Bret McKenzie

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Name = Brett McKenzie


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Background = solo_singer
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Alias = The Rhymenoceros, Video Kid
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Origin = Wellington, New Zealand
Instrument = Guitar, Keyboards, Ukulele
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Occupation = Musician
Years_active = 1990s-Present
Label = Sub Pop
Associated_acts = Flight of the Conchords, The Black Seeds, The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra
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Notable_instruments = Casio DG20 digital guitar (1983)

Bret Peter Tarrant McKenzie (born 29 June, 1976 in New Zealand) is a musician, actor, producer, writer and comedian, best known for being half of the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords with Jemaine Clement. He is also a former member of The Black Seeds. He has appeared in the first and third films in Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, achieving some internet notoriety as Figwit. His father is Peter McKenzie, who played the role of Elendil in Lord of the Rings.

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 formed "Flight of the Conchords".

As The Conchords they have toured internationally and released three CDs: "Folk the World Tour" in 2002, "The Distant Future EP" in 2007, and "Flight of the Conchords" in 2008. The Conchords produced a six-part improvisational comedy radio program for the BBC and have appeared on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", "The Late Show with David Letterman" and "The Late Late Show". After a successful appearance in 2005 on HBOs "One Night Stand", the Conchords were offered their own 12-part HBO series "Flight of the Conchords". Its first season ran from June to September 2007, and it has been renewed for a second season.

Bret has also released an album called "Prototype" as Video Kid [cite web |url=http://www.videokid.tv/ |title=Video Kid] and is part of the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra. [cite web |url=http://www.ukulele.co.nz |title=Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra]

He is engaged to New Zealander Hannah Clarke [cite news | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/17/fashion/17nite.html?_r=1&ref=fashion&oref=slogin | title=A Family In Harmony | work=The New York Times | date=2007-06-17 | accessdate=2007-10-07] and currently lives in Los Angeles.

Bret, along with fellow Conchord Jemaine, was featured as one of 2008's "100 Sexiest People" in a special edition of the Australian magazine 'Who'

elected filmography

* "Flight of the Conchords" (TV) (2007) - Bret, also creator/co-writer & executive producer

References

External links

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* [http://www.conchords.co.nz/ Flight of the Conchords Official Site]
* [http://www.whatthefolk.net/ What The Folk! Flight of the Conchords fan site]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/comedy/conchords.shtml BBC Radio 2]
* [http://www.myspace.com/conchords Flight of the Conchords Official MySpace]