Out of Wellington's comedy scene, Jemaine Clement built a career few could have predicted: one half of the musical duo 'Flight of the Conchords' (2007-2009), whose deadpan songs became an HBO cult hit. With Taika Waititi he co-wrote, co-directed and starred in the vampire mockumentary 'What We Do in the Shadows' (2014), seeding the acclaimed TV franchise. Hollywood uses his baritone and menace-with-a-wink in villain roles: Boris in 'Men in Black 3' (2012), the cockatoo Nigel in 'Rio' (2011) and the glam crab Tamatoa in 'Moana' (2016), plus a scientist in 'Avatar: The Way of Water' (2022). New Zealand drollness is his brand.
Jemaine Clement
Actor · Director
52 years (Jan 10, 1974)Wellington, New Zealand
Out of Wellington's comedy scene, Jemaine Clement built a career few could have predicted: one half of the musical duo 'Flight of the Conchords' (2007-2009), whose deadpan songs became an HBO cult hit. With Taika Waititi he co-wrote, co-directed and starred in the vampire mockumentary 'What We Do in the Shadows' (2014), seeding the acclaimed TV franchise. Hollywood uses his baritone and menace-with-a-wink in villain roles: Boris in 'Men in Black 3' (2012), the cockatoo Nigel in 'Rio' (2011) and the glam crab Tamatoa in 'Moana' (2016), plus a scientist in 'Avatar: The Way of Water' (2022). New Zealand drollness is his brand.
Jemaine Atea Mahana Clement (born 10 January 1974) is a New Zealand actor, comedian, musician, and filmmaker. He has released several albums with Bret McKenzie as the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords and created a comedy TV series titled Flight of the Conchords for both the BBC and HBO, for which he received six Primetime Emmy nominations.
He has had featured parts in films such as Eagle vs Shark (2007), Gentlemen Broncos (2009), Men in Black 3 (2012), People Places Things(2015), Humor Me (2017), The Festival (2018) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022). He has also done voice work for Despicable Me (2010), Rio (2011), Rio 2 (2014), Moana (2016) and The Lego Batman Movie (2017). In 2014, he made his directorial debut with What We Do in the Shadows, which he co-wrote, co-directed and co-starred in with Taika Waititi and later adapted into a show for the FX television series What We Do in the Shadows.Jemaine Clement, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.