Taika Waititi
Taika David Cohen ONZM (born August 16, 1975), known professionally as Taika Waititi, is a New Zealand film and television director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and comedian. He is the recipient of an Academy Award, BAFTA Award and a Grammy Award, and has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards. His feature films Boy (2010) and Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) have each been the top-grossing New Zealand film.
Waititi's 2004 short film Two Cars, One Night earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film. He 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 (2019–present). The series has been nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. His most recent directing credits include the superhero film Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and the black comedy film Jojo Rabbit (2019), the latter of which he also wrote and starred in as an "imaginary Hitler". Jojo Rabbit received six Academy Award nominations and won for Best Adapted Screenplay. Furthermore, Waititi earned a Grammy Award for producing the film's soundtrack. In addition to directing an episode of the television series The Mandalorian (2019–present), he also voices the character IG-11, for which he garnered a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance.
Acted in
Time Bandits
2024
as Supreme Being
Next Goal Wins
2023
as American Samoan Priest
History of the World: Part II
2023
as Sigmund Freud
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
2022
as Self - Writer / Director / Korg
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022
as Korg / Old Kronan God (voice)
Lightyear
2022
as Mo Morrison (voice)
Our Flag Means Death
2022
as Edward Teach / Blackbeard
That's My Jam
2021
as Self - Guest
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021
as Max Kase
Free Guy
2021
as Antwan Hovachelik
What If...?
2021
as Korg (voice)
The Suicide Squad
2021
as Ratcatcher
RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under
2021
as Self - Special Guest
Save Ralph
2021
as Ralph (voice)
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
as Westley
Russo Bros. Pizza Film School
2020
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
2020
as Self - Director & Voice of IG-11
Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss
2020
as Storsh
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
2019
as Self (archive footage)
The Mandalorian
2019
as IG-12 (voice)
The Mandalorian
2019
as IG-12 / IG-11 (voice)
The Mandalorian
2019
as IG-11 (voice)
Jojo Rabbit
2019
as Adolf
Year of the Rabbit
2019
as Musician
Avengers: Endgame
2019
as Korg (voice)
What We Do in the Shadows
2019
as Viago Von Dorna Schmarten Scheden Heimburg
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
2019
as Self
Life of a Cantipanican
2019
as Zog the Alien
Shrimp
2018
as Bartender
All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks
2018
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Lie Detector
2018
as Self
Thor: Ragnarok
2017
as Korg (voice)
Poi E: The Story of Our Song
2016
as Self
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2016
as Minister
What We Do in the Shadows
2014
as Viago
Rick and Morty
2013
as Glootie (voice)
The Captain
2013
as The Captain
Green Lantern
2011
as Tom Kalmaku
Radiradirah
2010
as Various
Boy
2010
as Alamein
Eagle vs Shark
2007
as Gordon
Flight of the Conchords
2007
as Gypsy Kings Fan
Futile Attraction
2005
as Waiter
What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires
2005
as Viago
Heinous Crime
2004
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!
2004
as Self / Frodo Baggins
Toy Boy
2004
as Jack Hammer
Tongan Ninja
2002
as Graham (voice)
The Strip
2002
as Mostin
Snakeskin
2001
as Nelson
A New Way Home
2001
as Max
Scarfies
1999
as Alex
MTV Europe Music Awards
1994
as Self - Host
The Simpsons
1989
as Taika Waititi / Daerius D'Avignon (voice)
The Oscars
1953
as Self