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Jemaine Clement
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Clement in 2021
Born
Jemaine Atea Mahana Clement

(1974-01-10) 10 January 1974 (age 50)
Masterton, New Zealand
Other namesHiphopopotamus, J-Dog, Mad Dog [1]
Education Victoria University of Wellington (BA)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • musician
  • filmmaker
Years active1994–present
Spouse
Miranda Manasiadis
(m. 2008)
Children1
Musical career
Genres
  • Comedy
  • folk
  • acoustic
Instrument(s)
  • Bass guitar
  • guitar
  • percussion
  • keyboards
  • ukulele
  • omnichord
  • drums
  • xylophone
  • accordion
  • vocals
Labels Sub Pop
Comedy career
Medium
  • Stand-up
  • film
  • television
  • theatre
  • books
Genres
Subject(s)

Jemaine Atea Mahana Clement (born 10 January 1974) [2] is a New Zealand actor, comedian, musician, and filmmaker. He has released several albums with Bret McKenzie as the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, and created a comedy series of the same name for both the BBC and HBO, for which he received six Primetime Emmy nominations.

Contents

He has had featured parts in films such as Eagle vs Shark (2007), Gentlemen Broncos (2008), Men in Black 3 (2012), People Places Things (2015), Humor Me (2017), The Festival (2018) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022). He has also done voice-work for Despicable Me (2010), Rio (2011) and 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, and later adapted into a show for FX Television series of the same name.

Early life

Clement [3] was born on 10 January 1974 in Masterton in the Wairarapa, [4] and was raised there in a working-class family by his mother and grandmother Maikara with his two brothers. [3] [5] Clement is of Māori (Ngāti Kahungunu) descent through his mother, and a direct descendant of the rangatira (chief) Iraia Te Ama-o-te-rangi Te Whaiti, who is his great-great-great grandfather. [6] [7] His Pākehā father, Robert, was employed at the freezing works and struggled with alcoholism, leaving home when Clement was a child. Robert would later become a stained glass artist in Midhurst, Taranaki; Jemaine would later reconnect with his father as an adult and now enjoys a "strong and loving" relationship with him. [8]

Clement's mother and grandmother were strong influences on him as a child, inspiring his sense of humour. [9] Despite having a strong connection to his Māori ethnicity through visiting relatives regularly on trips to various marae, bans on the Māori language being spoken in schools meant Clement grew up in an almost entirely English-speaking environment. He has talked of his regrets about this and has emotionally spoken of the physical abuse his grandmother suffered at school for speaking te reo Māori. [9]

He attended Makoura College in Masterton. After finishing school he moved to 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, [10] a reworking of the traditional Maori legends of Māui. The duo received New Zealand's highest comedy honour, the Billy T Award. During his time in university, he also met Bret McKenzie, with whom he performed in Edinburgh, thus forming Flight of the Conchords.

Career

Music

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Clement in 2010

Clement and McKenzie have toured internationally and released four CDs: Folk the World Tour in 2002, The Distant Future EP in 2007 (winner of 2008 Grammy for Best Comedy Album), Flight of the Conchords in 2008 and I Told You I Was Freaky in 2009. In 2005 the Conchords produced Flight of the Conchords , a six-part comedy radio programme on BBC Radio 2. They appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien , the Late Show with David Letterman and The Late Late Show . After appearing in 2005 on HBO's One Night Stand , the Conchords were offered their own 12-part HBO series, Flight of the Conchords , which was based on their earlier BBC radio series of the same name. [11] Its first season ran from June to September 2007, and was renewed for a second season, which aired on HBO in the US from January to March 2009. [12] In December 2009, the Conchords announced the show would not have a third season. [13]

Film and television

Clement has appeared in several feature films. His debut was in the kung fu comedy Tongan Ninja , directed by New Zealander Jason Stutter. He has worked with Stutter on two more films to date: the low budget ghost comedy Diagnosis: Death and the drama Predicament, based on the book by late New Zealand novelist Ronald Hugh Morrieson. Clement also has a role in American comedy Gentlemen Broncos , directed by Napoleon Dynamite 's Jared Hess. This role landed him a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. Though Gentlemen Broncos was almost universally panned by critics, some [14] singled out Clement's performance for praise. In 2010, he voiced Jerry in Despicable Me and appeared in the film Dinner for Schmucks . In 2011, he voiced Nigel in Rio , and in 2012 he appeared as the primary antagonist Boris the Animal in Men in Black 3 . In 2012, Jemaine co-wrote, co-directed, and starred in a vampire mockumentary titled What We Do in the Shadows with Taika Waititi. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on 19 January 2014. He also reprised his role as Nigel in Rio 2 .

