Taika Waititi

Birthday: 1975-08-16
Birthplace: Wellington, New Zealand
Gender: Male
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Taika David Cohen ONZM (born 16 August 1975), known professionally as Taika Waititi(/ˈtaɪkə ˈwaɪtɪti/ TY-kə WY-tee-tee), is a New Zealand filmmaker, actor and comedian. He is known for directing quirky comedy films and has expanded his career as a voice actor and producer on numerous projects. He has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Grammy Award. 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 New Zealand film. 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 Mandalorian series, 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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Year Title Character
Place To Be Nelson
Fing ! The Viscount
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2023-11-16 Next Goal Wins American Samoan Priest
2022-07-06 Thor: Love and Thunder Korg / Old Kronan God (voice)
2022-06-15 Lightyear Mo Morrison (voice)
2021-10-21 The Electrical Life of Louis Wain Max Kase
2021-08-11 Free Guy Antwan Hovachelik
2021-07-28 The Suicide Squad Ratcatcher
2020-03-06 Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss Storsh
2019-10-18 Jojo Rabbit Adolf
2019-04-24 Avengers: Endgame Korg (voice)
2019-01-05 Life of a Cantipanican Zog the Alien
2018-09-22 Shrimp Bartender
2017-10-02 Thor: Ragnarok Korg (voice)
2016-03-31 Hunt for the Wilderpeople Minister
2014-06-19 What We Do in the Shadows Viago
2013-08-08 The Captain The Captain
2011-06-14 Green Lantern Tom Kalmaku
2010-09-15 42 One Dream Rush
2010-03-25 Boy Alamein
2007-07-15 Eagle vs Shark Gordon
2005-04-16 Futile Attraction Waiter
2005-03-05 Falling Leaves Bodil de Resny
2005-01-01 What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires Viago
2004-08-14 Heinous Crime
2004-07-20 Toy Boy Jack Hammer
2002-11-08 Tongan Ninja Graham (voice)
2002-07-28 A Place To Stand Vietnam Soldier
2001-10-01 Snakeskin Nelson
2001-01-01 A New Way Home Max
1999-08-05 Scarfies Alex