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.
227 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 227
The Simpsons
1989
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
American Dad!
2005
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Modern Family
2009
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Saturday Night Live
1975
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
Conan
2010
Bob's Burgers
2011
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Wednesday
2022
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
30 Rock
2006
New Girl
2011
Parks and Recreation
2009
Robot Chicken
2005
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
Archer
2009
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
2023
Fallout
2024
What We Do in the Shadows
2019
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Big Mouth
2017
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Superstore
2015
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015
Barry
2018
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000
Finding Your Roots
2012
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
Broad City
2014
Portlandia
2011
The Looney Tunes Show
2011
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
Star Wars Resistance
2018
The Last Man on Earth
2015
Match Game
2016
Squidbillies
2005
The Sarah Silverman Program.
2007
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
Miracle Workers
2019
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012
History of the World: Part II
2023
The Dictator
2012
Hollywood Game Night
2013
Tom Goes to the Mayor
2004
Central Park
2020
Lights Out with David Spade
2019
Schmigadoon!
2021
Our Flag Means Death
2022
Man Seeking Woman
2015
Documentary Now!
2015
Final Space
2018
Carol & the End of the World
2023
Up All Night
2011
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
2025
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
2019
Digman!
2023
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
2021
Ugly Americans
2010
Difficult People
2015
Agent Elvis
2023
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
2022
Yo Gabba Gabba!
2007
EuroTrip
2004
Unstable
2023
Royal Crackers
2023
The Smurfs
2011
Universal Basic Guys
2024
Centaurworld
2021
Lubach
2025
The Lego Ninjago Movie
2017
That's My Jam
2021
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025
Easy A
2010
Cinema Toast
2021
Unsupervised
2012
The Gong Show
2017
The Smurfs 2
2013
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
2024
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004
Human Giant
2007
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010
Saturday Morning All Star Hits!
2021
This Fool
2022
Confessions of a Shopaholic
2009
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
2005
Thelma the Unicorn
2024
Forever
2018
The Little Hours
2017
Deadbeat
2014
Deck the Halls
2006
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
2008
Toast of Tinseltown
2022
Super Fun Night
2013
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
2006
Los Espookys
2019
Like Mike
2002
Unfrosted
2024
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
2009
Lorne
2026
Cop Out
2010
Party Legends
2016
Zoolander 2
2016
Freak Show
2006
The Bubble
2022
Battle of the Sexes
2017
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
2019
Fixed
2025
Game Over, Man!
2018
Long Live the Royals
2015
Moonbase 8
2020
Do, Re & Mi
2021
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
2017
Baby Mama
2008
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
2017
Fortune Rookie
2018
Baking It
2021
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend
2020
Clerks III
2022
The Sparks Brothers
2021
The Rocker
2008
Netflix Tudum 2025
2025
Band Aid
2017
Post Grad
2009
Will & Harper
2024
The Second City Presents: The Last Show Left on Earth
2020
The Secret Policeman's Ball
2012
Spin Me Round
2022
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
2007
Ordinary World
2016
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
2011
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
2013
The Ex
2006
Tim and Eric Nite Live!
2007
Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run
2015
Rhona Who Lives by the River
—
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
2014
The Women of SNL
2010
How It Ends
2021
7 Days in Hell
2015
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
2011
Kiss Me Again
2006
Next Caller
2001
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
2022
Next!
2001
The House of Tomorrow
2019
Griffin & Phoenix
2006
Out There
2013
The Promotion
2008
Staten Island Summer
2015
The Contestant
2023
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
2020
Nimrods
2026
All Together Now
2020
Cabiria, Charity, Chastity
2017
Addicted to Fresno
2015
My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)
2014
Saturday Night
2010
Magnum Dopus
2020
Saturday Night Live: The Best of David Spade
2005
Take the 10
2017
A Christmas Story Live!
2017
Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole
2010
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
2010
Melvin Goes to Dinner
2003
Inside Portlandia
2011
G*ve a F*ck LA: A Benefit for LA Fire Relief
2025
Age of Audio
2024
Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary
2024
Too Late
2021
Untitled 'Wednesday' spin-off about Uncle Fester
—
Downey Wrote That
2025
DIY: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Punk
2025
Largo
2008
Final Transmission
2016
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco
2002
The Maya Rudolph Show
2014
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
2015
The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show
2019
The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead
2015
Laser Cats!
2006
Goodbye Baby
2007
Resurgence: It's Early Albuquerque
2016
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse
2006
You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys
2018
George and the Vacuum
2015
AMEX Unstaged Presents: Vampire Weekend
2013
Blackout
2013
Man in the Camo Jacket
2017
The Shooting AKA Dear Sister
2007
Presidential Reunion
2010
Untitled Donkey Kong Film
—
Adams
2019
My View: Clem Burke
2019
Sandy Passage
2015
The Celery Incident
2014
Globesman
2016
Fred Armisen: Standup for Drummers
2018
Resynator
2024
Mr.Runner Up: My Life as an Oscar Bridesmaid
2016
Book Club
2006
Christmas on Mars
2008
Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration
2005
Melomaniac
2023
Never Mind
2024
Come and Save Me
2024
Fred Armisen Presents: Complicated Drumming Technique Jens Hannemann
2007
Brunch Village
2012
Bob Mould & Fred Armisen: Come What May - Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
2021
Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero
2019
The Frank International Film Festival
2004
Gentle and Soft: The Story of the Blue Jean Committee
2015
Fred Armisen's Guide to Music and SXSW
—
Revenge of the Mekons
2013
The Imminent Expiration of Seth Dodson
2020
Yo La Tengo: Hanukkah 2019 - Night One
2019
Dear Shop Girl
2025
Resurgence
2023