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Bret McKenzie

Actor, Musician

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

2014 Satellite Awards (International Press Academy)
Nominated for Best Song: for 'I'll Get What You Want', from Muppet's Most Wanted

2013 Grammy Awards (United States)
Nominated for Best Song Written for Visual Media: for 'Man or Muppet', from The Muppets 

2012 Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit
For services to music and film

2012 Academy Awards
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures - Original Song: for 'Man or Muppet', from The Muppets 

2012 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards (United States)
Critics' Choice Award for Best Song (shared with performers Jason Segel and Amy Adams): for 'Life's a Happy Song', from The Muppets
Nominated for the same award (with performers Jason Segel and Peter Linz): for 'Man or Muppet' from The Muppets

2012 Sorta Unofficial New Zealand Film Awards
Nominated for Best Actor: for Two Little Boys

2011 Grammy Awards 
Nominated for Best Comedy Album (with Jemaine Clement), for 'I Told You I Was Freaky

2011 Satellite Awards 
Nominated for Best Original Song (with Jason Segel): for 'Man or Muppet', from The Muppets
Nominated in the same category (with Jason Segel and Amy Adams): for 'Life's a Happy Song', from The Muppets 

2011 Annie Awards (International Animated Film Association)
Nominated for Best Music in a Television Production (with Jemaine Clement, Alf Clausen and Tim Long): for The Simpsons, 'Elementary School Musical' episode  

2009 Emmy Awards
Nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series (with six others): Flight of the Conchords
Nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (with Jemaine Clement and James Bobin): for Flight of the Conchords, 'Prime Minister' episode
Nominated for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics (with Jemaine Clement and James Bobin): for 'Carol Brown' from  Flight of the Conchords, 'Unnatural Love' episode

2008 Grammy Awards 
Best Comedy Album (shared with Jemaine Clement, Mickey Petralia and Matthew Shane), for The Distant Future 

2008 Emmy Awards
Nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (with Jemaine Clement and James Bobin): for Flight of the Conchords, 'Yoko' episode
Nominated for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics (with Jemaine Clement): for 'The Most Beautiful Girl {in the Room'), from Flight of the Conchords
Nominated in the same category (with Jemaine Clement and James Bobin): for 'Inner City Pressure', from Flight of the Conchords

2008 Writers Guild of America Awards
Nominated (with eight others) for Best Comedy Series: Flight of the Conchords
Nominated (with eight others) for Best New Series: Flight of the Conchords
Nominated (with Jemaine Clement and James Bobin) for Episodic Comedy: for Flight of the Conchords, 'Sally Returns' episode