Bret McKenzie Musical artist

Bret Peter Tarrant McKenzie, ONZM (born 29 June 1976) 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. McKenzie served as music supervisor for two Muppet films, The Muppets (2011) and Muppets Most Wanted (2014), the former of which won him an Academy Award for Best Original Song for the song "Man or Muppet".As an actor, he is known for portraying Lindir in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies, respectively: in the first he remained unnamed with fans naming him Figwit, a character originally cast as an extra who gained attention thanks to the trilogy's fan community, and in The Hobbit is credited as Lindir, a small character who originally appears in the book of The Fellowship of the Ring.

Personal facts

Bret McKenzie
Alias (AKA)Rhymenoceros
Birth dateJune 29, 1976
Hometown
Wellington
New Zealand

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Musical artist

Career started1994
associated musical artist
The Muppets
Jemaine Clement
Flight of the Conchords
The Black Seeds
Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra
So You're a Man
BackgroundSolo singer
instrument
Casio
record label
Sub Pop

Bret McKenzie on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://flightoftheconchords.co.nz
  2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/comedy/conchords.shtml
  3. http://www.myspace.com/conchords
  4. http://www.whatthefolk.net