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JemaineClement

  • Actor
  • Musician
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Jemaine Clement is the bespectacled half of folk-comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, who achieved international cult status in their own HBO series. Clement's screen career began after he appeared on 90s sketch shows Telly Laughs and Skitz. Following his big screen debut in Tongan Ninja, he starred in misfit romance Eagle vs Shark. In 2014 he co-directed and acted in hit vampire comedy What We Do in the Shadows.

Screenography

A Minecraft Movie
2025 As: Daryl/Bruce Film
I, Object
2024 Actor Film
Plum
2024 As: Oliver Series
2023 As: Sean MacIntosh Film

Biography

Jemaine Clement established an international cult following as half of musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords. The show's successful debut season on American cable network HBO coincided with the release of slacker romance Eagle vs Shark, in which Clement starred as a geeky retail worker. Clement would go on to star in and co-direct hit vampire comedy What We Do in the Shadows.

Awards

2024 Primetime Emmy Awards (Television Awards, United States)
Nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series (with 16 others): What We Do in the Shadows

“The first time Bret and I did a gig by ourselves I couldn't even move my hand, because I was so nervous about people listening to the guitar. I was fine with the jokes. ”

Jemaine Clement

Related images

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The poster for 2007 movie Eagle vs Shark.
Photo courtesy of the NZ Film Commission
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Morag Hills (as Vinny) and Jemaine Clement (as Jarrod) wait at the bus stop, in a scene from 2007 movie Eagle vs Shark.
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Jarrod (Jemaine Clement) and Lily (Loren Taylor), in a scene from 2007 movie Eagle vs Shark.
©NZ Film Commission
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Jarrod (Jemaine Clement) and Lily (Loren Taylor) admire each other's party costumes, in 2007 movie Eagle vs Shark.
Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission