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Fred Armisen

Fred Armisen

Department: Acting

Biography

Fereydun "Fred" Armisen (born December 4, 1966) is an American actor, comedian and musician best known for his work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, and portraying off-color foreigners in various comedy films such as EuroTrip, Cop Out or Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. With Carrie Brownstein, he is the co-creator and co-star of the IFC sketch series Portlandia. He also recently voices Speedy Gonzales in The Looney Tunes Show on Cartoon Network. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fred Armisen, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Rocker

The Rocker

2008

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

2006

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

2023

Kiss Me Again

Kiss Me Again

2006

Baby Mama

Baby Mama

2008

Deck the Halls

Deck the Halls

2006

Yo La Tengo: Hanukkah 2019 - Night One

Yo La Tengo: Hanukkah 2019 - Night One

2019

The Ex

The Ex

2006

The Promotion

The Promotion

2008

Melvin Goes to Dinner

Melvin Goes to Dinner

2003

Christmas on Mars

Christmas on Mars

2008

The Smurfs

The Smurfs

2011

My View: Clem Burke

My View: Clem Burke

2019

The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks

The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks

2022

Fixed

Fixed

2025

The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol

The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol

2011

The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow

The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow

2013

Revenge of the Mekons

Revenge of the Mekons

2013

The Contestant

The Contestant

2023

Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole

Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole

2010

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Confessions of a Shopaholic

2009

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

2007

Clerks III

Clerks III

2022

The Secret Policeman's Ball

The Secret Policeman's Ball

2012

7 Days in Hell

7 Days in Hell

2015

Saturday Night

Saturday Night

2010

Melomaniac

Melomaniac

2023

Addicted to Fresno

Addicted to Fresno

2015

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

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

2002

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas

2014

Largo

Largo

2008

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

2009

Thelma the Unicorn

Thelma the Unicorn

2024

Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)

Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)

2015

The Shooting AKA Dear Sister

The Shooting AKA Dear Sister

2007

Resurgence: It's Early Albuquerque

Resurgence: It's Early Albuquerque

2016

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

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

2014

Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run

Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run

2015

Staten Island Summer

Staten Island Summer

2015

Griffin & Phoenix

Griffin & Phoenix

2006

Zoolander 2

Zoolander 2

2016

The Celery Incident

The Celery Incident

2014

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

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

2015

Unfrosted

Unfrosted

2024

Goodbye Baby

Goodbye Baby

2007

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

2004

Fred Armisen's Guide to Music and SXSW

Fred Armisen's Guide to Music and SXSW

Cop Out

Cop Out

2010

George and the Vacuum

George and the Vacuum

2015

Post Grad

Post Grad

2009

Come and Save Me

Come and Save Me

2024

Ordinary World

Ordinary World

2016

The Lego Ninjago Movie

The Lego Ninjago Movie

2017

The Little Hours

The Little Hours

2017

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

2010

Never Mind

Never Mind

2024

Band Aid

Band Aid

2017

Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special

Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special

2017

Take the 10

Take the 10

2017

The Smurfs 2

The Smurfs 2

2013

Battle of the Sexes

Battle of the Sexes

2017

Man in the Camo Jacket

Man in the Camo Jacket

2017

Cabiria, Charity, Chastity

Cabiria, Charity, Chastity

2017

The Dictator

The Dictator

2012

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs

2017

Fred Armisen: Standup for Drummers

Fred Armisen: Standup for Drummers

2018

The House of Tomorrow

The House of Tomorrow

2019

You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys

You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys

2018

Game Over, Man!

Game Over, Man!

2018

Easy A

Easy A

2010

EuroTrip

EuroTrip

2004

Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero

Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero

2019

Fred Armisen Presents: Complicated Drumming Technique Jens Hannemann

Fred Armisen Presents: Complicated Drumming Technique Jens Hannemann

2007

Inside Portlandia

Inside Portlandia

2011

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse

2006

The Women of SNL

The Women of SNL

2010

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

2019

AMEX Unstaged Presents: Vampire Weekend

AMEX Unstaged Presents: Vampire Weekend

2013

All Together Now

All Together Now

2020

The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show

The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show

2019

Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration

Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration

2005

The Maya Rudolph Show

The Maya Rudolph Show

2014

Book Club

Book Club

2006

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend

2020

Saturday Night Live: The Best of David Spade

Saturday Night Live: The Best of David Spade

2005

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

2004

Like Mike

Like Mike

2002

Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine

Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine

2020

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo

2005

How It Ends

How It Ends

2021

The Imminent Expiration of Seth Dodson

The Imminent Expiration of Seth Dodson

2020

Magnum Dopus

Magnum Dopus

2020

The Bubble

The Bubble

2022

The Sparks Brothers

The Sparks Brothers

2021

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

2021

Too Late

Too Late

2021

A Christmas Story Live!

A Christmas Story Live!

