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.
Known For
Next Goal Wins
American Samoan Priest
2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
Self - Writer / Director / Korg
2022
Thor: Love and Thunder
Korg / Old Kronan God (voice)
2022
Lightyear
Mo Morrison (voice)
2022
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Max Kase
2021
Free Guy
Antwan
2021
The Suicide Squad
Ratcatcher
2021
Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss
Storsh
2020
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
Self (archive footage)
2019
Jojo Rabbit
Adolf
2019
Avengers: Endgame
Korg (voice)
2019
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Self
2019
Life of a Cantipanican
Zog the Alien
2019
Shrimp
Bartender
2018
Thor: Ragnarok
Korg (voice)
2017
Poi E: The Story of Our Song
Self
2016
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Minister
2016
What We Do in the Shadows
Viago
2014
The Captain
The Captain
2013
Green Lantern
Tom Kalmaku
2011
42 One Dream Rush
2010
Boy
Alamein
2010
Eagle vs Shark
Gordon
2007
Futile Attraction
Waiter
2005
Falling Leaves
Bodil de Resny
2005
What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires
Viago
2005
Heinous Crime
2004
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!
Self / Frodo Baggins
2004
Toy Boy
Jack Hammer
2004
Tongan Ninja
Graham (voice)
2002
A Place To Stand
Vietnam Soldier
2002
Snakeskin
Nelson
2001
A New Way Home
Max
2001
Scarfies
Alex
1999
Meet the Josh
Himself
Place To Be
Nelson
Fing!
The Viscount
Time Bandits
Supreme Being · (6 episodes)
2024
Conan O'Brien Must Go
Self · (1 episode)
2024
History of the World: Part II
Sigmund Freud · (1 episode)
2023
Our Flag Means Death
Edward Teach a.k.a. Blackbeard · (18 episodes)
2022
That's My Jam
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2021
What If...?
Korg (voice) · (4 episodes)
2021
Deadpool's Maximum Reactions: Deadpool and Korg
Korg
2021
RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under
Self - Special Guest · (1 episode)
2021
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Westley · (1 episode)
2020
Russo Bros. Pizza Film School
(1 episode)
2020
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Self - Director & Voice of IG-11 · (7 episodes)
2020
Reunited Apart
Self · (1 episode)
2020
The Mandalorian
IG-12 (voice) · (1 episode)
2019
The Mandalorian
IG-12 / IG-11 (voice) · (1 episode)
2019
The Mandalorian
IG-11 (voice) · (4 episodes)
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · (1 episode)
2019
Year of the Rabbit
Musician · (1 episode)
2019
What We Do in the Shadows
Viago Von Dorna Schmarten Scheden Heimburg · (3 episodes)
2019
Vidéo Club
Self · (1 episode)
2018
All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks
Self - Narrator (voice) · (6 episodes)
2018
Lie Detector
Self · (1 episode)
2018
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (2 episodes)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Rick and Morty
Glootie (voice) · (1 episode)
2013
The Last Leg
Self · (1 episode)
2013
Radiradirah
Various · (8 episodes)
2010
Flight of the Conchords
Gypsy Kings Fan · (1 episode)
2007
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (1 episode)
2003
The Strip
Mostin · (20 episodes)
2002
The Daily Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1996
MTV Europe Music Awards
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1994
The Simpsons
Taika Waititi / Daerius D'Avignon (voice) · (1 episode)
1989
The Oscars
Self · (1 episode)
1953