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.

Filmography

• 2027Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory — Willy Wonka (voice), Executive Producer
• 2027FING! — The Viscount
• 2026A Bit of Light — Executive Producer
• 2026Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender — Gorillavark (voice)
• 2026Imagine — Zombie Taika (voice)
• 2026Jail Time Records — Executive Producer
• 2026Klara and the Sun — Producer, Director, Screenplay
• 2026LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian — IG-11 / IG-12 (voice)
• 2026Place to Be — Nelson
• 2026The Wrong Girls — Thanks
• 2025A Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever — Director
• Interior Chinatown — Executive Producer, Director
• It's Florida, Man. — Doctor Orlando
• 2024The Boy & the Octopus — Director
• 2024The Mountain — Executive Producer
• Time Bandits — Supreme Being, Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Creator
• 2024We Were Dangerous — Executive Producer
• 2023A Good Person — Thanks
• 2023Frybread Face and Me — Executive Producer
• History of the World: Part II — Sigmund Freud
• 2023Next Goal Wins — American Samoan Priest, Director, Screenplay, Producer
• 2023Red, White & Brass — Executive Producer
• 2022Lightyear — Mo Morrison (voice)
• Our Flag Means Death — Edward Teach a.k.a. Blackbeard, Director, Executive Producer
• 2022Thor: Love and Thunder — Korg / Old Kronan God (voice), Writer, Director
• 2021Free Guy — Antwan
• 2021Night Raiders — Executive Producer
• Reservation Dogs — Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
• 2021The Electrical Life of Louis Wain — Max Kase
• 2021The Suicide Squad — Ratcatcher
• What If...? — Korg (voice)
• 2020Baby Done — Executive Producer
• Home Movie: The Princess Bride — Westley
• Russo Bros. Pizza Film School
• 2020Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss — Storsh
• 2019Avengers: Endgame — Korg (voice)
• 2019Jojo Rabbit — Adolf, Director, Screenplay, Producer
• 2019Life of a Cantipanican — Zog the Alien
• The Mandalorian — IG-12 (voice), IG-12 / IG-11 (voice), Director
• What We Do in the Shadows — Viago Von Dorna Schmarten Scheden Heimburg, Executive Producer, Director, Original Film Writer
• Year of the Rabbit — Musician
• 2018Shrimp — Bartender
• 2018Team Darryl — Writer, Director
• 2018The Breaker Upperers — Executive Producer
• Wellington Paranormal — Executive Producer, Creator
• 2018Your Name Isn't English — Executive Producer
• 2017Team Thor: Part 2 — Writer, Director
• 2017Thor: Ragnarok — Korg (voice), Director
• 2016Hunt for the Wilderpeople — Minister, Director, Screenplay, Producer
• 2016Moana — Thanks
• 2016Team Thor — Writer, Director, Producer
• 2014Behind the Lid - Vellington Sign — Viago
• 2014Vampire's Guide to Vellington — Viago
• 2014What We Do in the Shadows — Viago, Writer, Director, Producer
• Aroha Bridge — Thanks
• 2013Blazed — Director
• Rick and Morty — Glootie (voice)
• 2013The Captain — The Captain, Writer
• The Inbetweeners — Consulting Producer, Director
• 2011Green Lantern — Tom Kalmaku
• Super City — Director
• 201042 One Dream Rush — Director
• 2010Boy — Alamein, Writer, Director
• Radiradirah — Various
• 2007Eagle vs Shark — Gordon, Director, Screenplay, Story, Casting
• Flight of the Conchords — Gypsy Kings Fan, Director, Writer
• 2005Falling Leaves — Bodil de Resny, Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
• 2005Futile Attraction — Waiter
• 2005What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires — Viago, Director, Writer, Executive Producer
• 2004Heinous Crime — Director, Writer, Camera Operator
• 2004Tama Tū — Director, Writer
• 2004Toy Boy — Jack Hammer
• 2004Two Cars, One Night — Director, Writer
• 2002A Place To Stand — Vietnam Soldier
• Life on Ben — Gloob (voice)
• The Strip — Mostin
• 2002Tongan Ninja — Graham (voice)
• 2001A New Way Home — Max
• 2001Snakeskin — Nelson
• 1999Scarfies — Alex
• The Simpsons — Taika Waititi / Daerius D'Avignon (voice)
• Barn 8 — Director, Producer
• Deadpool and Korg React — Korg
• James — Director
• Taika Waiti Flash Gordon Movie — Writer, Director
• Tower of Terror — Director
• Untitled Judge Dredd Film — Director
• Untitled Taika Waititi Star Wars Film — Director, Screenplay
• Very Young Frankenstein — Executive Producer, Director
• Ways of Loving — Executive Producer

Appearances as themselves (26)

• Conan O'Brien Must Go — Self
• Tour De Rugby — Self
• 2022Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder — Self - Writer / Director / Korg
• Drag Race Down Under — Self - Special Guest
• That's My Jam — Self - Guest
• Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian — Self - Director & Voice of IG-11
• Reunited Apart — Self
• 2019Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Masked Singer — Self - Lucky Duck
• All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2018Getting in Touch with your Inner Thor — Self
• 2018Marvel Studios: The First 10 Years - More Than a Hero — Self
• 2016Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema — Self
• 2016Poi E: The Story of Our Song — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• The Last Leg — Self
• 2004Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! — Self / Frodo Baggins
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• MTV Europe Music Awards — Self - Host
• The Oscars — Self