Fred Armisen is widely known as the ex-husband of Elisabeth Moss.
Armisen is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer and musician.
He was born Fereydun Robert Armisen on December 4, 1966 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States to Hildegardt Mirabal Level and Fereydun Herbert Armisen.
Armisen attended the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan before dropping out to begin a career as a rock drummer. He then played drums for the Blue Man Group’s off-Broadway Chicago franchise and the ’90s punk band Trenchmouth.
Armisen subsequently joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2002. He was promoted to a repertory player in 2004. After 11 years as a cast member, he left the show.
With his comedy partner Carrie Brownstein, Armisen was the co-creator and co-star of the IFC sketch comedy series Portlandia (2011). He also co-created and stars in the mockumentary IFC series Documentary Now! (2015–present) alongside Bill Hader and Seth Meyers as well as the Showtime comedy series Moonbase 8 (2020–present) alongside John C. Reilly and Tim Heidecker. He voiced Speedy Gonzales on The Looney Tunes Show (2011–2013).
Fred Armisen founded ThunderAnt.com, a website that features the comedy sketches created with Brownstein and is the bandleader and frequent drummer for the Late Night with Seth Meyers house band, The 8G Band.
Since 2019, he has co-stars and acts as writer and executive producer on the Spanish-language series Los Espookys, which he co-created.
Fred Armisen and Elisabeth Moss met in October 2008.
The duo became engaged on January 22, 2009, and married on October 25, 2009, in Long Island City, New York.
However, Fred Armisen and Elisabeth Moss divorced on May 13, 2011.
Fred was previously married to Sally Timms. He is currently in a relationship with actress Natasha Lyonne.