Taika Waititi
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Taika Waititi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: 16 August 1975
Played In
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender
Gorillavark (voice)
Imagine
Zombie Taika (voice)
Fing!
The Viscount
It's Florida, Man.
Doctor Orlando
Time Bandits
Supreme Being
Conan O'Brien Must Go
Self
Next Goal Wins
American Samoan Priest
Tour De Rugby
Self
History of the World: Part II
Sigmund Freud
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
Self - Writer / Director / Korg
Thor: Love and Thunder
Korg / Old Kronan God (voice)
Lightyear
Mo Morrison (voice)
Our Flag Means Death
Edward Teach a.k.a. Blackbeard
That's My Jam
Self - Guest
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Max Kase
Free Guy
Antwan
What If...?
Korg (voice)
The Suicide Squad
Ratcatcher
Deadpool and Korg React
Korg
Drag Race Down Under
Self - Special Guest
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Westley
Russo Bros. Pizza Film School
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Self - Director & Voice of IG-11
Reunited Apart
Self
Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss
Storsh
The Mandalorian
IG-12 (voice)
The Mandalorian
IG-12 / IG-11 (voice)
The Mandalorian
IG-11 (voice)
Jojo Rabbit
Adolf
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Year of the Rabbit
Musician
Avengers: Endgame
Korg (voice)
What We Do in the Shadows
Viago Von Dorna Schmarten Scheden Heimburg
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Self
Life of a Cantipanican
Zog the Alien
The Masked Singer
Self - Lucky Duck
Shrimp
Bartender
Vidéo Club
Self
All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks
Self - Narrator (voice)
Thor: Ragnarok
Korg (voice)
Poi E: The Story of Our Song
Self
Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema
Self
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Minister
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
What We Do in the Shadows
Viago
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Rick and Morty
Glootie (voice)
The Captain
The Captain
The Last Leg
Self
Green Lantern
Tom Kalmaku
42 One Dream Rush
Radiradirah
Various
Boy
Alamein
Flight of the Conchords
Gypsy Kings Fan
Eagle vs Shark
Gordon
Futile Attraction
Waiter
Falling Leaves
Bodil de Resny
What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires
Viago
Heinous Crime
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!
Self / Frodo Baggins
Toy Boy
Jack Hammer
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
Tongan Ninja
Graham (voice)
A Place To Stand
Vietnam Soldier
Life on Ben
Gloob (voice)
The Strip
Mostin
Snakeskin
Nelson
A New Way Home
Max
Scarfies
Alex
The Daily Show
Self
MTV Europe Music Awards
Self - Host
The Simpsons
Taika Waititi / Daerius D'Avignon (voice)
The Oscars
Self
Place to Be
Nelson
Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory
Willy Wonka (voice)