Jemaine Clement

Jemaine Atea Mahana Clement was born 10 January 1974 in New Zealand and formed Flight of the Conchords with Bret McKenzie, releasing albums and creating the BBC-then-HBO series that ran 2007 to 2009. Film work followed in Eagle vs Shark, Gentlemen Broncos, Men in Black 3, and eventually Avatar: The Way of Water and A Minecraft Movie, alongside voice roles in Rio, Moana, and The Lego Batman Movie. In 2014 he co-wrote, co-directed, and co-starred in What We Do in the Shadows with Taika Waititi, a vampire mockumentary he later adapted into the FX series that ran 2019 to 2024. The through-line stayed consistent - the same dry timing, the same willingness to let a joke breathe until it lands or dies trying.