Fred Armisen

Known for ActingBorn 1966-12-04 (age 59)Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

AMEX Unstaged Presents: Vampire Weekend

Brunch Village

Wednesday

Final Space

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

Fallout

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Ugly Americans

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks

The Looney Tunes Show

My View: Clem Burke

What We Do in the Shadows

Parks and Recreation

Barry

Tim and Eric Nite Live!

Book Club

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Saturday Night

Modern Family

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Archer

Bob's Burgers

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

The Simpsons

Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero

The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Our Flag Means Death

Big Mouth

Superstore

The Secret Policeman's Ball

Party Legends

Robot Chicken

This Fool

Centaurworld

Will & Harper

Largo

Carol & the End of the World

I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco

The Sparks Brothers

30 Rock

My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)

Toast of Tinseltown

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

New Girl