Fred Armisen
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Biography
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 ...
Known For
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
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
Filmography
Nimrods
2026
as Jim
Lorne
2026
as Self
5 Things with Jay Mewes
2026
as Self - Guest
We're Back! With Brian Williams
2026
as Self - Guest
Fixed
2025
as Fetch (voice)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self - SNL Cast Member 2002 - 2013
G*ve a F*ck LA: A Benefit for LA Fire Relief
2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
as Self
DIY: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Punk
2025
as Self
Netflix Tudum 2025
2025
as Self
Downey Wrote That
2025
as Self
Dear Shop Girl
2025
as Landlord
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
2025
as Self
Lubach
2025
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
2025
as Self - Musical Guest
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025
as Self
Deli Boys
2025
as Max Sugar
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2025
as Self - Guest
Thelma the Unicorn
2024
as Danny Stallion (voice)
Unfrosted
2024
as Mike Puntz
Come and Save Me
2024
as Hugo
Never Mind
2024
as Manager Cat
Will & Harper
2024
as Self
Resynator
2024
as Self
Age of Audio
2024
as Self
Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary
2024
as Self
Fallout
2024
as DJ Carl
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.
2024
as Self
Universal Basic Guys
2024
as David (voice)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
2023
as Cranky Kong (voice)
The Contestant
2023
as Denpa Shonen Narrator (voice)
Melomaniac
2023
as Self
Resurgence
2023
as Record shopper 2
Unstable
2023
as Leslie
Agent Elvis
2023
as Charles Manson (voice)
Royal Crackers
2023
as Brent (voice)
Carol & the End of the World
2023
as (voice)
History of the World: Part II
2023
as Glorp
Digman!
2023
as Dr. Sigmund Freud (voice)
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
2022
as Self
Clerks III
2022
as Auditioner
The Bubble
2022
as Darren Eigen
Spin Me Round
2022
as Ricky
Toast of Tinseltown
2022
as Russ Nightlife
Our Flag Means Death
2022
as Geraldo
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
2022
as Erich England
Wednesday
2022
as Uncle Fester
This Fool
2022
as Richard Rowell
How It Ends
2021
as Manny
The Sparks Brothers
2021
as Self
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
2021
as Deborahbot 5000 (voice)
Too Late
2021
as Fredo Muñoz
Bob Mould & Fred Armisen: Come What May - Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
2021
Schmigadoon!
2021
as Reverend Howard Layton
Centaurworld
2021
as Splendib / Bimbam (voice)
Saturday Morning All Star Hits!
2021
as (voice)
Do, Re & Mi
2021
as Juan Peacock (voice)
Centaurworld
2021
as Splendib / Kittentaur / Malandrew (voice)
Centaurworld
2021
as Malandrew (voice)
Centaurworld
2021
as Splendib / Message Bird / Teacher Birdtaur (voice)
Centaurworld
2021
as Splendib / Malandrew / Message Bird (voice)
Centaurworld
2021
as Message Bird (voice)
Centaurworld
2021
as Splendib / Guard / Human Man (voice)
Baking It
2021
as Self
That's My Jam
2021
as Self - Guest
Cinema Toast
2021
All Together Now
2020
as Mr. Franks
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend
2020
as Robert Durst / Robertina Durst
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
2020
as Scooter
The Imminent Expiration of Seth Dodson
2020
as Dr. Greengrass
Magnum Dopus
2020
as Self
The Second City Presents: The Last Show Left on Earth
2020
as Self - Guest
Moonbase 8
2020
as Skip
Central Park
2020
as Esposito (voice)
Yo La Tengo: Hanukkah 2019 - Night One
2019
My View: Clem Burke
2019
as Self
The House of Tomorrow
2019
as Tour Video Narrator (voice)
Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero
2019
as Self
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
2019
as Merkin
The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show
2019
as Self
Adams
2019
as Adams
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
2019
Miracle Workers
2019
as Percival Forthwind
What We Do in the Shadows
2019
as Tom 'Doctor Tom' Schmidt
Lights Out with David Spade
2019
as Self - Panelist
Los Espookys
2019
as Uncle Tico
Los Espookys
2019
as Tico
Fred Armisen: Standup for Drummers
2018
as The Drummer
You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys
2018
Game Over, Man!
2018
as Fred Armisen
Barry
2018
as Nestor
Final Space
2018
as KVN (voice)
Forever
2018
as Oscar
Fortune Rookie
2018
as Fred
Star Wars Resistance
2018
as Lechee (voice)
The Lego Ninjago Movie
2017
as Cole (voice)
The Little Hours
2017
as Bishop Bartolomeo
Band Aid
2017
as Dave
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
2017
as Peter Salanz
Take the 10
2017
as The Driver
Battle of the Sexes
2017
as Rheo Blair
Man in the Camo Jacket
2017
as Self
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
2017
as Self
A Christmas Story Live!
