New Zealand male comedians

The list New Zealand male comedians includes Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Bret McKenzie, Billy T. James and Rhys Darby. The list consists of 61 members.

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Taika Waititi

New Zealand filmmaker, actor and comedian (born 1975)

Overview: Taika David Cohen ONZM (born 16 August 1975), known professionally as Taika Waititi ( TY-kə WY-tee-tee), is a New Zealand filmmaker, actor, and comedian. He is a recipient of an Academy Award, a BAFTA ...

Date of birth: 16 August 1975

Age: 49

Nationality: New Zealander

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

Partner: Rita Ora (Married)

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Male actors of Irish descent 682T

Indigenous filmmakers in New Zealand 6T

Best Adapted Screenplay BAFTA Award winners 58T
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Jemaine Clement

New Zealand actor and musician

Overview: Jemaine Clement (born 10 January 1974) is a New Zealand actor, musician, comedian, singer, director and writer. With Bret McKenzie, as the Grammy Award-winning comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, he has ...

Date of birth: 10 January 1974

Age: 51

Nationality: New Zealander

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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New Zealand male Māori actors 27T

20th-century New Zealand male actors 95T

New Zealand male voice actors 34T
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Robbie Magasiva

New Zealander, Actor

Overview: Robbie Joseph Magasiva (born 21 May 1972) is a Samoan-New Zealander actor who has starred in several films and as a member of the Naked Samoans comedy troupe. He has also appeared on television and in ...

Date of birth: 21 May 1972

Age: 52

Nationality: New Zealander

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

Partner: Kelly Mackey (Dating)

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20th-century New Zealand male actors 106T

21st-century New Zealand male actors 133T

New Zealand male film actors 195T
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Rhys Darby

New Zealand actor and comedian

Overview: Rhys Montague Darby (born 21 March 1974) is a New Zealand actor, comedian and voice actor known for his energetic physical comedy routines, telling stories accompanied with mime and sound effects of things ...

Date of birth: 21 March 1974

Age: 51

Nationality: New Zealander

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Expatriate male actors in the United States 44T

New Zealand male television actors 195T

New Zealand Army personnel 89T
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Bret McKenzie

New Zealand actor and musician

Overview: Bret Peter Tarrant McKenzie ONZM (born 29 June 1976) is a New Zealand comedian, actor, musician and producer. He is one half of musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords along with Jemaine Clement. The ...

Date of birth: 29 June 1976

Age: 48

Nationality: New Zealander

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Musicians from Wellington 24T

21st-century New Zealand male actors 107T

New Zealand male film actors 170T
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Guy Williams

New Zealand comedian and television personality

Overview: Guy Malachi Jones Williams (born 19 September 1987) is a New Zealand comedian and television personality. Williams was a co-host on satirical news and entertainment television programme Jono and Ben, until ...

Date of birth: 19 September 1987

Age: 37

Nationality: New Zealander

Occupation: Comedian

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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The Edge (radio station) 12T

People educated at Nelson College 218T

People from Nelson, New Zealand 147T
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Billy T. James

New Zealand actor

Overview: William James Te Wehi Taitoko MBE (17 January 1948 – 7 August 1991) better known by his stage name Billy T. James, was a New Zealand entertainer, comedian, musician and actor. He became a key figure in ...

Date of birth: 17 January 1948

Date of death: 7 August 1991

Age: 43 (age at death)

Nationality: New Zealander

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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20th-century comedians 466T

Heart transplant recipients 58T

New Zealand Members of the Order of the British Empire 303T
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Mark Hadlow

New Zealand actor

Overview: Mark Selwyn Hadlow ONZM (born 1957) is an Australian-New Zealand actor and comedian. Hadlow is perhaps best known internationally for playing the roles of Harry in King Kong and Dori, a Dwarf, in The Hobbit ...

Date of birth: 1957

Age: 67

Nationality: New Zealander

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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New Zealand male stage actors 52T

20th-century New Zealand male actors 95T

21st-century New Zealand male actors 107T
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Oscar Kightley

Samoan-New Zealand actor and writer

Overview: Oscar Vai To'elau Kightley MNZM (born 14 September 1969) is a Samoan-born New Zealand actor, television presenter, writer, journalist, director, and comedian. He acted in and co-wrote the successful 2006 ...

