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FRED
ARMISEN

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A comedian and musician with a gift for character work

Fred Armisen is an American comedian, actor and musician known for Saturday Night Live and Portlandia. He voices Cranky Kong in The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA

Music, sketches and character voices

Fred Armisen is an American comedian, actor, writer and musician. Before becoming a familiar television performer, he worked as a drummer in the band Trenchmouth.

He joined Saturday Night Live in 2002 and remained a cast member through 2013. With Carrie Brownstein, he created, wrote and starred in the sketch comedy series Portlandia.

Armisen has also played Uncle Fester in Wednesday and worked in voice acting. In The Super Mario Bros. Movie he voices Cranky Kong.

The film list below reflects titles available in the FLM.RED catalogue rather than his complete filmography.

Selected career moments

2002–2013

Saturday Night Live

A cast member of the sketch comedy show.

2011

Portlandia

Co-created the series with Carrie Brownstein.

2022

Wednesday

Played Uncle Fester.

2023

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Voiced Cranky Kong.

Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.

Films in FLM.RED

Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.

Sources & image notes

Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.