Bret McKenzie

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Biography

Bret McKenzie is a singer and actor, best known as half of the comedy duo Flight of the Conchords. He is also a member…more

Born

6/29/1976, Wellington, New Zealand

Birth Name

Bret Peter Tarrant McKenzie

Gender

Male
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    • After his role as an extra in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Bret has gained the nickname 'Figwit' from his fans which is an acronym for 'Frodo is great, who is that?'.
    • Bret plays the keyboard and some vocals for the soul/funk/reggae band The Black Seeds.
    • Bret has been nominated for 6 Primetime Emmy Awards and three Writers Guild of America awards for his show Flight of the Conchords in 2008, the nominations were for Best comedy series, Best new series and Best episodic comedy.
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    • Bret: My acting's very understated. I think my sad and happy don't play that differently onscreen.
    • Bret: (On people singing along to his songs) The last time we played in New York, people started singing along. Last time we played was in December of last year, after the HBO One Night Stand had come out, and the audience was singing along-too much. It became a little bit of a classic hits concert. It was terrifying. If you get to see us, you won't believe it compared to the days no one knew us. And the strange thing is, the audience sings along, and they sing the jokes. It's not particularly funny any more, it's just like singing along. It's a new type of performance which we haven't really tried, so we'll have to figure out what to do with that. We'll try it out, and if it doesn't work, we'll just never play live again.
    • Bret: (On the HBO network) Not to the point when I knew it was sort of the cool channel. I didn't know it was the alternative channel which it seems to be. I had no idea, the difference between ABC and HBO. But now that I've worked for them, I've heard a lot about it. And they have been, creatively, incredibly supportive. They've let us do, almost, like, 90 percent of what we want. It's pretty amazing. We'll feel pretty guilty if the show doesn't work.
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