2017
as Elf
The Gong Show
2017
as Self - Judge
Big Mouth
2017
as Elliot Birch (voice)
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
as Self
Resurgence: It's Early Albuquerque
2016
as Terry Dudley
Zoolander 2
2016
as VIP
Ordinary World
2016
as Gary
Match Game
2016
as Self - Panelist
Party Legends
2016
7 Days in Hell
2015
as Edward Pudding
Addicted to Fresno
2015
as Gerald
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
2015
as Self
Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run
2015
as Speedy Gonzales (voice)
Staten Island Summer
2015
as Victor
The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead
2015
as Self
George and the Vacuum
2015
as George
Man Seeking Woman
2015
as Jesus
Documentary Now!
2015
as Various Characters
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
The Last Man on Earth
2015
as Karl
Long Live the Royals
2015
as Gavin, Brody
Man Seeking Woman
2015
as Tanaka (voice)
Superstore
2015
as Kyle
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015
as Robert Durst
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015
as Robertina Durst
Difficult People
2015
as Garry Epstein
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
2014
as Chadwick (voice)
My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)
2014
as Pill Bottle (voice)
The Maya Rudolph Show
2014
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Deadbeat
2014
as Janitor
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
Broad City
2014
as David the baby
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
as Sweet Potato (voice) / Tomatillo (voice)
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Richie Cornish
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest/Musical Guest
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
2013
as Brainy Smurf (voice)
Revenge of the Mekons
2013
as Self
The Smurfs 2
2013
as Brainy Smurf (voice)
AMEX Unstaged Presents: Vampire Weekend
2013
as Ian Rubbish
Fame or Shame Season 14
2013
as Hugh Harrison (Voice)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
as Melipnos
Hollywood Game Night
2013
as Self
Super Fun Night
2013
as Brian Headfoot
Out There
2013
as Terry Rosachristas
The Secret Policeman's Ball
2012
as Self
The Dictator
2012
as Waiter / Minister
Brunch Village
2012
as Various Characters
Finding Your Roots
2012
as Self
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012
as Self
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012
as Self
Unsupervised
2012
as Martin (voice)
House of Lies
2012
as Vincent
The Smurfs
2011
as Brainy Smurf (voice)
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
2011
as Brainy (voice)
Inside Portlandia
2011
as Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
2011
as Barack Obama
The Looney Tunes Show
2011
as Speedy Gonzales (voice)
Portlandia
2011
as Various Characters
New Girl
2011
as Brandon
Bob's Burgers
2011
as Tommy (voice)
Up All Night
2011
as Gideon Kirk
Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Saturday Night
2010
as Self
Cop Out
2010
as Russian Lawyer
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010
as Freidrich
Easy A
2010
as Pastor
The Women of SNL
2010
as Various (archive footage)
Presidential Reunion
2010
as Barack Obama
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
2010
as Self
Ugly Americans
2010
as Larry King (voice)
Conan
2010
as Self
Confessions of a Shopaholic
2009
as Ryan Koenig
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
2009
as Various (archive footage)
Post Grad
2009
as Guacanator Pitchman
Papa Nogood
2009
as Wisher (voice)
Archer
2009
as Gustavo Calderón (voice)
Modern Family
2009
as Langham
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
Parks and Recreation
2009
as Raul
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
as Self
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
as Self - Guest
The Rocker
2008
as Kerr
Baby Mama
2008
as Stroller Salesman
The Promotion
2008
as Scott Fargas
Christmas on Mars
2008
as Philosophical and Hymn-Singing Astronaut
Largo
2008
as Self
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
2008
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
2007
as Time Lincoln (voice)
The Shooting AKA Dear Sister
2007
as Cop #2
Goodbye Baby
2007
as Comic
Fred Armisen Presents: Complicated Drumming Technique Jens Hannemann
2007
as Jens Hannemann
Human Giant
2007
as Dr. Marker
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
as K.J. Nutt
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
as Sal & Al's Customer
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
as Self
Tim and Eric Nite Live!
2007
as Dr. Pat Gordon Hall
The Sarah Silverman Program
2007
as Taylor Magenheim
Yo Gabba Gabba!
2007
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
2006
as Security Guard
Kiss Me Again
2006
as Professor Szabo
Deck the Halls
2006
as Gustave
The Ex
2006
as Manny
Griffin & Phoenix
2006
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse
2006
as Self
Book Club
2006
as Self
Laser Cats!
2006
as The Bad Guy
Freak Show
2006
30 Rock
2006
as Raheem Haddad
30 Rock
2006
as Various Characters
Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration
2005
as Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of David Spade
2005
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
2005
as Frenchman (uncredited)
Squidbillies
2005
as Miguel
Robot Chicken
2005
as Archie Andrews (voice)
American Dad!
2005
as Derrick (voice)
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004
as Tino
EuroTrip
2004
as Creepy Italian Guy
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004
as Tino
The Frank International Film Festival
2004
as Frank
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest
Tom Goes to the Mayor
2004
as Phillip Priest (voice)
Melvin Goes to Dinner
2003
as Vesa
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco
2002
as Self
Like Mike
2002
as New Age Dad
Next Caller
2001
Next!
2001
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000
as Poncho (voice)
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000
as Robot Husband (voice)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Wally
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Simpsons
1989
as Terrence (voice)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Various Characters
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self