Fred Armisen

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

Kerr

The Rocker

Security Guard

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

Cranky Kong (voice)

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Professor Szabo

Kiss Me Again

Stroller Salesman

Baby Mama

Gustave

Deck the Halls

Yo La Tengo: Hanukkah 2019 - Night One

Manny

The Ex

Scott Fargas

The Promotion

Vesa

Melvin Goes to Dinner

Philosophical and Hymn-Singing Astronaut

Christmas on Mars

Brainy Smurf (voice)

The Smurfs

Self

My View: Clem Burke

Self

The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks

Fetch (voice)

Fixed

Brainy (voice)

The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol

Brainy Smurf (voice)

The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow

Himself

Revenge of the Mekons

Denpa Shonen Narrator (voice)

The Contestant

Self (archive footage)

Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole

Ryan Koenig

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Time Lincoln (voice)

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

Auditioner

Clerks III

Self

The Secret Policeman's Ball

Edward Pudding

7 Days in Hell

Self

Saturday Night

Himself

Melomaniac

Gerald

Addicted to Fresno

Himself

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

Chadwick (voice)

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas

Self

Largo

Various (archive footage)

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

Danny Stallion (voice)

Thelma the Unicorn

Self

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

Cop #2

The Shooting AKA Dear Sister

Terry Dudley

Resurgence: It's Early Albuquerque

Pill Bottle (voice)

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

Speedy Gonzales

Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run

Victor

Staten Island Summer

Griffin & Phoenix

VIP

Zoolander 2

Various characters

The Celery Incident

Self

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

Mike Puntz

Unfrosted

Comic

Goodbye Baby

Tino

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

Fred Armisen's Guide to Music and SXSW

Russian Lawyer

Cop Out

George

George and the Vacuum

Guacanator Pitchman

Post Grad

Hugo

Come and Save Me

Gary

Ordinary World

Cole (voice)

The Lego Ninjago Movie

Bishop Bartolomeo

The Little Hours

Freidrich

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

Manager Cat

Never Mind

Dave

Band Aid

Peter Salanz

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

The Driver

Take the 10

Self

Hang On a Second

Brainy Smurf (voice)

The Smurfs 2

Rheo Blair

Battle of the Sexes

Self

Man in the Camo Jacket

Aldo the Instructor

Cabiria, Charity, Chastity

Waiter / Minister

The Dictator

Self

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs

The Drummer

Fred Armisen: Standup for Drummers

Tour Video Narrator (voice)

The House of Tomorrow

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

Fred Armisen

Game Over, Man!

Pastor

Easy A

Creepy Italian Guy

EuroTrip

Himself

Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero

Jens Hannemann

Fred Armisen Presents: Complicated Drumming Technique Jens Hannemann

Self

Inside Portlandia

Self

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse

Various (archive footage)

The Women of SNL

Merkin

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

Ian Rubbish

AMEX Unstaged Presents: Vampire Weekend

Mr. Franks

All Together Now

Self

The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show

Self

Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration

Self

The Maya Rudolph Show

Himself

Book Club

Robert Durst / Robertina Durst

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend

Saturday Night Live: The Best of David Spade

Tino

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

New Age Dad

Like Mike

Scooter

Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine

Frenchman (uncredited)

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo

Manny

How It Ends

Dr. Greengrass

The Imminent Expiration of Seth Dodson

Self

Magnum Dopus

Darren Eigen

The Bubble

Self

The Sparks Brothers

Deborahbot 5000 (voice)

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Fredo Muñoz

Too Late

Elf

A Christmas Story Live!

Adams

Adams

Ricky

Spin Me Round

Barack Obama

Presidential Reunion

Self

Will & Harper

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

Self

Resynator

Self

Age of Audio

Record shopper 2

Resurgence

Self

Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary

Self

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

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

Self

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

New Year's Rev

Barack Obama

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

Self

DIY: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Punk

Self

Netflix Tudum 2025

Self

Downey Wrote That

Landlord

Dear Shop Girl

Self

Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again

Renaldo

Renaldo and Alexi

Deborabot 5000

The Mitchells vs. the Machines 2

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

119

Gender

Male

Birthday

1966-12-04

Place of Birth

Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA

Also Known As

Fereydun Robert Armisen