Rhys Darby
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Rhys Darby

Darby performing with Flight of the Conchords at Gramercy Theatre in New York, June 14, 2007
Personal information
Birth date21 March 1974(age 36)
Place of birthNew Zealand
NationalityNew Zealander
Occupationstand-up comedian and actor
SpouseRosie Carnahan
ChildrenOne son

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Rhys Montague Darby (born 21 March 1974) is a stand-up comedian from New Zealand, known for his energetic physical comedy routines, telling stories accompanied with mime and sound effects of things such as machinery and animals. Darby was nominated for the Billy T Award in 2001 and 2002.

Darby is probably best known for playing the band manager of Flight of the Conchords in the BBC radio series (as Bryan Nesbitt) and HBO television series (as Murray Hewitt), as well as Jim Carrey's manager, Norman, in Yes Man.

He appeared on a British children's television program The Slammer during the first season of the show.

He is also doing several advertisements for the cellphone company 2degrees.

He appeared on Soccer AM on the 18th of October 2008 and on Never Mind The Buzzcocks on the 23rd.

The DVD of his live performance Imagine That! has gone platinum in New Zealand.

Rhys also recently played the character Angus in the film The Boat That Rocked (aka Pirate Radio in the US). He regularly returns to New Zealand to appear in comedy shows such as Pulp Sport, 7 Days and The Jaquie Brown Diaries.

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Stuff.co.nz--"We have had a few successes of late with Flight of the Conchords and -Rhys Darby- overseas so we have finally proven to New Zealanders that we are funny. ... - Date : Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:16:48 GMT+00:00
Beautiful job for mug with character - Northern Advocate Tweet this news
Northern Advocate--You might recognise the chap who's on the 2degrees ads with -Rhys Darby-. He's the hairy cellmate wearing a dress in one ad and the chap stomping along ... - Date : Sun, 18 Jul 2010 06:53:47 GMT+00:00

Television :
Year Titles Role
2009 Comedy Showcase The Amazing Dermot Dermot Flint
2009 The Jaquie Brown Diaries Terence Ben’et
2009 7 Days Himself
2009 Intrepid Journeys Himself
2009 ROVE Himself
2009 Thank God You're Here Himself
2009 Spicks and Specks Himself
2009 Rocked the Nation 2: 100 NZ Pop Culture Moments Himself
2008 The Comedy Store Live Himself
2008 Yo Gabba Gabba Himself
2007-2008 Sounds Like a Laugh Himself
2007 - 2009 Flight of the Conchords Murray Hewitt
2006 The Slammer Himself
2005 Mighty Truck Of Stuff Himself
2001 - 2002 Billy T Award Himself
1999 - 2000 Pulp Comedy Himself

Films :
Year Titles Role
2011 Love Birds Doug
2010 Coming and Going Lee Leonetti
2009 Diagnosis: Death 'Specialist'
2009 The Boat That Rocked Angus
2008 Yes Man Norman

Flight of the Conchords

Albums
Folk the World Tour * The Distant Future * Flight of the Conchords * I Told You I Was Freaky
Radio series (2005)
Additional writers: Joel Morris * Rhys Darby * Will Saunders * Additional cast: Rhys Darby * Emma Kennedy * Neil Finn
TV series episodes
(2007 �2009)
Season 1"Sally" * "Bret Gives Up the Dream" * "Mugged" * "Yoko" * "Sally Returns" * "Bowie" * "Drive By" * "Girlfriends" * "What Goes on Tour" * "New Fans" * "The Actor" * "The Third Conchord"
Season 2"A Good Opportunity" * "The New Cup" * "The Tough Brets" * "Murray Takes It to the Next Level" * "Unnatural Love" * "Love Is a Weapon of Choice" * "Prime Minister" * "New Zealand Town" * "Wingmen" * "Evicted"
TV series crew
Co-creator: James Bobin * Additional writers: Taika Waititi * Eric Kaplan * Paul Simms * Duncan Sarkies * Damon Beesley * Iain Morris * Additional cast: Rhys Darby * Kristen Schaal * Arj Barker * Frank Wood * Eugene Mirman * David Costabile



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