BretMcKenzie
- Actor
- Musician
Bret McKenzie is one half of musical-comedy duo Flight of the Conchords (alongside Jemaine Clement). The two cemented their fame with a self-titled series on American pay TV network HBO, which featured the duo trying to make it in New York. An Oscar winner for his songwriting on movie The Muppets (2011), McKenzie went on to co-star in Kiwi black comedy Two Little Boys and English-set romance Austenland.
Screenography
Biography
Bret McKenzie is best known for being one half of musical comedy group Flight of the Conchords. In 2007 McKenzie and Jemaine Clement starred in a Flight of the Conchords show on HBO. In 2012 McKenzie scored an Academy Award for composing a song for movie The Muppets. The same year he was named a Member of the NZ Order of Merit.
Awards
2019 Emmy Awards (United States)
Nominated for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics (with Jemaine Clement), for 'Father and Son', from Flight of the Conchords - Live in London
“We couldn't sing and play the guitar at the same time, and we still struggle with that ... the person who's singing isn't really doing too much. ”