Fred Armisen

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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.

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Known For

The Simpsons

Terrence (voice)

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Cranky Kong (voice)

Wednesday

Uncle Fester

Easy A

Pastor

The Dictator

Waiter / Minister

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Tino

The Smurfs

Brainy Smurf (voice)

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Melipnos

Full Filmography

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

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