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Fred Armisen

Fereydun Robert "Fred" Armisen is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician. He is best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2002 until 2013. With his comedy partner Carrie Brownstein, Armisen was the co-creator and co-star of the IFC sketch comedy series Portlandia.


Aliases
  • Fereydun Robert Armisen
  • Trenchmouth
  • The 8G Band
  • Devo
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Final Space

2018
as KVN

Big Mouth

2017
as Elliot Birch

Big Mouth

2017
as Elliot Birch

Wednesday

2022
as Fester Addams

The Mitchells vs. The Machines

2021
as Deborahbot 5000 (voice)

Easy A

2010
as Pastor Bryant

The Smurfs

2011
as Brainy Smurf (voice)

The Looney Tunes Show

2011
as Speedy Gonzales

The Bubble

2022
as Darren Eigen

The Dictator

2012
as Death to Aladeen Restaurant waiter

The Smurfs 2

2013
as Brainy Smurf (voice)

Zoolander 2

2016
as VIP

EuroTrip

2004
as Creepy Italian Guy

The Lego Ninjago Movie

2017
as Cole (voice)

Documentary Now!

2015
as Various Characters

Schmigadoon!

2021
as Reverend Howard Layton

Saturday Night Live

1975
as Fred Armisen

Unstable

2023
as Leslie

All Together Now

2020
as Mr. Franks

Forever (2018)

2018
as Oscar

Game Over, Man!

2018
as Himself

Battle of the Sexes

2017
as Rheo Blair

Centaurworld

2021
as Splendib

Portlandia

2011
as Various Characters

Looney Tunes: Rabbit's Run

2015
as Speedy Gonzales

Inside Portlandia

2011
as Fred Armisen

Saturday Night

2010
as Himself

Post Grad

2009
as Guacanator Pitchman

7 Days in Hell

2015
as Edward Pudding

Thelma the Unicorn

2024
as Danny Stallion

The Ex

2006
as Manny

Cop Out

2010
as Russian Lawyer

Out There (2013)

2013
as Terry Rosachristas

Take the 10

2017
as The Driver

Next!

2001
as Various

Los Espookys

2019
as Tico

Band Aid

2017
as Dave

The Women of SNL

2010
as Lawrence Welk

Baby Mama

2008
as Stroller Salesman

Largo

2008
as Himself

Salad Days

2015
as Himself

Deck the Halls

2006
as Gustave

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas

2014
as Chadwick (voice)

Man in the Camo Jacket

2017
as Fred Armisen

The House of Tomorrow

2017
as Tour Video Narrator (voice)

Mapleworth Murders

2020
as Brody Bcbillan / Belk

The Promotion

2008
as Scott Fargas

Cabiria, Charity, Chastity

2017
as Aldo the Instructor

How It Ends

2021
as Manny

Fixed

as Fetch

Grojband: The Movie

2023
as Cranky Kong

Christmas on Mars

2008
as Philosophical and Hymn-Singing Astronaut

Moonbase 8

2020
as Skip

Batman: The Audio Adventures

2021
as King Scimitar (voice)

