Fred Armisen filmography

Armisen at the 2015 Peabody Awards

Fred Armisen is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician.

He is known for his work on various television shows including Saturday Night Live , Portlandia , Documentary Now! , Moonbase 8 , and Big Mouth .

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Guide to Music and South by Southwest	Various	Short film
	Fred Armisen's Guide to Dance and Self-Defense [1]
2002	I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco	Himself
	Like Mike	New Age Dad
2003	Frank International Film Festival	Frank	Short film
	Melvin Goes to Dinner	Vesa
2004	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	Tino
	Eurotrip	Creepy Italian Guy
	Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie	Tino
2005	Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo	Frenchman	Uncredited
2006	Deck the Halls	Gustave
	The Ex	Manny
	Griffin & Phoenix	Unknown
	Kiss Me Again	Professor Szabo
	Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny	Security Guard
2007	Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters	Time Lincoln	Voice
2008	Baby Mama	Stroller Salesman
	Christmas on Mars	Noachis
	The Promotion	Scott Fargas
	The Rocker	Wayne Kerr
	Bang Blow & Stroke	Kerr	Short film
2009	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Ryan Koening
	Post Grad	Guacanator Pitchman
2010	Cop Out	Russian Lawyer
	Our Family Wedding	Phillip Gusto
	Easy A	Pastor Bryant
	Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore	Freidrich
	Presidential Reunion	Barack Obama
2011	The Smurfs	Brainy Smurf	Voice
	The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
2012	The Dictator	Death to Aladeen Restaurant waiter	Cameo
	Fun World	Fred	Voice Short film
2013	The Smurfs 2	Brainy Smurf	Voice
	The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
2014	Salad Days	Himself	Documentary
2015	Addicted to Fresno	Gerald
	Staten Island Summer	Victor
	Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run	Speedy Gonzales	Voice, direct-to-video
	The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead	Himself	Documentary
2016	Zoolander 2	The VIP
	Ordinary World	Gary
2017	The Little Hours	Bishop Bartolomeo
	Take the 10	Driver
	Band Aid	Dave
	The House of Tomorrow	Tour Video Narrator	Voice
	Battle of the Sexes	Rheo Blair
	The Lego Ninjago Movie	Cole	Voice
	Zane's Stand Up Promo
2018	Game Over, Man!	Himself
2019	Jay and Silent Bob Reboot	Uber Driver
2020	All Together Now	Mr. Franks
2021	How It Ends	Manny
	Too Late	Fredo Muñoz
	The Mitchells vs. the Machines	Deborahbot 5000	Voice
2022	Spin Me Round	Ricky
	The Bubble	Darren Eigan
	Clerks III	Auditioner
2023	The Super Mario Bros. Movie	Cranky Kong	Voice
	The Contestant	Narrator	Voice
2024	Unfrosted	Mike Puntz
	Thelma the Unicorn	Danny Stallion	Voice [2]
TBA	Fixed	Fetch	Voice [3]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997–2001	Reverb	Interviewer	82 episodes
1999	Fred	Himself, Various	Pilot
2001	Late Friday	Father Fred, Fericito	2 episodes
2001	Premium Blend	Sergeant Fred
2002	Next!	Various	Pilot
	Late World with Zach	Interpretive Bongos Wizard, Various	29 episodes
2002–2013	Saturday Night Live	Various	229 episodes
2003–2007	Crank Yankers	Chip Douglas	Voice, 13 episodes
2004	Comedy Lab	Jeremy	1 episode
2004, 2008	Aqua Teen Hunger Force	Poncho, Robot Husband	Voice, 2 episodes
2005	New York Noise	Himself	Episode: "Beggars Group 10th Anniversary in NYC Party"
2005–2011	Squidbillies	Miguel, Jesus, Hippie	Voice, 18 episodes
2006	Freak Show	Various	Voice, 3 episodes
	Night of Too Many Stars	Himself, Prince	Television special
	Tom Goes to the Mayor	Phillip Priest	Voice, episode: "Jeffy the Sea Serpent"
2007, 2012	30 Rock	Raheem Haddad / Phone Lady	2 episodes
2007	Tim and Eric Nite Live!	Dr. Pat Gordon Hall	1 episode
2007, 2008	Human Giant	Himself, Dr. Marker, Doctor	3 episodes
2007, 2010	Yo Gabba Gabba!	Himself, Larry the Treasure Hunter	2 episodes
2008	The Sarah Silverman Program	Taylor Magenheim	Episode: "Patriot Tact"
	Blue Man Group: How to Be a Megastar 2.0	Rod Popeil	Television film
2008–2012	Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday	Various	8 episodes
2008, 2010	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!		2 episodes
2009	Parks and Recreation	Raul	Episode: "Sister City"
2010	Ugly Americans	Larry King	Voice, episode: "So You Want to Be a Vampire?"
2011–2018	Portlandia	Various	8 seasons, also co-creator, writer and executive producer
2011–2013	The Looney Tunes Show	Speedy Gonzales	Voice, 30 episodes
2011	The Soup	Himself, CARL	Episode: "Fred Armisen"
2012	Up All Night	Gideon Kirk	Episode: "Hey Jealousy"
2012–2013	Late Night with Jimmy Fallon	Lady Hedith	5 episodes
