Born on January 10, 1974, in Masterton situated in New Zealand, Jemaine Clement spent most of his childhood days growing up in Wairarapa. He went on to attend the Makoura Colege situated in Masterton. After this, he went on to attend the Victoria University of Wellington situated in Wellington. After shifting to Wellington, he came in contact with Taika Waitti with whom he formed comedy troupes like The Humourbeasts and So You’re a Man. Their comedy troupe The Humourbeats gained a lot of popularity and began touring all over New Zealand. Their shows were widely appreciated which led them to win the prestigious Billy T Award.
It was during his time at Victoria University when he met the comedian Bret McKenzie. They went on to form a musical-comedy duo known as Flight of the Conchords. They started touring all around the globe and became an international success. They went on release Folk the World Tour in the year 2002. In the year 2007, they released another CD titled The Distant Future EP which went on to win the Grammy Award for the Best Comedy Album. They released two more CDs titled Flight of Conchords in the year 2008 and I Told You I Was Freaky in the year 2009.
They went on to appear in several shows and in the year 2007, the Conchords started working in the television show Flight of the Conchords. The show gained immense popularity and was appreciated by everyone. Jemaine was even nominated in the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his role in this series. After this series, Clement went on to do appear in several TV shows which include The Enid Blyton Adventure Series as MIS Guard in 1996, The Tribe as Virtual Reality Cowboy No. 2 in 2002, The Drinky Crow Show as Alien in 2008, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! As Eric’s tennis double in 2009, Rasiradirah in 2010, The Simpsons as Ethan Ballantyne in 2010, Trip Tank in 2014 and Divorce in 2016.
He has also worked in several movies which include Blood Suckers as Vampire in 1995, Fizz as chased man in 1999, Tongan Ninja as Marvin in 2002, Eagle vs. Shark as Jared in 2007, Gentlemen Broncos as Ronald Chevalier in 2009, Diagnosis: Death as Garfield Olyphant in 2009, Predicament as Spook in 2010, Dinner for Schmucks as Kieran Vollard in 2010, Men in Black 3 as Boris the Animal in 2012, What We DO in the Shadows as Vladislav in 2014 and People Places Things as Will in 2015.
Clement has given his voice for several movies and commercials which include working in DirecTV commercials and working in movies like Rio 2, Despicable Me and Napolean Dynamite. He is married to Miranda Manasiadis. His wife Miranda is also an actress and also works as a playwright. Clement and his wife are proud parents of a son named Sophocles Iraia Clement. According to his biography, his salary is pretty high with a net worth of $2 Million dollars.
| Birth Date: | 10 Jan, 1974 |
| Age: | 46 yrs |
| Citizenship: | New Zealand United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Masterton |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | New Zealand actor and musician |
| Spouse: | Miranda Manasiadis [M. 2008] |
| Net Worth 2021: | 6 million |
