Fereydun Robert Armisen (born December 4, 1966) is an American comedian, actor, musician, and television writer. With his comedy partner Carrie Brownstein, he co-created and co-starred in the IFC sketch comedy series Portlandia. He also co-created and starred in the mockumentary IFC series Documentary Now! and the Showtime comedy series Moonbase 8.
Armisen was the bandleader and frequent drummer for the Late Night with Seth Meyers house band, the 8G Band from 2014 to 2024. He was a cast member on the late-night sketch comedy and variety series Saturday Night Live from 2002 to 2013. He voiced Speedy Gonzales on The Looney Tunes Show. He also works as a voice actor in films, such as The Smurfs (2011), The Smurfs 2 (2013), The House of Tomorrow, The Lego Ninjago Movie (both 2017), The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021), The Super Mario Bros. Movie, The Contestant (both 2023), Thelma the Unicorn (2024) and Fixed (2025).
Armisen has acted in comedy films, including EuroTrip, Melvin Goes to Dinner, The Ex, and The Dictator. He is also notable for his guest-star appearances in television shows such as 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, New Girl, Broad City, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Difficult People, The Last Man on Earth, Toast of Tinseltown, Our Flag Means Death, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Modern Family, and Barry.
Armisen received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Comedy Album for Standup for Drummers in 2019. He has also won two Peabody Awards, one in 2008 as part of the Saturday Night Live political satire cast and one in 2011 for Portlandia. From 2019 to 2022, he co-starred and served as writer and executive producer on the Spanish-language series Los Espookys, which he co-created.
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| 1 | Fixed (2025) | Fetch (voice) | - | - |
| 2 | SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025) | Self | 8 | |
| 3 | Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary (2024) | Self | - | - |
| 4 | Thelma the Unicorn (2024) | Danny Stallion (voice) | - | - |
| 5 | Will & Harper (2024) | Self | 8.5 | |
| 6 | Unfrosted (2024) | Mike Puntz | 5.6 | |
| 7 | The Contestant (2023) | Denpa Shonen Narrator (voice) | - | - |
| 8 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) | Cranky Kong (voice) | 7.5 | |
| 9 | Super Mario Bros. (2023) | Cranky Kong (voice) | - | - |
| 10 | Spin Me Round (2022) | Ricky | 5 | |
| 11 | The Bubble (2022) | Darren Eigen | 5.4 | |
| 12 | Clerks III (2022) | Auditioner | 6.5 | |
| 13 | How It Ends (2021) | Manny | 6 | |
| 14 | Too Late (2021) | Fredo Muñoz | - | - |
| 15 | The Sparks Brothers (2021) | Self | - | - |
| 16 | The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021) | Deborahbot 5000 (voice) | 7.9 | |
| 17 | Magnum Dopus (2020) | Self | 7 | |
| 18 | Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine (2020) | Scooter | 6 | |
| 19 | All Together Now (2020) | Mr. Franks | 6.3 | |
| 20 | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend (2020) | Robert Durst / Robertina Durst | 6.7 | |
| 21 | Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019) | Merkin | 6.6 | |
| 22 | The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show (2019) | Self | 8 | |
| 23 | The House of Tomorrow (2019) | Tour Video Narrator (voice) | 6.5 | |
| 24 | Fred Armisen: Standup for Drummers (2018) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 25 | Game Over, Man! (2018) | Fred Armisen | 6.2 | |
| 26 | A Christmas Story Live! (2017) | Elf | 6.5 | |
| 27 | The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) | Cole (voice) | 6.5 | |
| 28 | Battle of the Sexes (2017) | Rheo Blair | 7.3 | |
| 29 | The Little Hours (2017) | Bishop Bartolomeo | 7 | |
| 30 | Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special (2017) | Peter Salanz | 4.5 | |
| 31 | Take the 10 (2017) | The Driver | 4.7 | |
| 32 | Band Aid (2017) | Dave | 6.8 | |
| 33 | Zoolander 2 (2016) | VIP | 5.8 | |
| 34 | Ordinary World (2016) | Gary | 7.3 | |
| 35 | Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90) (2015) | Self | - | - |
| 36 | The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead (2015) | Self | - | - |
| 37 | Addicted to Fresno (2015) | Gerald | 6.2 | |
| 38 | Staten Island Summer (2015) | Victor | 4.8 | |
| 39 | 7 Days in Hell (2015) | Edward Pudding | 7.2 | |
| 40 | Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run (2015) | Speedy Gonzales | 7 | |
| 41 | Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas (2014) | Chadwick (voice) | 6 | |
| 42 | My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It) (2014) | Pill Bottle (voice) | - | - |
| 43 | The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013) | Brainy Smurf (voice) | 8.5 | |
| 44 | The Smurfs 2 (2013) | Brainy Smurf (voice) | 6 | |
| 45 | The Dictator (2012) | Waiter / Minister | 6.3 | |
| 46 | The Secret Policeman's Ball (2012) | Self | - | - |
| 47 | The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol (2011) | Brainy (voice) | 6.3 | |
| 48 | The Smurfs (2011) | Brainy Smurf (voice) | 5.5 | |
| 49 | Cop Out (2010) | Russian Lawyer | 5.6 | |
| 50 | Presidential Reunion (2010) | Barack Obama | 7 | |
| 51 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010) | Freidrich | 5.5 | |
| 52 | Saturday Night (2010) | Self | 7 | |
| 53 | The Women of SNL (2010) | Various (archive footage) | - | - |
| 54 | Easy A (2010) | Pastor | 7.5 | |
| 55 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler (2009) | Various (archive footage) | - | - |
| 56 | Post Grad (2009) | Guacanator Pitchman | 6 | |
| 57 | Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) | Ryan Koenig | 5.9 | |
| 58 | The Promotion (2008) | Scott Fargas | 5 | |
| 59 | Baby Mama (2008) | Stroller Salesman | 6 | |
| 60 | Christmas on Mars (2008) | Philosophical and Hymn-Singing Astronaut | 6 | |
| 61 | The Rocker (2008) | Kerr | 6.6 | |
| 62 | Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (2007) | Time Lincoln (voice) | 9 | |
| 63 | Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006) | Security Guard | 6.5 | |
| 64 | Griffin & Phoenix (2006) | - | 6 | |
| 65 | The Ex (2006) | Manny | 6 | |
| 66 | Kiss Me Again (2006) | Professor Szabo | - | - |
| 67 | Book Club (2006) | Self | - | - |
| 68 | Deck the Halls (2006) | Gustave | 5.8 | |
| 69 | Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) | Frenchman (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 70 | Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie (2004) | Tino | 5.8 | |
| 71 | EuroTrip (2004) | Creepy Italian Guy | 6.5 | |
| 72 | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) | Tino | 6.9 | |
| 73 | Melvin Goes to Dinner (2003) | Vesa | 7 | |
| 74 | Like Mike (2002) | New Age Dad | 4.6 |
