Fred Armisen

ActorProducerWriterCrewDirector Dec 4 (age 59) Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA 1975–2025 (50 year career)

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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 Wikiped…

Known For

Film

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Cranky Kong (voice)

Film

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Deborahbot 5000 (voice)

Film

Easy A

Pastor

Film

Final Space

KVN (voice)

Film

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Tino

Film

The Dictator

Waiter / Minister

Film

Big Mouth

Elliot Birch (voice)

Film

Green Room

Thanks

Filmography

Acting (222)

Movies (121)

Fixed

2025

as Fetch (voice)

6.2

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

as Self

Netflix Tudum 2025

as Self

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025

as Self - SNL Cast Member 2002 - 2013

7.8

Downey Wrote That

2025

as Self

New Year's Rev

2025

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

2025

Dear Shop Girl

2025

as Landlord

DIY: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Punk

2025

as Self

Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary

as Self

Unfrosted

as Mike Puntz

Thelma the Unicorn

as Danny Stallion (voice)

6.9

Hang On a Second

2024

as Self

Will & Harper

2024

as Self

7.3

Never Mind

2024

as Manager Cat

Resynator

2024

as Self

6.0

Age of Audio

2024

as Self

Come and Save Me

2024

as Hugo

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

2023

as Cranky Kong (voice)

7.6

The Contestant

2023

as Denpa Shonen Narrator (voice)

6.9

Resurgence

2023

as Record shopper 2

Melomaniac

2023

as Himself

The Bubble

as Darren Eigen

Clerks III

as Auditioner

Spin Me Round

as Ricky

The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks

2022

as Self

7.2

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

2021

as Deborahbot 5000 (voice)

Too Late

as Fredo Muñoz

How It Ends

as Manny

The Sparks Brothers

as Self

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

2021

The Imminent Expiration of Seth Dodson

2020

as Dr. Greengrass

Magnum Dopus

as Self

All Together Now

as Mr. Franks

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend

2020

as Robert Durst / Robertina Durst

6.4

Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine

2020

as Scooter

5.4

The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show

2019

as Self

7.1

Yo La Tengo: Hanukkah 2019 - Night One

2019

Adams

2019

as Adams

3.5

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

2019

as Merkin

5.7

The House of Tomorrow

2019

as Tour Video Narrator (voice)

6.8

My View: Clem Burke

2019

as Self

8.0

Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero

as Himself

Game Over, Man!

as Fred Armisen

Fred Armisen: Standup for Drummers

2018

as The Drummer

6.2

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

2018

The Lego Ninjago Movie

as Cole (voice)

The Little Hours

as Bishop Bartolomeo

Battle of the Sexes

as Rheo Blair

A Christmas Story Live!

as Elf

Take the 10

as The Driver

Band Aid

as Dave

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

2017

as Peter Salanz

6.1

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs

2017

as Self

6.4

Cabiria, Charity, Chastity

2017

as Aldo the Instructor

4.3

Man in the Camo Jacket

as Self

Zoolander 2

as VIP

Ordinary World

as Gary

Resurgence: It's Early Albuquerque

as Terry Dudley

Addicted to Fresno

as Gerald

Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run

2015

as Speedy Gonzales

5.8

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

as Self

Staten Island Summer

as Victor

7 Days in Hell

as Edward Pudding

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

2015

as Self

7.7

George and the Vacuum

2015

as George

4.2

The Celery Incident

2014

as Various characters

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas

2014

as Chadwick (voice)

5.4

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

2014

as Pill Bottle (voice)

7.4

The Maya Rudolph Show

2014

as Self

5.0

The Smurfs 2

2013

as Brainy Smurf (voice)

5.8

The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow

2013

as Brainy Smurf (voice)

6.8

AMEX Unstaged Presents: Vampire Weekend

2013

as Ian Rubbish

10.0

Revenge of the Mekons

2013

as Himself

6.6

Blackout

2013

as Various Characters

The Dictator

2012

as Waiter / Minister

6.2

The Secret Policeman's Ball

2012

as Self

7.6

Brunch Village

2012

as Various Characters

The Smurfs

2011

as Brainy Smurf (voice)

5.8

The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol

2011

as Brainy (voice)

6.7

Inside Portlandia

2011

as Self

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

2011

as Barack Obama

Easy A

as Pastor

Cop Out

as Russian Lawyer

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

2010

as Freidrich

5.2

Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again

2010

as Self

Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole

2010

as Self (archive footage)

Saturday Night

2010

as Self

8.0

The Women of SNL

2010

as Various (archive footage)

6.0

Presidential Reunion

2010

as Barack Obama

6.1

Confessions of a Shopaholic

2009

as Ryan Koenig

6.5

Post Grad

2009

as Guacanator Pitchman

5.0

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

2009

as Various (archive footage)

The Rocker

as Kerr

Baby Mama

as Stroller Salesman

Largo

as Self

The Promotion

as Scott Fargas

Christmas on Mars

as Philosophical and Hymn-Singing Astronaut

4.7

Goodbye Baby

2007

as Comic

5.8

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

2007

as Time Lincoln (voice)

6.5

Fred Armisen Presents: Complicated Drumming Technique Jens Hannemann

2007

as Jens Hannemann

The Shooting AKA Dear Sister

2007

as Cop #2

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

as Security Guard

Griffin & Phoenix

Deck the Halls

as Gustave

The Ex

as Manny

Kiss Me Again

as Professor Szabo

Book Club

as Himself

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse

2006

as Self

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo

2005

as Frenchman (uncredited)

