Fred Armisen
Birthday: 1966-12-04
Birthplace: Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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.
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Credits
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Fred Armisen's Guide to Music and SXSW | ||
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Untitled Donkey Kong film | Cranky Kong (voice) | |
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2025-10-17 | Dear Shop Girl | Landlord |
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2025-09-12 | Nimrods | |
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2025-08-13 | Fixed | Fetch (voice) |
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2025-02-05 | G*ve a F*ck LA: A Benefit for LA Fire Relief | |
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2024-07-20 | Never Mind | Manager Cat |
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2024-05-17 | Thelma the Unicorn | Danny Stallion (voice) |
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2024-04-30 | Unfrosted | Mike Puntz |
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2024-04-26 | Come and Save Me | Hugo |
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2023-04-05 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Cranky Kong (voice) |
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2023-01-28 | Resurgence | Record shopper 2 |
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2022-09-04 | Clerks III | Auditioner |
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2022-08-19 | Spin Me Round | Ricky |
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2022-03-25 | The Bubble | Darren Eigen |
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2021-10-03 | Bob Mould & Fred Armisen: Come What May - Hardly Strictly Bluegrass | |
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2021-07-20 | How It Ends | Manny |
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2021-04-22 | The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Deborahbot 5000 (voice) |
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2021-04-08 | Too Late | Fredo Muñoz |
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2020-10-27 | Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine | Scooter |
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2020-08-28 | All Together Now | Mr. Franks |
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2020-05-12 | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend | Robert Durst / Robertina Durst |
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2020-03-10 | The Imminent Expiration of Seth Dodson | Dr. Greengrass |
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2019-12-22 | Yo La Tengo: Hanukkah 2019 - Night One | |
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2019-10-15 | Jay and Silent Bob Reboot | Merkin |
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2019-08-10 | Adams | Adams |
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2018-04-13 | You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys | |
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2018-03-23 | Game Over, Man! | Fred Armisen |
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2018-02-06 | Fred Armisen: Standup for Drummers | The Drummer |
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2017-12-17 | A Christmas Story Live! | Elf |
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2017-09-22 | Battle of the Sexes | Rheo Blair |
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2017-09-21 | The Lego Ninjago Movie | Cole (voice) |
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2017-09-14 | Cabiria, Charity, Chastity | Aldo the Instructor |
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2017-06-30 | The Little Hours | Bishop Bartolomeo |
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2017-06-02 | Band Aid | Dave |
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2017-02-07 | Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special | Peter Salanz |
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2017-01-20 | Take the 10 | The Driver |
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2016-10-14 | Ordinary World | Gary |
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2016-06-18 | Resurgence: It's Early Albuquerque | Terry Dudley |
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2016-02-06 | Zoolander 2 | VIP |
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2015-10-02 | Addicted to Fresno | Gerald |
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2015-09-24 | Gentle and Soft: The Story of the Blue Jean Committee | Gene Allen |
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2015-08-04 | Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run | Speedy Gonzales |
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2015-07-08 | 7 Days in Hell | Edward Pudding |
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2015-06-30 | Staten Island Summer | Victor |
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2015-04-17 | George and the Vacuum | George |
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2014-12-16 | Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas | Chadwick (voice) |
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2014-04-17 | My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It) | Pill Bottle (voice) |
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2014-02-20 | The Celery Incident | Various characters |
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2013-09-12 | The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow | Brainy Smurf (voice) |
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2013-07-30 | The Smurfs 2 | Brainy Smurf (voice) |
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2013-04-28 | AMEX Unstaged Presents: Vampire Weekend | Ian Rubbish |
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2013-03-01 | Blackout | Various Characters |
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2012-07-20 | Brunch Village | Various Characters |
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2012-05-15 | The Dictator | Waiter / Minister |
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2011-12-02 | The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol | Brainy (voice) |
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2011-07-29 | The Smurfs | Brainy Smurf (voice) |
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2011-03-13 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10 | Barack Obama |
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2010-09-16 | Easy A | Pastor |
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2010-07-29 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Freidrich |
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2010-03-02 | Presidential Reunion | Barack Obama |
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2010-02-26 | Cop Out | Russian Lawyer |
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2009-08-21 | Post Grad | Guacanator Pitchman |
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2009-02-05 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | Ryan Koenig |
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2008-11-11 | Christmas on Mars | Philosophical and Hymn-Singing Astronaut |
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2008-08-20 | The Rocker | Kerr |
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2008-06-06 | The Promotion | Scott Fargas |
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2008-04-25 | Baby Mama | Stroller Salesman |
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2007-11-17 | The Shooting AKA Dear Sister | Cop #2 |
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2007-10-23 | Fred Armisen Presents: Complicated Drumming Technique Jens Hannemann | Jens Hannemann |
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2007-04-13 | Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters | Time Lincoln (voice) |
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2007-03-12 | Goodbye Baby | Comic |
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2006-12-01 | The Ex | Manny |
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2006-11-22 | Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny | Security Guard |
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2006-11-22 | Deck the Halls | Gustave |
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2006-09-12 | Griffin & Phoenix | |
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2006-04-28 | Kiss Me Again | Professor Szabo |
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2005-10-15 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of David Spade | |
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2005-08-12 | Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo | Frenchman (uncredited) |
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2004-12-28 | Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie | Tino |
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2004-06-28 | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | Tino |
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2004-02-20 | EuroTrip | Creepy Italian Guy |
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2003-12-04 | Melvin Goes to Dinner | Vesa |
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2002-07-03 | Like Mike | New Age Dad |