2017

Adams

Adams

2019

Spin Me Round

Spin Me Round

2022

Presidential Reunion

Presidential Reunion

2010

Will & Harper

Will & Harper

2024

Bob Mould & Fred Armisen: Come What May - Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

Bob Mould & Fred Armisen: Come What May - Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

2021

Resynator

Resynator

2024

Age of Audio

Age of Audio

2024

Resurgence

Resurgence

2023

Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary

Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary

2024

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025

G*ve a F*ck LA: A Benefit for LA Fire Relief

G*ve a F*ck LA: A Benefit for LA Fire Relief

2025

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

2025

New Year's Rev

New Year's Rev

2025

Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10

Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10

2011

DIY: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Punk

DIY: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Punk

2025

Netflix Tudum 2025

Netflix Tudum 2025

2025

Downey Wrote That

Downey Wrote That

2025

Dear Shop Girl

Dear Shop Girl

2025

Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again

Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again

2010

Blackout

Blackout

2013

Brunch Village

Brunch Village

2012

Squidbillies

Squidbillies

2005

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

2000

The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

2004

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

Freak Show

Freak Show

2006

Tom Goes to the Mayor

Tom Goes to the Mayor

2004

Schmigadoon!

Schmigadoon!

2021

Finding Your Roots

Finding Your Roots

2012

30 Rock

30 Rock

2006

Human Giant

Human Giant

2007

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday

Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday

2008

The Second City Presents: The Last Show Left on Earth

The Second City Presents: The Last Show Left on Earth

2020

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

Unstable

Unstable

2023

Agent Elvis

Agent Elvis

2023

Match Game

Match Game

2016

Royal Crackers

Royal Crackers

2023

Next Caller

Next Caller

2001

Man Seeking Woman

Man Seeking Woman

2015

The Looney Tunes Show

The Looney Tunes Show

2011

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

2013

Barry

Barry

2018

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

Archer

Archer

2009

Portlandia

Portlandia

2011

Ugly Americans

Ugly Americans

2010

Centaurworld

Centaurworld

2021

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson

2019

Comedy Bang! Bang!

Comedy Bang! Bang!

2012

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

2012

Deadbeat

Deadbeat

2014

Documentary Now!

Documentary Now!

2015

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

Broad City

Broad City

2014

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

Saturday Morning All Star Hits!

Saturday Morning All Star Hits!

2021

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

Party Legends

Party Legends

2016

Do, Re & Mi

Do, Re & Mi

2021

Centaurworld

Centaurworld

2021

Centaurworld

Centaurworld

2021

Centaurworld

Centaurworld

2021

Centaurworld

Centaurworld

2021

Centaurworld

Centaurworld

2021

Centaurworld

Centaurworld

2021

Toast of Tinseltown

Toast of Tinseltown

2022

The Late Late Show with James Corden

The Late Late Show with James Corden

2015

Baking It

Baking It

2021

New Girl

New Girl

2011

30 Rock

30 Rock

2006

Our Flag Means Death

Our Flag Means Death

2022

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

2000

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

2007

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

2007

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

2007

The Gong Show

The Gong Show

2017

Bob's Burgers

Bob's Burgers

2011

Big Mouth

Big Mouth

2017

Final Space

Final Space

2018

The Last Man on Earth

The Last Man on Earth

2015

Miracle Workers

Miracle Workers

2019

Long Live the Royals

Long Live the Royals

2015

Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

2022

Carol & the End of the World

Carol & the End of the World

2023

Moonbase 8

Moonbase 8

2020

Forever

Forever

2018

What We Do in the Shadows

What We Do in the Shadows

2019

Man Seeking Woman

Man Seeking Woman

2015

Up All Night

Up All Night

2011

Robot Chicken

Robot Chicken

2005

Wednesday

Wednesday

2022

Modern Family

Modern Family

2009

That's My Jam

That's My Jam

2021

Unsupervised

Unsupervised

2012

Fallout

Fallout

2024

Lights Out with David Spade

Lights Out with David Spade

2019

Fortune Rookie

Fortune Rookie

2018

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

Los Espookys

Los Espookys

2019

Next!

Next!

2001

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

Star Wars Resistance

Star Wars Resistance

2018

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

2014

John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.

John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.

2024

American Dad!

American Dad!

2005

Superstore

Superstore

2015

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

2015

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Curb Your Enthusiasm

2000

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

2017

Parks and Recreation

Parks and Recreation

2009

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

2015

Hollywood Game Night

Hollywood Game Night

2013

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

2015

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

Off Camera with Sam Jones

Off Camera with Sam Jones

2014

History of the World: Part II

History of the World: Part II

2023

Central Park

Central Park

2020

Tim and Eric Nite Live!

Tim and Eric Nite Live!

2007

Universal Basic Guys

Universal Basic Guys

2024

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

2009

The Sarah Silverman Program.

The Sarah Silverman Program.

2007

Los Espookys

Los Espookys

2019

Conan

Conan

2010

This Fool

This Fool

2022

Cinema Toast

Cinema Toast

2021

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

2009

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney

2025

Lubach

Lubach

2025

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney

2025

Difficult People

Difficult People

2015

Super Fun Night

Super Fun Night

2013

Rhona Who Lives by the River

Rhona Who Lives by the River

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

Untitled 'Wednesday' spin-off about Uncle Fester

Untitled 'Wednesday' spin-off about Uncle Fester

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

Digman!

Digman!

2023

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

2025

Yo Gabba Gabba!

Yo Gabba Gabba!

2007