5.3

Saturday Night Live: The Best of David Spade

2005

6.8

Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration

2005

as Self

8.0

EuroTrip

2004

as Creepy Italian Guy

6.6

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

2004

as Tino

6.7

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

2004

as Tino

6.0

Melvin Goes to Dinner

as Vesa

Like Mike

as New Age Dad

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

2002

as Himself

7.6

The Mitchells vs. the Machines 2

as Deborabot 5000

Fred Armisen's Guide to Music and SXSW

Renaldo and Alexi

as Renaldo

Television (101)

Lubach

2025

6.0

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney

2025

as Self

5.0

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

as Self

Fallout

as DJ Carl

Universal Basic Guys

as David (voice)

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

2024

as Self

5.8

History of the World: Part II

2023

as Glorp

5.6

Carol & the End of the World

2023

as (voice)

7.5

Agent Elvis

2023

as Charles Manson (voice)

Unstable

as Leslie

Digman!

as Dr. Sigmund Freud (voice)

Royal Crackers

as Brent (voice)

Wednesday

as Uncle Fester

Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

as Erich England

Our Flag Means Death

as Geraldo

This Fool

as Richard Rowell

Toast of Tinseltown

as Russ Nightlife

Cinema Toast

Centaurworld

as Splendib / Bimbam (voice)

7.4

Schmigadoon!

2021

as Reverend Howard Layton

6.9

Saturday Morning All Star Hits!

2021

as (voice)

5.6

Do, Re & Mi

2021

as Juan Peacock (voice)

That's My Jam

as Self - Guest

Baking It

as Self

Central Park

as Esposito (voice)

Moonbase 8

as Skip

The Second City Presents: The Last Show Left on Earth

2020

as Self - Guest

What We Do in the Shadows

2019

as Tom 'Doctor Tom' Schmidt

8.0

Miracle Workers

2019

as Percival Forthwind

6.8

Lights Out with David Spade

2019

as Self - Panelist

5.6

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson

Los Espookys

as Tico

Barry

as Nestor

Star Wars Resistance

as Lechee (voice)

Final Space

as KVN (voice)

Forever

as Oscar

Fortune Rookie

as Fred

Big Mouth

2017

as Elliot Birch (voice)

7.6

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

as Self

The Gong Show

as Self - Judge

Match Game

as Self - Panelist

Party Legends

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self - Guest

6.2

The Late Late Show with James Corden

2015

as Self - Guest

5.2

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

as Self

Superstore

as Kyle

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

2015

as Robert Durst

7.1

The Last Man on Earth

as Karl

Difficult People

as Garry Epstein

Documentary Now!

as Various Characters

Man Seeking Woman

as Tanaka (voice)

Long Live the Royals

as Gavin, Brody

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self

5.9

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

5.2

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

2014

as Sweet Potato (voice) / Tomatillo (voice)

7.8

Broad City

2014

as David the baby

7.1

Off Camera with Sam Jones

as Self

Deadbeat

as Janitor

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

as Melipnos

Super Fun Night

as Brian Headfoot

Hollywood Game Night

as Self

Comedy Bang! Bang!

as Self

Finding Your Roots

as Self

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

as Self

Unsupervised

as Martin (voice)

Bob's Burgers

as Tommy (voice)

New Girl

as Brandon

The Looney Tunes Show

2011

as Speedy Gonzales (voice)

Up All Night

as Gideon Kirk

Portlandia

as Various Characters

Conan

as Self

Ugly Americans

as Larry King (voice)

8.2

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

Modern Family

as Langham

Parks and Recreation

as Raul

Archer

as Gustavo Calderón (voice)

8.0

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

2009

as Self - Guest

6.0

Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday

2008

6.8

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

2007

as K.J. Nutt

7.3

The Sarah Silverman Program.

as Taylor Magenheim

Yo Gabba Gabba!

Human Giant

as Dr. Marker

Tim and Eric Nite Live!

2007

as Dr. Pat Gordon Hall

30 Rock

as Raheem Haddad

Freak Show

American Dad!

as Derrick (voice)

Robot Chicken

as Archie Andrews (voice)

Squidbillies

as Miguel

The Tony Danza Show

as Self - Guest

Tom Goes to the Mayor

2004

as Phillip Priest (voice)

6.8

Tom Goes to the Mayor

2004

as Phillip Priest (voice)

Next!

Next Caller

Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Wally

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

2000

as Poncho (voice)

7.5

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

The Simpsons

as Terrence (voice)

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Various Characters

7.0

Saturday Night Live

1975

as Criminal

7.0

Rhona Who Lives by the River

as Mr. Kortle/Remi's Mom

Untitled 'Wednesday' spin-off about Uncle Fester

as Uncle Fester

Crew (23)

Movies (12)

Dear Shop Girl

2025

Executive Producer

Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine

2020

Thanks

5.4

My Favorite Shapes by Julio Torres

2019

Executive Producer

7.1

Fred Armisen: Standup for Drummers

Writer

Green Room

Thanks

The Celery Incident

Writer

Blackout

2013

Writer

Brunch Village

2012

Writer

Inside Portlandia

2011

Co-Executive Producer

Inside Portlandia

2011

Writer

Fred Armisen's Guide to Music and SXSW

Director

Fred Armisen's Guide to Music and SXSW

Writer

Television (11)

This Fool

Executive Producer

Moonbase 8

Executive Producer

Moonbase 8

Writer

Los Espookys

Executive Producer

Los Espookys

Writer

Forever

Executive Producer

Documentary Now!

Executive Producer

Documentary Now!

Writer

Portlandia

Director

Portlandia

Writer

Saturday Night Live

Writer