2012-2023	The Simpsons	Terrence	Voice, 3 episodes
	Unsupervised	Martin	Voice, 6 episodes
2013	Bob's Burgers	Tommy	Voice, episode: "Nude Beach"
	Conan	Conan O'Brien	Episode: "Occupy Conan: When Outsourcing Goes Too Far"
	Kroll Show	Papi Jr	Episode: "Dine & Dash"
	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Osama bin Laden	1 episode
	Out There	Terry Rosachristas	Voice, 10 episodes
	The Awesomes	Stage Manager	Voice, episode: "Pilot, Part 2"
2013–2021	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Mlep[clay]nos	4 episodes
2014	Super Fun Night	Brian Headfoot	Episode: "Hostile Makeover"
	Broad City	Craigslist Baby	Episode: "What a Wonderful World"
2014–present	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Himself	Band leader
2014	House of Lies	Vincent	Episode: "Comeuppance"
	Chozen	Various	Voice, episode: "In a Pickle"
	Modern Family	Langham	Episode: "Las Vegas"
	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Himself	Episode: "Fred Armisen Wears Black Jeans & Glasses"
	Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee		Episode: "I Wasn't Told About This"
	Archer	Gustavo Calderon	Voice, 5 episodes
2014–2020	Mike Tyson Mysteries	Leprechaun, Raul Castro, Lucifuge	Voice, episode: "Is Magic Real?"
2014	Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas	Chadwick	Voice, television film
2015	30th Independent Spirit Awards	Himself (host)	Television special
	Man Seeking Woman	Tanaka	Episode: "Sizzurp"
	7 Days in Hell	Edward Pudding	Television film
	The Jim Gaffigan Show	Dr. Weiss	Episode: "Pilot"
2015–2017	Difficult People	Garry Epstein	3 episodes
2015–present	Documentary Now!	Various	Also co-creator, writer and executive producer
2015–2021	Robot Chicken	Various Voices	Voice, 3 episodes
2016	New Girl	Brandon	Episode: "No Girl"
2016–2020	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Robert Durst	5 episodes
2016	Man Seeking Woman	Jesus	Episode: "Honey"
	Blunt Talk	Dr. Larry Simon	Episode: "Love Is Not Linear"
2017	Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special	Peter Salanz	Variety special
2017–2018	Nature Cat	Herbert the Hermit Crab	Voice, 4 episodes
2017	Son of Zorn	Lord Vulchazor	Voice, episode: "All Hail Son of Zorn"
	Animals.	Alabaster	Voice, 2 episodes
	Comrade Detective	Orzan	Voice, episode: "Two Films for One Ticket"
2017–present	Big Mouth	Elliot Birch / various	Voice, 51 episodes
2017	Lady Dynamite	Miss Cookie Wolf	Episode: "Apache Justice"
2017–2018	The Last Man on Earth	Karl Cowperthwaite	4 episodes
	I Love You, America with Sarah Silverman	Jesus	2 episodes
2017	A Christmas Story Live!	Mall Elf	Television special
2018–2021	Final Space	KVN	Voice, 36 episodes
2018	Splitting Up Together	Dr. Rydakto	Episode: "Letting Ghost"
	Forever	Oscar Hoffman	8 episodes
	Fortune Rookie	Fred	2 episodes
2019	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	Itchy Cat	Episode: "I Need Some Balance"
	At Home with Amy Sedaris	Maximiliano	Episode: "Hospital-tality"
2019–2022	Los Espookys	Tico	Also co-creator, writer and executive producer 6 episodes
2019	Superstore	Kyle Sawyer	Episode: "Toy Drive"
	The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show	Himself	Amazon Prime Special
2020	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Wally	Episode: "The Surprise Party"
	Miracle Workers	Percival Forthwind	Episode: "Music Festival"
	Central Park	Zoom Abramovich / Esposito	Voice, 2 episodes
	Elena of Avalor	Yolo the Animal Shade	Voice, episode: "Coronation Day"
	Mapleworth Murders [4]	Brody BcBillan / Belk BcBillan	2 episodes
	Moonbase 8	Dr. Michael "Skip" Henai	6 episodes; also writer and executive producer
	Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine	Scooter	Television special
2021	Shrill	Bongo	2 episodes
	Bless the Harts	Leslie	Voice, episode: "Tiny Pies"
	Schmigadoon!	Reverend Howard Layton	5 episodes
	Centaurworld	Splendib / Malandrew / various	Voice, 7 episodes
2022	Toast of Tinseltown	Russ Nightlife	6 episodes
	Our Flag Means Death	Geraldo	3 episodes
	The Kids in the Hall	Michael	Episode 6
	What We Do in the Shadows	Doctor DJ Tom Schmidt	Episode: "The Grand Opening"
	Wednesday	Uncle Fester	Episode: "If You Don't Woe Me By Now"
2023	Unstable	Leslie	5 episodes
	History of the World, Part II	Glorp	1 episode
	Agent Elvis	Charles Manson	Episode: “Full Tilt”
	Barry	Nestor	Episode: "you're charming"
2024	Fallout	DJ Carl	Episode: "The Radio"
	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Sweet potato	Voice, episode: "Medicaid"
	John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in LA	Himself	Episode: "Helicopters" [5]
	Universal Basic Guys	David Jinglebells	Main role
TBA	Rhona Who Lives by the River	Mr. Kortle	Upcoming series

