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Fereydun Robert Armisen (born December 4, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, musician, and writer. With his comedy partner Carrie Brownstein , he co-created and co-starred in the IFC sketch comedy series Portlandia .
The comedian reportedly had high hopes of being cast to play then-President Barack Obama on ... and the Obama role was instead assigned to SNL cast member Fred Armisen. ... (Photo by Michael Kovac ...
Fred Armisen, impersonating U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday Night Live in 2008 and 2009 [4] Clarence Ashley, 1910s-1940s singer and blackface comedian in traveling medicine shows [5] Ant and Dec, in old Saturday Night Takeaway sketches [6] Fred Astaire, in Swing Time (1936) [7] and in Easter Parade (1948) Gene Autry [5]
Obama has been impersonated on the sketch show Saturday Night Live more than 60 times between 2008 and 2016, where he was parodied by first Fred Armisen and later Jay Pharoah. [156] [157] [158] He did a cameo appearance on the show in 2007, when he was running for president. [159] Obama became a popular subject for artists during his ...
Armisen was also popular for his impersonations, which included Joy Behar, President Obama, and Larry King. In 2013, he decided to leave the show to fully commit to his other show, "Portlandia."
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Hader saw Armisen's amusement as an opportunity to break the future Portlandia star. "Before I went out, [SNL writer] John Solomon was like, 'Hey man, you have to tell Fred what to say. Maybe we ...