Jemaine Clement

Jemaine Clement
Jemaine Clement
	Clement in 2024
Born	Jemaine Atea Mahana Clement; 10 January 1974; Masterton, New Zealand
Other names	Hiphopopotamus, J-Dog, Mad Dog
Education	Victoria University of Wellington (BA)
Occupations	Actor; comedian; musician; filmmaker;
Years active	1994–present
Spouse	Miranda Manasiadis; (m. 2008)
Children	1
	Musical career
Genres	Comedy; folk; acoustic;
Instruments	Bass guitar; guitar; percussion; keyboards; ukulele; omnichord; drums; flute; xylophone; accordion; vocals;
Labels	Sub Pop
Member of	Flight of the Conchords
	Comedy career
Medium	Stand-up; film; television; music; theatre; books;
Genres	Observational comedy; satire; black comedy; self-deprecation; musical comedy; cringe comedy; deadpan;
Subject(s)	New Zealand culture; race relations; human sexuality;

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 the comedy television series of the same name for both the BBC and HBO, for which he received six Primetime Emmy nominations.

He has had featured parts in films including 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). 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 the FX television series What We Do in the Shadows.

^ Melis, Matt (15 March 2019). "Flight of the Conchords Woo Ladies and More on Hilarious Live in London". Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
^ "UPI Almanac for Friday, Jan. 10, 2020". United Press International. 10 January 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020. … actor Jemaine Clement in 1974 (age 46)

[Live_in_London_Review-1] Melis, Matt (15 March 2019). "Flight of the Conchords Woo Ladies and More on Hilarious Live in London". Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

[2] "UPI Almanac for Friday, Jan. 10, 2020". United Press International. 10 January 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020. … actor Jemaine Clement in 1974 (age 46)

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