Name
Taika Waititi
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1975-08-16 (51 years old)
Place of Birth
Wellington, New Zealand
Biography
Taika David Cohen ONZM (born 16 August 1975), known professionally as Taika Waititi (/ˈtaɪkə ˈwaɪtiti/ TY-kə WY-tee-tee), is a New Zealand filmmaker, writer, actor, and comedian. He has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Grammy Award, as well as nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and six Emmy Awards. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022.
His feature films Boy (2010) and Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) have each been the top-grossing film entirely funded and produced within New Zealand. Waititi's 2003 short film Two Cars, One Night earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film. He co-wrote, co-directed and starred in the horror comedy film What We Do in the Shadows (2014) with Jemaine Clement, which was adapted into a television series of the same name in 2019. The series has been nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series.
His directing credits include the superhero films Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), as well as the black comedy film Jojo Rabbit (2019), the last of which he also wrote and starred in as an imaginary version of Adolf Hitler. Jojo Rabbit received six Academy Award nominations and won Best Adapted Screenplay. Waititi also earned a Grammy Award for producing the film's soundtrack.
In television, Waititi co-created and produced the comedy drama series Reservation Dogs, and directed, produced, and starred in the comedy Our Flag Means Death. In addition to directing an episode of the series The Mandalorian, he voiced the character IG-11, for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance.
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- 2021 The Electrical Life of Louis Wain as Max Kase
- 2022 Lightyear as Mo Morrison (voice)
- 1999 Scarfies as Alex
- 2011 Green Lantern as Tom Kalmaku
- 2021 The Suicide Squad as Ratcatcher
- 2010 Boy as Alamein
- 2023 Next Goal Wins as American Samoan Priest
- 2004 Toy Boy as Jack Hammer
- 2013 The Captain as The Captain
- 2014 What We Do in the Shadows as Viago
- 2004 Heinous Crime
- 2022 Thor: Love and Thunder as Korg / Old Kronan God (voice)
- 2022 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder as Self - Writer / Director / Korg
- 2007 Eagle vs Shark as Gordon
- 2002 Tongan Ninja as Graham (voice)
- 2016 Hunt for the Wilderpeople as Minister
- 2016 Poi E: The Story of Our Song as Self
- 2001 Snakeskin as Nelson
- 2005 What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires as Viago
- 2004 Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! as Self / Frodo Baggins
- 2005 Futile Attraction as Waiter
- 2017 Thor: Ragnarok as Korg (voice)
- 2020 Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss as Storsh
- 2019 Jojo Rabbit as Adolf
- 2018 Shrimp as Bartender
- 2021 Free Guy as Antwan
- 2019 Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen as Self
- 2001 A New Way Home as Max
- 2019 Avengers: Endgame as Korg (voice)
- 2019 Life of a Cantipanican as Zog the Alien
- 2005 Falling Leaves as Bodil de Resny
- 2002 A Place To Stand as Vietnam Soldier
- Soon Place to Be as Nelson
- 2026 Fing! as The Viscount
- 2010 42 One Dream Rush
- 2021 Deadpool and Korg React as Korg
- 2026 Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender as Gorillavark (voice)
- 2026 Imagine as Zombie Taika (voice)
- 2016 Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema as Self
- Soon Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory as Willy Wonka (voice)
- 2014 Vampire's Guide to Vellington as Viago
- 2014 Behind the Lid - Vellington Sign as Viago
- 2021 Save Ralph as Ralph (voice)
- 2013 Rick and Morty ( 1 episode ) as Glootie (voice)
- 2022 Our Flag Means Death ( 18 episodes ) as Edward Teach a.k.a. Blackbeard
- 2021 Drag Race Down Under ( 1 episode ) as Self - Special Guest
- 2019 The Mandalorian ( 1 episode ) as IG-12 (voice)
- 2019 The Mandalorian ( 1 episode ) as IG-12 / IG-11 (voice)
- 2021 What If...? ( 4 episodes ) as Korg (voice)
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2021 That's My Jam ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2002 The Strip ( 20 episodes ) as Mostin
- 2020 Home Movie: The Princess Bride ( 1 episode ) as Westley
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2018 All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks ( 6 episodes ) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2019 What We Do in the Shadows ( 3 episodes ) as Viago Von Dorna Schmarten Scheden Heimburg
- 2019 Year of the Rabbit ( 1 episode ) as Musician
- 1994 MTV Europe Music Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 The Mandalorian ( 4 episodes ) as IG-11 (voice)
- 2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1996 The Daily Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2007 Flight of the Conchords ( 1 episode ) as Gypsy Kings Fan
- 2020 Reunited Apart ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2010 Radiradirah ( 8 episodes ) as Various
- 2023 History of the World: Part II ( 1 episode ) as Sigmund Freud
- 2024 Time Bandits ( 6 episodes ) as Supreme Being
- 2020 Russo Bros. Pizza Film School ( 1 episode )
- 2020 Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian ( 7 episodes ) as Self - Director & Voice of IG-11
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Taika Waititi / Daerius D'Avignon (voice)
- 2013 The Last Leg ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2018 Vidéo Club ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2024 Conan O'Brien Must Go ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 The Masked Singer ( 6 episodes ) as Self - Lucky Duck
- 2024 It's Florida, Man. ( 1 episode ) as Doctor Orlando
- 2023 Tour De Rugby ( 6 episodes ) as Self
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2002 Life on Ben ( 10 episodes ) as Gloob (voice)
