Big Vivvy' Van Kimpton
Documentary Now!
Various Characters
Difficult People
Garry Epstein
Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run
Speedy Gonzales
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
7 Days in Hell
Edward Pudding
Staten Island Summer
Victor
George and the Vacuum
George
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead
Self
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Robert Durst
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Robertina Durst
The Last Man on Earth
Karl
Man Seeking Woman
Jesus
Man Seeking Woman
Tanaka (voice)
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
Chadwick (voice)
The Maya Rudolph Show
Self
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Sweet Potato (voice) / Tomatillo (voice)
My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)
Pill Bottle (voice)
Deadbeat
Janitor
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Richie Cornish
The Celery Incident
Various characters
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
Broad City
David the baby
Revenge of the Mekons
Self
Super Fun Night
Brian Headfoot
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Melipnos
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
Brainy Smurf (voice)
The Smurfs 2
Brainy Smurf (voice)
Hollywood Game Night
Self
AMEX Unstaged Presents: Vampire Weekend
Ian Rubbish
Blackout
Various Characters
Out There
Terry Rosachristas
Brunch Village
Various Characters
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Self
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Self
The Dictator
Waiter / Minister
Finding Your Roots
Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self
Unsupervised
Martin (voice)
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
Brainy (voice)
Inside Portlandia
Self
New Girl
Brandon
Up All Night
Gideon Kirk
The Smurfs
Brainy Smurf (voice)
The Looney Tunes Show
Speedy Gonzales (voice)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
Barack Obama
Portlandia
Various Characters
Bob's Burgers
Tommy (voice)
Conan
Self
The Women of SNL
Various (archive footage)
Easy A
Pastor
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Freidrich
Saturday Night
Self
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
Self
Ugly Americans
Larry King (voice)
Presidential Reunion
Barack Obama
Cop Out
Russian Lawyer
Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole
Self (archive footage)
Modern Family
Langham
Archer
Gustavo Calderón (voice)
Post Grad
Guacanator Pitchman
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
Various (archive footage)
Parks and Recreation
Raul
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Ryan Koenig
Christmas on Mars
Philosophical and Hymn-Singing Astronaut
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
The Rocker
Kerr
The Promotion
Scott Fargas
Baby Mama
Stroller Salesman
Largo
Self
The Shooting AKA Dear Sister
Cop #2
Tim and Eric Nite Live!
Dr. Pat Gordon Hall
Fred Armisen Presents: Complicated Drumming Technique Jens Hannemann
Jens Hannemann
Yo Gabba Gabba!
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Time Lincoln (voice)
Human Giant
Dr. Marker
Goodbye Baby
Comic
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
K.J. Nutt
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Sal & Al's Customer
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Self
The Sarah Silverman Program.
Taylor Magenheim
The Ex
Manny
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Security Guard
Deck the Halls
Gustave
30 Rock
Raheem Haddad
30 Rock
Various Characters
Freak Show
Griffin & Phoenix
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse
Self
Kiss Me Again
Professor Szabo
Laser Cats!
The Bad Guy
Book Club
Self
Squidbillies
Miguel
Saturday Night Live: The Best of David Spade
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
Frenchman (uncredited)
Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration
Self
Robot Chicken
Archie Andrews (voice)
American Dad!
Derrick (voice)
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
Tino
Tom Goes to the Mayor
Phillip Priest (voice)
The Frank International Film Festival
Frank
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Tino
EuroTrip
Creepy Italian Guy
Melvin Goes to Dinner
Vesa
Like Mike
New Age Dad
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco
Self
Next Caller
Next!
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Poncho (voice)
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Robot Husband (voice)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Wally
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
The Simpsons
Terrence (voice)
Saturday Night Live
Self - Various Characters
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
Self
Fred Armisen's Guide to Music and SXSW
Untitled Donkey Kong Film
Cranky Kong (voice)
Rhona Who Lives by the River
Mr. Kortle / Remi's Mom
Untitled 'Wednesday' spin-off about Uncle Fester
Uncle Fester