--- description: Fred Armisen of Saturday Night Live fame is joining the cast of Zoolander 2, the actor announced on Tuesday. title: Fred Armisen Joins Cast of 'Zoolander 2' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Fred Armisen Joins Cast of _Zoolander 2_  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Apr 22, 2015 2:19 PM CUT  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Apr 22, 2015 2:19 PM CUT Fred Armisen of _Saturday Night Live_ fame is joining the cast of _Zoolander 2_, the actor announced on Tuesday. In an Instagram video, Armisen packs a suitcase for a trip. He captioned the video “Upcoming trip to Rome. #zoolander2.” _Zoolander_ star Ben Stiller reposted the video, confirming Armisen’s upcoming role. “Excited @sordociego (Fred Armisen!!) is joining the #zoolander2 cast!” Stiller wrote. _Zoolander 2_, which will also feature Will Ferell and Owen Wilson, is due in theaters next February, 15 years after the release of the original film. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3831189/fred-armisen-zoolander-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3831189/fred-armisen-zoolander-2/"},"headline":"Fred Armisen Joins Cast of Zoolander 2","datePublished":"2015-04-22T14:19:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:34:50.021Z","description":"The sequel is due to hit theaters in February 2016","url":"https://time.com/3831189/fred-armisen-zoolander-2/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3831189/fred-armisen-zoolander-2/","name":"Fred Armisen Joins Cast of Zoolander 2"}}]}] ```