Bret McKenzie

Bret Peter Tarrant McKenzie, ONZM is a New Zealand comedian, actor, musician and producer, best known for being one half of the Grammy Award winning musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords along with Jemaine Clement. The duos comedy and music became the basis of a BBC radio series and then an oftlauded American television series, which aired for two seasons on HBO. McKenzie served as music supervisor for two Muppet films, The Muppets and Muppets Most Wanted , the former of which won him an Academy Award for Best Original Song for the song Man or Muppet.

McKenzie was born in Wellington, New Zealand. He is a former member of The Black Seeds. He released an album called Prototype as Video Kid and is a member of the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra. McKenzie attended Clifton Terrace Model School , Wellington College and then Victoria University of Wellington where he met Jemaine Clement who was also studying film and theatre. Together, they were members of So Youre a Man and they later formed Flight of the Conchords.

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