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Credits
Cast Credits
Time Bandits (2024)
Guest starring as Supreme Being
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Fortress of Darkness (Aug 21, 2024) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x09: Pell-Mell (Aug 21, 2024) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x06: Mansa Musa (Aug 7, 2024) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x04: Prohibition (Jul 31, 2024) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x02: Mayan (Jul 24, 2024) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x01: Kevin Haddock (Jul 24, 2024) [Special Guest Star]
Live with Kelly & Mark (2023)
Guest starring as Taika Waititi
- Episode 2x53: Taika Waititi, Monica Mangin (Nov 16, 2023)
History of the World, Part II (2023)
Guest starring as Sigmund Freud
- Episode 1x03: III (Mar 7, 2023)
Louis Theroux Interviews... (2022)
Guest starring as Taika Waititi
- Episode 1x06: Rita Ora (Nov 29, 2022)
Our Flag Means Death (2022)
Starring as Blackbeard
(16 episodes)
- Episode 2x08: Mermen (Oct 26, 2023)
- Episode 2x07: Man on Fire (Oct 19, 2023)
- Episode 2x06: Calypso's Birthday (Oct 19, 2023)
- Episode 2x05: The Curse of the Seafaring Life (Oct 12, 2023)
- Episode 2x04: Fun and Games (Oct 12, 2023)
- Episode 2x03: The Innkeeper (Oct 5, 2023)
- Episode 2x02: Red Flags (Oct 5, 2023)
- Episode 2x01: Impossible Birds (Oct 5, 2023)
- Episode 1x10: Wherever You Go, There You Are (Mar 24, 2022)
- Episode 1x09: Act of Grace (Mar 24, 2022)
- Episode 1x08: We Gull Way Back (Mar 17, 2022)
- Episode 1x07: This Is Happening (Mar 17, 2022)
- Episode 1x06: The Art of F**kery (Mar 10, 2022)
- Episode 1x05: The Best Revenge Is Dressing Well (Mar 10, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: Discomfort In a Married State (Mar 10, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: A Gentleman Pirate (Mar 3, 2022)
That's My Jam (2021)
Guest starring as Taika Waititi
- Episode 1x03: Taika Waititi & Rita Ora vs. Normani & Taraji P. Henson (Jan 10, 2022)
What If...? (2021)
Starring as Korg
(4 episodes)
- Episode 3x07: What If... The Watcher Disappeared? (Dec 28, 2024)
- Episode 2x04: What If... Iron Man Crashed into the Grandmaster? (Dec 25, 2023)
- Episode 2x01: What If... Nebula Joined the Nova Corps? (Dec 22, 2023)
- Episode 1x07: What If… Thor Were an Only Child? (Sep 22, 2021)
Drag Race Down Under (2021)
Guest starring as Taika Waititi
- Episode 1x01: G'day G'day G'day (May 1, 2021) [Special Guest Star]
GMA3: What You Need to Know (2020)
Guest starring as Taika Waititi
- Episode 5x45: Jannah Handy, Kiyanna Handy, Telfar Clemens, Brant Hansen, Taika Waititi, Jimmy O. Yang (Nov 15, 2024)
The Mandalorian (2019)
Guest starring as IG-11
(5 episodes)
- Episode 3x08: Chapter 24: The Return (Apr 19, 2023)
- Episode 3x01: Chapter 17: The Apostate (Mar 1, 2023)
- Episode 1x08: Chapter 8: Redemption (Dec 27, 2019)
- Episode 1x07: Chapter 7: The Reckoning (Dec 18, 2019)
- Episode 1x01: Chapter 1: The Mandalorian (Nov 12, 2019)
Guest starring as IG-12
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x08: Chapter 24: The Return (Apr 19, 2023)
- Episode 3x07: Chapter 23: The Spies (Apr 12, 2023)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Guest starring as Taika Waititi
- Episode 5x28: Taika Waititi, John O'Hurley, Jason Reynolds (Nov 22, 2023)
Today with Hoda & Jenna (2019)
Guest starring as Taika Waititi
- Episode 6x45: Devyn Simone, Lauren Graham, Ben Napier, Erin Napier, Taika Waititi (Nov 17, 2023)
What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
Guest starring as Viago von Dorna Schmarten Scheden Heimburg
(3 episodes)
- Episode 3x10: The Portrait (Oct 28, 2021)
- Episode 3x01: The Prisoner (Sep 2, 2021)
- Episode 1x07: The Trial (May 8, 2019)
All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks (2018)
Starring as Narrator
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Your Greatest Rival is Yourself (May 31, 2018)
- Episode 1x05: Seven-Hundred-Ninety-Nine Days (May 31, 2018)
- Episode 1x04: Five Steps (May 31, 2018)
