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 Jemaine Clement was born and raised in Masterton, New Zealand, the oldest of three brothers. His mother is Maori. Clement was educated at Makoura College in Masterton, NZ. He went on to study drama and film at Victoria University of Wellington. Whilst there he met Taika Waititi, and they formed comedy troupes So You're a Man and The Humourbeasts. The Humourbeasts proved popular in New Zealand, touring extensively.Clement also met Bret McKenzie at Victoria University, and they formed musical-comedy duo Flight of the Conchords. Flight of the Conchords went on to have considerable international success including tours, radio shows and TV spots, culminating in the well-received series Flight of the Conchords (2007). Clement was nominated for an Emmy for his performance in the show.Film roles followed, including playing Jarrod in Taika Waititi's Eagle vs Shark (2007), Chevalier in Gentlemen Broncos (2009), Kieran in Dinner for Schmucks (2010) and Boris The Animal in the hit sequel Men in Black 3 (2012).
Bio:
Jemaine Clement was born and raised in Masterton, New Zealand, the oldest of three brothers. His mother is Maori. Clement was educated at Makoura College in Masterton, NZ. He went on to study drama and film at Victoria University of Wellington. Whilst there he met Taika Waititi, and they formed comedy troupes So You're a Man and The Humourbeasts. The Humourbeasts proved popular in New Zealand, touring extensively.Clement also met Bret McKenzie at Victoria University, and they formed musical-comedy duo Flight of the Conchords. Flight of the Conchords went on to have considerable international success including tours, radio shows and TV spots, culminating in the well-received series Flight of the Conchords (2007). Clement was nominated for an Emmy for his performance in the show.Film roles followed, including playing Jarrod in Taika Waititi's Eagle vs Shark (2007), Chevalier in Gentlemen Broncos (2009), Kieran in Dinner for Schmucks (2010) and Boris The Animal in the hit sequel Men in Black 3 (2012).
Tivia:
He met Taika Cohen (a.k.a. Taika Waititi) at Victoria University and they went on to form the Humourbeasts.Describes his heritage as "part Maori, part European.".He was raised by his mother and grandmother, his father was never involved in his life.When with The Flight of the Conchords, he variously plays guitar, bass and keyboards.It was at Victoria University that Clement met Bret McKenzie and, together, they formed Flight of the Conchords.One half of New Zealand "folk comedy" duo Flight of the Conchords, with Bret McKenzie.He moved to Wellington where he studied drama and film at Victoria University of Wellington.He was also a writer and cast member of the television shows Skitz (1993) (aka "Skitz") and Telly Laughs (1996) in New Zealand.In 1999, he was a Radio Awards Winner as writer for Trashed, for Channel Z, Wellington.In 2000 he was given a Special Radio Awards Commendation for The Sunglass Store.Born on the same date as Hrithik Roshan. |
| Name: |
Jemaine Clement |
Type: |
Actor,Writer,Producer (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
Platform: |
IMDB |
| Category: |
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Business scope: |
Actor,Writer,Producer |
| Products for sale: |
Actor,Writer,Producer |
| Model rank: |
89 |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 03:27:02 |
| Height: |
6' 1' (1.85 m) |
| Biography: |
Jemaine Clement was born and raised in Masterton, New Zealand, the oldest of three brothers. His mother is Maori. Clement was educated at Makoura College in Masterton, NZ. He went on to study drama and film at Victoria University of Wellington. Whils |
| Trivia: |
He met Taika Cohen (a.k.a. Taika Waititi) at Victoria University and they went on to form the Humourbeasts.Describes his heritage as "part Maori, part European.".He was raised by his mother and grandmother, his father was never involved in his life.When with The Flight of the Conchords, he variously plays guitar, bass and keyboards.It was at Victoria University that Clement met Bret McKenzie and, together, they formed Flight of the Conchords.One half of New Zealand "folk comedy" duo Flight of the Conchords, with Bret McKenzie.He moved to Wellington where he studied drama and film at Victoria University of Wellington.He was also a writer and cast member of the television shows Skitz (1993) (aka "Skitz") and Telly Laughs (1996) in New Zealand.In 1999, he was a Radio Awards Winner as writer for Trashed, for Channel Z, Wellington.In 2000 he was given a Special Radio Awards Commendation for The Sunglass Store.Born on the same date as Hrithik Roshan. |
| Trademarks: |
Black-rimmed glasses
Square jaw
New Zealand accent |
| Quotes: |
[on how he ranks in musical skills in Flight of the Conchords (2007)] Bret's a little better than me and I'm a little worse than Bret.
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What do I think of L.A.? It's boring, with some amazing nuggets. Like there are some parts of it that are great, but by and large I think it's quite boring.
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Well, I grew up in the '80s, which was a really massive time for sci-fi.
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In real life I'm very low-key. A wallflower. One of the reasons I went into comedy and acting was that I was sick of being shy.
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I'm part Maori. My mum's Maori, and she raised me. And my grandma, she's Maori. |
| Job title: |
Actor,Writer,Producer |
| Others works: |
TV commercial for Outback Steakhouse (2006).
(2015) Dierctv commercial
(September 16, 2002 - July 24, 2004) Toonami website game "Trapped in Hyperspace" - Swayzak's voice |
| Spouse: |
Miranda Manasiadis (August 2008 - present) (1 child) |
| Parents: |
Robert Clement |
| Relatives: |
Sibling (Sibling)
Sibling (Sibling) |
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