Clement has starred in television commercials internationally and provided voiceovers for many others in New Zealand. On 5 February 2006, Outback Steakhouse began running a series of television commercials starring Clement during Super Bowl XL in which Clement pretends to be Australian and feigns an Australian accent. One of the long-running gags of Flight of the Conchords is the traditional rivalry between New Zealand and Australia and the differences between their accents. The campaign ended in July 2006.

Clement has been involved in award-winning radio work. In 1999, Clement was a Radio Awards Winner as writer for Trashed, for Channel Z, Wellington. [15] In 2000, he was given a Special Radio Awards Commendation for The Sunglass Store. [16]

Besides his television work on Flight of the Conchords, Clement was a writer and cast member of the television shows Skitz and Tellylaughs in New Zealand. [17] [18] Clement, with fellow Conchord member Bret McKenzie, guest starred as a pair of camp counselors in "Elementary School Musical", the season premiere of the 22nd season of The Simpsons , which aired on 26 September 2010. [19]

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Clement at Fantastic Fest in 2009

Clement also played the role of a prisoner in a Russian gulag in the 2014 film Muppets Most Wanted , a sequel to The Muppets (2011).

Clement was featured as one of 2008's "100 Sexiest People" in a special edition of the Australian magazine Who . [20] Fellow Conchord member McKenzie appeared on the same list.

In 2015, Clement voiced a "mind-reading fart" [21] on an episode of the Adult Swim animated series Rick and Morty , where he performed the song "Goodbye Moonmen". [22] Clement also starred in the independent film, People Places Things , which received positive reviews.

In 2016, Clement lent his voice to Tamatoa, a giant coconut crab, in the Disney animated film Moana , both in English, and the Māori dub. He based the character's voice on that of David Bowie. [23]

In 2017, Clement played Oliver Bird in the FX TV series Legion . He also voiced Sauron in The Lego Batman Movie . In 2019, Clement played the role of a musician in the Belgian film Patrick . His character, a touring musician visiting a naturist camp, was one of the few characters in full clothes for the duration of the film.

Personal life

Clement's family did not have a car when he was a boy, and as a result he has never learned to drive. [24] In August 2008, Clement married his longtime girlfriend, theatre actress and playwright Miranda Manasiadis. [25] Their son, Sophocles Iraia, was born in October 2008 in New York City and is named after Manasiadis's Greek great-grandfather Sophocles, and Clement's ancestor Iraia Te Ama-o-te-rangi Te Whaiti. [26] [24] They live in Wellington.

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Tongan Ninja [27] Action Fighter (Marvin)Also writer
2004 Futile Attraction Editor
2007 Eagle vs Shark Jarrod
2009 Gentlemen Broncos Ronald ChevalierNominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
Diagnosis: Death Garfield Olyphant
2010 Despicable Me Jerry the MinionVoice role
Predicament Spook
Dinner for Schmucks Kieran Vollard
2011 Rio Nigel Voice role; Nominated — Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production
2012 Men in Black 3 Boris the AnimalNominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain
2014 What We Do in the Shadows Vladislav Also director, writer and co-producer
Muppets Most Wanted Prison KingCameo appearance
Rio 2 Nigel Voice role
2015 People Places Things Will Henry
2016 Ratchet & Clank Dallas WannamakerVoice role
The BFG The FleshlumpeaterVoice and motion capture
Moana Tamatoa Voice role; Also voiced the character in the 2017 Māori dub
2017 The Lego Batman Movie Sauron Voice role
Humor Me Nate Kroll
Brad's Status Billy Wearsiter
2018 An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn Colin Keith Threadener
The Breaker Upperers Tinder DateCameo appearance
The Festival Robin
2019 Patrick Dustin
2020 I Used to Go Here David Kirkpatrick
2022 Nude Tuesday Bjorg Rasmussen
Don't Make Me Go Dale AngeloStreaming film
DC League of Super-Pets Aquaman Voice role
Avatar: The Way of Water Dr. Ian Garvin
2024 Thelma the Unicorn Vic DiamondVoice role, post-production
Harold and the Purple Crayon Post-production
2025 Minecraft Post-production
Avatar 3 Dr. Ian GarvinPost-production
Wildwood Owl RexVoice role; in production
Rogue Trooper Post-production
TBA I, Object Filming