- Episode 1x03: What's in Here Driving You? (May 31, 2018)
- Episode 1x02: Foul Play (May 31, 2018)
- Episode 1x01: The Black Jersey (May 31, 2018)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (2015)
Guest starring as Taika Waititi
- Episode 2019-10-17: Taika Waititi (Oct 17, 2019)
Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter (2015)
Guest starring as Taika Waititi
- Episode 5x12: Writers (Feb 2, 2020)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Guest starring as Taika Waititi
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2020-06-04: Christine Baranski, Taika Waititi (Jun 4, 2020)
- Episode 2020-01-30: Leslie Jones, Max Greenfield, Taika Waititi, Chris Coleman (Jan 30, 2020)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Guest starring as Director
- Episode 2023-11-15: Taika Waititi, Rachel Zegler, Tariq Trotter, Chef Tim Hollingsworth (Nov 15, 2023)
Rick and Morty (2013)
Guest starring as Glootie
- Episode 4x02: The Old Man and the Seat (Nov 17, 2019) [Special Guest Star]
@midnight (2013)
Guest starring as Taika Waititi
- Episode 2015-02-05: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi & Mike Phirman (Feb 5, 2015)
The Last Leg (2013)
Guest starring as Taika Waititi
- Episode 15x06: Stephen Merchant, Taika Waititi (Nov 23, 2018)
Made in Hollywood (2005)
Guest starring as Taika Waititi
- Episode 17x39: Lightyear; Abandoned; The Offer (Jun 18, 2022)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Guest starring as Taika Waititi
- Episode 2020-02-11: Robin Roberts, Dwyane Wade, Taika Waititi, Roman Griffin Davis (Feb 11, 2020)
Jimmy Kimmel Live (2003)
Guest starring as Taika Waititi
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2022-06-29: Paris Hilton, Matteo Lane, Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Natalie Portman, Taika Waititi, Aespa, guest host Chelsea Handler (Jun 29, 2022)
- Episode 2021-08-11: James McAvoy, Taika Waititi, Max with Ali Gatie, guest host Sarah Silverman (Aug 11, 2021)
- Episode 2019-10-15: Elton John, Taika Waititi, Thom Yorke (Oct 15, 2019)
The Tribe (1999)
Guest starring as Virtual Reality Cowboy No. 1
- Episode 4x24: Episode 24 (Mar 24, 2002) [Uncredited]
The Simpsons (1989)
Guest starring as Taika Waititi
- Episode 35x09: Murder, She Boat (Dec 17, 2023) [Special Guest Star]
Guest starring as Daerius D'Avignon
- Episode 35x09: Murder, She Boat (Dec 17, 2023) [Special Guest Star]
Good Morning America (1975)
Guest starring as Taika Waititi
- Episode 2024-11-15: Taika Waititi, Jimmy O. Yang (Nov 15, 2024)
Oscars (1953)
Guest starring as Taika Waititi
- Episode 2020-02-09: The 92nd Annual Academy Awards (Feb 9, 2020)
Crew Credits
Interior Chinatown (2024)
Show crew as Executive Producer
Episode crew as Director
- Episode 1x01: Generic Asian Man (Nov 19, 2024)
Time Bandits (2024)
Show crew as Creator
Show crew as Executive Producer
Episode crew as Director
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x02: Mayan (Jul 24, 2024)
- Episode 1x01: Kevin Haddock (Jul 24, 2024)
Episode crew as Writer
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x02: Mayan (Jul 24, 2024)
- Episode 1x01: Kevin Haddock (Jul 24, 2024)
Our Flag Means Death (2022)
Show crew as Executive Producer
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Mar 3, 2022)
Episode crew as Director
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Mar 3, 2022)
Reservation Dogs (2021)
Show crew as Creator
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x01: The Curse (Aug 3, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: F*ckin' Rez Dogs (Aug 9, 2021)
Show crew as Executive Producer
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x01: The Curse (Aug 3, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: F*ckin' Rez Dogs (Aug 9, 2021)
Episode crew as Writer
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x02: Maximus (Aug 2, 2023)
- Episode 1x01: F*ckin' Rez Dogs (Aug 9, 2021)
What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
Show crew as Executive Producer
Episode crew as Director
(3 episodes)