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Ref.
2016	Oh, Hello on Broadway	Guest	Lyceum Theatre, Broadway	[6]
2024	All In: Comedy About Love	Performer	Hudson Theater, Broadway	[7]

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2008	Grand Theft Auto IV	Pervert, Hotdog Vendor, Internet Nerd
2010	Red Dead Redemption	Pharmacist
2013	The Smurfs 2	Brainy Smurf
2013	Grand Theft Auto V	Hugh Harrison
2014	Scooby Doo and Looney Tunes: Cartoon Universe	Speedy Gonzales
2018	Red Dead Redemption 2	Aldridge T. Abbington
2022	Final Space: The Rescue	STVN

References

1. Fred Armisen's Guide to Dance and Self-Defense Archived April 30, 2016, at the Wayback Machine , YouTube, includes interview with Butch Vig at 14:36
2. "Netflix's 'Thelma the Unicorn' Dreams of Stardom in New Images [Exclusive]". Collider . 25 January 2024. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
3. Bałaga, Marta (2023-06-13). "Adam Devine, Idris Elba, Kathryn Hahn Lead Voice Cast of Animation Wiz Genndy Tartakovsky's R-Rated 'Fixed' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
4. Porter, Rick (December 3, 2019). "Lorne Michaels' Quibi Murder Mystery Lines Up All-Star Cast". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on July 8, 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
5. Bradley, Laura (8 May 2024). "John Mulaney's Off-the-Rails Netflix Show Goes All In on O.J. Simpson". The Daily Beast. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
6. "#2much2na with Fred Armisen". Youtube.com. 8 December 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
7. "John Mulaney, Fred Armisen, Richard Kind to Star in All In: Comedy About Love on Broadway". TheaterMania. Retrieved January 6, 2025.