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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: 43 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: TWITTER

March 21, 2010
SNLs Fred Armisen doesn't sound like any of the celebrities he's supposed to be impersonating. even Prince & he doesn't talk; armisen talks!
8 hours ago
Was talking w\ funny voice.Realized i was doing fred armisen doing barack obama. @inomnisparatus won't admit it,but she thought it was funny
9 hours ago
watching "confessions of a shopaholic" with bride and mom-in-law.. sound any better if i say i'm watching a fred armisen film?
10 hours ago
@CRM_alumnigonzo He looks like Obama's impression of Fred Armisen's impression of Obama.
11 hours ago
Fred Armisen, Blitzen Trapper, AND Biz Markie??? Yo Gabba Gabba is clearly the @sledisland of children's television.
15 hours ago
I want to see Fred Armisen nude
16 hours ago
has Fred Armisen ever played Buck Owens in a SNL sketch? because he totally should.
16 hours ago
Waiting for our flight at the gate. 3 seats over is Fred Armisen. Gotta love O'Hare.
19 hours ago
just saw governor patterson on tv and literally thought it was fred armisen's impression.. that's how good he is
1 day ago
@MrDonaldGlover I LOVED the Comedy Central special!! You need to teach Fred Armisen how to do an Obama impression. Yours was great. :-)
1 day ago
RT @goorgoahead: So can someone recruit Donald Glover to play Obama on SNL? Because that was WAY better than Fred Armisen's impersonation.
1 day ago
So can someone recruit Donald Glover to play Obama on SNL? Because that was WAY better than Fred Armisen's impersonation.
1 day ago
Seconded #dongloverobama RT @c0stanza: can @MrDonaldGlover please replace Fred Armisen as Obama on SNL? PLEASE.
1 day ago
can @MrDonaldGlover please replace Fred Armisen as Obama on SNL? PLEASE.
1 day ago
Also, @MrDonaldGlover does a much better Obama than Fred Armisen. WTF, SNL?
1 day ago
Dear Fred Armisen, turn on Comedy Central and take some Obama lessons from @MrDonaldGlover
1 day ago
 
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