Jemaine Clement Net Worth

Jemaine Clement's Quotes

• [on how he ranks in musical skills in Flight of the Conchords (2007)] Bret's a little better than me and I'm a little worse than Bret.
• What do I think of L.A.? It's boring, with some amazing nuggets. Like there are some parts of it that are great, but by and large I think it's quite boring.
• Well, I grew up in the '80s, which was a really massive time for sci-fi.
• In real life I'm very low-key. A wallflower. One of the reasons I went into comedy and acting was that I was sick of being shy.
• I'm part Maori. My mum's Maori, and she raised me. And my grandma, she's Maori.

Interesting Facts about Jemaine Clement

1. One half of New Zealand "folk comedy" duo Flight of the Conchords, with Bret McKenzie.
2. Describes his heritage as "part Maori, part European.".
3. He was also a writer and cast member of the television shows Skitz (1993) (aka "Skitz") and Telly Laughs (1996) in New Zealand.
4. In 2000 he was given a Special Radio Awards Commendation for The Sunglass Store.
5. In 1999, he was a Radio Awards Winner as writer for Trashed, for Channel Z, Wellington.
6. It was at Victoria University that Clement met Bret McKenzie and, together, they formed Flight of the Conchords.
7. He met Taika Cohen (a.k.a. Taika Waititi) at Victoria University and they went on to form the Humourbeasts.
8. He moved to Wellington where he studied drama and film at Victoria University of Wellington.
9. When with The Flight of the Conchords, he variously plays guitar, bass and keyboards.
10. He was raised by his mother and grandmother, his father was never involved in his life.
11. Born on the same date as Hrithik Roshan.