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Taika Waititi: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Taika David Cohen • Taika David Waititi
Born August 16, 1975 (age 51) • New Zealand
Notable Works “Boy” • “Flight of the Conchords” • “Hunt for the Wilderpeople” • “Jojo Rabbit” • “Next Goal Wins” • “The Mandalorian” • “Thor: Love and Thunder” • “Thor: Ragnarok” • “What We Do in the Shadows”

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Taika Waititi poses in a dark patterned jacket and collared shirt, with short, wavy gray hair and a mustache, in front of a blurred event backdrop.
Taika Waititi as Hitler leaps energetically beside Roman Griffin Davis as Jojo, who stands with other children in Nazi youth uniforms in a wooded camp scene from Jojo Rabbit.
Garrett Basch, Devery Jacobs, Taika Waititi, Sterlin Harjo, Paulina Alexis, Sarah Podemski, Zahn McClarnon, and D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai from Reservation Dogs pose together holding awards at the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards.
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