Known For
Acting
Born
May 13, 1983
Place of Birth
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Credits
51 titles
Kaiwi Lyman
Biography
Kaiwi Lyman-Mersereau was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he played water polo, surfed, paddled outrigger canoes, practiced Brazilian jiu jitsu, and sailed but nothing excited him more than being on stage. Kaiwi has experience as a close up magician and has won and placed in several magic competitions. He was fortunate to have four years of intense theater arts training in high school at the Mid-Pacific Institute School of the Arts. After high school Kaiwi moved to California in 2002 to pursue his passion in the entertainment business. He attended Santa Monica College and, to fulfill an assignment, in the first few weeks of class, he delivered a monologue from The Crucible. The teacher realized his experience was beyond an Acting 101 class and had him then deliver the monologue to the drama department head. She immediately recognized his talent and suggested he audition for Julliard School. Kaiwi was determined, however, to get a screen role and it wasn't long before he got his first break when, in 2003, Kaiwi played the lead role of Colin in the horror film, Trespassers. Since then he has taken on a variety of different projects. His work displays his range of roles, from comedic to dramatic, in numerous films, TV shows, webisodes and commercials.
Known For
Filmography
A Matter of Choice
Michael
Clutch
Xavier
Trigger Warning
Ghost
The Cardboard Window
Father
Sympathy for the Devil
Colleague
End Times
Hayden
Copshop
Officer Barnes
Gripped: Climbing the Killer Pillar
Brett
Don't Look Deeper
Noah
Deputy
Deputy Tabnick
Acceleration
Jimmy
The Outsider
James Walker
The Mongolian Connection
Wade Dalton
The Final Wish
Derek
They Want Dick Dickster
Brad Priest
Blackmark
Timothy Daniels
Minutes to Midnight
Charlie Crenna
Den of Thieves
'Tony Z' Zapata
Deadtime Tales 2
Cory - 'Asylum of the Damned' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hickok
John Wesley Hardin
American Violence
Jackson Shea
Westworld
Branding Soldier
Ice Sharks
Michael
Traded
Jed
Zoombies
Daxton
The Amityville Terror
Todd
Flaked
Scott
Lost in the Pacific
Vincent
Circle
Bearded Man
Grace and Frankie
Skipper
Fresh Off the Boat
White Guy 1
Jane the Virgin
Zed
Ninja Apocalypse
Trillion
Android Cop
Wescott
Gone Dark
Mike
Dragon Day
Tibbit
Assassins Tale
Woody
Reel Evil
Cory
40 Days and Nights
Baggins
American Horror Story
Gutterball
Kickin' It
Snake
Mega Python vs. Gatoroid
Tommy
Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus
USS Argonaut Officer
Without Borders
1st Avenger
Orgy of the Damned
Man Who Shakes
Hawaii Five-0
Kevin Creed
Trespassers
Colin
Frankenstein vs. the Creature from Blood Cove
Surfer #2
Hawaii
Skinny Guy
CSI: Miami
Crypt King