Jemaine Clement (born 10 January 1974) is a New Zealand actor,
musician, comedian, singer, director and writer. With Bret McKenzie,
as the Grammy Award-winning comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, he has
released several albums and created comedy series for both the BBC and
HBO. For the comedy series, he received six Primetime Emmy
nominations.He has had featured parts in films such as Men in Black 3
(2012), People Places Things (2015) and Humor Me (2017) and has 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 also
co-wrote, co-directed and co-starred in with Taika Waititi.Jemaine
Atea Mahana Clement was born on 10 January 1974 in Masterton, New
Zealand, and was raised by his MÄ ori mother in the Wairarapa region
with his two brothers. He attended Makoura College in Masterton. After
graduation, he moved to New Zealand's capital, Wellington, where he
studied drama and film at Victoria University of Wellington. There he
met Taika Waititi with whom he went on to form So You're a Man and The
Humourbeasts. In 2004, the Humourbeasts toured New Zealand in a stage
show titled The Untold Tales of Maui, a rework of the traditional
Maori legends of MÄ ui. The duo received New Zealand's highest comedy
honour, the Billy T Award. Also at University he met Bret McKenzie
with whom he performed in Edinburgh, thus forming Flight of the
Conchords.
musician, comedian, singer, director and writer. With Bret McKenzie,
as the Grammy Award-winning comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, he has
released several albums and created comedy series for both the BBC and
HBO. For the comedy series, he received six Primetime Emmy
nominations.He has had featured parts in films such as Men in Black 3
(2012), People Places Things (2015) and Humor Me (2017) and has 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 also
co-wrote, co-directed and co-starred in with Taika Waititi.Jemaine
Atea Mahana Clement was born on 10 January 1974 in Masterton, New
Zealand, and was raised by his MÄ ori mother in the Wairarapa region
with his two brothers. He attended Makoura College in Masterton. After
graduation, he moved to New Zealand's capital, Wellington, where he
studied drama and film at Victoria University of Wellington. There he
met Taika Waititi with whom he went on to form So You're a Man and The
Humourbeasts. In 2004, the Humourbeasts toured New Zealand in a stage
show titled The Untold Tales of Maui, a rework of the traditional
Maori legends of MÄ ui. The duo received New Zealand's highest comedy
honour, the Billy T Award. Also at University he met Bret McKenzie
with whom he performed in Edinburgh, thus forming Flight of the
Conchords.
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