Acting
Fred Armisen
EN cinema · 124 credits
Born
4 December 1966 (age 59)
Birthplace
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA
Also known as Fereydun Robert Armisen · M. Fred Armisen · 프레드 아미센 · 弗瑞德·阿米森 · فرد آرمیسن · Stewart Breihut
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
Fred Armisen's Guide to Music and SXSW
Fred Armisen's Guide to Music and SXSW
Actor, Director, Writer
Nimrods
as Jim
Lorne
as Self
Wildwood
Thanks
Fixed
as Fetch (voice)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self - SNL Cast Member 2002 - 2013
Dear Shop Girl
as Landlord, Executive Producer
Thelma the Unicorn
as Danny Stallion (voice)
Unfrosted
as Mike Puntz
Never Mind
as Manager Cat
Will & Harper
as Self
Resynator
as Self
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
as Cranky Kong (voice)
The Contestant
as Denpa Shonen Narrator (voice)
Melomaniac
as Self
Resurgence
as Record shopper 2
Clerks III
as Auditioner
The Bubble
as Darren Eigen
Spin Me Round
as Ricky
How It Ends
as Manny
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
as Deborahbot 5000 (voice)
Too Late
as Fredo Muñoz
All Together Now
as Mr. Franks
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend
as Robert Durst / Robertina Durst
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
as Scooter, Thanks
The Imminent Expiration of Seth Dodson
as Dr. Greengrass
Magnum Dopus
as Self
The House of Tomorrow
as Tour Video Narrator (voice)
Adams
as Adams
My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres
Executive Producer
Fred Armisen: Standup for Drummers
as The Drummer, Writer
Game Over, Man!
as Fred Armisen
The Lego Ninjago Movie
as Cole (voice)
The Little Hours
as Bishop Bartolomeo
Band Aid
as Dave
Take the 10
as The Driver
Battle of the Sexes
as Rheo Blair
Zoolander 2
as VIP
Ordinary World
as Gary
Green Room
Thanks
7 Days in Hell
as Edward Pudding
Addicted to Fresno
as Gerald
Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run
as Speedy Gonzales (voice)
Staten Island Summer
as Victor
George and the Vacuum
as George
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
as Chadwick (voice)
My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)
as Pill Bottle (voice)
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
as Brainy Smurf (voice)
The Smurfs 2
as Brainy Smurf (voice)
AMEX Unstaged Presents: Vampire Weekend
as Ian Rubbish
Fame or Shame Season 14
as Hugh Harrison (Voice)
The Dictator
as Waiter / Minister
Brunch Village
as Various Characters, Writer
The Smurfs
as Brainy Smurf (voice)
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
as Brainy (voice)
Inside Portlandia
2011
Inside Portlandia
as Self, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
as Barack Obama
Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole
as Self (archive footage)
Saturday Night
as Self
Cop Out
as Russian Lawyer
Easy A
as Pastor
The Women of SNL
as Various (archive footage)
Presidential Reunion
as Barack Obama
Confessions of a Shopaholic
as Ryan Koenig
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
as Various (archive footage)
Post Grad
as Guacanator Pitchman
Papa Nogood
as Wisher (voice)
The Rocker
as Kerr
Baby Mama
as Stroller Salesman
The Promotion
as Scott Fargas
Christmas on Mars
as Philosophical and Hymn-Singing Astronaut
Largo
as Self
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
as Time Lincoln (voice)
Goodbye Baby
as Comic
Fred Armisen Presents: Complicated Drumming Technique Jens Hannemann
as Jens Hannemann
Laser Cats 2
as Scientist
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
as Security Guard
Kiss Me Again
as Professor Szabo
Deck the Halls
as Gustave
The Ex
as Manny
Book Club
as Self
Laser Cats!
as The Bad Guy
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
as Frenchman (uncredited)
EuroTrip
as Creepy Italian Guy
The Frank International Film Festival
as Frank, Writer
Like Mike
as New Age Dad