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). 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 has also recently appeared on New Zealand sports comedy skit show Pulp Sport, and plays the character Angus in the British film The Boat That Rocked. He was recently on the NZ show 7 Days.
