+ Fred Armisen awards and nominations Award Wins NominationsPrimetime Emmy AwardsGrammy AwardWriters Guild of America AwardsPeabody Award Fred Armisen is a comedian, actor, writer, producer, and musician.
He is the recipient of numerous awards and nominations, including multiple Primetime Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award. He is known for his appearances in film, and television. Armisen has been nominated for fourteen Primetime Emmy Awards for his work in television for writing for Saturday Night Live, Portlandia, and Documentary Now!. He was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for Standup for Drummers (2015). In 2012, he won the Peabody Award for Portlandia. He has received seven Writers Guild of America Award nominations winning twice for Portlandia (2013), and Saturday Night Live (2017).
Major associations Primetime Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2012 Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series Portlandia 2013 2014 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series 2015 Outstanding Variety Sketch Series Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special 2016 Outstanding Variety Sketch Series Documentary Now! Portlandia Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series Saturday Night Live 2017 Outstanding Variety Sketch Series Documentary Now! Portlandia 2018 2019 Documentary Now! 2024 Outstanding Music DirectionLate Night with Seth Meyers
Grammy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2019 Best Comedy Album Standup for Drummers
Industry awards Peabody Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2012 Peabody Award Portlandia 2022 Entertainment Los Espookys EntertainmentDocumentary Now!
Writers Guild Award Year Category Nominated work Result 2013 Comedy-Variety Talk Series Portlandia 2014 2016 Comedy/Variety (Music, Awards, Tributes) – Specials 2017 Comedy-Variety Talk Series Documentary Now! Saturday Night Live 2018 Portlandia 2019
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