Taika Waititi

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He also directed, wrote and produced ''[[Team Thor]]'', ''[[Team Thor: Part 2]]'' and ''[[Team Darryl]]''.

Taika Waititi portrayed [[Korg]] through motion capture in ''[[Thor: Ragnarok]]'', ''[[Avengers: Endgame]]'' and will reprise the role in ''[[Thor: Love and Thunder]]''.<ref name="Korg's Back">[https://thedisinsider.com/2019/08/10/korg-to-reportedly-have-a-larger-role-in-thor-love-and-thunder/ Korg To Reportedly Have A Larger Role In ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’]</ref>

He will also voice an alternate version of [[Korg]] in ''[[What If...?]]''.

Taika Waititi also performed the motion capture for [[Surtur]], [[Hulk]] and the left head of [[Hajo]] in ''[[Thor: Ragnarok]]''.<ref>[http://collider.com/thor-ragnarok-taika-waititi-interview/ Taika Waititi on ‘Thor: Ragnarok’, How the Story Changed When He Signed On, and More]</ref>

==Awards==

\*Taika Waititi was nominated for a WAFCA Award for Best Motion Capture Performance for his work on ''[[Thor: Ragnarok]]''.

\*Taika Waititi was nominated for an Empire Award for Best Director for his work on ''[[Thor: Ragnarok]]''.

\*Taika Waititi was nominated for an MTV Movie & TV Award for Scene Stealer for his work on ''[[Thor: Ragnarok]]''.

==Trivia==

\*Taika Waititi is the fourth [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] director to play a part in the film he is directing. The first was [[Jon Favreau]], who portrayed [[Happy Hogan]] in ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]'', ''[[Iron Man 2]]'', ''[[Iron Man 3]]'', ''[[Spider-Man: Homecoming]]'', ''[[Avengers: Endgame]]'', and ''[[Spider-Man: Far From Home]]'', despite not directing the latter four. The second was [[Joe Russo]], who portrayed Doctor [[Fine]] in ''[[Captain America: The Winter Soldier]],'' [[Theo Broussard]] in ''[[Captain America: Civil War]]'', and a grieving man in [[Captain America]]'s support group in ''[[Avengers: Endgame]]''. The third was [[James Gunn]], who portrayed a [[Maskless Sakaaran]] in ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (film)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]''.

\*\*Taika Waititi is the second director/actor to reprise his role in a film he did not direct, after [[Jon Favreau]].

\*Taika Waititi is one of the actors who have portrayed multiple characters in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]].

\*Taika Waititi's second film as director, ''{{WPS|Boy (2010 film)|Boy}}'', has several references to [[Hulk]].

\*Taika Waititi is the husband of [[Chelsea Winstanley]].

\*Taika Waititi previously worked with [[Sam Neill]] in ''{{WPS|Hunt for the Wilderpeople}}'' and worked with him again in ''{{WPS|Rick and Morty}}''.

\*Taika Waititi previously worked with [[Clancy Brown]] and [[Angela Bassett]] in ''{{WPS|Green Lantern (film)|Green Lantern}}''.

\*Taika Waititi previously worked with [[Jeffrey Wright]] in ''{{WPS|Rick and Morty}}''.

\*Taika Waititi worked again with [[Dave Bautista]] and [[Tilda Swinton]] in ''{{WPS|What We Do in the Shadows (TV series)|What We Do in the Shadows}}''.

\*Taika Waititi worked again with [[Jon Favreau]] in ''{{WPS|The Mandalorian}}''.

\*Taika Waititi worked again with [[Scarlett Johansson]] in ''{{WPS|Jojo Rabbit}}''.

\*Taika Waititi voiced an alternate version of [[Korg]] in the Revolution 2.0 Motion Comic tie-in to ''{{WPS|Marvel: Contest of Champions}}''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUzZXuslkSg Revolution 2.0 Motion Comic | Marvel Contest of Champions]</ref>

\*Taika Waititi is the first director to direct more than one ''Thor'' film, having directed ''[[Thor: Ragnarok]]'' and will be directing ''[[Thor: Love and Thunder]]''. [[Kenneth Branagh]] directed ''[[Thor (film)|Thor]]'' while [[Alan Taylor]] directed ''[[Thor: The Dark World]]''.

\*Taika Waititi shares his birthday with [[Angela Bassett]].

\*Taika Waititi had a cameo in the music video for [[Jeremy Renner]]'s song ''"Main Attraction"''. <ref>[https://youtu.be/jL2DcWB994s?t=158|Jeremy Renner - "Main Attraction"]</ref>

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