Jemaine Clement

Biography

Jemaine Atea Mahana Clement was born on January 10, 1974, in Masterton, New Zealand, and raised in a working-class family by his mother and grandmother Maikara with two brothers. He co-founded the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, releasing several albums and creating the TV series of the same name for BBC and HBO, earning six Primetime Emmy nominations. Clement made his directorial debut with What We Do in the Shadows (2014) and has since appeared in numerous films and voice work, including Despicable Me and The Lego Batman Movie.