Jemaine Clement

Jemaine Clement (born 10 January 1974) is a New Zealand comedian, actor, voice actor, singer, writer, director, and multi-instrumentalist, best known as one half of the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords along with Bret McKenzie. They have released multiple albums, created a BBC radio series and a HBO American television series that aired for two seasons. He has starred in films such as Gentlemen Broncos (2009), Rio (2011), Men in Black 3 (2012) and Moana (2016). In 2014, he made his feature film directorial debut with the horror comedy mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows, which he wrote, starred in and directed with Taika Waititi. 2Early life Jemaine Clement was born on 10 January 1974 in Masterton, New Zealand, and was raised by his Māori mother, in the Wairarapa region. 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 (a.k.a. Taika Cohen) 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 Māu