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Fred Armisen

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Fred Armisen at an event for The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards (2009)
Jenna Ortega, Christina Ricci, and Tim Burton get creepy and kooky in "Wednesday," the Netflix series based on "The Addams Family" comics and set at Nevermore Academy. Ortega of 'X' and 'Scream' fame takes on the title role as she navigates her teen years and solves a family mystery. Parents Morticia and Gomez Addams are played by Catherine Zeta-Jones and Luis Guzmán, Fred Armisen takes over for Christopher Lloyd as wacky Uncle Fester, and Christina Ricci returns to the franchise, this time playing Marilyn Thornhill, a teacher at Nevermore. Tim Burton, who was supposed to helm the 1991 film but had to leave for 'Batman Returns,' joins to produce and direct. The filmmaker revealed a personal connection to the character, "I felt like a male Carrie at [my] prom. I felt that feeling of having to be there but not be part of it. They don't leave you, those feelings, as much as you want them to go. Wednesday and I have the same worldview." Alfred Gough and Miles Millar ("Smallville") created the show and produced the first eight episodes. "Wednesday" premieres Nov . 23 on Netflix.
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Fred Armisen was born on 4 December 1966 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Portlandia (2011), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) and Saturday Night Live (1975). He was previously married to Elisabeth Moss and Sally Timms.
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Fred Armisen in Saturday Night Live (1975)
Fred Armisen in Los Espookys (2018)
Fred Armisen, Cassandra Ciangherotti, Bernardo Velasco, Ana Fabrega, and Julio Torres in Los Espookys (2018)
Fred Armisen, Cassandra Ciangherotti, Bernardo Velasco, Ana Fabrega, and Julio Torres in Los Espookys (2018)
Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, and Gray Eubank in Portlandia (2011)
Fred Armisen in Saturday Night Live (1975)
Fred Armisen, America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, and Nico Santos in Toy Drive (2019)
Fred Armisen, America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, and Nico Santos in Toy Drive (2019)
Fred Armisen, America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, and Nico Santos in Toy Drive (2019)

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Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein in Portlandia (2011)
Portlandia
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Christina Applegate, Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, David Koechner, and Paul Rudd in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
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Saturday Night Live (1975)
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  • Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
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    Portlandia
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  • The Super Mario Bros. Movie
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  • Jenna Ortega in Wednesday (2022)
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  • Andrew Rannells, Pamela Adlon, Jessi Klein, Jason Mantzoukas, Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, Brandon Kyle Goodman, and Ayo Edebiri in Big Mouth (2017)
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    Jello Biafra's Renegade Roundtable
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  • Kayvan Novak, Mark Proksch, Matt Berry, Harvey Guillén, and Natasia Demetriou in What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
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  • Robot Chicken (2001)
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  • David Duchovny, Leslie Mann, Fred Armisen, Pedro Pascal, Keegan-Michael Key, Karen Gillan, Iris Apatow, Ben Ashenden, Alexander Owen, and Guz Khan in The Bubble (2022)
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    Our Flag Means Death
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  • Uma Thurman, Kyle Chandler, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Super Pumped (2022)
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  • John C. Reilly, Fred Armisen, and Tim Heidecker in Moonbase 8 (2020)
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  • Seth MacFarlane in Peacock Presents: The At-Home Variety Show Featuring Seth MacFarlane (2020)
    Peacock Presents: The At-Home Variety Show Featuring Seth MacFarlane
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    Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special
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  • Guide to Music and South by Southwest (1998)
    Guide to Music and South by Southwest
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"You Towed My Car" from Our Family Wedding
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"You Towed My Car" from Our Family Wedding
"We're Getting Married" from Our Family Wedding
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"We're Getting Married" from Our Family Wedding
"That's My Car" from Our Family Wedding
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"That's My Car" from Our Family Wedding
"Our Marriage" from Our Family Wedding
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"Our Marriage" from Our Family Wedding
"Look at This" from Our Family Wedding
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"Look at This" from Our Family Wedding
"Knock Knock" from Cop Out
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"Knock Knock" from Cop Out
"Car Thief" from Cop Out
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"Car Thief" from Cop Out
"Burglar" clip from Cop Out
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"Dickie Doo" from Cop Out
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"Dickie Doo" from Cop Out
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Podcast - Giuseppe

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    • December 4, 1966
    • Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA
    • Elisabeth MossOctober 25, 2009 - May 13, 2011 (divorced)
    • (No Children)
  • Other works
    Cast member on Bob Odenkirk's unsold TV pilot, Next! (2002); written by Zach Galifianakis, Bob Odenkirk, and BJ Porter; directed by Keith Truesdell; produced by Bernie Brillstein (executive producer), Bob Odenkirk (executive producer), BJ Porter (producer), and Nick Koskoff (associate producer) (as Nick Koskoff); with Bob Odenkirk, Fred Armisen, Jay Johnston, Rasika Mathur, Jerry Minor, Jill Talley, Susan Yeagley, Zach Galifianakis, Rocky Marquette, Brian Posehn, and Bogdan Szumilas in the cast.
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    His father, Fereydun Herbert "Fred" Armisen, was born in Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany, to a Korean father and a German mother (Fred's father used the German surname of his own stepfather, Armisen). Fred's mother, Hildegardt (Mirabal Level), was born and raised in a small city called San Fernando de Apure, in the southern plains of Venezuela.
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