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Taika Waititi

Taika Waititi

Birthday: 1975-08-16 | Place of Birth: Wellington, New Zealand

Taika David Cohen ONZM (born 16 August 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Our Flag Means Death

as    Edward Teach / Blackbeard

2022
Thor: Love and Thunder

as    Korg / Old Kronan God (voice)

2022
Lightyear

as    Mo Morrison (voice)

2021
Free Guy

as    Antwan Hovachelik

2021
Save Ralph

as    Ralph (voice)

2019
Jojo Rabbit

as    Adolf Hitler

2018
All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks

as    Self - Narrator (voice)

2016
Hunt for the Wilderpeople

as    Minister

2015
What We Do in the Shadows

as    Viago

2013
The Captain

as    The Captain

2012
Boy

as    Alamein

2011
Green Lantern

as    Tom Kalmaku

2007
Eagle vs Shark

as    Gordon

2004
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!

as    Himself/Frodo Baggins

2002
Tongan Ninja

as    Graham (voice)

2001
Snakeskin

as    Nelson

1999
Scarfies

as    Alex