What is the best acting performance of Taika Waititi?

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)

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)

A bumbling, absurd imaginary version of Hitler befriended by a lonely Nazi boy in Jojo Rabbit (2019).

3

Korg (Thor: Ragnarok)

The gentle, rock-bodied gladiator with soft-spoken charm in Thor: Ragnarok (2017).

4

Alamein (Boy)

The absent, self-mythologizing father who returns to his rural New Zealand family in Boy (2010).

5

Antwan Hovachelik (Free Guy)

The egotistical, eccentric video game developer and villain in Free Guy (2021).

6

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)

A paranoid, conspiracy-obsessed survivalist encountered in the New Zealand bush in Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016).

8

Nigel (Eagle vs Shark)

A socially awkward video game enthusiast who reconnects with an old flame in the indie comedy Eagle vs Shark (2007).