Biography
Jemaine Atea Mahana Clement (born 10 January 1974) is a New Zealand actor, comedian, musician, and filmmaker. He has released several albums with Bret McKenzie as the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords and created a comedy TV series titled Flight of the Conchords for both the BBC and HBO, for which he received six Primetime Emmy nominations. He has had featured parts in films such as Eagle vs Shark (2007), Gentlemen Broncos (2009), Men in Black 3 (2012), People Places Things(2015), Humo...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Avatar 5
2031
as Dr. Ian Garvin
The fifth installment of the Avatar franchise.

Avatar 4
2029
as Dr. Ian Garvin
The fourth installment of the Avatar franchise.

Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025
as Dr. Ian Garvin
In the wake of the devastating war against the RDA and the loss of their eldest son, Jake Sully and Neytiri face a new threat on Pandora: the Ash Peop...

M3GAN 2.0
2025
as Alton Appleton
After the underlying tech for M3GAN is stolen and misused by a powerful defense contractor to create a military-grade weapon known as Amelia, M3GAN's ...

A Minecraft Movie
2025
as Daryl / Bruce (voice)
Four misfits find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre...

Moana 2
2024
as Tamatoa (voice)
After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana journeys alongside Maui and a new crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dan...

Harold and the Purple Crayon
2024
as Gary
Inside of his book, adventurous Harold can make anything come to life simply by drawing it. After he grows up and draws himself off the book's pages a...

Thelma the Unicorn
2024
as Vic Diamond (voice)
Thelma dreams of being a glamorous unicorn. Then in a rare pink and glitter-filled moment of fate, Thelma's wish comes true. She rises to instant inte...

The Moon Is Upside Down
2024
as MacIntosh
Loren Taylor's directorial debut, “The Moon is Upside Down”, is an uproarious and cleverly dark-humoured rollercoaster. Against the backdrop of New Ze...

Avatar: The Way of Water
2022
as Dr. Ian Garvin
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follo...

DC League of Super-Pets
2022
as Arthur Curry / Aquaman (voice)
When Superman and the rest of the Justice League are kidnapped, Krypto the Super-Dog must convince a rag-tag shelter pack - Ace the hound, PB the potb...

Nude Tuesday
2022
as Bjorg Rassmussen
When middle-aged suburban couple, Laura and Bruno are gifted a remote couples’ retreat for their anniversary, they decide to give their failing marria...

Don't Make Me Go
2022
as Dale Angelo
A terminally ill man and his teenage daughter embark on a road trip from California to New Orleans for his 20th college reunion. While there, he secre...

Kiri and Lou — Hide and Seek
2022
as Lou
The little birds receive some sage motherly advice - Look before you poo.

Kiri and Lou — Grow
2022
as Lou
Lou explains that growing is inevitable.
Tettebakkes: Making of 'The Patrick'
2020
as Self
A 15 minute documentary about making ' The Patrick'.

I Used to Go Here
2020
as David Kirkpatrick
Following the lackluster launch of her debut novel, 35-year-old writer Kate Conklin (Gillian Jacobs) receives an invitation from her former professor ...

Patrick
2019
as Dustin
Patrick is the handyman on his father's naturist campsite. The remaining time he dedicates to his hobby, designing and creating wooden furniture. When...

Illumination Presents: 10 Minion Mini-Movies
2019
as Jerry the Minion (voice)
For the first time ever, ALL 10 MINI-MOVIES starring your favorite characters, the Minions, are in one collection! If there's a Minion featured in one...

Flight of the Conchords: Live in London
2018
New Zealand’s 4th Most Popular Parody Duo are back for a mutha-uckin’ special concert live at the London Apollo.

Flight of the Conchords: Live in London
2018
Writer, Producer
New Zealand’s 4th Most Popular Parody Duo are back for a mutha-uckin’ special concert live at the London Apollo.

The Festival
2018
as Robin
After Nick's girlfriend dumps him, his best mate Shane has the perfect antidote to his break-up blues: three days at an epic music festival.

An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn
2018
as Colin Keith Threadener
Lulu Danger's unsatisfying marriage takes a turn for the worse when a mysterious man from her past comes to town to perform an event called "An Evenin...

The Breaker Upperers
2018
as Tinder Date
Two women run a business breaking up couples for cash but when one develops a conscience their friendship unravels.

Brad's Status
2017
as Billy Wearslter
Although Brad has a satisfying career, a sweet wife and a comfortable life in suburban Sacramento, things aren't quite what he imagined during his col...

Humor Me
2017
as Nate Kroll
With an interminable case of writer's block and a personal family crisis, playwright Nate is forced to move into his father's retirement community.

The Lego Batman Movie
2017
as Sauron (voice)
A cooler-than-ever Bruce Wayne must deal with the usual suspects as they plan to rule Gotham City, while discovering that he has accidentally adopted ...
Grow Joe
2017
as Joe
Lottie makes a boyfriend to keep her warm at night.

Moana
2016
as Tamatoa (voice)
In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek ...

The BFG
2016
as Fleshlumpeater
An orphan little girl befriends a benevolent giant who takes her to Giant Country, where they attempt to stop the man-eating giants that are invading ...

Don Verdean
2015
as Boaz
Biblical archaeologist Don Verdean is hired by a local church pastor to find faith-promoting relics in the Holy Land. But after a fruitless expedition...

People, Places, Things
2015
as Will Henry
Will Henry is a newly single graphic novelist balancing being a parent to his young twin daughters and teaching a classroom full of college students, ...

