Fred Armisen

Fred Armisen, also known as Fereydun Robert Armisen is an American voice artist, screenwriter, singer, director, producer,and an actor. Armisen is widely known for his performance as a cast member on the show Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live or popularly called as NBC&#39 >> Read More... . Armisen is also known for portraying many comic roles. He is well-known for his performance in the movie Anchorman, Cop Out Click to look into! >> Read More... , and Euro Trip. Armisen is also the co-creator of the show Portlandia. He is also the band leader of the 8G Band. He was even nominated for the Emmy awards for his performance. He has received two Peabody Awards till date. Armisen was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on 4 December 1966.

He was raised in New York Click to look into! >> Read More... . His father worked for IBM, and his mother was a school teacher. After completing his high school education, Armisen dropped his career as a drummer and attended School of Visual Arts, New York. Armisen always dreamt of becoming a successful band player. In the year 1984, he started a band with his school friends, but the band ended soon after. After that, in the year 1988, Armisen moved to Chicago and started playing drums for the band named Punk Rock Band.

Later, in 1990’s he played drums for the Blue Man Group. In 2007, he played drums for the Les Savy Fav’s 2007album named Let’s Stay Friends together. At first, Armisen appeared in small appearances on the show Late Night with Conan O’Brien. He worked for Adult Swim and Crank Yankers. These small roles took him to a major role in the year 2002 when he was selected as a cast player for Saturday Night Live. Armisen is now the third oldest cast member of the Saturday Night Live show. Has appeared in more than 800 telecasts of Saturday Night Live. He even hosted the finale of Season 41 of the show. Armisen used to imitate some famous celebrities on the show. Some of the most remarkable imitations he did were of Steve Jobs Click to look into! >> Read More... , Barrack Obama, and Ira Glass. Armisen was also able to land on some small but significant roles in some movies.

He was mainly cast for comedy movies like Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, Deck the Halls, The Promotion, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, and Euro Trip. He also appeared in the IFC sketch series named Portlandia. He worked alongside Carrie Brownstein. Armisen is also known for playing the voice of the famous Looney Tunes During the golden age of American animation, one o >> Read More... character, Speedy Gonzales.

He appeared in a Simpsons episode named The Day Click to look into! >> Read More... the Earth Stood Still. Armisen is also a part of a comedy duo named ThunderAnt. He works alongside Sleater-Kinney. Armisen has also directed music videos for many bands including The Helio Sequence. Armisen also voiced a character in the famous game Grand Theft Auto IV. Armisen also appeared on the famous comic series named Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Armisen was nominated for an Emmy Award in the year 2012 and 2013 for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

He won a Peabody Award in 2008 for his performance on Saturday Night Live and one in 2011 for Portlandia. Armisen married Sally Timms and Elisabeth Moss Elisabeth Moss was born on 24th July 1982, to a mu >> Read More... in 1998 and 2009 respectively and got divorced both the times. He currently resides in Silver Lake, Los Angeles and is in a relationship with Natasha Lyonne Natasha Lyonne is a very famous and well-known act >> Read More... .