Jemaine Clement

Biography:

Jemaine Atea Mahana Clement is a New Zealand actor, comedian, musician, and filmmaker who was born on January 10, 1974. In addition to creating the comedic TV series Flight of the Conchords for the BBC and HBO, for which he was nominated for six Primetime Emmys, he has recorded multiple albums with Bret McKenzie as the musical comedy duet Flight of the Conchords.

Eagle vs. Shark (2007), Gentlemen Broncos (2009), Men in Black 3 (2012), People Places Things (2015), Humor Me (2017), The Festival (2018), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), and A Minecraft Movie (2025) are just a few of the movies in which he has been. In addition, he provided the voices for Moana (2016), Rio (2011) and Rio 2 (2014), Despicable Me (2010), and The Lego Batman Movie (2017). What We Do in the Shadows, which he co-wrote, co-directed, and co-starred in with Taika Waititi, marked his directorial debut in 2014. It was eventually turned into a television series for FX.