Fred Armisen (born Fereydun Robert Armisen; December 4, 1966) is an American actor, voice actor, screenwriter, producer, director, singer, musician, and comedian.

Widely known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2002 until 2013, Armisen has portrayed characters in comedy films, including EuroTrip, Anchorman, and Cop Out. With his comedy partner Carrie Brownstein, Armisen is the co-creator and co-star of the IFC sketch comedy series Portlandia. Armisen founded ThunderAnt.com, a website that features the comedy sketches created with Brownstein, and is the bandleader for the Late Night with Seth Meyers house band, The 8G Band.

For his work on Portlandia, Armisen was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in 2012, 2013 and 2014 and for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2014. He has also won two Peabody Awards, one in 2008 as part of the Saturday Night Live political satire cast and one in 2011 for Portlandia.

Biography

Armisen was married to English singer and songwriter Sally Timms from 1998 to 2004 and to actress Elisabeth Moss from 2009 to 2011.

From August 2010 to September 2011, Armisen dated fellow Saturday Night Live cast member Abby Elliott. He is currently in a relationship with actress Natasha Lyonne.

Armisen currently resides in the Silver Lake neighborhood in Los Angeles. Prior to his move he was a resident of Portland, Oregon's Pearl District. He stated on Real Time with Bill Maher that he is an atheist.

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