This was followed by an appearance on Seven Sharp, where he introduced 'his rappers' to the New Zealand public. In 2013, he was responsible for flying 'Cornish rappers' Hedluv + Passman to New Zealand for the New Zealand International Comedy Festival. On, Darby was awarded the Fred Award by the New Zealand International Comedy Festival for his show of the same name as his book. He wrote a self-described "autobiographical space novel" entitled This Way to Spaceship, which was released on 12 April 2012. Darby's second DVD "It's Rhys Darby Night!" was released in NZ on 12 December 2011.
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In 2011, Darby and family moved to the US for Darby to take a role in the CBS sitcom How to Be a Gentleman. In May 2011, he also filmed a pilot for a Channel 4 sitcom in the UK, The Fun Police.
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On 10 August 2010, Entertainment Weekly claimed that Darby was in consideration for a role in the television series The Office after Steve Carell left at the end of the 2011 season, however this did not materialise.
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In 2009 Darby became a part of the New Zealand TV ONE series Intrepid Journeys, Season 5, touring Rwanda. Darby became a climate ambassador for Greenpeace in its Sign on climate campaign and published a poem and video in support of the campaign. At the NZ International Comedy Festival they produced shows for local comedians. He has also branched out into producing live comedy with his wife and their company Awesomeness International. In 2009 while home in New Zealand he began filming TV ads for NZ's new mobile network 2degrees and appearing in NZ shows Rocked the Nation 2, Jaquie Brown Diaries and Intrepid Journeys. This film was released in some countries in November 2009 under the name Pirate Radio. He refers to this in his stand-up show It's Rhys Darby Night which he performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from 6–15 August 2009, The Bloomsbury Theatre in London from 27 July–1 August and toured around New Zealand with in October and November that year.ĭarby played the role of Angus in the Richard Curtis film The Boat That Rocked released in the UK on 1 April 2009. Rhys Darby's hair colour is self-described as Electric Copper in the episode of Flight of the Conchords entitled Murray Takes It to the Next Level. The DVD of his live performance Imagine That! has gone platinum in New Zealand. He appeared on Soccer AM on 18 October 2008 and on Never Mind The Buzzcocks on 23 October. He also appeared in several advertisements for New Zealand mobile phone company 2degrees. He appeared on a British children's television program The Slammer during its first season. In July 2008 he appeared in a Nike advertisement featuring Roger Federer he played an impostor posing as Federer's coach. ĭarby played the role of Norman, the boss of Jim Carrey's character in Yes Man. He provided vocals for the track "Leggy Blonde" on their self-titled first album and also in the second series of the show on the track "Rejected" during the episode " A Good Opportunity" alongside tenor Andrew Drost. Darby plays Murray, the band's manager, on Flight of the Conchords TV show. In 2004 he appeared in the Flight of the Conchords BBC radio series as the band's manager Brian Nesbit alongside comedy stars such as Rob Brydon, Andy Parsons and Jimmy Carr. After performing his first solo show at the 2002 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Darby moved to the UK to pursue his career further. Rhysently Granted performed at two international comedy festivals which led to Darby moving back to Auckland to seek more solo stand-up experience. He is currently starring as Stede Bonnet alongside Taika Waititi in the HBO Max period comedy series Our Flag Means Death. ĭarby is best known for playing Murray Hewitt, the band manager of Flight of the Conchords in the television series, a role he originally played in the BBC radio series under the name Brian Nesbit, and for playing the boss of Jim Carrey's character in Yes Man, as well as roles in What We Do in the Shadows, The Boat That Rocked, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Voltron: Legendary Defender, Psycho Sam in Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Crash Bandicoot in Skylanders Academy, and Half-Life: Alyx. He also won the 2012 Fred (Dagg) award at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival, for best NZ show.
He was nominated for the Billy T Award in 20. Rhys Montague Darby (born 21 March 1974) is a New Zealand actor and comedian, known for his energetic physical comedy routines, telling stories accompanied with mime and sound effects of things such as machinery and animals.
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