Claim: Jemaine Clement is an award-winning actor.

Bret Peter Tarrant McKenzie , ONZM -LRB- born 29 June 1976 -RRB- 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 . The duo 's comedy and music became the basis of a BBC radio series and then an oft-lauded American television series , which aired for two seasons on HBO . McKenzie served as music supervisor for two Muppet films , The Muppets -LRB- 2011 -RRB- and Muppets Most Wanted -LRB- 2014 -RRB- , the former of which won him an Academy Award for Best Original Song for the song `` Man or Muppet '' . His latest work has seen him write the lyrics to the 2016 Sainsburys Christmas advert featuring James Corden on vocals .   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 .