About
Jemaine Clement is a New Zealand actor, musician and comedian of Māori descent, born on 10 January 1974 in Masterton. He studied drama and film at Victoria University of Wellington, where he met Taika Waititi and Bret McKenzie. With McKenzie, he formed the comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, whose EP The Distant Future won the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album in 2008. He co-created and starred in the television series Flight of the Conchords (2007-2009), then co-wrote and co-directed the film What We Do in the Shadows (2014). He voiced Tamatoa in Moana (2016) and appeared in Men in Black 3 (2012) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022).
* 1974-01-10
Major works
- Flight of the Conchords (2007)TV series
- What We Do in the Shadows (2014)film
- Moana (2016)animated film
- The Distant Future (2007)EP
- Legion (2017)TV series
Key milestones
- 2008Wins the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for The Distant Future with Flight of the Conchords.
- 2009Nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Flight of the Conchords.
- 2014Co-writes and co-directs the film What We Do in the Shadows with Taika Waititi.
Themes
Absurd humorComedy musicMāori cultureGenre parodyArtistic collaboration
Sources: id.loc.gov · natlib.govt.nz · nzonscreen.com