- Born
- Height6′ 2½″ (1.89 m)
- 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).
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpouseMiranda Manasiadis(August 2008 - present) (1 child)
- ChildrenSophocles Iraia Clement
- ParentsRobert Clement
- RelativesSibling(Sibling)Sibling(Sibling)
- Black-rimmed glasses
- Square jaw
- New Zealand accent
- 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.
- 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.
- [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.
- 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.
- Well, I grew up in the '80s, which was a really massive time for sci-fi.
- 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.
- I'm part Maori. My mum's Maori, and she raised me. And my grandma, she's Maori.
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