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Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
August 16, 1975
Place of Birth
Wellington, New Zealand
Also Known As
- Taika David Cohen
- 타이카 와이티티
- Тайка Вайтіті
- טאיקה וואיטיטי
- טאיקה דייוויד כהן
- تایکا وایتیتی
Taika Waititi
1.6 Popularity
Biography
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
6.2
Supreme Being
Time Bandits
2024
8.1
Self
Conan O'Brien Must Go
2024
6.4
American Samoan Priest
Next Goal Wins
2023
5.6
Sigmund Freud
History of the World: Part II
2023
7.0
Self - Writer / Director / Korg
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
2022
6.4
Korg / Old Kronan God (voice)
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022
6.9
Mo Morrison (voice)
Lightyear
2022
7.7
Edward Teach a.k.a. Blackbeard
Our Flag Means Death
2022
6.1
Self - Guest
That's My Jam
2021
6.9
Max Kase
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021
Credits
Time Bandits
as Supreme Being
2024
6.2
Conan O'Brien Must Go
as Self
2024
8.1
Next Goal Wins
as American Samoan Priest
2023
6.4
History of the World: Part II
as Sigmund Freud
2023
5.6
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
as Self - Writer / Director / Korg
2022
7.0
Thor: Love and Thunder
as Korg / Old Kronan God (voice)
2022
6.4
Lightyear
as Mo Morrison (voice)
2022
6.9
Our Flag Means Death
as Edward Teach a.k.a. Blackbeard
2022
7.7
That's My Jam
as Self - Guest
2021
6.1
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
as Max Kase
2021
6.9
What If...?
as Korg (voice)
2021
8.1
Free Guy
as Antwan
2021
7.5
The Suicide Squad
as Ratcatcher
2021
7.5
Deadpool's Maximum Reactions: Deadpool and Korg
as Korg
2021
7.0
RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under
as Self - Special Guest
2021
5.2
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
as Westley
2020
7.5
Russo Bros. Pizza Film School
2020
0.0
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
as Self - Director & Voice of IG-11
2020
7.5
Reunited Apart
as Self
2020
5.5
Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss
as Storsh
2020
5.2
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
as Self (archive footage)
2019
7.0
The Mandalorian
as IG-12 (voice)
2019
8.4
The Mandalorian
as IG-12 / IG-11 (voice)
2019
8.4
The Mandalorian
as IG-11 (voice)
2019
8.4
Jojo Rabbit
as Adolf
2019
8.0
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.4
Year of the Rabbit
as Musician
2019
7.2
Avengers: Endgame
as Korg (voice)
2019
8.2
What We Do in the Shadows
as Viago Von Dorna Schmarten Scheden Heimburg
2019
8.0
Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
as Self
2019
6.7
Life of a Cantipanican
as Zog the Alien
2019
0.0
Shrimp
as Bartender
2018
6.5
Vidéo Club
as Self
2018
0.0
All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2018
5.2
🎬
Lie Detector
as Self
2018
10.0
Thor: Ragnarok
as Korg (voice)
2017
7.6
Poi E: The Story of Our Song
as Self
2016
6.0
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
as Minister
2016
7.6
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.3
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
5.7
What We Do in the Shadows
as Viago
2014
7.6
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.8
Rick and Morty
as Glootie (voice)
2013
8.7
The Captain
as The Captain
2013
5.4
The Last Leg
as Self
2013
5.4
Green Lantern
as Tom Kalmaku
2011
5.2
42 One Dream Rush
2010
0.0
Radiradirah
as Various
2010
0.0
Boy
as Alamein
2010
7.3
Eagle vs Shark
as Gordon
2007
6.5
Flight of the Conchords
as Gypsy Kings Fan
2007
7.9
Futile Attraction
as Waiter
2005
5.0
Falling Leaves
as Bodil de Resny
2005
0.0
What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires
as Viago
2005
6.6
Heinous Crime
2004
7.0
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!
as Self / Frodo Baggins
2004
6.7
Toy Boy
as Jack Hammer
2004
2.0
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.7
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
Tongan Ninja
as Graham (voice)
2002
5.5
🎬
A Place To Stand
as Vietnam Soldier
2002
0.0
The Strip
as Mostin
2002
3.0
Snakeskin
as Nelson
2001
5.4
A New Way Home
as Max
2001
0.0
Scarfies
as Alex
1999
5.2
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
MTV Europe Music Awards
as Self - Host
1994
10.0
The Simpsons
as Taika Waititi / Daerius D'Avignon (voice)
1989
8.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
🎬
Fing!
as The Viscount
N/A
0.0
🎬
Place To Be
as Nelson
N/A
0.0
Meet the Josh
as Himself
N/A
0.0