From friendly vampires to a pirate looking for love, Taika Waititi never fails to bring fans some memorable roles.
Ever since the 2017 success of Thor: Ragnarok, Taika Waititi has made his mark in Hollywood with his unique writing and directing style that delivers hilarious moments of deadpan humor mixed with heartbreaking dramatic beats in all of his stories. He’s earned a reputation in being a “triple threat” in the sense that he has written, directed and even acted in his own feature films.
Viago What could be argued as Waititi's proper first breakout role is the 2014 vampire mockumentary What We Do In the Shadows where he starred as Viago, one of the three leading vampires who are roommates living in New Zealand. Based on a 2005 short skit that Waititi filmed with long-time friend and collaborator, Jemaine Clement, the pair went on to write, direct and star in the movie that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2014 before being released in theaters in 2015.
Antwan In the instances where Waititi portrays an antagonist, at least it’ll often be as a snarky and sometimes whacky individual such as Antwan in the 2021 Shawn Levy film Free Guy. The video game action comedy was led by his former Green Lantern costar Ryan Reynolds who played Guy, a non-player character who gains self-awareness of being in a video game called Free City.