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 The Enid Blyton Adventure Series MIS GuardEpisode: "Circus of Adventures"
2002 The Tribe VR Cowboy No. 2Episode #4.24
2007-2009 Flight of the Conchords Himself 22 episodes
Also co-creator, writer and executive producer
2008 The Drinky Crow Show Alien Voice role, 2 episodes
2009 Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Eric's Tennis DoubleEpisode: "Tennis"
2010 Radiradirah Sheep 3 episodes
2010 The Simpsons Ethan BallantyneVoice role, episode: "Elementary School Musical" [19]
2012 Napoleon Dynamite Professor KoontzVoice role, episode: "Scantronica Love"
2013 Out There Babel / Tenebres Voices role, episode: "Enter Destiny"
2013#7DaysLater Ms. Lockett's FatherVoice role, episode: "Portrait"
2014 Short Poppies Director
2014-2016 TripTank Sir Ian / Alistair / Caller / Erebos / Judge Bluetail / Man in LineVoices role, 7 episodes
2015 Rick and Morty Fart Voice role, episode: "Mortynight Run"
2016 Regular Show Ziggy Voice role, episode: "California King"
2016 Inside Amy Schumer DJ Episode: "Psychopath Test"
2016-2018 Another Period Father Black Donahue4 episodes
2016 Divorce Julian Renaut6 episodes
2016-2019 Milo Murphy's Law Orton Mahlson / Dr. ZoneVoices role, 5 episodes
2017-2019 Legion Oliver Bird14 episodes
2017 American Dad! Magunga Voice role, episode: "Bazooka Steve"
2017 Wrecked Luther 3 episodes
2017 Robot Chicken Narrator Voice role, episode: "Freshly Baked: The Robot Chicken Santa Claus Pot Cookie Freakout Special: Special Edition"
2018-2022 Wellington Paranormal Mobot Voice role, episode: "Mobot"; Also co-creator, director, writer and executive producer
2018 We Bare Bears Courtney Voice role, episode: "Rescue Ranger"
2018 Flight of the Conchords: Live in London Himself Special
Also writer and producer
2019–present What We Do in the Shadows Vladislav Also co-creator, director, writer and executive producer
2 episodes
2019-presentKiri and LouLou Voice role, main role
2019 Year of the Rabbit Tall ManEpisode: "Framed Rabbit"
2020 Steven Universe Future Kerry MoonbeamVoice role, episode: "Mr. Universe"
2020-2022 Tig n' Seek This GuyVoice role, main role
2021 Big Mouth Simon SexVoice role, episode: "Best Friends Make the Best Lovers"
2022-2023 Human Resources Voice role, episode: 2 episodes
2023 Koala Man Principal BazwellVoice role, main role
TBA Time Bandits Co-writer and executive producer, upcoming miniseries

Discography

YearTitleNotes
2002 Folk the World Tour Flight of the Conchords
2007 The Distant Future
2008 Flight of the Conchords
2009 I Told You I Was Freaky
2011"Pretty Bird" Rio soundtrack
2014"I Will Survive" Rio 2 soundtrack
2016"Shiny" Moana soundtrack
2018"Goodbye Moonmen" The Rick and Morty Soundtrack
2019 Live in London Flight of the Conchords
2020"Mr. Universe"Steven Universe Future

Radio

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Flight of the Conchords Jemaine Also writer
2016 The Mysterious Secrets Of Uncle Bertie's Botanarium Lord Joseph Banks Podcast

Awards and nominations

AwardYear [lower-alpha 1] Nominated workCategoryResultRef.
Annie Awards 2010 The Simpsons : Elementary School MusicalMusic in a Television ProductionNominated
2011 Rio Voice Acting in a Feature Production Nominated
Emmy Awards 2008 "Yoko" Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series Nominated [28] [29]
"Inner City Pressure" Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics Nominated
"The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)"Nominated
2009 Flight of the Conchords Outstanding Comedy Series Nominated
Flight of the Conchords Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated
"Prime Minister" Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series Nominated
"Carol Brown" Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics Nominated
2019 "Father & Son"Nominated
2020 What We Do in the Shadows Outstanding Comedy Series Nominated
Grammy Awards 2007 The Distant Future Best Comedy Album Won [30]
2008 Flight of the Conchords Nominated
2010 I Told You I Was Freaky Nominated
New Zealand Music Awards 2008 Flight of the Conchords Album of the Year Won
Best Group Won
Breakthrough Artist of the Year Won
Flight of the Conchords International Achievement Won
2013 "Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)" Highest Selling New Zealand Single Won
New Zealand Television Awards 2019 Wellington Paranormal Best Script: ComedyNominated
Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards 2008 Flight of the ConchordsFunniest DuoNominated
Satellite Awards 2007 Flight of the Conchords Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy Nominated
2009 Nominated
Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy Nominated
TCA Awards 2008 Flight of the Conchords Outstanding Achievement in Comedy Nominated
Outstanding New Program Nominated
Teen Choice Awards 2012 Men in Black 3 Choice Movie Villain Nominated
Writers Guild of America Awards 2007 Flight of the Conchords Comedy Series Nominated [31]
New Series Nominated
"Sally Returns" Episodic Comedy Nominated
2019 What We Do in the Shadows New Series Nominated

Notes

  1. Indicates the year of ceremony. Each year is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.

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