Taika Waititi

Actor and director. Born 16 August 1975 in Wellington, New Zealand.

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16 August 1975, Wellington, New Zealand

Biography

Taika Waititi, also credited as Taika David Cohen, is a New Zealand director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He was born on 16 August 1975 in Wellington.

His feature films include Boy (2010), What We Do in the Shadows (2014), Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) and Jojo Rabbit (2019), for which he received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He has directed the Marvel films Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022).

Waititi directed, co-wrote and produced Next Goal Wins (2023), in which he also appeared as an American Samoan priest.

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Filmography

Beyond what we have reviewed, Taika Waititi is known for Thor: Ragnarok (2017), The Mandalorian (2019), Jojo Rabbit (2019), Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), What We Do in the Shadows (2014), Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), What We Do in the Shadows (2019) and Team Thor (2016).

Next Goal Wins

2023 · as American Samoan Priest