What We Do in the Shadows

Jemaine Clement is a musician, actor, writer and director from New Zealand. He is currently shooting the Blumhouse/Universal feature M3GAN 2.0. Recently, he starred in the Sony feature Harold &amp; The Purple Crayon, as well as in Avatar: The Way of Water for director James Cameron, which was the highest-grossing film at the 2022 box office and the third highest of all time. He can currently be seen in the AppleTV+ series Time Bandits, based on Terry Gilliam's 1981 film, which he also wrote and executive produced alongside Taika Waititi. He also created and executive produced the comedy series Wellington Paranormal (CW/Max), as well as What We Do in the Shadows (FX). Previously, Clement starred in the 2018 independent feature An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn alongside Aubrey Plaza and Craig Robinson. The film, written and directed by Jim Hosking, premiered at Sundance in 2018 and sold to Universal. Clement also appeared opposite Ben Stiller in the Annapurna feature Brad’s Status, which premiered at the 2017 Toronto Film Festival. In television, Clement starred as “Oliver Bird” in FX’s drama series Legion created by Noah Hawley. Clement is perhaps best known as one-half of the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords. The group completed a U.K. arena tour in the summer of 2018, which sold out only minutes after going on sale, and can be seen in the HBO special Flight of the Conchords: Live in London.

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Jemaine Clement is a musician, actor, writer and director from New Zealand.

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Jemaine Clement | Creator, Executive Producer | What We Do in the Shadows on FX

What We Do in the Shadows

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