Kiss Me Again

2006
as Professor Szabo

The Rocker

2008
as Kerr

The Little Hours

2017
as Bishop Bartolomeo

Writer

Episode Portlandia
Grover
2012
Episode Moonbase 8
Dry
2020
Episode Moonbase 8
Rats
2020
Episode Portlandia
The Brunch Special
2012
Episode Documentary Now!
A Town, A Gangster, A Festival
2015
Episode Moonbase 8
Quarantine
2020
Episode Portlandia
Aimee
2011
Episode Moonbase 8
Visitors
2020
Movie Inside Portlandia 2011
Episode Moonbase 8
Move the Base
2020
Episode Portlandia
Sharing Finances
2014
Episode Moonbase 8
Beef
2020
Episode Documentary Now!
Gentle and Soft: The Story of the Blue Jean Committee (1)
2015
Episode Portlandia
Ecoterrorists
2014
Episode Portlandia
Baseball
2011
Episode Documentary Now!
Final Transmission
2016
Episode Portlandia
Winter in Portlandia
2012
Episode Portlandia
Cops Redesign
2012
Episode Documentary Now!
Gentle and Soft: The Story of the Blue Jean Committee (2)
2015
Episode Portlandia
Blunderbuss
2011
Episode Portlandia
Celery Guy
2014
Episode Portlandia
Cat Nap
2012
Episode Portlandia
Pull-Out King
2014
Episode Portlandia
Motorcycle
2012
Episode Portlandia
Mixology
2012
Episode Portlandia
Spyke Drives
2014
Episode Portlandia
Feminist Bookstore's 10th Anniversary
2012
Episode Portlandia
Bahama Knights
2014
Episode Portlandia
One Moore Episode
2012
Episode Portlandia
Trail Blazers
2014
Episode Portlandia
Squiggleman
2013
Episode Portlandia
Farm
2011
Episode Portlandia
No Olympics
2012
Episode Portlandia
Late in Life Drug Use
2014
Episode Portlandia
Cool Wedding
2012
Episode Portlandia
A Song for Portland
2011
Episode Portlandia
Brunch Village
2012
Episode Portlandia
3D Printer
2014
Episode Portlandia
Getting Away
2014
Episode Portlandia
Mayor Is Missing
2011

Executive Producer

Episode Documentary Now!
My Monkey Grifter (2020)
2022
Episode Documentary Now!
Trouver Frisson (2000)
2022
Episode This Fool
A Storm is Coming
2022
Episode Documentary Now!
Soldier of Illusion (1983) (1)
2022
Episode Documentary Now!
Soldier of Illusion (1983) (2)
2022
Episode Documentary Now!
How They Threw Rocks (1996)
2022
Episode Documentary Now!
Two Hairdressers in Bagglyport (1994)
2022

