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Taika Waititi

Directing
Known For

49 Years Old

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Taika Waititi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Wellington, New Zealand on 16th August 1975

All Credits

Late Night with Seth Meyers Image
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Image
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
The Daily Show Image
The Daily Show
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Image
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
The Simpsons Image
The Simpsons
Taika Waititi / Daerius D'Avignon (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show Image
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Rick and Morty Image
Rick and Morty
Glootie (voice)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Image
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
The Last Leg Image
The Last Leg
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Image
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
The Mandalorian Image
The Mandalorian
IG-11 (voice)
The Mandalorian Image
The Mandalorian
IG-12 / IG-11 (voice)
The Mandalorian Image
The Mandalorian
IG-12 (voice)
What If...? Image
What If...?
Korg (voice)
What We Do in the Shadows Image
What We Do in the Shadows
Viago Von Dorna Schmarten Scheden Heimburg
MTV Europe Music Awards Image
MTV Europe Music Awards
Self - Host
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian Image
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Self - Director & Voice of IG-11
Our Flag Means Death Image
Our Flag Means Death
Edward Teach a.k.a. Blackbeard
Home Movie: The Princess Bride Image
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Westley
RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under Image
RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under
Self - Special Guest
Time Bandits Image
Time Bandits
Supreme Being
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Image
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
The Oscars Image
The Oscars
Self
History of the World: Part II Image
History of the World: Part II
Sigmund Freud
Flight of the Conchords Image
Flight of the Conchords
Gypsy Kings Fan
Avengers: Endgame Image
Avengers: Endgame
Korg (voice)
Year of the Rabbit Image
Year of the Rabbit
Musician
The Suicide Squad Image
The Suicide Squad
Ratcatcher
Thor: Ragnarok Image
Thor: Ragnarok
Korg (voice)
Thor: Love and Thunder Image
Thor: Love and Thunder
Korg / Old Kronan God (voice)
Conan O'Brien Must Go Image
Conan O'Brien Must Go
Self
Free Guy Image
Free Guy
Antwan
Radiradirah Image
Radiradirah
Various
Lightyear Image
Lightyear
Mo Morrison (voice)
Green Lantern Image
Green Lantern
Tom Kalmaku
No Image
Lie Detector
Self
Jojo Rabbit Image
Jojo Rabbit
Adolf
All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks Image
All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Strip Image
The Strip
Mostin
Reunited Apart Image
Reunited Apart
Self
Hunt for the Wilderpeople Image
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Minister
That's My Jam Image
That's My Jam
Self - Guest
Next Goal Wins Image
Next Goal Wins
American Samoan Priest
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain Image
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Max Kase
What We Do in the Shadows Image
What We Do in the Shadows
Viago
Boy Image
Boy
Alamein
Russo Bros. Pizza Film School Image
Russo Bros. Pizza Film School
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder Image
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
Self - Writer / Director / Korg
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee Image
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
Self (archive footage)
Eagle vs Shark Image
Eagle vs Shark
Gordon
Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss Image
Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss
Storsh
Vidéo Club Image
Vidéo Club
Self
Shrimp Image
Shrimp
Bartender
Deadpool's Maximum Reactions: Deadpool and Korg Image
Deadpool's Maximum Reactions: Deadpool and Korg
Korg
Tongan Ninja Image
Tongan Ninja
Graham (voice)
42 One Dream Rush Image
42 One Dream Rush
What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires Image
What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires
Viago
Snakeskin Image
Snakeskin
Nelson
Scarfies Image
Scarfies
Alex
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! Image
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!
Self / Frodo Baggins
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen Image
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Self
Toy Boy Image
Toy Boy
Jack Hammer
No Image
Place To Be
Nelson
Futile Attraction Image
Futile Attraction
Waiter
The Captain Image
The Captain
The Captain
Poi E: The Story of Our Song Image
Poi E: The Story of Our Song
Self
A New Way Home Image
A New Way Home
Max
Meet the Josh Image
Meet the Josh
Himself
No Image
Save Ralph
Ralph (voice)
Falling Leaves Image
Falling Leaves
Bodil de Resny
Heinous Crime Image
Heinous Crime
No Image
Fing!
The Viscount
Life of a Cantipanican Image
Life of a Cantipanican
Zog the Alien
No Image
A Place To Stand
Vietnam Soldier