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 ha ... s 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.
The Strip
as Mostin
Episodes: 20
First Aired: Mar 05, 2002
Our Flag Means Death
as Edward Teach / Blackbeard
Episodes: 18
First Aired: Mar 03, 2022
Radiradirah
as Various
Episodes: 8
First Aired: May 21, 2010
Time Bandits
as Supreme Being
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Jul 23, 2024
What If...?
as Korg (voice)
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Aug 11, 2021
The Mandalorian
as IG-11 (voice)
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Nov 12, 2019
What We Do in the Shadows
as Viago Von Dorna Schmarten Scheden Heimburg
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Mar 27, 2019
Rick and Morty
as Glootie (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 02, 2013
The Mandalorian
as IG-12 (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 12, 2019
The Mandalorian
as IG-12 / IG-11 (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 12, 2019
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
as Westley
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 29, 2020
Year of the Rabbit
as Musician
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 10, 2019
Flight of the Conchords
as Gypsy Kings Fan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 17, 2007
History of the World: Part II
as Sigmund Freud
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 06, 2023
The Simpsons
as Taika Waititi / Daerius D'Avignon (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 17, 1989
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
as Self - Director & Voice of IG-11
Episodes: 7
First Aired: May 04, 2020
All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Episodes: 6
First Aired: May 31, 2018
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 25, 2014
The Daily Show
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jul 22, 1996
RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under
as Self - Special Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 01, 2021
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 2003
That's My Jam
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 29, 2021
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 17, 2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 2015
MTV Europe Music Awards
as Self - Host
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 24, 1994
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 09, 2019
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 02, 2015
The Oscars
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 19, 1953
Reunited Apart
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 27, 2020
Russo Bros. Pizza Film School
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 26, 2020
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 26, 2003
Lie Detector
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 01, 2018
The Last Leg
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 25, 2013
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