List of awards and nominations received by Fred Armisen

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Fred Armisen awards and nominations
Fred Armisen at the 2015 Peabody Awards.jpg
Armisen in 2015
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Primetime Emmy Awards
014
Grammy Award
01
Writers Guild of America Awards
27
Peabody Award
23

Fred Armisen is a comedian, actor, writer, producer, and musician.

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He is the recipient of numerous awards and nominations, including multiple Primetime Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award. He is known for his appearances in film, and television. Armisen has been nominated for fourteen Primetime Emmy Awards for his work in television for writing for Saturday Night Live , Portlandia , and Documentary Now! . He was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for Standup to Drummers (2015). In 2012, he won the Peabody Award for Portlandia in 2012. He has received seven Writers Guild of America Award nominations winning twice for Portlandia (2013), and Saturday Night Live (2017).

Major associations

Primetime Emmy Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2012 Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series Portlandia Nominated [1]
2013 Nominated
2014 Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated
2015 Outstanding Variety Sketch Series Nominated
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special Nominated
2016 Outstanding Variety Sketch Series Documentary Now! Nominated
Portlandia Nominated
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series Nominated
Saturday Night Live Nominated
2017 Outstanding Variety Sketch Series Documentary Now! Nominated
Portlandia Nominated
2018 Nominated
2019 Documentary Now! Nominated

Grammy Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2019 Best Comedy Album Standup for DrummersNominated [2]

Industry awards

Peabody Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2012Peabody Award Portlandia Won [3]
2022Entertainment Los Espookys Won [4]
Entertainment Documentary Now! Nominated [5]

Writers Guild Award

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2013 Comedy-Variety Talk Series Portlandia Won [6]
2014 Nominated
2016 Comedy/Variety (Music, Awards, Tributes) – Specials Nominated
2017 Comedy-Variety Talk Series Documentary Now Nominated
Saturday Night Live Won
2018 Portlandia Nominated
2019 Nominated

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