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Fred Armisen on "Saturday Night Live"
Fred Armisen on "Saturday Night Live" - © NBC
Fred Armisen has starred as one of the repertory players on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" since 2002.

In his first year, Fred Armisen scored with his character "Fericito." The Venezuelan comedian coached Senator John McCain through his opening monologue and brought big laughs to "Weekend Update" and now to his own recurring sketch, "Showbiz Grande Explosion," with his Latin style and catchphrase "I'm just keeeeeeding."

Fred Armisen recently took on the role of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama alongside "SNL" castmate Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton during the hotly contested Democratic primaries. Other characters include the vaguely European home design enthusiast "Nuni," the Native American comic Billy Smith, the non-plussed political comedian Nicholas Fehn and as Prince as the often-silent host of the musician's talk show "The Prince Show." Fred Armisen has also contributed memorable impressions of Larry King, Apple CEO Steve Jobs, and Iranian President Mahmoud Amadinejad in the popular Digital Short "Iran So Far Away."

Fred Armisen has landed on Rolling Stone's "Hot List" as well as twice on Entertainment Weekly's "Must List" (for his performance as a politically incorrect deaf comedian and his witty iTunes playlist). Most recently, Fred Armisen appears in the features "The Rocker" opposite Rainn Wilson and "The Promotion" with John C. Reilly. Fred Armisen has also appeared in the films "Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny" (with Jack Black), "The Ex" (with Zach Braff and Jason Bateman), as well as "Eurotrip," and Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy."

Fred Armisen began his career as a musician in the Chicago-based post-punk band Trenchmouth as well as playing with Blue Man Group. His transition to comedy came with the 1998 underground short film "Fred Armisen's Guide to Music and SXSW" which followed him through the Austin, Texas "South By Southwest Music Festival" posing as a music journalist. In 2006, Fred Armisen tried his hand at actual musical journalism, profiling the indie darling Cat Power for the influential music website Pitchfork.com. Fred Armisen married music and comedy becoming drummer Jens Hannemann and releasing an instructional DVD "Complicated Drumming Technique" in 2007.

Fred Armisen has made guest appearances on NBC's "30 Rock," the cable comedy shows "Human Giant" and "Tim & Eric, Awesome Show, Great Job." He's brought his characters to "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," the Chicago Comedy Festival and programs on British television. Fred Armisen has also appeared on HBO's music show "Reverb" and in his own eponymous interstitial series on "HBO Zone" as well as in the Wilco documentary "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart."

Fred Armisen lives in New York City.






FRED ARMISEN: FACTS

How tall is Fred Armisen? How old is Fred Armisen? Where was Fred Armisen born? Where does Fred Armisen live? Find out here.

Age: 42 years old
Birthday: December 4, 1966
Height: 5' 9"
Nickname: Army
Birthplace: Valley Stream, Long Island, NY
Current Residence: New York, NY
Wife: Sally Timms



FRED ARMISEN: NEWS


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FRED ARMISEN: TWEETS

Fred armisen is a great antidote for being sick of being sick.
less than an hour ago
A band made up of Will Arnett, Bradley Cooper, Rainn Wilson, and Fred Armisen would be awesome
9 hours ago
I wow nice. I just asked who Fred Armisen was...and found out why it sounded familiar. I'm an idiot! LMAO
20 hours ago
@auralfixations does that mean I'm Duck, Pete Campbell or Fred Armisen?
1 day ago
LOL. "In the immortal words of Fred Armisen as Joy Behar on Saturday Night Live, so what? Who cares?" Well done @JamesLaRosa :)
1 day ago
@BastardMachine tv shows about music:wiseguy season 3. Fred Armisen used to work for Jeff Tweedy's wife.
1 day ago
I was expecting Fred Armisen or Jason Sudeikis to ask a question from the audience at the Google Chrome OS webcast.
1 day ago
I wish I could bring Fred Armisen as Joy Behar to my high school reunion.
1 day ago
rt @AmericanPol SNL's Fred Armisen is not impersonating Barack Obama but rather Eric Holder. Watch the 2 of them -You'll see what I mean!
1 day ago
@chucktodd No but Fred Armisen is not impersonating Barack Obama but rather Eric Holder. Watch the 2 of them -You'll see what I mean. Whooo!
1 day ago
So, for PDC10, MS should hire Fred Armisen to come out in a red shirt and do his @ScottGu imitation. #pdc09
2 days ago
Fred Armisen nude is hot
2 days ago
RT @andrewbrust: If you look away, Scott Guthrie sounds like Fred Armisen's parody of Obama #pdc09
2 days ago
Tonight marks the 1 year anniversary of Fred Armisen and I creating a secret handshake after he tugged at my hair lovingly.
3 days ago
The BF has been cracking me up all week with his impersonation of Fred Armisen impersonating Joy Behar impersonating my mother
3 days ago
[SNL] Jason Sudeikis' Joe Biden was great. Anything to spare me the pain of Fred Armisen's Obama.
3 days ago