Producer

Movie My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres 2019

Guest Star

Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Kelsey Grammer, Fred Armisen, Sarah McDaniel, Ty Segall & the Muggers
2016
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Kumail Nanjiani, Fred Armisen, Lucy Dacus
2021
Episode Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Operation: Broken Feather
2014
Episode Saturday Night Live
Kristen Wiig / Raye
2024
Episode Late Night with Seth Meyers
Kelly Ripa, Fred Armisen, Ana Fabrega and Julio Torres, Ashley McBryde
2022
Episode Freak Show
Elections
2006
Episode Saturday Night Live
Chance the Rapper
2019
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Fred Armisen, Letitia Wright, David Blaine
2022
Episode Squidbillies
Giant Foam Dickhat Trouble
2006
Episode Broad City
What a Wonderful World
2014
Episode Ugly Americans
So, You Want to Be a Vampire?
2010
Episode Tim and Eric Nite Live
Flipz
2007
Episode Shrill
Sorry
2021
Episode Deadbeat
Good Will Haunting
2015
Episode Saturday Night Live
Will Ferrell / King Princess
2019
Episode Star Wars Resistance
The Missing Agent
2019
Episode New Girl
No Girl
2016
Episode Modern Family
Las Vegas
2014
Episode Toast of Tinseltown
LA Story
2022
Episode The Simpsons
The Day the Earth Stood Cool
2012
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Maya Rudolph, Fred Armisen, Brian Tyree Henry, Sen. Cory Booker, Sam Morril
2018
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Samuel L. Jackson; Carrie Brownstein & Fred Armisen; Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
2012
Episode Toast of Tinseltown
The Scorecard
2022
Episode Superstore
Toy Drive
2019
Episode Archer (2009)
White Elephant
2014
Episode 30 Rock
Live from Studio 6H
2012
Episode Today
September 13, 2012
2012
Episode Today
January 6, 2012
2012
Episode 7 Minutes in Heaven
Fred Armisen
2012
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Maya Rudolph, Fred Armisen, James Bay
2020
Episode Saturday Night Live
Jenna Ortega / The 1975
2023
Episode The Simpsons
Pin Gal
2023
Episode Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Tennis
2009
Episode Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter
Comedy Actors
2015
Episode Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Hypno-Germ
2004
Episode Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Fred Armisen, Common, Shae Bradley & Shain Gandee, Lupe Fiasco
2013
Episode Toast of Tinseltown
Doctor Grainger
2022
Episode Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Kimmy Goes Roller Skating!
2016
Episode Fallout
The Radio
2024
Episode Archer (2009)
On The Carpet
2014
Episode Independent Spirit Awards
Independent Spirit Awards 2015
2015
Episode Saturday Night Live
Natasha Lyonne / Japanese Breakfast
2022
Episode Nardwuar the Human Serviette VS.
Nardwuar vs. Fred Armisen
2013
Episode Squidbillies
Office Politics Trouble
2005
Episode Toast of Tinseltown
Anger Man
2022
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Fred Armisen, Tituss Burgess, Edgar Wright, Gavin DeGraw
2017
Episode Toast of Tinseltown
Monster Mash
2022
Episode Conan (2010)
Occupy CONAN: When Outsourcing Goes Too Far
2013
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Intermission Accomplished: A Halftime Tribute to Trump
2019
Episode Saturday Night Live
Tina Fey/Nicki Minaj
2018
Episode I Love You, America
Gavin Newsom
2018
Episode Conan (2010)
The Guy Who Actually Went to the Gym He Joined on New Year's Day
2012
Episode Super Fun Night
Hostile Makeover
2014
Episode Shrill
Move
2021
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Reese Witherspoon, Fred Armisen, Rick Ross
2014
Episode Fortune Rookie
The Scoop
2018
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Rachel Maddow, Fred Armisen, Tiwa Savage
2020
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Kate Beckinsale, Fred Armisen, Leon Bridges
2021
Episode Royal Crackers
Factory 37
2023
Episode Premium Blend
Episode 502
2001
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Chelsea Handler, Fred Armisen, Mario Batali
2016
Episode Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Pilot
2013
Episode Parks and Recreation
Sister City
2009
Episode Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Kimmy Finds Her Mom!
2016
Episode The Maya Rudolph Show
Pilot
2014
Episode The Sarah Silverman Program
Patriot Tact
2008
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Queen Latifah, Fred Armisen, The Flaming Lips
2017
Episode Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Bob Costas, Fred Armisen, Robert Schimmel
2009
Episode 30 Rock
Somebody to Love
2007
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Octavia Spencer, Fred Armisen, YBN Cordae ft. Anderson .Paak
2019
Episode Baking It
Maya Rudolph and Amy Poehler’s Celebrity Holiday Special
2022
Episode Saturday Night Live
Fred Armisen/Courtney Barnett
2016
Episode Today
September 20, 2011
2011
Episode Conan (2010)
Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Blake Anderson, Wade Bowen
2015
Episode Off Camera with Sam Jones
Fred Armisen
2019
Episode Conan (2010)
The Asiago Index
2011
Episode Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Fred Armisen: I Wasn't Told About This... With Special Feature: I'm Dying, Jerry
2014
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Queen Latifah, Fred Armisen, Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons
2012
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Seth Rogen, Fred Armisen, Corinne Bailey Rae
2016
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Liam Neeson, Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein
2015
Episode Saturday Night Live
Jason Sudeikis / Brandi Carlile
2021
Episode Squidbillies
Earth Worst
2008
Episode Hiking With Kevin
Fred Armisen's Fantasy Massage
2018
Episode Talking Dead
Dead Weight
2013
Episode That's My Jam
Holiday Edition: Fred Armisen & Ana Gasteyer vs Rachel Dratch & Melissa Villaseñor
2022
Episode Saturday Night Live
Bad Bunny
2023
Episode Archer (2009)
Palace Intrigue (1)
2014
Episode Our Flag Means Death
A Gentleman Pirate
2022
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Chance the Rapper, Fred Armisen, Alan Jackson
2021
Episode Fortune Rookie
Nemesis
2018
Episode Archer (2009)
Palace Intrigue (2)
2014
Episode Lights Out with David Spade
Jim Gaffigan, Sarah Tiana, Fred Armisen & Sean Penn
2019
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Ben Stiller, Fred Armisen, Little Big Town, Kacey Musgraves and Midland
2017
Episode Yo Gabba Gabba!
Treasure
2011
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Kendall Jenner, Fred Armisen, Florida Georgia Line
2019
Episode Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Surprise Party
2020
Episode The Last Man on Earth
Karl
2018
Episode Yo Gabba Gabba!
Flying
2011
Episode Conan (2010)
Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Rachael Harris, Lucius
2014
Episode Archer (2009)
Filibuster
2014
Episode The Last Man on Earth
Paint Misbehavin'
2018
Episode The Last Man on Earth
Hamilton/Berg
2018