What is the best acting performance of Taika Waititi?

By YPB Team

From a sweet vampire flatmate to a bumbling imaginary Hitler to a galaxy-scale rock monster — Waititi's acting career is as wildly eclectic as his directing. Which performance is your favourite?

  1. Viago (What We Do in the Shadows) — ranked #11
    Viago (What We Do in the Shadows)
    A fastidious, sweet-natured vampire flatmate in the New Zealand horror comedy mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows (2014).
  2. Adolf Hitler (Jojo Rabbit) — ranked #22
    Adolf Hitler (Jojo Rabbit)
    A bumbling, absurd imaginary version of Hitler befriended by a lonely Nazi boy in Jojo Rabbit (2019).
  3. Korg (Thor: Ragnarok) — ranked #33
    Korg (Thor: Ragnarok)
    The gentle, rock-bodied gladiator with soft-spoken charm in Thor: Ragnarok (2017).
  4. Alamein (Boy) — ranked #44
    Alamein (Boy)
    The absent, self-mythologizing father who returns to his rural New Zealand family in Boy (2010).
  5. Antwan Hovachelik (Free Guy) — ranked #55
    Antwan Hovachelik (Free Guy)
    The egotistical, eccentric video game developer and villain in Free Guy (2021).
  6. Korg (Thor: Love and Thunder) — ranked #66
    Korg (Thor: Love and Thunder)
    The narrator and loyal companion Korg, given even more screen time in Thor: Love and Thunder (2022).
  7. Psycho Sam (Hunt for the Wilderpeople) — ranked #77
    Psycho Sam (Hunt for the Wilderpeople)
    A paranoid, conspiracy-obsessed survivalist encountered in the New Zealand bush in Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016).
  8. Nigel (Eagle vs Shark) — ranked #88
    Nigel (Eagle vs Shark)
    A socially awkward video game enthusiast who reconnects with an old flame in the indie comedy Eagle vs Shark (2007).

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