Date of birth: 14 September 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: New Zealander

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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21st-century New Zealand dramatists and playwrights 62T

New Zealand male dramatists and playwrights 49T

21st-century New Zealand male writers 61T
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Roy Billing

New Zealand television actor, now based in Sydney, Australia

Overview: Roy Harwood Billing OAM (born 1947) is a New Zealand television actor, now based in Sydney, Australia. He was brought up in Ruawai, Northland, New Zealand.

Date of birth: 1947

Age: 77

Nationality: New Zealander

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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New Zealand male actors 14T

People from the Kaipara District 16T

New Zealand male stage actors 52T
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Jon Gadsby

New Zealand writer and comedian

Overview: Jonathan Ernest Gadsby QSM (1 November 1953 – 12 December 2015) was a New Zealand television comedian and writer, most well known for his role in the comedy series McPhail and Gadsby co-starring alongside ...

Date of birth: 1 November 1953

Date of death: 12 December 2015

Age: 62 (age at death)

Nationality: New Zealander

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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21st-century New Zealand male writers 56T

20th-century New Zealand male writers 111T

21st-century male writers 1,614T
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David McPhail

New Zealand actor and writer

Overview: David Alexander McPhail ONZM QSM (11 April 1945 – 13 May 2021) was a New Zealand comedic actor and writer whose television career spans four decades. McPhail first won fame on sketch comedy show A Week ...

Date of birth: 11 April 1945

Date of death: 13 May 2021

Age: 76 (age at death)

Nationality: New Zealander

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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2021 deaths 4,263T

Male screenwriters 2,358T

20th-century New Zealand actors 1T
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Stuart Devenie

New Zealand actor

Overview: Stuart Forbes Devenie MNZM is a New Zealand actor and theatre director, whose career spans three decades on stage and screen. He has performed in theatre productions nationally and internationally. In ...

Nationality: New Zealander

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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New Zealand male film actors 170T

New Zealand male television actors 195T

Year of birth missing (living people) 37,022T
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Alan Brough

New Zealand actor

Overview: Alan Brough (born 1967) is a New Zealand actor, television and radio host and comedian based in Australia.

Date of birth: 1967

Age: 57

Nationality: New Zealander

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

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New Zealand male film actors 170T

New Zealand male television actors 195T

People from Hāwera 57T
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Brian Sergent

New Zealand actor

Overview: Brian Sergent (born 29 December 1959) is an actor born and based in Wellington, New Zealand.

Date of birth: 29 December 1959

Age: 65

Nationality: New Zealander

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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New Zealand male soap opera actors 69T

New Zealand male stage actors 54T

20th-century New Zealand male actors 100T
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David Fane

New Zealand actor

Overview: David Fane (born 1966) is a New Zealand actor of Samoan descent.

Date of birth: 1966

Age: 58

Nationality: New Zealander

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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New Zealand male film actors 170T

New Zealand male television actors 195T

Actors of Samoan descent 29T
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Jeremy Corbett

New Zealand comedian

Overview: Jeremy Corbett (born 1962 in Westport, New Zealand) is a radio and television host and comedian from New Zealand.

Date of birth: 1962

Age: 62

Nationality: New Zealander

Occupation: Comedian

Gender: Male

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People from Westport, New Zealand 31T

New Zealand comedians 65T

New Zealand radio presenters 92T
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Eteuati Ete

New Zealand actor

Overview: Etuate Ete (born ~1962) is a New Zealand-based actor and comedian best known as one half of the Samoan duo Laughing Samoans.

Date of birth: 1962

Age: 62

Nationality: Samoan

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Samoan male actors 7T

New Zealand male stage actors 54T

Actors of Samoan descent 30T
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Sam Wills

New Zealand comedian

Overview: Sam Wills (born 28 August 1978) is a New Zealand prop comic, busker, clown, and mime residing in Las Vegas. He performs under the name The Boy With Tape On His Face and, more recently, as Tape Face. He ...

Date of birth: 28 August 1978

Age: 46

Nationality: New Zealander

Occupation: Comedian

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New Zealand comedians 53T

1978 births 16,193T

Living people 968,462T
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Mike King (comedian)

New Zealand mental health advocate, television personality, and former comedian

Overview: Michael King ONZM (born 12 April 1962) is a New Zealand mental health advocate, television personality, and former comedian.

Date of birth: 12 April 1962

Age: 63

Nationality: New Zealander

Occupation: Comedian

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People educated at Massey High School 26T

Mental health activists 98T

New Zealand television personalities 37T