Misery Loves Comedy
2015
as Self
Do you have to be miserable to be funny? More than sixty comedians—including stand-ups, writers, actors, and directors from the US, Canada, and abroad...

What We Do in the Shadows
2014
as Vladislav
Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.

What We Do in the Shadows
2014
Director, Writer, Co-Producer
Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.

Muppets Most Wanted
2014
as Prison King
While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit the Frog look-alike and his das...

Rio 2
2014
as Nigel (voice)
It's a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel and their three kids after they're hurtled from Rio de Janeiro to the wilds of the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit ...

Rhys Darby: This Way to Spaceship
2012
as Spaceship (voice)
Rhys Darby returns with his third comedy special, This Way to Spaceship, a loosely autobiographical science fiction standup comedy show based on the b...

Men in Black 3
2012
as Boris The Animal
Agents J and K are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes ...

Rio
2011
as Nigel (voice)
Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling, a macaw named Blu never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his...

Rio
2011
Musician
Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling, a macaw named Blu never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his...

Predicament
2010
as Spook
Naïve teenager Cedric Williamson, conspires with two misfits to photograph and blackmail adulterous couples. When the scam goes wrong they end up with...

Dinner for Schmucks
2010
as Kieran Vollard
Rising executive Tim Conrad works for a boss who hosts a monthly dinner in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career-boost. Tim pla...

Despicable Me
2010
as Jerry (voice)
Villainous Gru lives up to his reputation as a despicable, deplorable and downright unlikable guy when he hatches a plan to steal the moon from the sk...

Diagnosis: Death
2010
as Garfield Olyphant
Two people meet as guinea pigs in a weekend drug trial. They soon discover their lives are in more danger than they imagined. The staff are peculiar. ...

Just for Laughs: Launching Pad
2009
Russell Peters, Jon Stewart, Flight of the Conchords, Dave Chappelle and more.

Gentlemen Broncos
2009
as Ronald Chevalier
A teenager attends a fantasy writers' convention where he discovers his idea has been stolen by an established novelist.

Just For Laughs: Over The Edge
2009
as Jemaine Clemaine
A selection of comics from the Montreal International Comedy Festival

Flight of the Conchords: On Air
2009
as Self
Behind the scenes look at the cult comedy series about Kiwi folk musicians Bret and Jemaine trying to make it big in their adopted home of New York. I...

Largo
2008
as Self
A documentary about the iconoclastic Los Angeles club, which opened in its original incarnation on Fairfax Ave. in 1989.

Eagle vs Shark
2007
as Jarrod
Love blossoms for Lily over double Meaty Boy burgers at mid-day when uber-computer nerd Jarrod comes in and leaves with free extra large fries. After...

Flight of the Conchords: A Texan Odyssey
2006
Flight of the Conchords embark on a revealing and hilarious odyssey into the political and musical heart of the United States of America, as they make...

Flight of the Conchords: A Texan Odyssey
2006
Writer, Producer
Flight of the Conchords embark on a revealing and hilarious odyssey into the political and musical heart of the United States of America, as they make...

One Night Stand: Flight of the Conchords
2005
A quirky live performance feature featuring New Zealand folk-parody duo Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, who earned raves at the Edinburgh Fringe Fe...

Futile Attraction
2005
as Editor/Darcy
A mockumentary about a film crew making a New Zealand reality television show about a couple brought together by a dating service. However due to th...

What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires
2005
as Vulvus
Who says being an undead creature of the night is easy? With that in mind, three ancient friends—centuries-old vampires Vulvus, the romantic and tempe...

What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires
2005
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
Who says being an undead creature of the night is easy? With that in mind, three ancient friends—centuries-old vampires Vulvus, the romantic and tempe...

Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!
2004
as Self
The documentary looks at the rise to celebrity status of NZ actor and musician Bret McKenzie, who appeared for 3 seconds as an extra in "The Lord of t...

Tongan Ninja
2002
as Action Fighter (Marvin)
The Tongan Ninja is dispatched to the island nation of New Zealand in order to help a brother of his master with his floundering Chinese restaurant. B...

Tongan Ninja
2002
Writer
The Tongan Ninja is dispatched to the island nation of New Zealand in order to help a brother of his master with his floundering Chinese restaurant. B...
Fizz
1999
as Chased Man
Jemaine Clement (pre-Flight of the Conchords fame) is the young man who faces up to a sentient soda machine in this short from Jason Stutter.
Ash: Ashley Thorndyke - Work in Progress
1995
as Eli
his film records the devising of a “work in progress” by theatre director Ashley Thorndyke (Jason Hoyte). The concept — by Duncan Sarkies (Two Little ...
I, Object
N/A
10-year-old Tom, grieving the loss of his father and unable to relate to the people in his life, takes refuge in the everyday objects around him. Pop ...
Lazy Days
N/A
as Ernest Warble
A comedic collection of vignettes following the day-to-day lives of the tenants of a derelict apartment house, namely best buddies Jeri, an unlucky co...

Wildwood
N/A
as (voice)
Set beyond Portland’s city limits, in Wildwood. You’re not supposed to go there. You’re not even supposed to know it exists. But Prue McKeel is about ...

Rogue Trooper
N/A
Rogue is a "Genetic Infantryman", a genetically-engineered, blue-skinned, manufactured super soldier who, alongside his three comrades, is searching f...

The Incal
N/A
Writer
Centers on intergalactic private eye John Difool, who gets caught up in a grand space opera after happening on a mystical artifact called the Incal. A...
We're Wolves
N/A
Writer
A follow-up to the Vampire mockumentary, centering on the life of werewolves living in modern-day Wellington, New Zealand.